Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:12 am
sorry to be late to the party.
welcome and congrats. everyone has given great advice so far. i took my BRC through a local harley dealer and we used blasts as our bikes. could be because it was a course bike and had been abused but i remember it not having a very forgiving clutch and having a VERY small friction zone. a number of us stalled until we got used to it. granted, we were noobies too.
when i passed and came home and jumped on my new bike i had to learn everything all over again. that was three years, and several thousand miles ago. this year i moved on from a gl650 to an fz6. completely different sorta bike. guess what? i had to hit the parking lot again and learn the breaks, friction zone and general handling of the bike. didn't take as long, but i still had to get used to it.
and as far as putting it away for the winter and getting back on in the spring.... first time i did that i thought it was going to be worse than starting over... that i would know i could do things but be worse at them then i thought i should be. turns out i was wrong. it was like riding a bike. guess it helped that i thought about it all winter and kept my mind fresh by reading and thinking.
for this winter you should pick up a copy of "proficient motorcycling". it's a good winter read. and it's a book that you can read over and over again.
welcome and good luck. keep practicing. 3 years later and i still do.
welcome and congrats. everyone has given great advice so far. i took my BRC through a local harley dealer and we used blasts as our bikes. could be because it was a course bike and had been abused but i remember it not having a very forgiving clutch and having a VERY small friction zone. a number of us stalled until we got used to it. granted, we were noobies too.
when i passed and came home and jumped on my new bike i had to learn everything all over again. that was three years, and several thousand miles ago. this year i moved on from a gl650 to an fz6. completely different sorta bike. guess what? i had to hit the parking lot again and learn the breaks, friction zone and general handling of the bike. didn't take as long, but i still had to get used to it.
and as far as putting it away for the winter and getting back on in the spring.... first time i did that i thought it was going to be worse than starting over... that i would know i could do things but be worse at them then i thought i should be. turns out i was wrong. it was like riding a bike. guess it helped that i thought about it all winter and kept my mind fresh by reading and thinking.
for this winter you should pick up a copy of "proficient motorcycling". it's a good winter read. and it's a book that you can read over and over again.
welcome and good luck. keep practicing. 3 years later and i still do.