FRONT END FEEL WHAT IS IT, HOW DO YOU GET IT

Australian Motorcyclist Issue #117

• BEARTOONS RIGHT IN THE JATZ CRACKERS
• BORIS RESPECT
• NEW BIKE PRICES STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT
• BEAR TALES HAPPY NEW YEAR
• WHAT SAY YOU? TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO REALLY SAY
• LONG TERMERS SHORT, AND SHOCKING
• FRONT END FEEL WHAT IS IT, HOW DO YOU GET IT
• A REAL RIDER SAFETY THROUGH AN APP
• BREATHING CLEAN WITH A PUROS HELMET
• CHOOSING TOURS WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY DO YOU CHOOSE?
• RZ CENTRAL BREATHE IN THE CASTROL R
• PORTUGAL FOOD, MORE FOOD, MORE MORE FOOD…AND ROADS
• SUITED UP THE BEAR LOVES THIS ONE
• HARLEY-DAVIDSON BREAKOUT BAD ARSE
• PUB OF THE MONTH EXCHANGE HOTEL, MUTTABURRA
• DESERT TRIANGLE WESTERN NSW
• CZECHIA A BEAR ON A RACE BIKE
• MOTO HIMALAYA DREAM BIG AND YOU’LL DO IT
• SUZUKI GSX-S1000GT ONE WORD – AMAZING!
• NEWS YES, YES, THAT’S VERY NEWSY STUFF
• EDITORIAL A DIFFERENT KIND OF BUSY

WORDS – MARK MCVEIGH PHOTOS – GOLD & GOOSE /GETTY IMAGES

“I DON’T HAVE A GOOD feeling with the front.” How often do we hear the MotoGP aliens say this? But just what do they mean, how do we feel the front?

Feel What?

Over decades of coaching the biggest anxiety I still see from riders is with the front end. Fear of the front brake. Fear of front tyre slides.