This year I am going to conscientiously work on anticipating traffic flow, traffic patterns, and spacing.
Yours?
What is the "one" skill that you are going to work on this year?
This year I am going to conscientiously work on anticipating traffic flow, traffic patterns, and spacing.
Yours?
"What is beautiful is simple, and what is simple always works"....Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47.
Current Bike: '73 R75/5 "Center yourself in the vertizontal. Ride a motorcycle...namaste' "
Improve my power slides and make tighter circles or figure 8's at very low speeds on my GS.
In summary improve throttle and brake controls.
If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance
Cornering. I have a big, top-heavy bike that challenges my confidence. My goal for this year is to master the beast.
Tight circles and slow riding in confined spaces...
Riding again I hope!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack
So far, we have a majority of respondents who in effect want to master slower riding skills with top heavy or just heavy bikes.
There is an ERC that covers that.
But I wonder if we are making our bikes unnecessarily heavy with all the side cases, tail bags, tank bags, and more for just daily or an afternoon ride.
This very interesting stuff.
"What is beautiful is simple, and what is simple always works"....Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47.
Current Bike: '73 R75/5 "Center yourself in the vertizontal. Ride a motorcycle...namaste' "
Mind-reading....so to better anticipate the cars that change lanes without
signaling
09 Hyosung Aquila GV250-08 BMW K1200GT Silver
80/81 Honda CM/CB 400/450 "Frankensteined Bobber"
79 Honda CX500 Custom Black -78 Honda GL 1000
77 Honda CB 125 Sport-77 Suzuki TC 185 "10 speed"
Heel clicks.... reversed...
Kevin Huddy
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Team Pterodactyl Montana Outpost
Canyon Creek, MT USA
Heel clicks.
OK, I'll bite.
Explain, please.
"What is beautiful is simple, and what is simple always works"....Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47.
Current Bike: '73 R75/5 "Center yourself in the vertizontal. Ride a motorcycle...namaste' "
I had the oppurtunity to get this advice from Eddie Lawson probably 20 years ago.
If you are uncomfortable, look twice as far ahead.
Absolutely amazing, settles me right down, but easy to forget. I seem to want to watch too close, not leaving myself enough time to react comfortably.
Steve Marquardt, 2004 R1150RT
Look further down the road and through corners. I used to do more riding at night than in the daytime. I got in the habit of looking at the pavement where the headlight shone. I still catch myself looking way to close to the bike in the twisties.
Paul Glaves - "Big Bend", Texas U.S.A
"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." - Bertrand Russell
http://www.bigbend.net/users/glaves
Riding on gravel and tighter pavement U turns.
Paul
Retired and riding my RTs, the '87 K100 & the '98 R1100 !
Originally Posted by ultracyclist
looking *where* i want to go... not where i *don't* want to go.
just took a ride over the weekend and fell *twice* in sand by looking at the damned sand.
and, oh yeah, practice riding in sand.
ian
My consumption of beer at this years RA Rally.
The thing about traveling is, you never want it to end and you can't wait to get home.
I answer to Roy, Chief, or Sarg.
04 R-1150-RT current bike. 94 R-1100-RS74,383, Sold, 78 R-80/7, K.I.A by a D.U.I
www.OceanStateBMWriders.com
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