Hill Start

Hill Starts

I’m finding hill starts very difficult. Initially I thought dragging my back brake during slow turns would not work, but once I am moving, I can add back brake without much concern, and move fairly slowly. Being a sport bike (I think) I am fidning it harder to move slow.

However, taking off up a hill (even a small one) is VERY difficult. The soft start on the accelerator means that I can not help but roll backwards before going fowards - as the accelerator does nothing until the brakes are both released.

General Uphill corners

Trail braking and similar suggesting putting 1-5% load on the front forks. I have found that heading uphill even a bit, I can’t touch either brake without completely disengaging the motor. This means that I get a very odd behaviour.

• Small amount of brake is the same as completely removing all power
• This, uphill, is very twitchy, since even engaging the brake light a tiny amount (<1% braking) instantly removes all power and gravity really slows you down. Down hill I don’t notice this much.