New 20 ounce tumblers available now! Forum donation credit with purchase. https://www.wildguzzi.com/Products/products.htm#Tumbler
REALLY? Do people really look at those signs, then look at their speedo, all while setting up for a curve?I mean, I HAVE compared the two now and again when I was curious or bored.But USUALLY I set up for a curve by sight line and adjusting speed from feel based on that.And if I don't have a clear sight line, I slow more...
Well I guess some of us do otherwise why bother putting them up on just about every corner of the road, but I rarely look at the speedo, I know how fast I am going, if I'm doing 60 and I come across a turn that says 30 I know I have to slow down a tad. I suppose you don't see "end of pavement" or "bump" signs either.No, I don't ride by the road signs alone, it's just additional information.Hey, I never said I was the greatest rider but it wasn't me in the ditch.CheersRoy
It's been a while, but I thought "The Pace" talked about riding FAST in the curves and slowing down/regrouping on the straights?Didn't this guy have trouble with a curve?
I seem to recall the basic message was "ride your own ride, not the other guy's ride" and what you've mentioned was details on how to do that best in a group, safely. Of course, I could be off on that, it's what I remember of that article.
He taught me how to focus on where I want to go and not look were I don't e.g. the ditch.
If he is riding one of those 1500 CC Intruders he has no business even attempting to hang with any Guzzi built since 1967 . Seriously , those things are a pig on roller skates . Not much you can do about someone having a false idea of their riding abilities , except let them scare the fool out of themselves a couple of times. Well , maybe a good riding school like FG suggested , but I have known that to create an even more over inflated sense of skill in some riders . Dusty
I read that Subaru's are quite a bit safer, and require less overall skill to operate.
This^"Target Fixation". I learned it flying hang gliders (it applies especially when landing). Whenever I find myself riding into a corner, and it feels all "wrong", it is usually because I am not looking far enough ahead, i.e. where I want to go, further around the curve. I find myself looking just ahead of the front wheel, which of course is an ever-moving spot, and I end up wobbling all over. This usually happens when my mind is not on my ride, but somewhere else.