What makes a good rider?

[The_Dover]

Why's that bones?

Do you think it's wanky or posy or just uncalled for? I'm sure the only reason Valentino's doin it, is because everyone else is.

i'm not.

unless I fall off.

[White trash]

Yeah, Valentino falls off ocasionally too mate.

[TS99]

About 8 inches

[DEATH_INC.]

It's been said before, SSSSmmmooooothness is the key, someone who looks like theyre going slow while they kick your ass....

[cowboyz]

Traits of a good ROAD rider?

First and formost being in control of the bike. Closely followed by being able to read the road, both surface and corners. You can tell from a mile away someone who is relaxed and in control adn it is really comforting to follow a smooth rider.

[The_Dover]

someone who looks like theyre going slow while they kick your ass....

you lot have been warned.

that valentino cunt should watch out too.

[cowboyz]

Just thinking again...

I think a good rider is also someone who can hold their own pace/(come ego) in check when a quicker bike/rider goes by them.

[FROSTY:Me]

smooth,relaxed,in control looking

[Disco Dan]

smooth,relaxed,in control looking

regardless of speed.

[BarBender]

It's been said before, SSSSmmmooooothness is the key, someone who looks like theyre going slow while they kick your ass....

Yep...Smooth.

A good rider should be poetry in motion.

[The Stranger:Me]

Yep...Smooth.

A good rider should be poetry in motion.

Yeah, watching Daryl (dss3) slice through the fast group at Taupo was something I'll never forget. So fluid.

[yod]

Buy more petrol. Auckland needs more roads.
Oh and thanks for the new stadium.

excuse the but:

you all ready for your own personal petrol tax mate??

on behalf of everybody south of the bombays and north of albany....cheers for the dosh!! you're a real gent

[Paul in NZ]

Why's that bones?

Do you think it's wanky or posy or just uncalled for? I'm sure the only reason Valentino's doin it, is because everyone else is.

I heard he was doin' it cos he heard you were...

On the way in a bike pulled a pretty fast lane split on the Starlet and I remeber thinks 'shit I'm old - I wouldn't have the balls or reactions for that move'..... 10km later I saw the same bike... I think it was tired as it was having a wee laydown on the side of the road...

What makes a good rider? Surviving long enough.... Good does not always equal fast though - different animals..

[lowededwookie]

I think this question is something incorrect.

To say that a good rider is someone who takes the correct lines and brakes in the right positions and all that is actually missing what makes a good rider.

To me a good rider is someone who wears the correct gear, doesn't play silly buggers on the road while still enjoying the ride and pushing themself.

To me a good rider is someone who lives by the motto:

"Everyone's a moron out to kill me"

He/She that lives by this motto will invariably ride in such a way that, while pushing the limits, realises that the moron in front, behind, and to the side will do something stupid and is able to predict that stupidity and avoid it without thinking.

Riding isn't about the bike or your ability to control your bike it's all about having the correct mental attitude, being in tune with your surroundings and with the bike, and not doing something that will villify you, get you killed, or worse someone else killed.

Riding like this means that you can get yourself out of anything without thinking, avoid getting yourself into situations that could spell trouble, and all this basically spells you having fun.

Don't follow what others do because everyone develops their own riding style that works for them. When you're on the road you're there on your own terms. Riding shouldn't be about beating the guy in front of you, it's about riding for the fun, riding for you and no one else. It's about losing yourself in your own world while seeing more of the real world around you.

That's what makes a great rider.

[Ixion]

Why's that bones?

Do you think it's wanky or posy or just uncalled for? I'm sure the only reason Valentino's doin it, is because everyone else is.

They're amusing when you're following someone on a sprotsbike who's hanging way off in every corner , knee stuck right out. And you're following him through at the same pace, on a chook chaser, with knobbly tyres , sitting up nice and comfy. Not sure if Valentino has chook chasers after him .