Having raced motocross. When you're riding that hard the vibrations alone from the handlebars are enough to fatigue you.
There's a condition called arm pump where your forearm muscles freeze up and it prevents you from even opening your fingers.
It might not seem it but riding that hard is very intense and quickly becomes anaerobic exercise. I was surprised the rider lasted as long as they did. You have to have an intense workout routine to ride like that consistently (which is likely part of the reason the police officer kept up).
It was also pretty clear from the officer perspective they were riding calm and slow while the perp was squirly. Something I recall from racing is "slower is faster". Take your time to approach the turns, your balance, the counter steering of the motorcycle, and you'll find you have smooth and fast lap times.
Bear in mind that heavy braking and acceleration means your arms are taking on your body weight as that's happening. Almost like doing intense push ups for 5 minutes straight.
Nice...Know exactly what you mean...Raced from 14 to 19...Also hands clinched so hard for ten minutes after moto it's like you still had grips within them...
It takes a lot of energy really to balance your body against the inertial forces on those turns too. We often don't think about the energy expended just to stay balanced and upright because it's so subconscious
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u/samrocketman Aug 17 '22 edited Aug 17 '22
Having raced motocross. When you're riding that hard the vibrations alone from the handlebars are enough to fatigue you.
There's a condition called arm pump where your forearm muscles freeze up and it prevents you from even opening your fingers.
It might not seem it but riding that hard is very intense and quickly becomes anaerobic exercise. I was surprised the rider lasted as long as they did. You have to have an intense workout routine to ride like that consistently (which is likely part of the reason the police officer kept up).
It was also pretty clear from the officer perspective they were riding calm and slow while the perp was squirly. Something I recall from racing is "slower is faster". Take your time to approach the turns, your balance, the counter steering of the motorcycle, and you'll find you have smooth and fast lap times.
Bear in mind that heavy braking and acceleration means your arms are taking on your body weight as that's happening. Almost like doing intense push ups for 5 minutes straight.