bikeguy joe wrote:Part of what makes a rider "good" is one who has been riding for 20+ years regularly and has had no mishaps.
O.K., that'd be me......
when you see a motorcycle crash, it's usually the rider's fault because he was either going too fast or was exceeding his limits, it's not always his/her fault, there are ALOT of idiots out there......lucky for you, for 20 years, you havn't had a chance to bump into those idiots , just hope that it stays that way.
You only live once, abuse it!
and Live Life For Today As Tomorrow May Never Come --BadAss
> 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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Don't do number one, number 2 all the time, especially those 180kph decreasing ones
number 3, often, especially when I need to scratch my arse
Number 4, are you telling me I have to ride over those potholes?
I spent my therapy money an a K1200S
The therapy worked, I got a GS now
A touch of insanity crept back in the shape of an R1200R
> 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.
P
Number 4, are you telling me I have to ride over those potholes?
jmillheiser wrote:
About the best sign of a good rider that i know of is somone who rides very smoothly, and basically just makes it look really easy.
I like this one. Someone who moves like they're part of the machine obviously knows their ride!
I guess I have a couple bad habits. On occasion i feather the rear brake in corners that turn out sharper than I expected, and about 99% of my stops only put down one foot.
Don't talk about how long you've gone without crashing! It attracts too much attention from the bad luck gods. Oh man I hope I didn't just jinx myself by saying that. Damn.
jmillheiser wrote:
About the best sign of a good rider that i know of is somone who rides very smoothly, and basically just makes it look really easy.
I guess I have a couple bad habits. On occasion i feather the rear brake in corners that turn out sharper than I expected, and about 99% of my stops only put down one foot.
Nothing wrong with that, courses I have been on teach trailing in the corners and the BMW acadamy teach the one foot method swear and it's the right one to use.
I spent my therapy money an a K1200S
The therapy worked, I got a GS now
A touch of insanity crept back in the shape of an R1200R
If a rider sees me waiting for the light to change in the left turn lane, makes a left turn toward me, leans over into the turn and shifts clutchless, pulling away from his/her green light, while simultaneously waving at me, looking me in the eye while nodding because it's just one more thing to do...part of riding...I respect that rider's comfort level, and suspect them to be a good rider.
