giant 8 year old

[oxbow1]

i haven't been on a bike in 30 years so the controls were alien to me and i wasn't sure i could handle the difference between a manual truck and a manual bike.
so i decided to practice by sitting on the bike in my garage and practice, pretending actually, working all the controls like i was really riding and it is alot easier to grasp the concept for me now.
you don't have to make the brrrrrrr! sound but it makes it alot more fun

[Wrider]

VROOM VROOM VRRRROOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM What? So I'm also a giant 8 Year old... lol Know that feeling!
Wrider

[storysunfolding]

Practicing things and understanding more how they work is a great step towards getting back on two wheels. My hats off to you

I thought this post was going to be about this http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=24899

[jackM50black]

Actually, I can see doing that. I asked my veteran bike buddy if he thought that knowing how to (1) drive a stick shift manual transmission and (2) knowing how to ride a bicycle, are two important requisites for learning to ride a motorcycle. He said he did'nt think so....but he also said he never thought about it.

But, when you think of it..... knowing how to do both those would make learning a motorcycle a little easier... a little more intuitive. Before I got my first motorcycle, I decided to "practice" to the extent that I could, on my bicycle. I would read my motorcycle manual and then go out and ride my bike and consciously think about counter-steering and also to lean into turns a lot more. High speed bicycle racers get up to speeds where that is depended upon.

[Fast Eddy B]

I was avoiding this thread because I thought it was about the 8 year old kid in the UK who weighs over 200 lbs.

Now that I've read it I wish that it was!



sorry.


vroom.