Lines & tips ride

[terrygurl]

Hey i'm keen! pm me, keep me in the loop plz

[ZeroIndex]

Hey i'm keen! pm me, keep me in the loop plz

haha I'm gonna do one of those "Was it you posts"...

Don't suppose you have a gray GSX250? Riding somewhere between town and peachgrove road this morning... can't remember what road it was, but I was lanesplitting some random cars and couldn't help but wonder

[terrygurl]

hahaha nope not me.. i was at work..

[DMNTD:Me]

I said every three months because this sort of ride requires some effort from the advanced riders who are coming along, and they are volunteering their time gratis. I didn't want to impose by suggesting too frequent a schedule. Once a month would be great, of course, but I'm not sure how willing the "tutors" would be. There is also the Friday night meet, where a lot of practice seems to happen in car-parks and so on. I'll be there this Friday, so feel free to stop by. I'd like to get some maneuvering and braking practice in.

Well I'm more than willing to help out more often if there's a need(yes I am a Mentor). I reckon the closer the "teachings" the easier they are to recall.
Personally I'm not a great fan of car parks unless helping out a total newbie, but this is your guy's ball game and I'm just offering my assistance/help/advice if it's required and I have a few clues on how to ride these two wheeled machines.


Oh well....PM me if interested

[Waylander]

hmm...

I might be in on this too. Could always use help with my lines and wht not.

[ZeroIndex]

Well I'm more than willing to help out more often if there's a need(yes I am a Mentor). I reckon the closer the "teachings" the easier they are to recall.
Personally I'm not a great fan of car parks unless helping out a total newbie, but this is your guy's ball game and I'm just offering my assistance/help/advice if it's required and I have a few clues on how to ride these two wheeled machines.

Yeah, "teachings" need to be done much closer together on a time scale... would love to get some assistance if you end up helping us Hamiltonian's out...

[ZeroIndex]

hmm...

I might be in on this too. Could always use help with my lines and wht not.

Do you have your Green Card? wait... only American's need those... you're Canadian right? Or is Carver just being a dick as per usual?

Will be good to have the huge grunty beast (your bike) scraping it's pegs in the Waikato whenever this training happens

[Waylander]

Do you have your Green Card? wait... only American's need those... you're Canadian right? Or is Carver just being a dick as per usual?

Will be good to have the huge grunty beast (your bike) scraping it's pegs in the Waikato whenever this training happens

Carver seems to be copying off others who have copied of someone else before them. I don't even notice it that much anymore.

As for scraping my pegs, that's my daily ride to and from work man. I want to learn how to NOT to that and also get used to the upgrdes going into my bike as I do them.

Back on topic now. An idea since our respective towns are fairly close. What about trading off every now and then? Mentors from here take it one month mentors from there another and so on. Or would that get too confusing as far as who has gone over what?

[ZeroIndex]

Carver seems to be copying off others who have copied of someone else before them. I don't even notice it that much anymore.

As for scraping my pegs, that's my daily ride to and from work man. I want to learn how to NOT to that and also get used to the upgrdes going into my bike as I do them.

Back on topic now. An idea since our respective towns are fairly close. What about trading off every now and then? Mentors from here take it one month mentors from there another and so on. Or would that get too confusing as far as who has gone over what?

maybe swap routes? Somewhere Waikato 1 month, somewhere Bay of Plenty the next, or is this just going to be a Waikato only with visiting members from other North Island locations?

[terrygurl]

That sounds good to me.. get to learn some good routes then too.. swapping from waikato to bop and vice versa month on month off..

[TerminalAddict]

ok since I've been labeled as some who teaches (external noob that I am) I guess I've got a few criteria.

I can't teach everything.
so....
perperation is the key.
Pick 1 or 2 things that you think you need advice on.
perpare questions .. start thinking about those things now, why you think you are not that good, and how you think you may be able to improve

find a buddy.
find someone to advice you that you think will provide the best possible advice from ... (insert mentor here) can advise on riders of medium capability, but may struggle to help some one who is very new .. as an example

concentrate on the 1 or 2 things for each session ... our little human brains can only cope with a small amount of input at a time, don't try to learn too much at a time, otherwise you'll be overwhelmed.

Instructors:
Don't be proud. If you don't know don't be ashamed to say so
example: if someone asks me about gravel riding I will say "I'unno" and try and suggest someone who I know that can answer gravel riding questions.

Don't stand there all quiet and dumb and expect someone to magically pass on their knowledge, this ain't no classroom lecture, and certainly I would be completely useless if you have nothing to say .. communication is the key

Don't take everything as gospel .. nobody has every answer, and often there is more than one correct answer ... as an example, road riding skills and race track skills are similar, but very very different

Saturday arvo I'm probably free to do some laps somewhere.
I will probably pick a route that is less straight line than te pahu road, but quite short. that way I can concentrate on a few corners rather than over loading my little brain with 43kms of road

[Rosie]

I could be keen to come along, it would be good to improve my skills and explore some Waikato back roads.

[deeknow]

Thanks Deeknow (sp?) for showing us that route...

No worries... it really is a beauty aint it, I occasionally do a long-lunch ride down as far as the Tokoroa intersection and back

[deeknow]

Or Whitehall Rd, Scotchmans Valley is a bit too open and has more traffic so not so ideal

Your right about Scotchmans.. and although I love the Whitehall loop it does get fiercely tight in a couple of sections, one lane stuff, I've had a couple of minor moments through there meeting tankers and stock-trucks. If that gets used by a group you'd wanna make sure people didnt get too silly or it could end in tears.

[Bnonn]

Deeknow, did you use to work at EW? I work on the Helpdesk. Chook says g'day (: