Experienced Rider Question?

[storysunfolding]

You bastrd!

[captinamerica]

its not about miles or years. its about experiances the more eperiances the more experianced.

[Johnj]

its not about miles or years. its about experiances the more eperiances the more experianced.

Mozilla has an automatic spell checker. Makes me look experienced. For spelling anyway.

[Misguided Missle]

In the last club I was in, they went by scars, broken bones, and tickets.

[cruiserV]

I have ridden for forty+ years. In no way do I think I am experienced. I am seasoned, but experience is what happens everytime you roll on the throttle. I still learn something new, or a better way to do an old thing all the time. It's a real fickle path, motorcycling, and for the most part, you are on your own out there. 11,000 miles.....I have over 250,000 under me, and it still awes me to 2 wheel down the road. A little bit of fear will go a long way to keep you sharp out there. At 11,000 miles, you are beginning your learning curve, and we all hope that curve will last for many years to come... Ride Safe, ATGATT....

[ddoughty]

mmm-you can never have enough. I've been riding dirt bikes 35 years (motocross race 10 of those) and road bikes for 30 years . As I've grown older on bikes I'm a lot more cautious,I've learned and am still learning to see a situation coming, like an idiot car driver,wet roads,ect ect. Always expect the unexpected,ride safe,don't take risks if it's not safe.

[xdixiecratx]

My 2 cents is when you ve laid your bike down twice with the front brake when cornering, locked up the rear wheel a couple o times , and finally if you ve raked a peg and NOT went down, then Id say your experienced.

[badinfluence63]

I'd say there is varying levels of experience. Beginner, intermediate and advanced. And regardless of what you may consider yourself when you lose the respect of riding a motorcycle and carelessly throw caution to the wind because you fancy yourself as an advanced rider, it'll be a matter of time before you're smucked.

I am 52 and I have been riding since 13-14 years old. All those years of riding still don't make me 100% relaxed while riding. My eyes are always cautiously scanning the horizon/perifery and when things get congested I am always efforting to anticipate some ahole cagers next foolish and selfish move. Its saved me on more then one occasion.

[AlphaZed]

To me it's about quality not quantity!

A commuter can have a gazillion straight line miles, but no real skill. Conversely, the noob out group riding the canyons might only have a few thousand miles, but is a more skilled rider.

[Ionise]

First post for me! get in there.

Like to say been riding on road for 3 years off road since i could walk, Talking on road ive riden more then 50,000 miles in the 3 years 25,000 on a 1200 in america. There while 2 up and fully loaded we drove through everythin from golf ball size hail that dented the fuel tank, helmets and left huge bruses through armour, arse end of a hurricane with no more then 20ft line of sight due to rain and wind strong enough to blow the bike over while it was on side stand in a rest stop, death valley middle of summer where sweating my "O Ring" off doesnt cover it, and snow in colorado where it would have been quicker to walk as the rear tyre was about 20 min away from a box of nails being driven into it just for some forward momentum, so can say ridden through near enough all what nature can throw.

Spent most my wage last year on tyres and trackdays and hooning it around wales and I cant remember a day that has gone by that I havent taken the bike for a spin,

From that id say i was only seasoned and no one could class themselves as pro even the racers yes there F**king awsome on track and road but as the saying goes, ' you learn something new every day'