14-20 March: Where did you ride and what did you practise?

[Kinje]

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I've been resting up the last few days, taking it easy and gradually tackling the alloy work on victor Lima Xray. Waited for the rain front to pass on Sunday and then did a coffee run out and around Pauatahanui Inlet.

The following extract commenced last Tuesday and the emphasis being my focus on moving up from the GN250 to the VLX600 Shadow.

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Day1
Focus:
Engine Torque and gear changing up and down.
Bike balance and counter steering
Emergency Braking

Environment:
Quiet rural region, hills sweeping curves and also gradients up and downhill.
Quiet highway conditions.

Day 2
Focus:
Smooth controlled speed accelerating, down shifting and breaking to stop maintaining safety bubble.
Counter steering
12 second horizon hazard detection

Environment:
Morning - motorway and inner city also anticipating changing weather conditions to wind and rain.
Evening – small group ride [ 2 groups of 3 each] sunset, twilight and dark. [Haywards around inlet to Mana coast and return]

Day3
Focus:
Consolidating days 1 and 2.

Environment:
Morning – SH1 Lower Hutt to Carterton and return. Quiet traffic conditions over Rimutaka Hill.
Evening sunset – Blue Mountains Road up and down, Wallaceville and Mangaroa Hills, and Rimutaka Hill.

Day4
Focus:
Mirrors / Signals/ Headcheck, intersection turns, real hazard detection [How many will I see when I ride out of local valley? I often do this when leaving home.]

Environment
Morning: Quiet suburban district.
Evening: Busy Peak traffic.

Generally I am very pleased with the transition progress in this the first week.

Heads Up and Enjoy