I have my limits when scrapping boards specially at my weight!  I try to handle the bike as best as I can but the biyatch is still heavy in my opinion!

Slow maneuvering is where I focus and practice all the time!  The street in front of my home is a deadend and only 18ft' wide.  Either I pull into the driveway and roll back to turn around or as I used to....Go over the curb and into the grass to complete the turn!

I fuggen finally can NOW do the 18' ft U-TURN on this long a55 Street Glide of mine!  Took me 6 months but well worth the wait!  Here are a few pictures taken lately practicing in a parking lot!

 

 

Keen to see this but I'm just getting the old squares with red crosses thing. Can you repost please mate?

Let me work it from here! I thought it went through!!!

Might not be high resolution but here it goes!!!

 

 

 

when I get bored I go out the front and do circles and build up to figure eights ,bit easier on a sportster though ,dunno how Id go throwing that around .

I can barely turn corners.

My guess with the tour-pak that it's a tad over 375kgs! I'm about 77kgs so that's 5 times my weight!

 

it's not about the weight... it's balance. have some mates in Indonesia that manouver tourers in U turns a little over twice their length...

 

it's all about rear brake and throttle.... keep the throttle around 2,000rpm and control the bike with brake 

 

Thats it Ho. Rear brake and throttle control all the way.

This is more than 100kgs heavier than my bike too... 

Clutch, rear brakes and throttle is the KEY! Too much practice will burn your clutch! Don't ask me how I know.....lol

 

A buddy of mine did just that!!!

your not trying hard enough Boss, i still see daylight under those floorboards, don't worry mate, we'll fix that when we go for a ride together

Thanks Boss. Mine is so low that if I hit a bump in a bend I can dig in the crash bars - not the most flexible part of the bike. I've gotten this down pretty good now by spending a lot of time out of the seat and moving forward virtually onto the fuel tank. (Apprarently very entertaining for mates riding behind). I'm sure you already do this, and I don't know how acceptable it is to everyone else, but this last trick is a ripper: go into the bend tight (!) (that is for a right hander move to the centre-line then lay the bike over to the left going into the bend, then swing it around. For a lot of the turn the bike is then coming up to vertical. You see this a lot in the movies with US motorcycle cops. THE CATCH:  use selectively and watch out for high speed sports bikes coming up fast behind before moving to the centreline. Gosh that technique gets them excited! (Not that they should be trying to overtake in a turn anyway).

 How''s this for class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PERJTHu1Od0&feature=related

 

 

Sitting on the tank is key!!!! And that video is by far anything I will be able to do! That's some serious riding but it takes way to much effort in learning those skills! Fugg....I just want to ride!!!! lol

Early part of this year we were riding the Ozarks and I was leading a group of about 30 bikes! I take a tight left turn near the center lane (Keep in mind we drive on the wrong side of the road) and although I am in my lane, part of my upper body is on the center line (marker) .

A 18 wheeler decided to take his turn wide and he missed me by about 10 inches! I saw it coming but dang it was a close call. People behind me said that was way to close! I panicked! I do admit it but I maintained and tried maneuvering the bike to avoid collision!

It took three days to pull that seat off my a55 because I puckered up tighter than ever! I tasted Sundowner seat for about 2 weeks!!!