Mesmerised

[blackdog]

when all this learning to ride is over,

show me a rider who has 'learned' everything. anyone who thinks they have is going to learn some more.....the hard way

we never stop learning. ask valentino if he knows it all yet........

apart from that, all good advice i reckon

[CookMySock]

show me a rider who has 'learned' everything.

Ah yeah that is true.

I think there is a time to stop feeling like a total newbie though.

Steve

[blackdog]

Ah yeah that is true.

I think there is a time to stop feeling like a total newbie though.

Steve

agreed

confidence/learning is like a power curve....

[Ratti]

hmm, that graph looks promising. I hadnt thought of it like that. Bloody lot of riding on that steep bit isnt there?
1/4 of ones riding life not really improving, 1/2 on a steep learning curve, and 1/4 with tiny incremental learning....

[george formby]

hmm, that graph looks promising. I hadnt thought of it like that. Bloody lot of riding on that steep bit isnt there?
1/4 of ones riding life not really improving, 1/2 on a steep learning curve, and 1/4 with tiny incremental learning....

It's all time on the bike. Different roads, varied states of mind, warm, cold or wet. Somedays everything seems to come together effortlessly & I feel like flying, somedays I feel like I'm riding a pennyfarthing in a motocross. Thats usually when I learn the most.

[pritch]

When following another bike it's necessary to look past it up the road, not to look at it. If you're following someone and catch yourself watching them you have to make yourself look away.

Might be difficult though if the rider happens to be wearing luminous gear and is in the glare of your headlight?

[CookMySock]

When following another bike it's necessary to look past it up the road, not to look at it. If you're following someone and catch yourself watching them you have to make yourself look away.

Might be difficult though if the rider happens to be wearing luminous gear and is in the glare of your headlight?

She should not be in that position at all, considering her inexperience, and we all know how dangerous it is for newbies following experienced riders.

Steve

[Ratti]

Relax Steve, breathe in, breathe out...

I had the choice to turn around and ride home again. I stuck with it and fortunatly no harm was done except to my pride.
I learnt a valuable lesson and that alone made the experience worthwhile.

[Lurch]

I must admit, from time to time riding South from the Hutt Valley into Wellington just after dark you get this gentle night time Northerly creating what feels like a still pocket of air around you. There's no wind noise, no road noise, very few cars for reference points and just the trickle of cats eyes in your vision along the gentle curves of SH2.

For some reason at these times I have to fight to not be hypnotised by the road. If you look down your speedo says 120 but you look up and it feels like your standing still.

[Ratti]

Foxton straights do that to me everytime I travel them at night. and there is an uphill long curve not far from Whangas that catchs me out at night. WOuld it have happend before the catseyes were in place tho? I was only learning to drive/ride when they were introduced and don't have much pre-catseye expereince.
It's almost like the flashing light stimulus that will set off an epileptic.