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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 12:31 PM
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circle practice need help

in moment i practice circles with foot in bar and to the right. but i donīt like it because itīs difficult to jump from the bike.in my head i will go to the left but i canīt.

at stuntoberfest some guyz told me seatstander is better for practice circles.

now my question, is this really the better way to learn circles and what pressure in my tire is the best for a beginner. in moment iīam happy when i can do a big circle.

thanks for help guyz

and sorry for my bad english i wanna practice it too
Old Jan 13, 2008 | 12:42 PM
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Re: circle practice need help

Im no expert but i go to the right and I started out with one foot on the seat. I run about 22-25 psi . allways look where you want to go. if you are going right turn your head right and keep it there try to look over your right shoulder. I felt more comfortable with my foot on the seat rather than foot in the bar but now I like my foot IN the passenger seat. foot in the seat is a great comprimise between foot in bar and foot in seat.
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 11:48 AM
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Re: circle practice need help

I am no expert but this might help you as it helped me... To get use to turning circles try to find a big spot... and do Big and wide circles so you just get the bike around 360 around the parking lot.... and then just start to cut your circle smaller and smaller and you'll become use to turning the bike and then after a few weekends you'll be doing decent circles...
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Old Jan 15, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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Re: circle practice need help

Originally Posted by miker_dh
I am no expert but this might help you as it helped me... To get use to turning circles try to find a big spot... and do Big and wide circles so you just get the bike around 360 around the parking lot.... and then just start to cut your circle smaller and smaller and you'll become use to turning the bike and then after a few weekends you'll be doing decent circles...
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aka recons.... circles you have to dip in
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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Re: circle practice need help

Recons are completely different to circles unfortunately. I learnt recons and could do them for ages, 1 handed or no throttle etc.. but it's a completely different ball game to proper circles, cos I still suck at them I'd suggest going straight into learning circles rather than wasting your time with recons....

I find seat stander is way easier to bail from as you just step off, I don't think I've properly crashed a SS circle yet (I mean where I hit the floor and took a few seconds to get back up ) but I've done that on foot in seat too many times to count (too much gas ) so I'd say they are a bit safer... as long as you're good on the handbrake anyways
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 05:05 PM
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Re: circle practice need help

Originally Posted by Sparks!
Recons are completely different to circles unfortunately. I learnt recons and could do them for ages, 1 handed or no throttle etc.. but it's a completely different ball game to proper circles, cos I still suck at them I'd suggest going straight into learning circles rather than wasting your time with recons....

I find seat stander is way easier to bail from as you just step off, I don't think I've properly crashed a SS circle yet (I mean where I hit the floor and took a few seconds to get back up ) but I've done that on foot in seat too many times to count (too much gas ) so I'd say they are a bit safer... as long as you're good on the handbrake anyways
yep you can do recons all day, but you wont circle intill you dip
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