Anyone BOTAFOT yesterday

No and yes (sort of).

It's about the only time I ever use the rear brake, in fact.

It's something I've picked up from somewhere (**** knows where, mind) and
the idea is that if you've overcooked it on the way in and can't/won't
lean the thing any further and are going to run wide, rather than grabbing
the front and likely getting intimate with the tarmac, you drag the rear
to slow things up and around she goes.

Certainly worked for me on a number of occasions, not least of which when
being pursued down twisty B road stuff somewhere in Wales by a certain
Mr.D.Corden; I got round using the aforementioned technique. Dave, who
was carrying slightly more speed than me (in catchup mode) elected to
choose the straight on and into a gateway route, although when I initially
looked back in my mirrors, all I saw, in horror, was him go sailing
straight on and out of my view.


On the other hand, if one has a grabby rear brake or a leaden right foot,
it can be, er, interesting...

HTH.

 

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 23:18:06 +0100, The Older Gentleman yammered:

[of Guzzi's]

Besides, at that age, the poor old thing was probably a bit deaf and blind
in one eye?

 

Heh. Not my first ever, but certainly the first on a litre-bike. Quite
funny, watching bear get TWA just in front of me, then following suit.

 

Ace fascinated us all by saying...

It was almost the scene of my very last TWA, in fact my very last
anything. Fucking tankslapper from hell at well over 3 figure speeds.

 

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:02:10 +0100, Bear yammered:

[of dodgy overtakes]

[snip]

*ding!*

I learnt (but never practiced) the theory some years back. However, it
was only when riding with DC that it all came together.

On day two, mind, we were out on the A338(?) heading for Devizes and I got
greedy and the old habit, the power-overtake, reared its head again --
Dave was right with me and I saw an opportunity for a big, showy,
multi-car overtake.

We were doing ~70 and I dropped a cog from 3rd and cracked it WFO and
blitzed straight past about six cars, ducked in to allow one oncoming one
to pass then more gas and another cog to zip past another three.
Unfortunately, my observation was not up to scratch and despite my seeing
the uphill sweeping lefthander, I'd not picked out the double-whites...

It meant I had to carve hard back across in a very non-Roadcraft stylee to
try and make it back into my lane before acquiring a "virtual" three
points.

I didn't and I clipped the double whites by about half a car length.

There was a moments quiet then the radio clicked and a single word carried
over the airwaves: "Tosser".

We stopped very soon after to wait for madam to catch us both up and Dave,
with a big grin, chastised me for my oversight. Bloody good fun, mind and
hugely rewarding when you string all the theory together and can still be
quick without being hugely animated and whatnot in the process.

 

Bear fascinated us all by saying...

Is it?

 

Ok, then I can't help. However, having read some of the other responses
in the thread, maybe it /is/ a comfort thing and that whoever it was told
me about it, recognised the the difficulty I was having and threw me a
lifeline (or teddybear!).

Dunno, works for me. Did like Ozmick's response though about the
involuntary use of the right foot; yep, that's me!

 

It is.

It is also, as this thread kicked off with, possible to be very, very
slow and a complete fucking liability at the same time.

 

I suppose the acid test is whether it works round roundabouts ...

 

Heh, it does. It was something I learnt after that particular incident...
;-p

 

One day, I'll have something just like that.

--
Platypus
VN800 Drifter, R80RT
DIAABTCOD#2 GPOTHUF#19
BOTAFOS#6 BOTAFOT#89
BOB#1 SBS#35 ANORAK#18 TWA#15
"WOULD YOU KINDLY SHUT THE **** UP!"

 

I *really* don't see the problem.

 

As far as I can work out, it's only bear who does.

 

Maybe he's worried that he's too fat to squeeze between cars.

 

I know