1st ride, lessons learned, questions

[Patrick]

When you're stopping, keep your knees tight to the tank. It helps the balance. As for the brakes, keep using them both, just learn how to regulate them. And that just comes from practice and doing it over and over again in various scenarios.


For the gear shift lever, adjust it up so your boot has room.

You gave me an idea, I think I will consider the gear shift lever since that is a pain for me now and I often thought about it being a hazzard. I think I have got used to it, but man if I really need to react fast that would be the ticket. Thanks for the tibit.. You can teach old dogs new tricks.

Patrick

[ceemes]

I have to admit that when it comes to braking, I am a front brake man. Basically it a left-over habit from my courier days, hard acceleration, zipping in and out of downtown traffic, taking corners like a GP racer and hard braking.......front brakes only seemed to be the best for that type of suicidal riding.

Now I am trying to break myself of that habit and using the rear brake in conjunction of my front and engine braking. Figure they gave us three sets of brakes or two set depending on your set up, may as well use them all as required.