05-10-2011, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by flashburn
Actually, I think I did worse than just lifting, my instructor went "brake, brake, brake" when he really just meant for me to ease off the throttle a bit once I hit the dirt. So I think it was the combination of hitting the dirt with two wheels and then braking that caused me to spin.
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Ohh yea. Hitting the brakes while 2 wheels are in the dirt will spin you in a heartbeat.
As you've realized knowing the right thing to do and reacting the right way are two very different things. I made a similar mistake while road racing motorcycles which ended in a much more spectacular and painful way. One great tool to train you to react correctly are "simulator" video games (forza and gran tourismo). They do a surprisingly good job of recreating real physics, and if you use a wheel and pedals you can train yourself to react quickly and appropriately to these kinds of situations. Of course they aren't perfect and will never replace time behind a a real wheel, but they can definitely help.
Last edited by handyman; 05-10-2011 at 07:46 PM.
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