Motorcycle Riding School/ Logs 2

Hello all,

As always teaching my motorcycle riding school and giving private motorcycle lessons, I always get asked the
question as what to do when a greasy log is on an angle. Well as mentioned in my first blog on logs, you want to loft the
front end about a foot or more before the log and get the front wheel up and do not let it touch the face of the log because
if it does the front wheel will slide down it and you will possibly fall.

So enter the log standing or sitting, I prefer standing because I can absorb it better with my legs once the rear
wheel makes contact with the log. Which ever way is best for you is fine, but be sure to practice it both ways. Because this will
enable you to have better control over the motorcycle, because you will know how the bike will react. Okay, now back to it,
you want the front wheel to come down either on top of the log or just on the back side. This is key because it will help
getting less of a kick with the rear wheel. Have you ever wheelied into a log and hit with the back wheel first? It will kick
you hard and sometimes buck your feet right of the pegs. So now you have the front wheel over, you let it kiss the top or back
side of the log, now let off the throttle a bit and grip the motorcycle with your legs and pull with your legs and lean forward
to help bring the rear wheel over the log. The more slippery the log is the less throttle you will want to use and the more
body english you will use to bring it over. Think of it as just like when you used to bunny hop a bicycle, just grasp the
motorcycle with your knees and inner seam of your boots and pull it over. Remember to slow down and practice this, do not try and
do it at speed. Master the technique and the speed will follow. Be sure to not focus on the log to much, because this will cause
you to fixate on the obstacle and miss time when to loft the front wheel.

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