i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
11-16-2007, 04:02 AM
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i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
so im gonna start practicing circles tommorow... and when i bring it up and let idle take over im having trouble turning it in to start the circle...im doing like a push pull with my arms and legs but it seems it wants to drop as soon as i get the slightest bit of turn , then i try and throttle it and it wants to straighten out..am i on the right track and just need to get use to countering this or is there something im doing wrong??
11-16-2007, 04:22 AM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
it feels more comfortable ( as of right now ) going to the right thats the way my body likes to lead the bike kinda
11-16-2007, 04:44 AM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
going right is very different then going left ,but safer to learn imo..
get the bike as straight and steady as you can on idle and then start by just trying to steer the bike to the right by dropping in a little and leaning your body off to the right ,the secret is not letting the front tire down when you start to turn ..
once you can make a 90 degree turn with out putting the tire down then just do another 90 eventually you will be doing big giant slow circles ,by then you will understand the concept and you will just keep making them smaller and smaller ..
this alone will take a long time and the only thing you can do to get them smaller and smaller is just keep doing it over and over...good luck and don't get too frustrated
get the bike as straight and steady as you can on idle and then start by just trying to steer the bike to the right by dropping in a little and leaning your body off to the right ,the secret is not letting the front tire down when you start to turn ..
once you can make a 90 degree turn with out putting the tire down then just do another 90 eventually you will be doing big giant slow circles ,by then you will understand the concept and you will just keep making them smaller and smaller ..
this alone will take a long time and the only thing you can do to get them smaller and smaller is just keep doing it over and over...good luck and don't get too frustrated
11-16-2007, 04:47 AM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
old man roger is the ****! haha thanks alot buddy ill be hittin u up about a sub cage soon haha ..well if circles are gonna take long it doesnt bother me ive only been stunting a month so some stuff is bound to take longer... im just glad i made it this far this fast without wrecking
11-16-2007, 04:50 AM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
oh you will wreck.....lol
and just incase your wondering if you should take advise from some random dude on the site here is a little clip of me doing some circles to help you decide.. http://youtube.com/watch?v=DKypDFN_shM
and just incase your wondering if you should take advise from some random dude on the site here is a little clip of me doing some circles to help you decide.. http://youtube.com/watch?v=DKypDFN_shM
11-16-2007, 04:50 AM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
id go order his subcage asap. made my bike feel a million times better. the fact that i had no flex in the rear peg made it alot easier to control it when doin circles.
11-16-2007, 04:52 AM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
hope to have it ordered next week get paid tommorow : ) the flex in the pegs is my big fear haha seen alot of **** break
11-16-2007, 01:32 PM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
dont mind wrecking one bit, i just havent wrecked yet... but if and when it comes im not afraid to : )
11-16-2007, 02:52 PM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
thanks kyle ill have to cruise up there and practice em with u so u can show me up! hows the spreader circles going?
11-16-2007, 02:53 PM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
haha havent practiced this week.. i wanna ride tonight... borrowed my brothers truck till tommorow night so im defiently riding tonight an all tommorow...
jus need to find out whos riding when an were
i know ontario is goin off tommorow...
jus need to find out whos riding when an were
i know ontario is goin off tommorow...
11-16-2007, 02:55 PM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
cool ill give u a call maybe cruise up to the ontario spot with u guys tommorow.. is it the power steering on your truck or what?? it is a ford 
haha jk
haha jk
11-16-2007, 02:56 PM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
naw i broke a shaft on the steering box... know to happen on alot of lifted trucks... and i got it rebuilt an they put the wrong shaft in it
should be getn the right one today
should be getn the right one today
11-16-2007, 02:58 PM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
for sure that sux... well yea if u guys cruise out to ontario tommorow give me a call u got my cell i might be down to take thedrive up there
11-16-2007, 03:18 PM
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11-16-2007, 03:34 PM
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Re: i know its been talked about but i need some help with circles
If thats as high as your getting wheelies, quit dreaming about circles..
But if your rocking idle, then get them ******* down!
btw im just starting to attempt circles also.. Tried a couple times yesterday but didn't spend a bunch of time at it
Hope to get out tonight
btw whats soo bad about left hand circles?
I figured going what direction your comfortable with would be the best bet??
I can spin sit down, staggard, and SS circles on my 150f all day to the left.. And I got combo circles to the left on my 50..
But i can't do a single circle to save my life to the right on my 150f, and I am really sketchy doing right handers on the fiddy...
So I was just gonna attempt left handers.. Prolly staggard or FIB.. But gotta get more comfortable with FIB
