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Old 12-20-2011, 10:14 AM   #32
JWR
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Re: Target fixation, rain and failure to negotiate a curve :

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Originally Posted by greatmaul
Ok,


He said that when we target fixate, we panic and forget to countersteer.

All the while when I was watching the bike drift towards that line, I was trying desperately to turn the bike, but it wouldn't turn.
i think that you were looking and thinking "Damn that's going to hurt".
So the bike was going exactly where your eyes were telling it to go.

BTDT. Got the T-shirt(scars).
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