Ok, im damn close to parking, but have a few questions for those that have parked a 12 Oclock. When your vertical, is it better to:

a) Keep the throttle on and ride the rear brake hard until touch-down,
or
b) put the clutch in, throttle off and rear brake until touch down.

I have this problem of using too much rear brake, I get to within an inch or so and then I apply more brake for gentle touch down but it come back forward again! But if you press the clutch in, you dont have drive, therefore bike could tip sideways?

I plan to park my 12' without ever dropping my bike, so im taking my time. I have a 12' bar on my bike already.

 

Pull in the clutch.

 

clutch in, off the throttle.

 

ya, i used to do it with throttle on and just come on back then once it's scraping grab the clutch. but now, i'll be rocking it slow, you feel it come back don't use any brake, just let it start to fall back and then maybe right as it hits or maybe right before grab the clutch and bam, it's on the tail.

a lot of times if it's rocking 12 slow using only brake, if i grab the clutch it'll just fall back onto the bar nice and easy. just make sure to get your foot off the rear brake, if you grab the clutch with any pressure on that rear brake, plan on going over the front of the bike.

and when you pull in the clutch, the bike doesn't get side to side wobbly, it just falls straight back on the bar.

edit: also, i remember when i was learning and riding the brake til it touched down, a lot of times i stalled the bike cause i was riding the brake too hard to get it slowed down, so as soon as the bar would touch or lamost touch, the bike would stall and throw my *** down.

 

Thanks guys, gives me something to work with. I think ill try pulling the clutch in when vertical and use gentle rear brake till touch down...