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Unless I completely missed it, no one has made any post to the fact that today is Easter Sunday.
To those to whom it may pertain, I wish all TV'ers of the belief, a very happy Easter.
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#5053402 Best Advice
Posted
on 2012-02-14 09:37:10
Counter steering. I already had a ER-6n and in order to get the thing around turns you have to counter steer, but like many new riders I didn't know I was doing that.
Somebody told me a little trick: If you want to go around a left turn, push the left side of the handle bar forward just a bit. Until the bike drops into the curve and basically goes around all on its own. Same for the right.
There's many other things I've learned since then - shifting weight helps a lot, still working on keeping a very light hold on the handlebars, and staying on the gas in high speed turns which helps stability
But counter steering was by far the most significant. Tons of stuff about it all over the internet if you like to know more.
Looking ahead ... yeah well I already knew that from driving cars
only go as fast as you can stop. An experienced rider I know crashed his BMW 1200GS into a toyota pickup truck that was parked in the middle of the road behind a small hill. He was complaining to no end - his bike was wrecked and he had sustained some injuries. He was lucky to be alive. But really, unfortunately, it was all his fault. Sure nobody should stop in the middle of the road with bad visibility. But as a rider, it's your responsibility to not go faster than you can stop. There might be a crashed vehicle there, a tree, a cow, a child - whatever.
Somebody told me a little trick: If you want to go around a left turn, push the left side of the handle bar forward just a bit. Until the bike drops into the curve and basically goes around all on its own. Same for the right.
There's many other things I've learned since then - shifting weight helps a lot, still working on keeping a very light hold on the handlebars, and staying on the gas in high speed turns which helps stability
But counter steering was by far the most significant. Tons of stuff about it all over the internet if you like to know more.
Looking ahead ... yeah well I already knew that from driving cars
only go as fast as you can stop. An experienced rider I know crashed his BMW 1200GS into a toyota pickup truck that was parked in the middle of the road behind a small hill. He was complaining to no end - his bike was wrecked and he had sustained some injuries. He was lucky to be alive. But really, unfortunately, it was all his fault. Sure nobody should stop in the middle of the road with bad visibility. But as a rider, it's your responsibility to not go faster than you can stop. There might be a crashed vehicle there, a tree, a cow, a child - whatever.
#5120320 Tokey Teaser App For Android
Posted
on 2012-03-09 13:51:50
Just a heads up. There is a Free App on the Android Market that is a lot of fun. I've had great fun winding up my Wife, Maid and Mother In Law with this.
Perfect for Thailand, it makes the sounds of a Tokay Gecko, and has random and timer functions so you can hide your phone and have it go off at various intervals.
Anyway, for those interested, it is here:-
https://play.google....HMudG9rYXkiXQ..
Perfect for Thailand, it makes the sounds of a Tokay Gecko, and has random and timer functions so you can hide your phone and have it go off at various intervals.
Anyway, for those interested, it is here:-
https://play.google....HMudG9rYXkiXQ..
