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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Tom on July 15, 2016, 04:16:15 PM
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I wonder if he had taken a rider course. No clutch lever modulation.
http://a.msn.com/en-us/autos/motorcycles/i-crashed-my-new-harley-the-day-i-rolled-it-off-the-lot/ar-BBun8TN
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Good writer. Good messages. He was overconfident.
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I crashed twice within a few months of starting to ride. I didn't take the msf course or any kind of class, I just went out and started riding with a permit. I dropped the bike the very first time I stopped...
I was lucky I went down in dirt both times so I didn't get hurt at all.
I do wish I had taken the MSF course, and I did years later and learned a lot from it. Live and learn tho...
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Well he got farther than a guy I know from work did back in 2003. He low sided his brand new BMW R1150R Roskster in the parking lot of the dealership where he bought the bike. Ouch!
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IIRC there's a YouTube vid of a guy with a brand new Goldwing. Trying to load into the bed of his pick-up. Didn't make it into the bed.
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At 10 years old I learned not to use the front brake hard on dirt. I had an older cousin with a 64 Honda Trail 90. Did a little race thing in the farm yard against the clock. After the starting straight away I realized as was approaching the grainery barn a bit quick and didn't really know anything about braking. Washed out the front end , went down and was pinned under the bike. Wasn't hurt thanks to the muffler shield. I currently have possession of the same bike and if you look closely you can see the damage I caused on the headlight housing, brake lever and the muffler shield. Not hurt, so a cheap lesson that I never forgot.
GliderJohn