At work there is a spot in the garage where there are two handicap spots and two motorcycle spots. Generally I pull into the motorcycle spots by rounding across the back the handicap spots and forward into one of the motorcycle spots instead of stopping and walking the bike backwards into the spot. Well, last fall some leaves blew into the spots and have never been cleaned up and all winter I have been driving across them thinking - man, you'd only need to grab too much front brake on this mess once to drop your bike. You know where this is going right? Yeah, so it happened this morning - just a tiny little bit faster than normal and just a tiny bit more front brake and the leaves must have been a little dryer than normal and down the bike went at 1.2 mph, essentially a standing drop.
My question is this: Is it just me? Whenever I lose control of the front end, even for a heartbeat, I end up dropping the bike. Is it the seat height that makes it hard to catch? Is it reflex from working with steel in my youth - "just let it drop and don't hurt yourself" got yelled at me often. Whats your experience?
My question is this: Is it just me? Whenever I lose control of the front end, even for a heartbeat, I end up dropping the bike. Is it the seat height that makes it hard to catch? Is it reflex from working with steel in my youth - "just let it drop and don't hurt yourself" got yelled at me often. Whats your experience?