Gaining Experience

I passed my DAS about 3 months ago and have been doing two or thee rides a
week for an hour or two since, I now feel I need to gain more experience.

So should I continue with the rides or start commuting on an almost daily
basis the 50 mile round trip to work, for those with local knowledge that
will be a ride from Southend-on-Sea to Romford up the A127 (loads of
filtering) eeek !

Maybe i should leave the commmute till the spring, what do ya think ?

D

 

David Thomas said:

Stop agonising and ride the bloody thing when you want and don't when
you don't.

Life is a lot simpler if you don't try to plan everything.

 

I've riiden in the dark and in the wet, but never in both :-/

D

 

Sounds like a "fucking" good idea !

D

 

David Thomas said:

You're never going to if you keep sitting at your PC. Put your coat on
and go out now.

 

Can't... too pissed.

But am getting fed up with taking an hour and a half in the car to do a
jouney that takes me half an hour on a bike.

D
D

 

David Thomas said:

Do it on the bike then. I do pretty much every day - unless it's very
icey (not just a frost) or laying snow.

 

David Thomas wrote

Try it. If you can cope with the cold and wet that is the next three
months then you will just lurve the summer holidays.

Piece of piss as it is a dead straight road with a couple of miles of
good feeder at either end.

Apart from the now twice weekly accident at Nevendon the A127 itself
keeps moving but does not often get above 60. There are also enough
bikes going up and down it that the traffic is bike aware sometimes.

Don't feel that you have to keep up with the faster bikes when
filtering. Hanging more than a few yards back and let them do the path
finding works for me and I get to have a smooth trouble free filter when
I do it.

Romford has just as many Gatsos as does Southend.

Your choice.

 

Get out there and ride, you wuss!
Commute but take 'short cuts' which add an extra 50 miles or so.

 

It is a busy road at times, but most of the regular commuters are
fairly bike aware, more so during the better weather conditions, watch
your mirrors though, there are a fair number of bikes that use lane
1a.

Your choice, I used to commute from Laindon to Hainault and had very
few problems on that road.

--

Kevin - Basildon
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Ta, D

 

K Olley wrote

I haven't been up it for a while now is the Ghost of the Flying Courier
on his Black Kawasaki still to be seen by the unwary?

Kin scary that is. He comes from nowhere in a flash and just as quick
he is gone. All in black he is. Never seen stopped at any of the
lights or approaching in the distance in your mirrors. He just appears
at your shoulder and as if encouraging you to follow, he is in front
weaving, almost ballet like, through the traffic ahead. Another blink
of they eye and all that remains is the faint echo of the four straight
through pipes and a cold chill in his wake, the only other mark of his
progress.

 

steve auvache said....

^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^

Blue/green Bandit 600 surely?

 

Lozzo wrote

Nah it is a gert great black kwaka. All black it is and the Ghostly
Rider is all in black leather with a black visor.

 

Just *ride*.

You *will* drop the thing or get knocked off, so there's no sense in
worrying, but the longer you manage to ride unscathed the less the
likelihood of it happening.

 

It depends what you want from your motorcycling. Do you want a
lifestyle, a leisure activity, or a way to get your legs cut off en
route to your wedding?

That's not too bad a commute, to be honest. It gets a bit hairy when
you go further into town.

I don't really like commuting by bike. I don't like getting to work
stressed and uptight. Still, give it a try and see if you like it.

It will teach you a certain amount about motorcycling. It will teach
you hazard perception, evasive action, filtering and that's about it.
It won't teach you how to get your knee-down, wheelie, or help you get
your track lap times down. So you need to think about what you want to
learn.

It is cold and very, very wet at the moment. If you can cope with that,
go for it.

 

Commuting, in winter, is the best way of learning. Will make next summer
a complete dream

 

I agree, completely. On the other hand, I did a 1500 mile round trip
mini-tour within a month of passing my test - that also did lots for
my confidence and generally "getting used to riding a bike".

 

If you feel comfortable riding in the wet and cold by all means do it.
If you don't...don't.

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Couple of years since I have done that route during the rush. Went
into town that way Fri evening, thought that I was taking it easy but
still managed to pass more than was passed by.

I shall have to ask the unwary

--

Kevin - Basildon
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GPZ305 (her's)
BOTAFOT#67 BOTAFOF#23
OSOS#29