Whats your riding technique?

[Oak Hill]

What do feel is the best way to ride your RX1 and/or Vector into and through the corners? All sleds have a particular riding style that is required to make them handle the best. I have put 260 miles on my Vector and this is what I have found to be the best. Slight lift of throttle just before entering the turn, while shifting my body wieght to the inside, once sled is planted into the turn, accellorate out of the turn. I have had some sleds that are point and shoot, power slide (sqaure the corner like a dirt bike) and rail through the corner.

 

[welterracer]

Man you hit the nail on the head....

THe key to driving a fourstroke is to not totally let of the gas when entering a corner like you do on a twostroke..

I dial in alot of skipressure into my sled so that the carbides bite... then when i hit the apex of a turn i start applying throttle to lift the skis slightly to make ease of turning better..

Having confindence in the sled is also a big factor... if you lean hard and drive threw the corners it will make it..

 

[Flipper]

Oak Hill,

This is exactly what I have learned to do.

Adjustments in riding style are definitely required with the engine breaking of these 4 strokes.

My buddies on two strokes have almost gone through a few corners as they did not see me breaking going into the corner......

Now when I ride with others on two strokes, I give them some advance warning of this.

 

[Tfin]

Exactly! You may also want to notify anyone in your group who's riding behind you and not familier with our engine braking about it.

When riding fast behind a two stroke, you're always looking for their brake light as an indicator. You don't always get it with a 4 stroke due to the engine brake.

At one stop, I had a bud ask me to apply my brake to see if the brake light worked, because he hadn't seen it in the last several miles. I did, and sure enough, it worked.

 

[Shane]

I noticed after only being able to put 116 miles on my RS VECTOR ER that it takes a little body english to keep her flat in the corners. I did take one round of weight transfer out and it did help flatten the turning but did take away from acceleration.

 

[Tom-RX1]

I find that if you slow before the corner then accelerate into it it stays flat
Tom-RX1

 

[wolfie]

The first thing I do is shorten up the coupling adjustment, so it doesn't transfer as much. The skis stay planted much better in power on transitions, which I like when cornering. My clutching is set up, so that there isn't a ton of engine breaking, before it goes freewheel. I also like to take a wider arc through the corner when possible. The sled is bigger, carries alot of momentum, and isn't as nimble for point and shoot style riding. I can carry alot more momentum throught the corners when I can take them wider, and at the apex drift inside as soon as possible.