Target fixation, rain and failure to negotiate a curve :( - Page 4

greatmaul · 12-20-2011, 07:27 AM

Ok, another question.

I've been reading a lot about target fixation, because I really don't like the feeling that I can't control myself or the motorcycle, and one person, in all the dozens of posts I've read, even in other forums, said one thing that no one else said.

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

And that kind of made sense to me? 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 I was trying to steer the wheel left, away from the line, and it was making me go right, towards the line, so I kept straightening the wheel. Turn, straight, turn, straight, etc, and this was what I felt the whole time, like one arm was fighting the other.

Has anyone heard of this? He said you basically have to shout in your head, "Push Left!" for example if you want to go left and if your body is trying to turn the wheel towards the left to escape danger.

JWR · 12-20-2011, 10:14 AM

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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).

Water Warrior 2 · 12-20-2011, 12:00 PM

The KEY to survival is to "LOOK" where you want to go. Keep your head up and your body will do the rest. The further you look through a curve is an opportunity to set up the bike for a nice even path of travel. This will also allow a speed adjustment if visibility is limited. When Lynda still had her GZ I would follow her through curves and her skill level was poetry in motion.

12-20-2011, 07:27 AM	#31
greatmaul Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 296	Re: Target fixation, rain and failure to negotiate a curve : Ok, another question. I've been reading a lot about target fixation, because I really don't like the feeling that I can't control myself or the motorcycle, and one person, in all the dozens of posts I've read, even in other forums, said one thing that no one else said. He said that when we target fixate, we panic and forget to countersteer. And that kind of made sense to me? 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 I was trying to steer the wheel left, away from the line, and it was making me go right, towards the line, so I kept straightening the wheel. Turn, straight, turn, straight, etc, and this was what I felt the whole time, like one arm was fighting the other. Has anyone heard of this? He said you basically have to shout in your head, "Push Left!" for example if you want to go left and if your body is trying to turn the wheel towards the left to escape danger. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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12-20-2011, 12:00 PM	#33
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: Target fixation, rain and failure to negotiate a curve : The KEY to survival is to "LOOK" where you want to go. Keep your head up and your body will do the rest. The further you look through a curve is an opportunity to set up the bike for a nice even path of travel. This will also allow a speed adjustment if visibility is limited. When Lynda still had her GZ I would follow her through curves and her skill level was poetry in motion. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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