I'd like to know some basic step riding techniques if you got them? Going up steps specifically. The approach, the first step, how your throttle hand plays the engine, shifting gears.....??????
In the mornings when I ride to work I love to hit a sidewalk handicap ramp and get some air under both tires. That's the extent of my "jumping" experience to date.
Help a newb to the hooligan world out here.
What you doin' that might make a few people in uniform want to talk to you just a bit?
There's a train stop that mostly deserted during the weekends not far from my house. Bunch of stairs going down to the parking lot, half paved / half gravel and it's on on two levels. It's my own little supermoto / trials track.
The popo did pay me a visit one day but overall were pretty good about it as the place is far from any houses though they didn't really see exactly where I was riding.........
I'd like to know some basic step riding techniques if you got them? Going up steps specifically. The approach, the first step, how your throttle hand plays the engine, shifting gears.....??????
Going down I generally hold the clutch in and use the front brake to control the speed. This is for big sets where you don't want to go too fast or you will die.
Going up, the key is approach speed. You can't go too slowly or the bike will stall on the way up. It takes a bit of practice cause it is a mindfuck riding straight at a set of stairs at prob 15-20 kms/hr. I lean back just before hitting the first step and give it a shot of gas to get the bike to begin the climb. Depending on how big the set is you will need to keep on the gas.
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Anybody doing "semi-illegal" riding on their X's?
I don't like to limit myself that way. I go full hog illegal.
Disclaimer: I gotta get the suspension on my WRX sorted out before doing this kind of thing on it cause it keeps bottoming out on the big jumps and dragging the frame going over the edge on the big stairs.
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Subject: Re: Stairs & Urban Warfare - Hooliganism Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:31 am
How much money did it cost to get your wr250x to look exactly like an Aprilia?
Hey Hooli I was wondering when you were gonna chime in here. This post was screaming your name.
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heres my set of stairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN8h-P21KEI . i was a bit sluggish but it was my second set ive ever done.
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Subject: Re: Stairs & Urban Warfare - Hooliganism Sat May 29, 2010 5:55 pm
Ha ha ha...so today I finally hit a small set of steps.
What a douche. I am so glad I did not bring anyone to record it. I must have looked like a spazzzzz.
I found this small set of 5 concrete steps with no handrail, and in a secluded spot where nobody could see me fail. (if I failed)
I had to bump up over the curb from a parking lot, cross a very narrow sidewalk, then take the 5 steps up to another parking lot.
Getting over the curb was fine, but I think my front tire hit the first step just as my rear tire was passing over the curb. I was in first gear. Hindsight says second gear might be a better way to go next time.
I guess I goosed the throttle a bit for the first step and when my rear tire hit the first step it bounced my feet off the foot pegs.
In a retarded spazz on speed kinda way when I fell to the seat I must have twisted the throttle a bit more because the front wheel lifted up off the last step and I was wheelie-like floundering with my feet off the pegs and still needing to get my rear tire up the last step or two.
Fortunately I'm on a wr250x. Not a ton of power. I was able to release the twist on the throttle and lower the front end just as my rear tire got grip on the last step and presto....
I had managed to climb my first set of small steps.
It was FFFFFFUUUUUUGGGGGLLLLLYYYYY...but it was done.
Looking forward to next attempt with much less spazz-drama and much better control.
Subject: Re: Stairs & Urban Warfare - Hooliganism Sat May 29, 2010 6:36 pm
The entire trick to going UP stairs is the approach speed. Almost everyone goes too slow the first few times cause it seems counterintuitive to ride straight at what looks like a wall. I'd stick to first gear as that is where you will get the most low end torque. Just increase your approach speed. Lean back a bit and just as the front tire hits the first step, give it a little shot of throttle and you will zip up those steps like they are not even there.
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Subject: Re: Stairs & Urban Warfare - Hooliganism Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:47 am
Good info man, although you may be saying first is a better gear for your SXV but keep in mind how really short the WR 1st gear is, most have them geared lower also so first is basically nothing. First is probly perfect for stock gearing tho cuz thats pretty tall
I'm ok with stairs and stuff. I do have a hard time crossing the train tracks though. I can get the front tire over the first track but by the time the rear tire is about the go over the first track, the front wheel is ready to go over the 2nd track. Add in the thrill of being stuck between a LIVE working train track and it just makes me nervous. Been stuck before when I heard a train a coming and I just jumped off the bike and gave it some juice and popped the clutch to get over. That'll get the adrenaline going!
We have done nine videos. Supermoto Hooligans 1 - 8 and Supermoto in Slow motion. Hooligans 1 - 4 were filmed last year and 5 - 8 plus Slow Motion were filmed this year. Slow Motion is kind of a compilation video from many different rides. Generally each video documents a single ride, although there can be a small amount of cross-over. The later vids are the best because my film editing skills are constantly improving and our riding as a group has improved as well. Also we are finding new and bigger jumps and obstacles to ride. We are doing stuff this year I never though we would do....... As an ex-roadracer, dropping off a loading dock is fricken SCARY the first few times.
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riding on their X's? 
Hey Hooli I was wondering when you were gonna chime in here. This post was screaming your name. 
As an ex-roadracer, dropping off a loading dock is fricken SCARY the first few times. 
