| Author | Message | ||
     Motobear46 |
Hello everyone. 1600 miles on my Uly and I love the bike.With my Happy Trails panniers I haul all my tools to work and enjoy the benefits of the commuter lane during the always nasty commute home( the good and bad of Calif.) Once while leaving a stop light the bike stalled momentarily.I pulled in the clutch a bit and gave her a bit more gas to get going and then I was looking at nothing but sky. I've ridden a lot of years and have never had a bike that wants to leave earth like this one. Nothing wrong with the bike, just a lesson I learned to keep more weight over the front end when leaving a light. The second issue was avoiding a car that had cut me off at about 50mph. I grabbed the front brake hard and the front end turned HARD in my hand, pushing the front end until I released the brake and she straightened up.It felt like the front end had dropped into a deep angled rut in the road. This has me worried a bit. Why the bike didn't just compress the forks and stay straight makes me question what might happen in the future in a similar situation. I'm going to do some progressively harder practice stops on an empty road to alleviate my lack of confidence, or confirm it.But I do love this bike. Barry | ||
| Snub13 |
I had a panic stop/slow down when a deer wanted to get a closer look at the Uly. The bike did nothing odd and tracked straight and true, the forks compressed and the rear came off the ground a little. PS I think he really liked the bike because he ran head first into a fence on the other side of the road. Could you have sub-consciously pulled the bars or swerved or something? Anyway glad to hear there was no harm done and that you like the bike. Tim | ||
| Jlnance |
Motorbear - I've never had that problem. I'm guessing the wheel was turned when you hit the brakes. | ||
| Fllbikerwolf |
Could the front fork suspension settings been different on the left and right sides, causing it to push/pull to one side? | ||
| Debueller |
Adventure bikes like the Uly with powerful front brakes and long travel front forks will behave differently than dual sport or road only bikes, especially during a panic stop. The amount of "front end dive" takes some getting used to. There are only a few bikes have that combination of long travel suspension and strong road going brakes that will slow a heavy bike from high speeds. And yes the Uly wheelies easly. I've been practicing my "drag race" starts in preperation of some time this summer to see what she can do at the strip. I can see that poppin' the clutch is NOT the way to get rollin' fast, unless you want to land on your back with a 450lb bike wanting to mount you. | ||
| Chadhargis |
I was riding with some of my sportbike friends on Saturday and I was setting up for a turn. Body leaned to the inside of the turn, most of my body mass moved forward and to the inside. I was coming in a little warm (ok...a lot warm...alright, really damn hot  ) so I straighted the bike for a second and applied some front brake. However, my body was still in cornering position. What resulted was the coolest "supermoto" style rear slide. Applying the brakes with my body leaned forward and out like it was had the rear tire unloaded. Once the forks compressed, the rear tire started to slide. It was very gentle, and I got back on the gas as I eased off the front brake. Never done that on a bike before. I suppose you dirt guys think that's old hat, but to a street guy, it was something new for sure. Have to say, the Uly was smooth and predictable. No drama and no fault of the bike (blame the rider for not slowing enough for the turn). |
