As soon as she put on the helmet, Su Mojin noticed it felt a bit heavier than the last one.
"Hmm, a heavier helmet is more conducive to learning and training."
After fastening the buckle for the little girl, Lin Yan carefully inspected her from head to toe. Once he was sure everything was in order, he reached for the next piece of equipment.
In terms of impact and puncture resistance, fiberglass was the strongest among the three materials for helmets, which was why Lin Yan had chosen a fiberglass helmet for Su Mojin. A heavier helmet also had its advantages during learning and training.
Carbon fiber's advantage was its lightness, and its fall and impact resistance were also quite good. However, carbon fiber was not puncture-resistant, making it less safe on the street if encountering sharp objects. In terms of safety, it was still a bit lacking compared to fiberglass. But this material had its pros and cons.
The gloves and boots Lin Yan picked for Su Mojin this time were different from the last set. The gloves covered up to her wrists, and the boots were of the layered type, extending more than halfway up her calves. She was fully equipped with a chest protector, back protector, and airbag vest, armed to the teeth. After putting them all on, Su Mojin herself felt quite bulky.
Lin Yan examined her from head to toe, nodding with satisfaction when he confirmed every detail was perfect. Despite the bulkiness, his wife's figure was always well-maintained, and she still looked incredibly beautiful, with the right places slim and the right places full.
Just as men looked cool in full leather suits, so did women. Especially Su Mojin, in her all-black leather suit and black helmet, with her ponytail trailing behind the helmet, she looked both sexy and playful.
Only after all these preparations were complete did Lin Yan have them slowly push the training vehicle out of the pit lane.
The training vehicle was a small-displacement sportbike with a 75cc engine. Although the displacement was small, it was manufactured to extremely high standards in all aspects, making it perfect for practice.
"Get on the bike and get a feel for it first. Focus on sensing the throttle's linearity."
He brought Su Mojin to an open area and had her try out the bike.
The little girl was very obedient and did as Lin Yan instructed. While Su Mojin was testing the bike, Lin Yan took out two traffic cones, found good positions on the ground, and set them up. Slalom training was essential for novice riders learning to corner.
As someone who had played simulation games and ridden simulators a few times, Su Mojin had a good grasp of throttle and brake linearity, and she adapted quickly.
"There are four main ways to lean into a corner: counter-leaning, inside-leaning, outside-leaning, and the body slide. For now, we won't discuss the body slide; we'll focus on the first three."
After the test ride, Su Mojin sat on the bike, diligently listening to Lin Yan's lecture. Lin Yan's explanations of the fundamental knowledge were extremely detailed, with every sentence being valuable insight that one might not be able to buy with money elsewhere.
Lin Yan always emphasized the fundamentals, as without a solid foundation, advanced techniques would be even harder to learn.
"I'll demonstrate counter-leaning for you. Counter-leaning means the rider and the bike are on the same horizontal plane."
Lin Yan also found a bike to demonstrate for Su Mojin. Counter-leaning was easy to understand: as the bike leaned into the corner, the rider also leaned. The rider's upper body and the bike's body formed a straight line. If a camera were placed on the front of the bike, the rider's perspective would be similar to the bike's, just slightly higher.
As for inside-leaning, it was based on counter-leaning, but the rider leaned further towards the apex of the corner. For a right turn, as the bike leaned to the right upon entering the corner, the rider also leaned to the right. However, the rider and the bike were not on the same horizontal plane; the rider's upper body was more to the right than the bike's, meaning it was closer to the inside of the corner.
Outside-leaning was the opposite, with the bike being closer to the apex than the rider. If the bike leaned at fifty degrees, the rider's head would be at about forty-five degrees, as if the bike had gone down, but the rider hadn't fully followed. However, it was definitely not like the "ghost fire youth" style.
These movements were easy to understand, and Su Mojin grasped them after basically one viewing. Of course, it was only viewing; actual practice was still difficult.
Outside-leaning and counter-leaning offered a wider field of vision and were mainly used for mountain riding and street commuting. Inside-leaning, on the other hand, was more commonly used on racetracks and some street races. Its field of vision was slightly smaller than outside-leaning. The entry angles for these three cornering styles were not excessively large, and the rider's hips and upper body remained on the seat.
As for the body slide...