Spotted While On A Ride Out!

Great picture billy. You are a star at last you knew fame was coming surely. And yes you get a group of less talented bikers out there they all got to out do each other like they get medals for it.
Regards
Joe.

 

Agree with you Dozers dad. So many out there that are so worried about not keeping up with their mates. While I was still new to riding and pretty slow and overly cautious, I assumed all other riders were great and so much better than me. It is only now that I am more experienced and able to ride with the guys that I see this machismo all the time. What is it with you men ? I don’t ride in groups anymore for just that reason - seen so many near misses due to trying to outdo each other. Prefer to just ride with my hubby. We do ride quick, but each of us only ever rides to our own ability. If one of us is more into it than the other, we just meet up later. I would hate to have to prove myself all the time. Defo prefer to just enjoy the ride and get their when I get there

 

@Bad Billy - i did a course with i2i motorcycle academy. I would recommend it to anyone. It totally and utterly transformed my riding ability and enjoyment. For some courses you use your own bike, for others you use his and its a Triumph Street Triple
Haven’t tried a track day yet, but toying with it. Just terrified of destroying my bike

 

I think you'll find that's called 'riding on your own'', DD.

 

I was looking at i2i recently. It looks good. Something for next year, perhaps. Along with the wheelie school.

 

I did MC1 and The knee down course. Although I didn’t quite get my knee down

i did learn a lot about control and was able to do 8 or 9 circles in a row without hands

The MC1 course teaches all about the stability of the bike, effective braking using only front brakes and coming to full controlled stop within 5 metres from Different speeds, positive counter steering and cornering. He explains the science behind everything, then shows you and then you do it. I am going to go again next year and do machine control 2.

 

I'd defintiely like to have a go at MC1 and then go back for more, as you are.

I'd say that's some good lean you have there. Not far off the deck at all!

 

Now that's what I call planning ahead. I do my best to push my limits occasionally but not ignore them.

 

You know I have never deliberately had the knee down deliberately in a 'racing' sense. I have touched a knee down twice in my life. Once was when I was rather 'exuberant' in my youth and demonstrated how you can hang yourself off the side of a motorcycle while keeping it upright and going straight if you balance everything out just right (I actually managed not to fall off though I have no idea how) and the other was for a fleeting instant as the rear wheel slid away and I smacked my left knee(and shoulder) off the ground before highsiding off the opposite side of the bike. I don't try to race because I am and always have been too bloody big to even try to pretend to be a racer, and could never afford the super duper all singing all dancing rocket with the sticky tyres that wear out in less than two thousand miles not to mention the fact that I have never had any desire to compete with anyone in anything. The only person I challenge and judge every day is myself and one of these days I will be satisfied with my performance at something.

I will say though that, if someone wants to give me a top Superbike and maybe a spare or two to play with and an empty race track (with Medics standing by) I will be happy to push it to the very edge and beyond just for the sheer joy of it.

 

The only thing that slowed me down was my first off when I turned 60 found I didn't bounce any more just went thud when I hit the road and had bruises where I didn't know I had places. No never had any training of any sort other than to get my bike instructer qualification in the 1990's

 

I used to do it all the time on my NC30, that's why it had to go! That thing was going to lose me my licence.
I had to choose something that I simply couldn't ride like that. It was a toss-up between a much bigger bike or going the classic/vintage bike route. I chose the T595 because:
A: It's far too chunky for me to be throwing it around,
B: It's a Triumph, and
C: It's bloody beautiful !

 

I believe Sussex Constabulary offer a very similar service.