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Poor skills on Hwy. 9

dtrides said:
Well, it goes both ways on windy roads and as often as not it is a car half in your lane on a sharp corner.
My preferred riding line is going wide leading into a blind corner ( near center line for rights and near fog line on lefts) with a late turn in to give a good sight line .
Notice I said leading into the corner, not at the apex. This normally gets me out of the potential impact zone of those who might blow the corner.
Imagine the left line in this diagram is the center line and the grey area is your lane and you will get the picture.
For those that prescribe to just hug the fog line, it can work but leaves you with a greater blind zone and you might miss seeing debris or a cyclist also could occupying the fog line on right hand turns.
Be safe out there friends!
DT
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If you're unable to avoid debris or a bicycle you're going too fast. Take that shit to the track :thumbup
 
I late apex where I can, hug the fog line where it feels safer to do so and set my speeds so that rocks / cyclists appearing don't startle me so much as prompt a line adjustment or brake application depending on the scenario.
 
Moike said:
Owning a house in Boulder Creek nearly 7 years really slowed me down up on the hill.

You want to see something really disturbing? https://www.instagram.com/9burgring
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I agree with you on this. I live down the road from you (a few miles down 9) and have changed my riding a bit since moving here. I follow 9burgring just to keep up on the antics. Here is another one: https://www.instagram.com/ridgechaser/ and the youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@RidgeChaser
 
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Enchanter said:
I agree with you on this. I live down the road from you (a few miles down 9) and have changed my riding a bit since moving here. I follow 9burgring just to keep up on the antics. Here is another one: https://www.instagram.com/ridgechaser/ and the youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@RidgeChaser
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Oh I sold that shit years ago. Got tired of it being 2:35 AM and realizing it was going to be a 45 minute drive to get a Twinkie.

I live in SF for now, just bought a bigass farm in Abruzzo, Italy... leaving the US soon. New property comes with it's own private 2.5km road to Hoon on.

ridgechaser's insta page is like a busload of GenZ memes exploded and it was caught in the blast radius. Neat stuff.

I don't think about 9 or any of those roads much anymore these days, I'm going a lot faster now where it's safe to do so, they hand out trophies too.

 
The rider doesn't know how to control the bike; video clearly shows it. I see that as the major disfunction, not speed. Speed is quick, but lack of lean angle is the problem.
 
It’s usually a combination of more than one thing. Not enough lean is part of it. Also riding faster than the rider could lean is another. Inattention is yet another. Etc., etc….
 
The rider failed to adequately countersteer. It is not uncommon for riders to think that they lean their body to cause the motorcycle to lean.
 
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