How to keep up on a small bike

[Dragon]

Ride your ride, dont let others set your pace...

Thank you someone who actually gave the feedback i was after

While there is alot of good info in here as well it seems to behidden by alot of arguments my original post was not trying to have ago at anyone i was trying to get some feedback and info out there if it has come across as me having an ego i am sorry and had i realized it would get like this i wouldn't have bothered i was not trying to bag anyone

[TheTengTheory]

Which instruction that YOU were given ... that was not logical ... that could not be easily understood why it was given .. ???

I don't expect anyone to agree with what I say on principle. If they choose to...*bleat*.....My statement makes logical sense if you apply critical thinking. If it doesn't, please for the love of all things motorbikes prove me wrong....As ego deflating as it is.....I'll rather be humilated than ignorant.


Whew....so basically those rides ain't for jackasses.....Apart from NASS or SASS are there anything similiar in auckland? If there's one thing I enjoy more than riding, it's riding WITH people.....A grin graces my face everytime I wave and get waved by a passing rider. That is one of my favourite parts of riding.

[sugilite:Me]

"We are family, I got my brothers, and sisters with me"

Deep breaths people, it's only an online forum

Remember, motorcycles make the best therapists ever!

[Katman]

Thank you someone who actually gave the feedback i was after

No, what you were after was "Cool story bro. You should teach L platers".

Here's the kicker though - your story was shit.

[Owl]

she obviously thinks she is right and I think I am write

So who is write right?

So confusing

[ducatilover]

wow,

I have to fit a a model, how ignorant, Hitler and Stalin said that too, no matter, that comment sums it all up eh? talk about sheep, just go and follow each other off the cliff...

Oh come now, I highly doubt Mom has the facial hair to manage to be so evil.

This thread's fucked, Katman's making me laugh and I ran out of rep. KB has gone wonky supposed Hitlers getting more posts than something about actual motorcycles

[Katman]

So who is write right?

So confusing

Never say DB's surname into a mirror.

[GrayWolf]

excuse me, who the fuck are you to tell me to shut up , I am not you partner or your husband or kid, and I am certainly not you bitch, you cant tell me to shut up....

WTF is wrong with you, talk about ego, I think its time to put yours in check and you are not the only one.

this is supposed to be a nice relaxed supervised ride, not some ride where senior riders get to stroke their egos and throw their more experienced weight around.

looks like some of you more experience riders (certainly not all) need to look in the mirror, seriously what the fuck is the matter with you. you just cant speak to people like that.

I will PM you so you can go stick my Bronze membership request..

enjoy the Tuesday night dictator ride, I wont be joining the again

seriously what is wrong with you...

I'll explain what is wrong with you,,, Seriously!

I went on my second one of those rides last Tuesday due to working shifts,,, it was a very slow paced ride and I will admit to finding it a tad 'difficult'..
Reason
big V twin, and the speed was right on the 'cusp' of snatching on the chain in the next gear up, and 'revving' to 2000 rpm in the gear below, leaving me with a constant 'box dance' which I haven't had to do in eons. Because I ride mostly on my own by choice and at my own speed, I dont ride at those sort of 'reduced' speeds on this bike at all,, I need a little practice methinks...

But OOOOOO, I've been riding 39yrs this August, what possibly could Ratti and her other Senior riders show me??

If you cannot understand the reason for the 'dictate' as you put it, then you likely never will, it can be summed up in one word.. SAFETY!
not only to keep you safe from those around you, but to keep those around you 'safe' from you.

Last Tuesday the 'tail end charlie' rider was a tad miffed on arrival at the destination... Why? A simple instruction, if you lose sight of the rider behind in your mirrors, STOP. by doing this, the 'crocodile' soon comes to a halt and the lead rider(s) can retrace back to the 'problem'... One rider DIDNT stop, so the other 95% of the group arrived at the destination almost 10 minutes ahead of 'tail end charlie' and one very novice rider...... Had there been an accident? the rest of the group and other organiser were none the wiser....... all because one rider didnt do as asked in the group situation.

But I guess that is just being a Dictator, isnt it?

[FJRider]

I don't expect anyone to agree with what I say on principle. If they choose to...*bleat*.....My statement makes logical sense if you apply critical thinking. If it doesn't, please for the love of all things motorbikes prove me wrong....As ego deflating as it is.....I'll rather be humilated than ignorant.

Try applying logical thinking ... you might learn more, and you get a better result ... (is that critical enough .. ???)

Whew....so basically those rides ain't for jackasses.....Apart from NASS or SASS are there anything similiar in auckland? If there's one thing I enjoy more than riding, it's riding WITH people.....A grin graces my face everytime I wave and get waved by a passing rider. That is one of my favourite parts of riding.

Such rides are not for those that just want to "meet people and ride their bike" ... a dating service might have better results ..

Remember ... waving is dangerous. A lot of people crash while waving ...

[Katman]

If there's one thing I enjoy more than riding, it's riding WITH people.....A grin graces my face everytime I wave and get waved by a passing rider. That is one of my favourite parts of riding.

That sounds like a Honda ad.

[Jantar]

...Last Tuesday the 'tail end charlie' rider was a tad miffed on arrival at the destination... Why? A simple instruction, if you lose sight of the rider behind in your mirrors, STOP. by doing this, the 'crocodile' soon comes to a halt and the lead rider(s) can retrace back to the 'problem'... One rider DIDNT stop, so the other 95% of the group arrived at the destination almost 10 minutes ahead of 'tail end charlie' and one very novice rider...... Had there been an accident? the rest of the group and other organiser were none the wiser....... all because one rider didnt do as asked in the group situation.

But I guess that is just being a Dictator, isnt it?

Let me guess. That rider would be one of the 250cc riders on here that is complaining the loudest?

[Mom]

But I guess that is just being a Dictator, isnt it?

ja vol!

Nice post BTW. I really have no clue about what spurred this thread originally. I read the OP and a few more, and was sufficiently concerned to ask the rest of the forum about keeping up. Something of a bug bare with me. I am usually the one holding others up you see. I give a fat rats (sorry Ratti) arse about that, and have almost never been made to feel that was a problem. I dont ride with people that might think it is.

[Ratti]

Last Tuesday the 'tail end charlie' rider was a tad miffed on arrival at the destination... Why? A simple instruction, if you lose sight of the rider behind in your mirrors, STOP. by doing this, the 'crocodile' soon comes to a halt and the lead rider(s) can retrace back to the 'problem'... One rider DIDNT stop, so the other 95% of the group arrived at the destination almost 10 minutes ahead of 'tail end charlie' and one very novice rider...... Had there been an accident? the rest of the group and other organiser were none the wiser....... all because one rider didnt do as asked in the group situation.

But I guess that is just being a Dictator, isnt it?

I believe the rider was DDM.....

[Ratti]

I give a fat rats (sorry Ratti) arse about that, and have almost never been made to feel that was a problem. I dont ride with people that might think it is.

It's ok Mom...I am a fat Ratt, and I do have an arse, as well as giving one about the safety of learner riders.

[FJRider]

I believe the rider was DDM.....

Maybe .... in a few years ... DDM will be TEC on a group ride.

Similar instructions will be given re: your following rider.


He may find himself in a ditch.






And nobody stops.