Motorcycling and An Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

Since doing the bike maintenance course, I have owned four bikes three of which were new and under warranty. My current bike CB900 Hornet, is approaching the end of the two year warranty period in August and is maintained by the Honda dealership (Motomart Lower Hutt) at the correct service intervals.

The Hornet is a dry weather bike and used for recreation riding only. I ensure that the chain is cleaned and lubed at least every 450-500km. Also, I have purchased a clamp device for ...

Where: Brooklyn Windmill

Why: Time to take on longer and new suburban conditions. [Note travelled
over Haywards out to Porirua then off the motorway all the way to Brooklyn - good traffic experience Porirua - Tawa - Johnsonville - Khandallah - out to Karori then back to Brooklyn] Down to Newton to Mc D's Reverse route home.

Achieve What: Prolonged concentration in suburban traffic conditions, escape strategies, protecting your own riding space.

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Objective - With the Mentor's review completed on Sunday I proceeded to review my original training circuit in Stokes Valley for an hour and practice slow control including figure eight and u-turns. Also going up and over Holborn Drive and importantly here focusing on the left bends - I was able to appreciate my Mentor's remarks about how I was staying out quite wide unnecessarily so - I was able to find better and safer lines to take going up and over this part of the valley.

Parking

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This extract extends over three Parts and a OCPD review comment is contained at the end of Part 3.

Applying the 30-40-30 program this week saw new district: ventured up through Whitemans Valley out to Mangaroa and came out at SH2 Te Marua.

Heading back ducked in at Mt Marua and looked at the estate there then pulled into Supercheap Auto, got some Autosol polish. Coffee at McD's Silverstream.

Some serious practice taken up during the week at the Fraser

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