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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:51 am
by NorthernPete
Hey verm, might wanna keep at least one hand on the bike when moving...... just seems a little counterproductive to take your hand off the throttle.... that and it just seems to be beggin for a tank slapper. But heck, I aint your parent, just try to keep it shiney side up....
BTW, that new siggie is a little hard on the eyes..... I prefere the older one to the inverted colour scheme.
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:11 am
by VermilionX
NorthernPete wrote:Hey verm, might wanna keep at least one hand on the bike when moving...... just seems a little counterproductive to take your hand off the throttle.... that and it just seems to be beggin for a tank slapper. But heck, I aint your parent, just try to keep it shiney side up....
BTW, that new siggie is a little hard on the eyes..... I prefere the older one to the inverted colour scheme.
it's still part of getting to know your bike, getting to know how stable it really is.
my bike has a steering damper so im not too worried, plus, i don't do it for a long time, im not that confident yet. i also look ahead and try to look for debris that might upset the bike before i let go.
and is it really that hard on the eyes? i'll remove it if i get 1 more comment about it being hard on the eyes. fair enough?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:40 am
by rapidblue
it's hard on the eyes.
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:20 pm
by VermilionX
rapidblue wrote:it's hard on the eyes.
ok cool!
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:43 pm
by NorthernPete
Youre a man of your word Verm, good show!
any good canyons lately?
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:06 am
by VermilionX
NorthernPete wrote:Youre a man of your word Verm, good show!
any good canyons lately?
not until this weekend and/or friday night.
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:24 am
by VermilionX
7/22/06
we did angeles crest, angeles forest, big tujunga and some other canyon road.
newcomb's ranch angeles crest... there were 7 of us.
other bikers.
some too cool cars!
:drool::drool:
:drool:
after this... 3 riders left and we got joined by another 1. we did a bunch more riding and stopped at the place they call, "The Tree"
this place is the perfect place to practice wheelies, launches and drag racing.
it was a fun ride... we did about 90 miles of twisting goodness.
it was freakin hot though.
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:22 pm
by blues2cruise
It was freakin' hot here as well.
May I make a suggestion? Blank out the license number of your bike before you post it for the world to see.
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:26 pm
by VermilionX
blues2cruise wrote:It was freakin' hot here as well.
May I make a suggestion? Blank out the license number of your bike before you post it for the world to see.
yeah it was hot, it was over 100 today.
about lic plates... it's public info. people see it all the time whenever you drive or ride or park in public.
if im gonna worry about it, i'd worry 1st about the people around me rather than peeps at the net.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:28 pm
by VermilionX
7/24/06
i went to practice at the canyons. i left at almost 7p so that the heat won't be that bad. i stopped when it's started to get dark around 8:15p.
my rear tire slid on me at 3 different occassions... it was scary and it affected my confidence.
im also having some problem w/ my bike. it just started to show up lately. i'll make a post on the trouble shooting board.