[Kenny Sagawa: Webike News Editor in Chief]
80% rider is not good at right corner!
For riders there are many people who are not good at the right corner, especially as a beginner seems to be stronger.
Students from the school asked the other day. “I think that the left corner almost forms a line and forms according to my image, but the right corner does not work very well, why is it?”
Not only that but also, in practice, if you run the right corner and the left corner alternately, most people find that the right corner is more awkward and the lines are not made well in many cases. When attracting and listening to students, it seems that 7 to 80 percent of people are not keenly aware of the right corner.
Many causes are considered
The theme “The rider is not good at the right corner” is not what it began with now, and its causes and countermeasures have been discussed many times in two wheel specialized magazines and the like. The main reasons for weak consciousness seem to be as follows.
[Things related to motorcycle operation]
•Operating systems such as accelerator, brake lever, brake pedal, etc. are concentrated on the right side.。
•Because the steering wheel turns to the right, the right arm becomes cramped, making it difficult to operate the accelerator and brake.
•In an aggressive form such as a hang-off, it is difficult to step on the brake pedal.
[By Traffic Environment]
•Because Japan is on the left side, the right corner is difficult to bend.
(The mental pressure is great, such as the guardrail is close to the right corner and the road surface becomes the reverse bank)
[By Lifestyle Habits]
•”Law in the Counterclockwise Direction” supermarkets and convenience stores etc. are adopting counterclockwise wires.
•People are accustomed to counterclockwise, such as tracks of playgrounds and bases of baseball.
[Things by Body Structure]
•There are many people on the left foot (axis that is easy to support weight).
•The heart is on the left side of the body.
I have heard of it, etc, and there should be some mushrooms that I think even of myself. Among them, there are things that can be convinced about the unique operation system of the motorcycle and the theory by the Japanese transportation environment.
Accept and devise intractability
So, what should we do to overcome the weak consciousness? For operating systems, accepting “trivial things” and thinking about “how can we improve by thinking about it” should be considered.
For example, in the right corner, “having a throttle grip at an angle” makes it easier to open the throttle by giving a margin to the right arm, and the front brake also makes delicate control by habitualizing “two indexes of index and middle fingers” It becomes easy to do.
Also, the brake pedal is also aware of the “stepping step” so that stepwork and pedal operation are separated, which should make operation much easier.
A sense of security to visit by changing consciousness
As we can not change the traffic environment, we only have to change our consciousness. For example, if you are afraid of the right corner, it is basically “to fall to the speed at which you can bend with confidence”. On top of that, not only sending a line of sight far away, but also pulling out “from afar to a nearby point” will make it easier for the entire corner to grab and the line pickup will stabilize as well.
Also, although the right corner appears to be a reverse bank, in fact it is almost always attached to the entire road surface (inclination). We do not usually notice the high capital city usually, but as soon as it stops due to traffic jams, you will find that the corner has a considerable slope to make it easier to bend.
In other words, it does not necessarily agree with what the vision feels and the reality. It is unreasonable to skip it, though, but by changing consciousness you will be able to enter the corner more calmly and calmly.
Doohan winning with left-hand brake
There is another possibility to dramatically change the weak consciousness. If you are looking at recent MotoGP or Suzuka 8 resistance, you will notice that there are many riders who are balancing by removing the foot from the step at the time of entry even in the right corner. This is not because we do not use rear brakes. The thumb brake system is equipped with a rear brake lever of the type which operates with the thumb with the left hand base.
Mick Doohan, who once won the championship for the fifth consecutive year in the WGP 500 cc class in the 1990s, was in disrepair for his right leg due to major injury during the race, but then he took advantage of the overwhelming strength with full use of the Sam brake It was.
And although this system itself is not new, it seems that attention is paid again by the recent change in the riding style of the racing world.
Technology may not solve your problem
If you think about it, now even for mass-produced commercial vehicles, Quick Shifters are being adopted normally, and clutch operation is no longer necessary except when starting and stopping. Then, the left hand becomes a castor, and it is not surprising even if the rear brake of the type operated with the left hand is adopted from now on. Rather, as the technology evolves, the operating system of the motorcycle should change as well.
So, I think that there is not such a good thing if the “consciousness of the right corner is not good” which is a kind of trouble of many riders is improved.
