sometimes when im scrapin the bar my bike will get squirily cousing me to let go of it and it will fall right on its side hard. sometimes i can save it by stablizing it with my right leg till its parked on the bar. but other times i cant. and other times it will stay nice and straight on the bar. my bar is even i was thinkin maybe different spots on the road are cousing this or is it something im doin? does this happen to anyone else?

 

ride the brake a little bit when you're draggin fast, it'll make it feel more stable.

 

when ti gets wobbly , just hit the brake and bring it off the bar..or liek miek said drag it a lil but still let it scrape, itll smooth it out

 

if im goin fast on the bar (not really fast but like 10mph) i will ride the brake but the bike will still start to turn on its own when i feel it start to turn i put my foot down to try to keep it stable and keep it from highsiding. but it will turn halfway around cousing me to let it go or ill fall right on the bike. u know what i mean?

thanks for ur help mike.

 

yea that sounds like it would work. i guess i just gotta keep my foot on the peg instead of taking it off to keep it stable. and once i feel it gettin wobly hit the brake. thats what i need to be doin i got a habbit of takein my foot off the peg. ill practice that next time

thanks alot fellas for the info

 

you can steer it by shifting your weight in the direction you want it to go when you hit the brake

 

haha i know that much bro

 

Hey, It Happens.you Can Jump To The Seat If It Starts To Turn And Lean Back,that Usually Helps But You Have To Be Fast.

 

There was some useful stuff in the 12s thread, the bike is more stable if there's more weight on the bar, so short 12 bars make for better scrapes than long 12-bars.
The other thing is more practice, build up to the long scrapes with a few hours doing shorter ones, get used to how the bike feels when its starting to go out of line, and get it back down before it gets worse. This way you get used to compensating for the slightest side-to-side movements and it starts to become reflex (like when you where learning to keep wheeliest straight, back in the day).

 

another questions on scrapes. everytime i ride the bar the bike pulls to the right. the bar hits perfectly flat but immedioatly turns right even if i stand on the seat and lean back. i am only going aroud 10 mph any suggestions.

ps subframe looks straight

 

its probably the way your positioning your body, my bar was crooked until I wore 1 corner down 1/4 inch and it always went straght.

I never scrape under 15mph though

 

what psi are you running your rear tire at?
when I started to 12 I got bad wobbles, I was at 27 psi, dropped it to 19 and it helped a LOT. also, the road I was practicing on had a crown to it, so the left side of the bar would always drag first. almost every road has a crown though, try to find one that is flat. I tried wheelieing in the opposite lane but i was so used to fighting the crown to the left that as soon as I brought the front up I went SHOOSHOOOSHOOOOOOTING off to the left

 

mine did that a lot back in the day. But it was from a slightly bent subframe.

 

hang on and move around, use the brake and your body weight to counter the movement. but above all just dont let go