Who is a good rider?

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Dirtytoes · #1 Unread post by **Dirtytoes** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:24 pm

how can i know if someone is a good rider?

the only way i know right now is to look at the edge/side of the tires to see how far(& how much) the bike has been leaned.

are there any other ways?

Shiv · #2 Unread post by **Shiv** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:53 pm

The chicken strips aren't necessarily an indication of a good rider, or not in the way I'm thinking of.

Cause you can be a mighty aggressive "O Ring" and have thin chickenstrips. I might have respect for you in that aspect but I wouldn't consider them a good rider.

Mag7C · #3 Unread post by **Mag7C** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:38 pm

When they can make a rolling stop so well that even the cops would have a hard time spotting it.

sapaul · #4 Unread post by **sapaul** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:40 pm

Why not quantify for us what you think a good rider should be?

Wizzard · #5 Unread post by **Wizzard** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:14 am

Mag7C wrote:When they can make a rolling stop so well that even the cops would have a hard time spotting it.

Well , I got that one down .................

#6 Unread post by **9000white** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:01 am

why not worry about your own skills instead of staring at somebody's dam tires??????/

ronboskz650sr · Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:14 am

Rossi is a good rider...you can just tell.

#8 Unread post by **Jamers!** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:53 am

ride with em, thats how you can know. If they look sloppy and or make many mistakes, probably not a very experenced/good rider. Simple enough

JWF

Lion_Lady · Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:45 am

I know some signs of a BAD rider:

> Duck walking into or away from a stop. Also known as 'landing gear' or outrigging.
> Braking IN a turn.
> Putting the bike in neutral at red lights.
> "Tacking" around a curve... series of corrections instead of a single smooth line.

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#10 Unread post by **cb360** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:58 am

Lion_Lady wrote:> Putting the bike in neutral at red lights.

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You must not live near any of the giant intersections I occasionally sit through

There's some three or four minute four-way lights around here. I understand the concept behind leaving it in gear and usually do... but not when I'm gonna be there for a while and totally surrounded by a wall of non-moving cars.