I was wondering why motorcycles dont just slide out from under the riders when they lean sideways around a cornor im always afraid they will when im following them in my car around a cornor and was also considering getting a bike so whats a good one for a first timer? (gonna already take a motorcycle training course at my college for safety)
Motorcycles slide and they slide very well. It is not necessarily something that you want to do on the street. BUT. I am an offroad and roadracer I have been racing bikes for over 20 years. Sliding is a very good and useful racing racing tactic by sliding the rear tire you wind up completing a turn much quicker than riding all the way around it. Imagine coming into a turn fast (dont shyt yer pants) You grab a handful of brake til you feel like you might go over the bars, as you come to the apex of the turn that is the very point where you want to change directions, the rear is very light. Drop the brakes quick only after you start to apply a lot of throttle but highly measured to break the rear tire loose it will slide around the turn very quickly. At which point you can stand the bike up and twist it to the stop and do a wheelie, speed shift on down the next straight. WOO HOO It is better than any amusement park ride in the whole world! It works well on dirt tracks, motocross tracks or on road courses. I do not recommend it unless you are very experienced and are also on a race track, do not ever try this on the street, never ever. Just a handful of sand and you are in the ER or morgue! ];-) .
they can slide depending a lot on tires and road surface chuckee is right and it is a blast if you have the power and the place to do it but done wrong you can highside in a minute the best place to learn that is in the dirt on a dirt bike that is one of those things a class can tell you about but you will never learn except with experience i only use it on the street if i am in a corner too deep and there is no other choice yes i know about the gyroscopic efects of the wheels which would affect falling over not sliding sliding is based on traction without it you slide with it you don,t for a first bike 250 would be fine unless you plan to do interstate running much then go to something around 500 or less used of course so when you do lay it down it is not as expensive to repair as a new bike and definately take the course
Good start. Take the MSF course and try to learn from it and not just pass the test. Bikes do slide. If you are ever on sand or gravel you will feel it slide from under you. There is a contact patch of the tire and the road. It gives the bike an adhesion factor. If you exceed the adhesion, you will slide. Because you lean the bike into a turn, the centrifugal force helps you maintain balance and improves the adhesion Good first time cruiser is Honda rebel 250
