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Got the bike back, had her dyno tuned, broke her in and then took a trip to the Smokey Mountains. Bike runs awesome! BUT... found a road in North Carolina that I should have stayed away from and dumped it at about 5 mph (see below)
Just saw this. Sucks she got banged up . You mentioned 5 mph drop. I have a suggestion. I have been studying and practicing slow (1 to 10mph) riding skills through Robert Simmons "be the boss of your motorcycle" on You Tube. Not knowing what happened, but maybe it could of been avoided . Robert makes slow riding easy to figure out. It has helped me immensely!
Glad your OK, and a little buffing, the bike will be good to go, lol
Just saw this. Sucks she got banged up . You mentioned 5 mph drop. I have a suggestion. I have been studying and practicing slow (1 to 10mph) riding skills through Robert Simmons "be the boss of your motorcycle" on You Tube. Not knowing what happened, but maybe it could of been avoided . Robert makes slow riding easy to figure out. It has helped me immensely!
Glad your OK, and a little buffing, the bike will be good to go, lol
Some of those roads in western NC are wicked. No amount of parking lot practice is going to get you ready for them. To ride hairpin curves one after another for mile after mile, you have to ride similar, less challenging road to get the basics down and then ride them.
That is exactly what it is all about. Being able to know what to do "automatically" when situations arise, like roads going all to blazes all of the sudden.
I pulled into a small town, got around the bend, and the road turned to a broken up pile of rubble ( they did not post road closed). It was me and a giant dozer looking eye to eye. Of course I was at a point of no return, and had to navigate at very slow speeds, onto a broken sidewalk, back onto the crappy road around a stopped dump truck. If I hadn't followed the rules of slow speed maneuvering, I would probably still be there trying to pick my bike up standing on gravel.
Like I said , I don't know the situation of his bike falling. but being a ton of hairpins, I am imagining taking a turn too wide and slipping out on gravel.
Nobody likes pucker moments, but having a general idea on how to handle them, makes riding a bit easier / safer.
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