Question on Lowsiding

[davew]

Last weekend when Corser lowsided in the 1st lap of race two at Eurospeedway he held onto the handlebar grips through the entire slide. Why would he do this? Given his experience, I'm certain it was deliberate. My only guess is since it was a fairly controled slide and he was in the lead he wanted to stay with the bike as best as he could to rejoin quickly if possible, but its seems like you save a few seconds at the risk of serious injury.

Dave w

[RSVMILLE661]

If you truly love your bike let it go... If it comes back to you, you prolly high sided.


I have always been told to let the bike go. Worse things seem to happen if you try to stay with it.

[davew]

thats exactly my point. I'm sure he has been told this his whole career as well. And its not like he just forgot. So why would a world champion hold on??

dave w

[OreoGaborio]

Originally posted by davew
So why would a world champion hold on??

Denial

I really can't think of a single decent reason I didn't see the crash, but could it be that he was trying to push the bike back up w/ his knee or was he COMPLETELY down & off the bike?

[highsider]

Because you *never* quit.

[SVRACER01]

to keep the bike running. he prolly had the clutch pulled in. those wsb dont have magic buttons to make them go vvvrrroooommmm

[OreoGaborio]

Originally posted by SVRACER01
to keep the bike running. he prolly had the clutch pulled in. those wsb dont have magic buttons to make them go vvvrrroooommmm

... see i was thinkin that too, but the rear tire's not on the ground when it's on its side... grab it when you pick it up, sure but when you're sliding?

[R7]

Originally posted by SVRACER01
to keep the bike running. he prolly had the clutch pulled in. those wsb dont have magic buttons to make them go vvvrrroooommmm

No but EFI bikes have a magic tilt sensor that shuts the bike off when it's on it's side

I only had one street/track get-off and quite a few offroad get-offs, just let it go, especially in the dirt

[bentbryan]

My EFI bike was still running whilst on it's side.

[Paul_E_D]

It was definitely to keep it running. WSB regs require a tip over switch that cuts the engine when it's on it's side. I believe the rider can prevent this from happening if they keep their hand on the throttle. Apparently Corser does not have a starter on the bike...

[Hardcore]

Originally posted by bentbryan
My EFI bike was still running whilst on it's side.

Which one of the MANY TIMES was that!!!