Born not to ride?

[kevfromcoro]

had a mate like that
couldnt ride 50 mtrs without arsing off.
but dont give up.a bit of tuition may help

[MarkH]

To most people this stuff comes naturally and their abilities improve further with experience.

Yep that's me, I had no problem riding a bike as a kid, it came pretty easy.

Reminds me of a guy I knew who was dead set on being a dj, he bought all the gear, turnatables mixers loads of vinyl and at the end of the day he sucked, I realized why, when I heard him trying to clap in time, he couldn't! he just had no sense of rythm at all. zilch it was pretty funny.

That's me too.
I realized while still at school that even while listening to a song on a walkman I couldn't carry a tune well enough to sing along to it. Of course I am smart enough to realise my limitations and have never tried to be a DJ.

[SARGE]

This was in the USA. They have the freedoom to buy whatever they want as their first bike....

and we do.....

i built mine out of shit stuffed in boxes.. shovelhead .. springer forks .. sporty frame .. fatbob tank..




Still looked better than Skiddy's Streetfighter

[Headbanger]

My cousin fell off 4 times in three weeks, Then we buried him.

[Weta]

I was thinking about this, sort of, today as I followed a woman home in a station wagon whose mind was obviously elsewhere. I was in my car, by the way, but couldn't help notiing that she just didn't scan ahead at all, reacting to things like blocked lanes or merges when they were in her face. As a biker you just instinctively are more aware of whats going on and I think this transfers into any driving situation.
I'd hate to think of that woman on a bike. I'm not the best rider out there but at least I pay attention.
I had a converstion recently with a non biker re 'zoning out' y'know when you drift off when driving (a car) and suddenly think 'shit I can't remember the last 5 kms" I said that NEVER happens on a bike. NEVER

[Motu]

We had the freedom to ride whatever we wanted as our first bike too....and to wear no helmet.The sad thing is,they are too scared to go back to those days...they want to be wrapped in cotton wool so they can't hurt themselves.

[Ixion]

freedom to ride whatever we wanted. Just not the money to buy it!

[Gareth51]

We had the freedom to ride whatever we wanted as our first bike too....and to wear no helmet.The sad thing is,they are too scared to go back to those days...they want to be wrapped in cotton wool so they can't hurt themselves.

And now we have a country fill of whimps

[BM-GS]

I had a converstion recently with a non biker re 'zoning out' y'know when you drift off when driving (a car) and suddenly think 'shit I can't remember the last 5 kms" I said that NEVER happens on a bike. NEVER

Spot on mate. Mrs GS used to mention doing that coming home from work, then she got her bike lic and started to worry about others doing it. Sadly, it got me today. But now I'm aware of it and wont let it happen again. Get thee behind me Satan!

I was talking to a cage-owner about my old commute to work and how I lane split this way sometimes & that way sometimes, or not at all, depending on what the traffic was doing. He said that it sounded like I had to do a lot of thinking. I figured he didn't do a lot of that behind the wheel...

[CookMySock]

I see plenty of people who don't have the basics down, and now they are damned to a life of not being able to steer. No matter what remedial training they get I do not think they can undo their old brain patterns. That first hour on the bike sets everything in place forever.

Getting a fright mid-corner and locking up not being able to steer kills or frightens lots and lots of bikers - some of them get off the bike and stay off it, and some of them crash and crash.

Steve

[Supermac Jr]

[QUOTE=Duke girl;2008437].
Y is it that there are riders out there who go out and buy themselves big cc bikes as there 1st bike and think that they are bullet proof whilst riding them.
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because they don't know what they don't know - looking back when I started (just the other day), it quickly became clear that a 250 is the max (law etc). At first i wanted to get a 500-600cc thinking 'its not a 1000'. Since getting my bike i quickly realised that its not that difficult to get into trouble very quickly - but with the 250 the risk is much smaller (still there but more forgiving)

I learn everyday things that i don't know/realise (the experience thing).
IMO: zero experience + big cc = OUCH

[MarkH]

IMO: zero experience + big cc = OUCH

Not always OUCH - some times it equals no OUCH at all, ever!

There was a story in the paper a few years back, a young asian guy came to NZ and bought a very fast & powerful car - he slid into a service station at high speed, hitting someone. They reported at the scene he was saying something like "no stopping, no stopping" (this is all from memory, so don't shoot me if I don't have the details 100%). It seems that he got going very fast and when he applied the brakes it didn't stop right away - momentum takes time to disappear. If he didn't understand stopping distances and how dangerous the speed he was travelling was, how would he have done on a fast bike instead? I would guess that on a fast bike the fool would have had an 80%+ chance of death!

With experience and practise and training most people could become competent motorcyclists. With a learning period on a 250cc, followed by a couple of years on a 600cc, a good rider could go on to ride a 1000cc bike and not kill themselves. A newby on a GSXR1000 needs to be lucky to survive his first week of riding, NZ laws restricting the learner bike to 250cc may annoy some - but they beat US laws allowing someone to try to learn riding a bike on a 1000cc racer.

[madbikeboy]

Not always OUCH - some times it equals no OUCH at all, ever!

There was a story in the paper a few years back, a young asian guy came to NZ and bought a very fast & powerful car - he slid into a service station at high speed, hitting someone. They reported at the scene he was saying something like "no stopping, no stopping" (this is all from memory, so don't shoot me if I don't have the details 100%). It seems that he got going very fast and when he applied the brakes it didn't stop right away - momentum takes time to disappear. If he didn't understand stopping distances and how dangerous the speed he was travelling was, how would he have done on a fast bike instead? I would guess that on a fast bike the fool would have had an 80%+ chance of death!

With experience and practise and training most people could become competent motorcyclists. With a learning period on a 250cc, followed by a couple of years on a 600cc, a good rider could go on to ride a 1000cc bike and not kill themselves. A newby on a GSXR1000 needs to be lucky to survive his first week of riding, NZ laws restricting the learner bike to 250cc may annoy some - but they beat US laws allowing someone to try to learn riding a bike on a 1000cc racer.

To be honest, even the jump from a 250 to a 600 is a big 'un. Putting this in perspective, a 600 with good pilot on board will be tough for a 1000 to keep up with, let alone overtake on tight twisties. Of course, there are exceptions, I'm sure Rossi could have ridden a GSXR1000 turbo as his first bike with no trouble...

I reckon the danger period of bike ownership is that first 90 days - that's the point where you think you've got it sussed, and overconfidence clashes with intention and ability...

[Anarkist]

NO, but I have seen plenty of sports bike riders change to HD mate, you want to be a leetle bit careful there.

It's called old ages.
Specifically, the bit where your balls shrink and the testosterone production is downregulated

[my_r32]

To be honest, even the jump from a 250 to a 600 is a big 'un. Putting this in perspective, a 600 with good pilot on board will be tough for a 1000 to keep up with, let alone overtake on tight twisties.

It sure is. I jumped from a 125 to a 600, blew myself away on the test ride, but after that when I bought the bike, my biker mentality kicked in and it told me to take it easy till I get used to the darn thing. Had the bike for 5 months now and only just got it up to 11.5grand in 2nd or 3rd gear, and I'm going for a blat around a track on sat, to learn more aboutme and my bikes abilities. I dont think a n00b should be on a big bike for a few years until they have the basics down pat.

I will agree that many people pick things up easily and naturally, and many others dont. Me = I taught myself how to ride a motorbike, picked it up real easy, only needed a couple of tips and have learnt everything else so far just from riding. Same with learning to drive a cage....and most other things like sports for example.
......and then theres the people with 2 left feet


But I'm also kinda tone deaf, can keep rhythm tho