I respectfully disagree with backing off the throttle. If the rear end starts to slip, I'd stay on ther gas as I straighten the bike up.

 

Backing off the throttle, gassing it, using the brake; all these things will do is help you break traction and then you go down. I would grab the clutch so there is no imput (positive or negative) to the rear wheel. Get the bike as straight up asI could without going off the cliff or into a hard object and suck inmy breath and hope.

 

thanks guys. i was really looking for a kryptonite against gravel but there doesn't seem to be one. you guys did answer the reason why i have to hold the throttle during the turns. i need to focus on that when i'm going through the turn. there are some good tips on this thread.

 

Yes. Normally you should pull in the clutch when going over anything slick while going straight but in a turn if you let up on the throttle or pull in the clutch you will go wider in the turn creating another problem. Gravel in a turn is a bitch.

 

A friendwas successful at getting through the gravel in a turn, only to end up off the pavement with a very lucky dismount as his new RK went to hell (off the mountain).There is not much of a substitute for entering curves cautiously and accelerating through andout of them. But there is one: counter-steering. Don't believe those who say everyone does it naturally. Most folks turn by shifting weightand leaning the bike until this becomes second nature. Counter-steering does not come as naturally as leaning the bike. Now, I practice it every time I go through a significant curve.