Obviously the Burgman isn't meant for dirt biking or dual sport duty, but I was wondering how it handles a gravel road? Controllable or slip-sliding away?
Kindly explain to me how 'standing up' on the floorboards can lower the center of gravity? I would think that just the opposite would occur.bikinbiddy said:One good thing about the Burgman is that you can transfer your weight and "stand up" easily on the floorboards, which lowers the center of gravity
We owned a yellow F650GS for a couple of years, and they ARE pretty decent gravel road machines, among a lot of other things. Nice bikes.Bike-N-Hike said:Found used F650GSD bike for dirt/gravel.
I understand that standing on the pegs (or floorboards, in our case) would change the overall weight distribution of the bike/rider from the rear to a more forward bias, but a standing rider, as opposed to a sitting one, MUST raise the center of mass of the entire bike/rider unit to some degree, just as piling on fifty pounds of camping gear on the back seat would, or on the gas tank, for that matter...all the same. You can slide the front/rear weight bias all over the place, but strictly speaking, weight that goes upwards from where it was, raises the overall center of gravity, not lowers it.mulepwr said:Hey Burglar,
Standing up gets the weight between the wheels,not mainly over or biased to the rear wheel.