AWNMR - Auckland Wednesday Night Mentor Ride

[ravenfeeder]

Wow what a fantastic thing! Good on you Dan for organising this and once i get my bike hehe, i will be coming to these with bells on! (If not working). Man am totally blown away by the folks on this site! Anyway hope all have a good night on Wednesday and i look forward to being able to come and learn from people who have been doing this a lot longer than me. No point in recreating the wheel eh.

[Busy]

How about instead of a straight line we use more of the area and go up and down instead of along. three cones long which would enable counter steering in the middle with wider at the ends (basically u-turns) and to really spice it up could incorperate emergency stopping into it as well once everyone was comfortable enough with it.
Could even start it off long (distance between cones) then shorten the gap as the evening goes on ...

Not sure if I am meant to say the place, so hopefully you can figure out what I mean.

Just my 0.2c minus tax plus inflation rounded up to the nearest 10c ...

[Morcs]

Dont worry Crashe, Dan has been putting in the extra hours of practice, good on him too. :thumbsup:

Actually everyone also practised emergency stopping as well as counter steering.

And by the looks of it Disco_Dan, that is something you really need to practise doing, both of these things on that new bike of yours.
Saying that the cones were too close together, and yet Kittyhawk managed to get throu them ok on her new bike.

[Disco Dan]

Saying that the cones were too close together, and yet Kittyhawk managed to get throu them ok on her new bike.

errr when did I say that then?????????????????

[crashe]

errr when did I say that then?????????????????

When you kept on running over them...

[Disco Dan]

When you kept on running over them...

Oh you mean when I clipped a couple with my feet? ....dont call that 'running over' ay! When do we get to see you do any of the excercises then?

[Disco Dan]

Bringing us back on topic now..

How about instead of a straight line we use more of the area and go up and down instead of along. three cones long which would enable counter steering in the middle with wider at the ends (basically u-turns) and to really spice it up could incorperate emergency stopping into it as well once everyone was comfortable enough with it.
Could even start it off long (distance between cones) then shorten the gap as the evening goes on ...

Thanks for your input, see you on wednesday!

[Kittyhawk]

Wise words kitty, and its refreshing to hear people actually admiting an area they need to improve on... (thanks again bigdog)

Morcs - bring ol lil dink along this wed and this time get out there and do it! instead of watching!

Nope nope nope....

I was implying that everyone who did this exercise last week needs to do it again as there was alot of improvement towards the end of the night.

That's if its possible but hey, it's only a suggestion.

Besides I dont mind doing it again you can never have too much practise!!

[Disco Dan]

Nope nope nope....

I was implying that everyone who did this exercise last week needs to do it again as there was alot of improvement towards the end of the night.

That's if its possible but hey, it's only a suggestion.

Besides I dont mind doing it again you can never have too much practise!!

Cheers KitKat, appreciate your feedback!

* There is a tiny chance I may not be able to make it tomorrow, as I will be up north and may not make it back on time (depends on what speeds I can get ) - but I will try to make it, its still all on though!

[Hidalgo]

i think i will not able to make it up this time,
I took out bike this morning and found out that my sparkplug wire is broken.
I called my Mechanic and he would pick it up on next tuesday so it will be almost 2 weaks without my Bike
Will miss some good riding lessons

[Lteejay]

Sorry ,not having much luck getting there lately.I have puppies due on wed so I will be practising being midwife..I miss ya all

Know what you mean, what with work, friends visiting, committments coming our my ears, its hard to get along. Was really hoping to get there today, but no luck. Maybe next week - heres hoping

[vagrant]

I too was planning of coming out tonight, but now have an exam tomorrow. I need to swat up tonight to make up for snoozing during class.
Hope you had a good time tonight.

[ManDownUnder]

Was agood night (while I was there anyway). The usual expected improvements... people getting more confident in their braking and White Belt... awesome mate - I saw that last 3 pretty much on the money - you and Tide might want to go try out some higher speed stopping.

60 or 80 kph and brake rapidly (not full on braking to start with). Get the feel of the bike settling and stopping. Keeping it straight.

Move up to braking hard(ish) around corner or around objects.

All god guys.

Dan - where'd you end up?

[Disco Dan]

Was agood night (while I was there anyway). The usual expected improvements... people getting more confident in their braking and White Belt... awesome mate - I saw that last 3 pretty much on the money - you and Tide might want to go try out some higher speed stopping.

Dan - where'd you end up?

Good stuff folks, glad to hear there was some improvements made!

I had a 'personal commitment' and could not attend, but I did pass by the pub and give you all a toot! I managed to negotiate a rather long 9kms of gravel road, on a fully loaded bike with a pillion... boy that was fun Especially when the gravel started on the crest of a hill and I was going full pelt when it turned to gravel..

See you all next week !

[earthbound misfit]

I would like to practice coming to a stop ( at lights etc) without putting my foot down before the bike makes a complete stop if that makes any sense.
Also changing down nice and smootly.

Mandy