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I used to cycle to work.
Now I work from home, so that's kinda difficult now! |
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Due to a broken back I can't ride sports bikes any more so I have a Big Trailee, Massive torque, but relatively low top end power(100bhp). Soft comfy suspension and skinny semi knobbly tyres yet riding with a group of friends(ZX636, R6, T Cat, GSXR750) who are all good riders with lots of track experience I can happily keep up and lead 2up with full luggage. And we don't hang around either. On the roads its about how much speed you can carry through the corners not about what you can do in a straight line. Whatever you do, Ride Safe. |
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Perhaps a few scrapes would do some good, but that could get expensive, and not just from repairing the bike. |
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One thing most people get wrong is the line through the corner. Find an experienced rider and follow them. You will soon start to learn braking/entry points as well as general lines. Fear of falling off is normal, however it shouldn't get so great that you are more worried about it than a general self preservation thing. If you do then you are more likely to come off as you will freeze or target aquire(the bike goes where you look. In that split second before the accident if you look at what you are going to hit you will hit it. Looking at the possible escape route will normally be enough to get you through.) Learn to relax on the bike. The best and fastest riders often look like they are hardly trying. It should come naturally. Its the old 4 stage Unconcious Incomptetance Concious Incompetance Concious Competance Unconcious Comptetance i.e. you start off crap but don't know it. Then you realise how crap you are , then you get better but you have to think hard about it. then you are good but don't think about it. Don't forget that even if you reach stage 4 a bit of time off the bike will dro you back into stage 3. Even a couple of months over winter is enough to kill that rythmn. |
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the main thing that worries me is braking and bad car drivers . How many times riding down a road has a car suddenly come out from a side street and nearly took you off
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With regard to following people, when I was using the bike regularly, I was catching people up and passing them at the first given opportunity. Once you get to know the corners, you move into the unconscious competence phase, I guess, but you can have a blast at the same time!!! I am aware of the four stage thing you mentioned - we went through it in our sales meeting last week. It's generally a self-preservation thing about the leaning. I don't spend the ride worrying about falling off, but I have had a lucky escape on a couple of occasions, where the bend was sharper than I expected and I snatched the brake. I only got away with it because the road was dry. For Christmas I got a track day from my sister and brother in law, which I want to use when it's dry. Although I won't be using my bike, I am hoping that I can pick up some useful tips when I do go, as long as I don't drop the thing! |
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