Unable To balance With 1 Foot

[coutuser]

I taking 2BL1.

 

If I have 2 legs off the bike, I can standby my legs if the bike wobble and fall to the ground.

 

But if I have 1 leg on the brake pedal, I am very afraid if my bike fall to the right when I start to move off.

 

Guys and gals,

when your bike is just moving off, do you lean your bike slightly to the left?

If I keep my bike straight, it may wobble to the left or right. If it tilts to the right, I have to put my right feet down.

 

In that case, I will fail.

 

Can anyone give me any tips? Thanks.

[Sharkboy]

Well, you just need to have a good balance. When moving off, start to accelerate gradually plus with the help of your handle bars to keep your bike balanced. You may want to lean a little to the left if it helps you to balance the bike.

[ticks]

Take a step back and imagine you're standing at the back of your bike with an imaginary you sitting on the bike at the lights. If your left leg is on the floor acting like a side stand, with your bike slightly tilted to the left, will it fall to the right without any external forces working on you+bike?

 

On a flat ground it won't fall to the right unless you kan cheong and push the bike too much towards the right in fear of the bike falling to the left.

 

Just relax and let your left leg do the work of holding the bike in place..

[6.1.9.]

Just look far, straight ahead. It helps.

 

And don't have the mindset of I am losing balance. I'm sure you can do it.

[swagman]

I taking 2BL1.

 

If I have 2 legs off the bike, I can standby my legs if the bike wobble and fall to the ground.

 

But if I have 1 leg on the brake pedal, I am very afraid if my bike fall to the right when I start to move off.

 

Guys and gals,

when your bike is just moving off, do you lean your bike slightly to the left?

If I keep my bike straight, it may wobble to the left or right. If it tilts to the right, I have to put my right feet down.

 

In that case, I will fail.

 

Can anyone give me any tips? Thanks.

 

you need to lean too the side

[Throttle]

I taking 2BL1.

 

If I have 2 legs off the bike, I can standby my legs if the bike wobble and fall to the ground.

 

But if I have 1 leg on the brake pedal, I am very afraid if my bike fall to the right when I start to move off.

 

Guys and gals,

when your bike is just moving off, do you lean your bike slightly to the left?

If I keep my bike straight, it may wobble to the left or right. If it tilts to the right, I have to put my right feet down.

 

In that case, I will fail.

 

Can anyone give me any tips? Thanks.

 

Look, you clearly have poorer than normal psycho motor skills or a weak mental state.

But you already have the answer. (lean very slightly left)

The key is practice. Try with a bicycle. It will help.

Understand the principles of physics behind the balancing of a two wheeler in motion, that will give you some confidence too.

[SBSSAR]

Look, you clearly have poorer than normal psycho motor skills or a weak mental state

harsh but funny

[niteblade]

look far ahead in front and dont be afraid to throttle SLIGHTLY more

[ki113r]

If the instructors can't correct your mistake on the spot, I doubt the advice here will help?

 

Anyway, never give up

[Heathx]

The simplest way to overcome most balance issue on the bike is to find the biting point of the bike. You may or may not be taught this during your plank lesson, but in any case, that comes later.

 

The biting point is the point where the clutchplate starts to get into contact with the engine transmission, and power is beginning to be transmitted to the drivetrain. Most often, lost of balance occurs at very low speed, because there is not enough "power" to stabilise the bike. If you learn where the bike biting point is, try this - without further releasing the clutch, just throttle a little bit more. You will find that while the bike is 'working' more, but due to the half-clutch, the power transmitted is not much, thus creating a steady stream of 'power' which helps balancing. However, doing this too often is not good, as it burns your clutchplate a lot faster.

 

The technique that your instructors will prolly teach you is to get biting point, then throttle a bit more, and once you're moving, increase throttle a bit more and release clutch proportionately. It is fairly easy to get, just needs practice. Also, you must have guts. Most of the bros here have shared that you should look far. This is VERY important. If you look down just in front of your bike, you will automatically lose balance. Don't ask me why, i have no idea either, but looking far has always worked for me while i was learning. hehehe...

 

Another thing that so far i haven't seen any bros mentioning is using your thighs to kiap the fuel tank tightly. This helps ALOT in stabilising your bike! Initially when you start, because you keep losing balance, you tend to not kiap the fuel tank with yout thighs. But trust me, once you get used to kiaping the fuel tank with your thighs tightly, you will find it helps a lot in balancing when moving off. My instructor used to put a piece of paper in btn my thighs and the fuel tank. If we go one round and come back, the paper not there, we owe him a drink. Hahaha...

 

All the best, and don't give up! Keep trying! Practice makes perfect!

 

P.S. To answer your question about leaning... usually i push off with my left leg a bit as well, just with enough strength to get the bike moving forward and to make it lean to the left only very slightly. The very slight lean coupled with increased power from throttling will straighten your bike. But if your lean to either side is too much, then you may risk falling. Once again, it's a practice thing. And find a method that suits you.

Edited February 9, 2013 by Heathx

[rider2013]

practise more half clutch technique, pylon, entering crank course, narrow plank, eyes contact on S-course.

Firm grip with your thigh on the honda CB125 tank.

[crazydj]

What is your height? If you too tall, short bike feels kinda funny. But my bet would be you sitting on the bike not centre. That means you backside leaning more to the right or left. Your butt crack must be centre, in line on the seat.

[Jeremy330]

I did not really think about this, until I started riding a class 2A bike. I am skinny and bike is hell a lot heavier than a class 2b bike. I used to keep bike straight up while stationary, but now with a big bike, I prefer to tilt it to the left and have a constant pressure on my left foot. Bike will straighten itself when you move off.

 

For class 2b plank, I think its better to start the course with a bit more speed and use brake or half clutch to manage the speed later. Start too slow and the half clutch can easily put you off the plank, esp when all the bloody bikes in Ubi all behave differently.

 

Better be a bit fast and get through course and donate a few points than get immediate failure for dropping off the plank.

 

Another thing is that is you are nervous and your body is rigid, its even easier to lose balance, especially on test day. So better be a bit fast and let the bikes momentum keep you going in a straight line. Once you are stable halfway through, you also more confident and you can try and slow down a bit if you want.

[mild_slevin]

I taking 2BL1.

 

If I have 2 legs off the bike, I can standby my legs if the bike wobble and fall to the ground.

 

But if I have 1 leg on the brake pedal, I am very afraid if my bike fall to the right when I start to move off.

 

Guys and gals,

when your bike is just moving off, do you lean your bike slightly to the left?

If I keep my bike straight, it may wobble to the left or right. If it tilts to the right, I have to put my right feet down.

 

In that case, I will fail.

 

Can anyone give me any tips? Thanks.

 

Just keep yourself straight will do, if there's too much lean over either side (left or right) just do a counter steer (not too much) & back action. (*the narrow plank course would give you an idea how to go slow and keep yourself in balance)

 

for clutch try achieving the biting point, as the bike get in motion that's when you can keep yourself balance. if you need to slow down a little tap a little of your rear brake.... if engine about to kill off, clutch in just a little so the distance to biting point is relatively nearer. keep repeating the step to gain control & balance