Most important riding lessons?
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You forgot to mention where everyone should put their gas caps....
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When the "shlt hits the fan", it will happen without warning and your reaction will be totally unconscious and based on all your previous experience of being in similar (handling) situations before. You either have it or you don't.
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Many riders would agree....if they were alive to do it.
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Faster corners; go in wide, not too fast, see whats oncoming, accelerate out tight. It's bad when a novice goes into a turn too fast, especially when the turn is tighter than anticipated. Dangerous and difficult to correct.
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Keep your eyes pointed where you want to go. So always look well ahead of where you are, in a curve you need to be looking at the exit not the apex. I learned this from my mentor who was a racer, then it was reinforced at the track days that I attended on my sport bike.
The other one that has also already been stated is ride like everyone is trying to kill you, because they are.
I would like to attend one of the Ride like a Pro events, I feel like it would be a great refresher course where I could learn more and also learn what bad habits I have picked up over the years.
The other one that has also already been stated is ride like everyone is trying to kill you, because they are.
I would like to attend one of the Ride like a Pro events, I feel like it would be a great refresher course where I could learn more and also learn what bad habits I have picked up over the years.
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Never ride in Daisy Dukes and a belly shirt. Unless you're a hot female, then go ahead and do that.
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Problem is he's right and the many riders you mentioned probably shouldn't have been on a bike, whole lot of that going round these days. Mid life crisis kills more each year than guns do.
Last edited by TwiZted Biker; Aug 14, 2019 at 11:15 AM. Reason: Auto correct is a bitch
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We use middle middle middle in our BRC exercises. More options. To me, the out/in/out is more suited to the track, looking for speed. Gotta stay flexible, though, sometimes you need to move over to see better or avoid something, and always set your speed to allow escape paths.