San Francisco Riders?

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San Francisco Riders?

#1 Unread post by TeeMan »

Hi - I just went through the MSF course and am buying a bike tomorrow (92 Suzuki GS500). 8)

Was looking for other riders in SF and specifically if anyone knows places where I can "practice" riding. So far my experience is 2 days in a parking lot and 30 minutes in an office park on a Sunday... not exactly ready to hit the bridges, highways, well, anything really. :? And in SF we've got the traffic, the hills, the small streets, etc, etc, so I really need to find somewhere to safely get my riding legs.

Thanks!
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#2 Unread post by totalmotorcycle »

:welcome: to the community!

I just wanted to say feel free to post this in the new riders forum as you will get lots of tips, help and advice on it too.

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#3 Unread post by TeeMan »

Just to follow up this thread, I found a local board for anyone in the SF Bay Area:

www.bayarearidersforum.com

Not to take anyone away from this site since its very cool to have an international riding community run by some crazy Canucks! :wink:

But for local rides and get togethers, BARF is pretty good. :)

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#4 Unread post by Wizzard »

Golden Gate Park has some nice road ways as well as the back way over Twin Peaks and Diamond Heights . Just a suggestion . And out Balboa to Lands End and over to the Zoo and back on an early weekend morning should be relatively traffic free also.
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#5 Unread post by TeeMan »

Thanks Wiz. The dog and I go to GG park every Sunday but I haven't been there on the MC yet. :)

I live by Twin Peaks/Diamond Heights and am still working on my steep hill starts. Went on a nice ride last weekend through the Presidio (nice easy twisties) and then down Skyline to Sharp Park in San Bruno, some more advanced twisties down there. But I found out that a rider went down & died there two days after we rode it. :cry: Rough stuff. We actually stopped because I felt a little uncomfortable with some of the downhill sweepers - there's wind gusts that just show up and its hard to constantly adjust your line (at least as a newbie it is).

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