How to crossing the speedtrap with a motorcycle

Most indonesian know about speedtraps, in indonesian sometime called polisi tidur. A speedtraps has the function to reduce vehicle speed. Speedtraps can usually be found on roads around villages or residential areas to reduce vehicle speed for those crossing that road, it may be dangerous for people and their children around residential areas. We often find misshaped & irregular speedtraps in many roads.

Speedtraps may have a good function, to reduce vehicle speed. It's safety for people who are residents in around road and driver who is travelling on the road, but as stated in the introduction, misshaped or irregular speedtraps can be dangerous for people who are travelling on the road, because it makes fingers legs and hands working hard to hold up the shocks than before. Besides that the body may fatigue quickly.

The methode for crossing the speedtrap:

1. Decrease your speed, dont use brakes to slow down, it will wear out your front suspension.
2. When you get close to the speedtrap, ift your body from the seat. You dont need to stand up on your motorcycle. This makes a decreased load on the suspension.
3. Use your knee as hinge.
4. On the top of speed trap, add a little for increase power of your motorcycle.
5. Most important, fill your front fork of your motorcycle with shock absorber oil every 11.000 km or every once 1 year. It's better to fill it with a little above normal capacity. It makes your bike more stable for the purpose of crossing speedtraps or bumpy roads.

All methods above are adopted from motorcross techniques. May help if you will be crossing the speedtraps.

This article dedicated to Mr. Bill, who as my lecturer in university 3 years ago. Thanks sir... I miss u..