90 Degree Pull-Out

Here is Chris in the 90 degree pull out exercise. While it appears simple, this requires a fair amount of practice to master. The motor is stopped, centered int he lane, with the engine guards aligned with the perpendicular line of cones. The rider puts down the foot only on the side of the motor toward which he is going to turn. The bars are NOT turned to full lock. Instead they're about 2/3 of the way to lock. You see the head and eyes are up, since the rider's focus is up and well out inthe direction he wants to go. Just prior to moving, it is required that a "head check" be made in the opposite direction, to look for traffic. Obviously there will not be traffic in the cone pattern, but this is a critical step on the street, so it must be made a habit during practice.

One movement begins, the foot comes up to the board and stays there. Riders who put a foot back down commonly sustain ankle injuries, since the stationary foot is in the path of the motorcycle's saddle bag.

As power to the rear wheel is controlled with the clutch's friction zone, the rider is able to combine forward movement with the confined 90 degree turn, and go exactly where he wants to.

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[gliderp]

I noticed on the right hand pull out, the rider had his right foot down. This runs counter to everything that was taught to me in the MRF course here in CT. What's the deal with that? Not criticizing, just asking.

[ConeDown]

@gliderp It helps to have the motor leaned slightly in the direction you want to go, and thus it's easiest to have the foot down in the direction you want to go. Considering the relatively short distance allowed for the turn, things have to happen fairly quickly, so have that foot down in the direction you want to go makes it that much more efficient. It's possible to do this with the opposite foot down, it's just a little awkward. Thanks for asking.

[mutatedrock]

The thing I hate about this or a 45 degree pullout with a far head turn is one can't "see" the "wall" of cones that's quite unnerving.