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Re:Motorbike crashes: highside and lowside crashes explained by emmelaich on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:58AM (#36237404)
Accelerating enough to be always spinning the back wheel is also the way to avoid high-siders. Perhaps only very powerful bikes can do this predictably at any speed. It's the same technique as a speed way bike, but on bitumen and far higher speeds.

Mick Doohan was a master at this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs0Kg-niVk8

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Re:Motorbike crashes: highside and lowside crashes explained by natmaka on Thursday June 08, 2023 @01:14AM (#36237522)
On the 'supermoto' side of things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SXtaUQxsWk&t=27s
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Re:Motorbike crashes: highside and lowside crashes explained by seanhunter on Thursday June 08, 2023 @01:20AM (#36237559)
Yeah that controlled drift thing at speed is completely terrifying and amazingly skillful. Not for me, though. I was always taught to set up before the corner with the bike still vertical "in slow, out fast". I guess that's why on the one hand I could never be a racer but on the other hand I never crashed.
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Re:Motorbike crashes: highside and lowside crashes explained by MarkMarine on Thursday June 08, 2023 @03:10AM (#36238335)
Mick had a much different body position than is standard now.

If you spin the rear while you’re hanging off like a current MotoGP rider, you’re going to get flung into the atmosphere.

I’m sorry but this is conjecture about how to save or prevent a highside, you shouldn’t actually try to put this advice into practice.

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