My first bike was a 2005 GSXR 1000 straight out of taking the MSF class, and it's still kicking 4 years later (see sig)
a few questions
What's the best tire pressure for safety for new street riders? I think it's supposed to be 34/34? I'm not pushing the bike, just want the best for slower/medium speed traction
There is road construction on a 2 lane road (2 lanes each way), and in the 2nd lane cars are hugging the lane adjacent to first lane because they don't want their left side tires riding on the gravel. I seem to be making my right turns a little wider than I want, this is from a stop. It's not a problem but lately cagers have been straddling close to the first lane to avoid the bumpy side. How do I fix this? Also the right turn is up a hill thus I have to give it a tad more gas.
How do I make really tight u turns without putting my foot down? I did fine in my MSF class for the box but my friends place is in a tiny, tiny culd de sac 10-15 ft of space? I'd like to do this turn without putting my foot down.
if I must apply the brakes in the middle of a turn which brake is less detrimental the front or rear? Also it hasn't happened yet but what's the best thing to do if you have to sneeze? And I usually sneeze 2-3 times once I do.
Dude...are you serious? With these questions you come off as completely clueless about motorcycles.
not going to deny it. Haven't run into these scenarios but I'd like to have a default plan without having to think it through. I'd just assume the front brake is real bad as you'd lose even more traction on the rear. Sneezing I just assume, you deal with with it, but sometimes guys with experience have little tricks of the trades that aren't the intuitive response. Problem is when I sneeze my head will shake violently downwards. I think I've got 80 miles under my belt, but hey everybody has to start somewhere.
Braking in a corner is generally not a good idea. Traction is limited on a motorcycle and if you're using all your available traction for cornering you cannot introduce braking or you'll crash. You should slow before the corner and then accelerate out of it. Where it gets tricky is decreasing radius corners because you can go in faster than you can come out...not a place for a noob to be trying to get rid of his chicken strips.
As for sneezing, I'd just recommend you try to direct it downward and not to sneeze through your nose.
The bigger issue is if you slam on the brakes mid-lean, you lose the gyroscopic moment on the wheels and the bike will stand up. Then you're headed off on a tangent to the turn...
Lot of people attribute the no-braking-while-leaning thing to traction, but that's usually not the issue (unless you lock up the brakes, but that applies to any situation). You're supposed to* roll on the throttle entire time you're leaning to keep the dynamic mass on the rear wheel and that uses up extra traction same way braking would.
*Twist of the wrist 2