To be honest i didn't feel it really .. but i think i might have let third out a bit quick while heavy on the throttle.... i think it was me leaning a bit too.. she was nervous i guess

i need to check the tires, they might be originals from 2002 or too much air along with the suspension, 1400 original miles and i put over 100 today on it... kinda sore in a way... not use to being on one

 

They probably are the original tires. Check the manufacture date and replace them if they are over 6 years old. I did some
research when I bought my 03 with 2k miles on it, and that is what Dunlop recommended.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=11


Just watched your video. Try to stay out of the center of the lane. It's the slippery part, with leaked oil, transmission fluid. Especially in the rain. If roads are in good shape not much difference, but that highway looked stained.

Here is some good reading for newbies:
If you look around on this site, and read threads about turns, engine braking, blipping, riding in the rain, you will realize that riding is dangerous, requires constant attention, and you can learn how to be a better rider everyday.

You will also learn that you can never underestimate the stupidity and self-absorption of cage drivers. Enjoy your riding but ride like you are invisible. I am an optometrist and examined a patient with 20/200 vision today who has been driving without her glasses for 8 years, and didn't realize she was seeing blurry. Idiot.

Read some of these posts and you will see how little you know as a newbie.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...ortster-4.html Pay attention to Osco's posts

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...-the-rain.html read my post

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...n-feet-up.html I take a beating on this post


https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...r-no-blip.html
I just learned some important lessons today from this post


There are some very experienced riders on this addicting website. Sometimes they can be brutal on you. Don't take it personal, they are literally trying to save your life.

Ride safe. Enjoy the wind.

 

Good for us
I learned to ride at 48 and love it

 

I ride it everyday, and Capitol Blvd is not for rookies. Be careful out there...

 

u got that right... not going back out on Capitol for awhile.... The first trip out of the parking lot and thats where we went around 12pm... not like rush hour but bad enough

 

"He's rolling now!"

Good on ya, Man. And thanks for sharing that with us.

 

Oh and Ron750, those stains are all splattered deer from the last month or so, just to give the risk of Capitol some perspective.

ro9beam, you'll do fine after a couple of hundred hours in the seat. You also know all the great, not so crowded roads we enjoy down here

 

Stiggy... those deer out her on 98 are like packs of dogs.... i see atleast 1-2 every other day on my ride to Durham in the morning dead... You can step out my back door and it is nothing to see 10-15 in the yard late at night...

 

Yeah i know about the oil stuff , right after a downpour..etc from the class... was told to stay near the left lain if behind a vehicle and center lane with no one in front.... them deer stains are everywhere thanks for posting those links

 

Nice ride. Just one thing, you need to stay out of the center of the lane. Thats where oil and other fluids drop from engines and it can get very slick