Cornering...

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Cab, Jun 10, 2004.

  1. Hence the expression: "Shafties get on my thrupennies".

    Soy.
     
    Soylent Green, Jun 10, 2004
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  2. Wow - a new sig line for you. Cab - almost as fast as Ginge.
     
    Paul Corfield, Jun 10, 2004
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  3. Cab

    Ben Blaney Guest

    Yeah, I'm going to be really sodding busy for a couple of months.
    Then I'm going to have a holiday!
     
    Ben Blaney, Jun 10, 2004
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  4. Cab

    Molly Guest

    Yes, it's the French roads, they are like that. Now British roads
    allow you to lean more and they give you confidence.
     
    Molly, Jun 10, 2004
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  5. So don't bottle it.

    The bike's limits are likely to be far better than yours are. Tyres are
    the limiting factor - that and the road surface.

    I'm always bemused by this sort of posting - 'cos if somebody asked me
    this, I'd just say: "Dunno - I just ride the thing....."
     
    The Older Gentleman, Jun 10, 2004
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  6. Cab

    Porl Guest

    Really? So regardless of road conditions, traffic and weather; despite it
    being connected to your job and your recreational time, you just 'ride the
    thing' do you? No thought processes going on whatsoever? Never given an iota
    of an inkling to how things work and don't work? Never needed to deconstruct
    an event to learn from it? Never identified a mistake that you've needed to
    rectify?

    In short, no empathy whatsoever with those that want to learn and understand
    the mechanics of bike riding to gain confidence?
     
    Porl, Jun 10, 2004
    #66
  7. These days, yes. I separate the watching out for errant car drivers,
    watching traffic condition, watching for hazards - what goes on under my
    bum is on autopilot.
    When it comes to *riding* as opposed to the above, no, very little.
    Little that I'm aware of, anyway.
    Oh yes. But I learned that ages ago, so I don't think about it much now.
    Yes. That happens.
    I'm not an istructor. I leave that sort of thing to those who can do it.
    Which is why - you'll note - I don't give riding and cornering advice on
    this forum. I leave that to those who can, or those who think they can
    (a large number!).

    I just ride the thing.
     
    The Older Gentleman, Jun 10, 2004
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  8. Cab

    Porl Guest

    I just find this difficult to believe, for instance, when you were racing
    why weren't your lap times faster? How did you know you were going as fast
    as you could? Did you never spend any time thinking about your weak areas on
    a track?
     
    Porl, Jun 10, 2004
    #68
  9. but he's as old as Methuselah and worked all this out a long time. He
    can neither remember any of it nor has enough brain power left to try to
    recall it.
    empathy from TOG? what planet are you living on?
     
    Paul Corfield, Jun 10, 2004
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  10. Cab

    Porl Guest


    Aah, then we are talking about the same thing. Cab knows how to ride the
    bike, but his confidence is lacking. His imagination tells him that the bike
    will slip away if he leans it any lower, just the same as yours might warn
    you that a distracted driver at a T junction might be about to pull out. The
    survival instinct is doing the same job.

    (I'm not saying Cab wouldn't also be worried about the driver as
    well...but....well..you've met him)
     
    Porl, Jun 10, 2004
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  11. Cab

    Porl Guest

    Good point. Let's pretend I never said that.
     
    Porl, Jun 10, 2004
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  12. Cab

    dwb Guest

    Do it at less then 10mph and let us know how well the counter steering
    worked.
     
    dwb, Jun 10, 2004
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  13. Cab

    Porl Guest

    I think this is all bollocks. It's one thing to say you achieve a zen-like
    oneness when riding, it's another to say you're too thick to be able to
    think about the mechanics of it or too cool to remember how unconfident you
    once were.
     
    Porl, Jun 10, 2004
    #73
  14. Cab

    Abso Guest

    Is this not just an experience thing? When you've done as many miles
    as TOG or your good self, I can well believe you roll along on auto
    pilot. I can't say I ever think about driving a car these days because
    I've been doing it for 13 years. Bikes are more of a challenge of
    course.
     
    Abso, Jun 10, 2004
    #74
  15. Cab

    Porl Guest

    Not "do" you, but "can" you?
     
    Porl, Jun 10, 2004
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  16. In uk.rec.motorcycles, The Older Gentleman said:
    Can I have that for my sig?
     
    Whinging Courier, Jun 10, 2004
    #76
  17. Yup, that's about it.
     
    The Older Gentleman, Jun 10, 2004
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  18. Feck off, both of ye.
     
    The Older Gentleman, Jun 10, 2004
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  19. Cab

    Porl Guest

    Would you mind if I rubbed myself against your leg?
     
    Porl, Jun 10, 2004
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  20. Cab

    Porl Guest

    I'm so Zenny I've forgotten.
     
    Porl, Jun 10, 2004
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