We did a charity ride a few months ago here in Marietta, GA and had 18 motor cops escorting the ride. After the ride, we were all invited over to their training area for a demo. Awesome!! They took four Road Kings and put them all in the tiny little circle at the same time. I mean 12 inches wheel to wheel at full tilt. And they all made it, more than once.
Things went a bit downhill when they tried to stuff three Road Kings in one half of the figure eight and got a little piled up. They admitted they were pushing it for the crowd and they hadn't ever tried that before. They tried to explain their way out of it, but the embarrassment was evident.
As for the floorboards, lets just say they were all very well "feathered". The civillian riders in the group were impressed after one person asked what modifications had beed done to the bikes so they could maneuver like that. Noting was the reply, all stock running gear, just practice, and lots of it.
I have bought the video from Jarrey "Motorman" Palladino (
http://www.ridelikeapro.com) and have done a lot of practice and thought I was pretty good, but I quickly realized what good really is. I do strongly reccomend the video, but dropping the bike comes with the territory. That's OK on my '99 Classic, but the new bike won't be put to the same test.
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