Cassina - advice

[nzspokes]

It sounds awfully mechanical & hardly enjoyable at all.

Not sure crashing into shit is enjoyable but each to there own I guess.

[Grumph]

Not sure crashing into shit is enjoyable but each to there own I guess.

I'm quite sure that it is possible to actually enjoy a ride - but you and cassina come across as the type who see disaster about to occur at any minute.

Riding too defensively can actually make you more vulnerable. If you don't enjoy riding then you shouldn't be doing it. I rode day in, day out, from age 15 to 50 - in all weathers. never a major accident or broken bone. On some right shitters too. There are some circumstances where simply grabbing a handful of throttle to escape is better than a handful of brake. Experience teaches you which is which.

[pritch]

The Japanese did some research a year or two back that suggested riding a motorcycle is good mental exercise as we age. The myriad of little calculations required to ride a bike keep the brain in shape. (I'm certain that's not the language they used but you get the picture.)

Of course the statistics could have been skewed by the less mentally agile not surviving to old age?

[nzspokes]

I'm quite sure that it is possible to actually enjoy a ride - but you and cassina come across as the type who see disaster about to occur at any minute.

Riding too defensively can actually make you more vulnerable. If you don't enjoy riding then you shouldn't be doing it. I rode day in, day out, from age 15 to 50 - in all weathers. never a major accident or broken bone. On some right shitters too. There are some circumstances where simply grabbing a handful of throttle to escape is better than a handful of brake. Experience teaches you which is which.

LOL, where did I say I don't enjoy my riding?

More importantly, could you keep up?

[awayatc]

The Japanese did some research a year or two back that suggested riding a motorcycle is good mental exercise as we age.

Bloody oath!
Quite a feat just trying to remember which bike is mine at the pub car park after a group ride.....

[Voltaire]

The Japanese did some research a year or two back that suggested riding a motorcycle is good mental exercise as we age. The myriad of little calculations required to ride a bike keep the brain in shape. (I'm certain that's not the language they used but you get the picture.)

Of course the statistics could have been skewed by the less mentally agile not surviving to old age?

I'm felling pressured to keep up with mental exercise now....

[HenryDorsetCase]

Well I certainly would be dead if I had rode like a poster on here used to when they said the right wheel track is the safest place to be. They no longer ride like that after others as well as myself said it was dumb and the poster then decided to change the way he rode. Ride as far left as possible would be the message that video is suggesting.

Isn't the point that there are no "one size fits all" rules? Generally speaking the right hand wheel track is a good place to ride - especially approaching a blind left because you get better vision. But the left hand wheel track is better on a blind right because some fucktard might be half in your lane or come into your lane on their exit.

Its dynamic and interesting, which is one of the reasons its fun.

[Akzle]

I dont ride with the fear of crashing otherwise I would go to riding school to hopefully lose that fear. You will get a lot of fierce debate from the riding school diehards if you suggest high speed can be a way to avoid a crash. It certainly can when doing an overtake and I never look at my speedo when overtaking.

you're a fuckwit

[Viking01]

My take on the best place to ride is anywhere where you dont cross the centre line or run off the side of the road and the "anywhere" can vary quite a bit due to road surface quality etc.

So HDC offers a simple "rule of thumb" on lane positioning:

"Generally speaking the right hand wheel track is a good place to ride -
especially approaching a blind left because you get better vision.

But the left hand wheel track is better on a blind right because some
fucktard might be half in your lane or come into your lane on their exit".


And then you immediately come along and improve (?) upon it with:


"My take on the best place to ride is anywhere where you don't cross the
centre line or run off the side of the road ..... "


And then you wonder why people get a little peeved with you.

[Katman]

And then you wonder why people get a little peeved with you.

Then I would suggest you're way too easily 'peeved'.

[awayatc]

Then I would suggest you're way too easily 'peeved'.

What compels you to continuously defend the big C...?

to bait others ?

Just wondering

[Katman]

What compels you to continuously defend the big C...?

to bait others ?

Just wondering

KB lynch mobs make me fucking puke.

[pritch]

I dont do a scientific analysis like some on here as to how to handle an apporaching corner and dont have a problem getting around myself.

But you cheat. You ride around the corner with your foot on the ground. Come to think of it, one of the YouTube videos Dr John Hinds did talks about that. People who put a foot down tend to risk a separated pelvis. And that sounds painful.

Here is the late Dr Hinds in one of the said videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsZBXlTHPCg

[george formby]

My take on the best place to ride is anywhere where you dont cross the centre line or run off the side of the road and the "anywhere" can vary quite a bit due to road surface quality etc.

I guess KB is having a positive effect on you. I can remember many "discussions" where you argued against exactly what you have posted above, positively dogmatic you were about a rigid road position.

S.Troll on.

[george formby]

Not sure crashing into shit is enjoyable but each to there own I guess.

Says he wid 2 dirt bikes, you will grow to appreciate visiting the scenery in a controlled and stylish manner..