First long ride

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skinnyjoint · Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:16 am

sapaul wrote:Nice bike, tempting to open her up but if you are not confident with the skills then ride your own ride and stuff your mate. Quickest way to get confident on that bike is a track day with instructers. When you know your limitations in a closed controled enviroment, then the real world becomes much easier too.

yea for summer i want to look into a day at the track and or taking that advanced msf course. they said there was another course that i should take in the summer

Locopez · #12 Unread post by **Locopez** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:20 am

hey skinny....in regards to your son...man did you know that they make training wheels for the lil 50cc dirt bikes....man get him some gear and ahelmet...he might surprise..you! Awesome pics...

skinnyjoint · Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:23 am

Locopez wrote:hey skinny....in regards to your son...man did you know that they make training wheels for the lil 50cc dirt bikes....man get him some gear and ahelmet...he might surprise..you! Awesome pics...

hahah thats too kool, and actually there is a little dirt area behind where we live where people ride 4 wheelers and such so i might start looking into it.

guitar guru · Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:15 pm

You're dislike of constant high speed provides further evidence for my theory that humans aren't really speed freaks, but force freaks aka acceleration freaks. That's why high performance cars/bikes are so fun, because we love to hit that 0-60 time of 4 seconds. Most any ol' car can reach 100 MPH these days, but it's getting there that's fun. Think about it, on a commercial airline trip, the best (or at least most thrilling) parts are takeoff and landing - with all the acceleration. But once you're up at 25,000 feet cruising at 500 MPH, it's nothing; you see people working on their laptops or what not.

Anyway, that's just my theory.