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Title: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: gary martin on January 21, 2015, 01:55:33 PM

an experiment in motorcycling part one


http://blog.caranddriver.com/year-of-the-goose-part-1-an-experiment-in-motorcycling/

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: Bill Hagan on January 21, 2015, 07:49:52 PM

I liked that.

Thanks.

Bill

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: johnr on January 21, 2015, 08:15:17 PM

Going to follow this with interest.

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: Das on January 22, 2015, 05:19:15 AM

Gary, thanks for posting.  You are right.  The guy knows how to write.  Looking forward to The Year Of The Goose - Part II.

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: O on June 04, 2015, 05:20:57 PM

Browsing the interweb, and realized part II of this series is posted on the Car and Driver site: 

http://blog.caranddriver.com/year-of-the-goose-part-2-educational-anxiety-and-rattlesnake-bar/ (http://blog.caranddriver.com/year-of-the-goose-part-2-educational-anxiety-and-rattlesnake-bar/)

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: andrewdonald1 on June 04, 2015, 08:18:56 PM

I always enjoy reading about the joy's of learning to ride.
Its such an amazing sport, I love to see new people get into it.

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: opc on September 27, 2015, 08:56:35 AM

Part 3 is now up: The Graceless Art of Crashing in the Rain

http://blog.caranddriver.com/year-of-the-goose-part-3-the-graceless-art-of-crashing-in-the-rain/ (http://blog.caranddriver.com/year-of-the-goose-part-3-the-graceless-art-of-crashing-in-the-rain/)

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: StuCorpe on September 27, 2015, 09:24:06 AM

I like this series, thanks for the link!  :thumb:

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: Jurgen on September 27, 2015, 12:38:28 PM

Thanks for the link.  Good writing, the best since Peter Eagan retired from Cycle World.  Jurgen

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: rboe on September 27, 2015, 04:04:38 PM

A breath of fresh air. Thanks for sharing!

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: johnr on September 27, 2015, 09:35:38 PM

Thanks for that. Successfully sidetracked me for a while.

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on September 28, 2015, 08:09:35 AM

Quote

What I learned: Tension and uncertainty are the bane of the motorcyclist. But if you are confident that confidence will come, confidence will come.

Don’t do what I did: Avoid holding the bars in a death grip. The most valuable piece of advice I’ve heard related to this is to hold onto the grips as if they were baby birds.

Good advice there from a novice.. :thumb:

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: Rich A on September 28, 2015, 10:33:08 AM

Enjoyed it. Purty bike, too.

Rich A

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: opc on December 15, 2015, 01:34:01 PM

Part Four "Dirty Senanigans..." is now posted

http://blog.caranddriver.com/year-of-the-goose-part-4-dirty-shenanigans-at-american-supercamp/ (http://blog.caranddriver.com/year-of-the-goose-part-4-dirty-shenanigans-at-american-supercamp/)

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: PJPR01 on December 15, 2015, 01:59:13 PM

Nice...there you go...Motorcycling and Driving do go together!  If Car and Driver says it's so...it must be so!  Vroom vroom :bike-037: :bike-037:

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on December 15, 2015, 02:59:49 PM

Good stuff again.

Title: Re: Year of the Goose - a good read
Post by: pebra on December 16, 2015, 03:45:07 PM

Great stuff.
Obviously, he's gonna need a dirtbike....... !!