I'll tell you a funny story about locked wheel turns. I was a motorcycle police officer at the time. My ride was a very heavy (metal side bags, big metal radio box, etc.) 1963 Pan Head. We took our bikes home, and one day I was washing and cleaning it, and I dropped it. I couldn't get it up, so I enlisted the help of a police officer who lived a few houses down. He was a monster who could literally carry a washing machine in his arms. He got it upright.

We used to park our motors in front of the police station, and if you approached from the South it required about a 270 degree tight turn to align to the proper parking angle. That day, there was a large vehicle parked in front of the police station with a line of folks awaiting free chest X-rays. I made my approach, got my handlebars locked up, and the bike went down. I was so damn embarrassed, that I somehow found the strength to get the bike up, and I immediately rode away rather than face the line of people! Yes, turns need to be practiced. I was fairly new at the time, and received no training.


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