My first bin

[Ixion]

Oh dear. Oh well, shit happens. You seem to have a pretty good attitude, so don't let an unfortunate incident put you off.

In the wet, double your following distance.

In an emergency, expecially in the wet, do not brake hard as a first reaction. On a bike it is much better if possible to dodge. Emergency braking should be the very last resort. This is a very hard thing for car drivers turned riders to get their heads around.

Practice emergency braking!

Get on a RRRS course. It costs very little.

[Bend-it]

Aha... just realised you're the same guy asking about gears and tyres locking in the wet yesterday...

Hey chin up and keep learning yeah? Most of us have had some noobie bin at sometime of another, some multiple times...

Like you said, learn from it, become a better biker and move on. If you mean what you write in your posts, then you have the attitude and temperament to ride bikes for a long time... Go get yourself onto a course. :

[discotex]

well I live in albany so I think once I get back on the bike i'll pop up and see if I can get some pointers mainly though I think i'm going to stay away from the rain, don't think this would of happened if it was raining.

Sounds like you need some basics covered off. I'm up your way so I'd be happy to spend an hour or two with you some time if you can't find an official KB mentor (preferred option).

Rain or no rain the same principles apply.

Keep a safe following distance, sort your road positioning and half the battle is won. When you're learning these two will save your arse more than anything.

Once your bike handling skills improve (check out the Wednesday NASS thing) you'll have more mental space to get your situational awareness up and learn to look at what the traffic is doing.

[Bonmaklad]

yep no, all good. shoulder is a bit dodge though I must admit, will be back on the bike once I find myself a few new parts oh and my shoulder gets some better range of motion.

[retro asian]

Maybe try reading the rode code again in detail (assuming you've always failed theory tests from not studying the code)...

It can be boring in some parts, because its annoying reading a "learner" book after you've had your car licence for many years... but there's lots of sensible tips in there, especially in the motorbike section...