Text 21654, 60 rader
Skriven 2011-08-08 14:05:10 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
  Kommentar till text 21616 av Mark Hofmann (1:261/1304)
Ärende: Motorcycles
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07 Aug 11 08:15, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:



 RW>> The amazing thing that stuck in my mind as I participated in a
 RW>> refresher course on riding (Texas allows insurance discounts for
 RW>> passing this), was that the instructor rode an 1800cc, fully dressed
 RW>> Honda and he could ride his bike within a box while I had a hard
 RW>> time keeping in the same box with a much smaller bike. The clue came
 RW>> in a statement he made that a bike can turn tighter corners under
 RW>> power on two wheels than it can with someone pushing it. That worked
 RW>> for me, even though I had to touch down inside the box during my
 RW>> test. I lost points for that touch, but passed the course.

 MH> I took the Motorcycle Rider / Safety Class when I started riding
 MH> about 6 years ago.  It was a very good class, which at the end if you
 MH> passed, you would get your motorcycle license.  The instructor did a
 MH> similar thing with a Harley Road King - and rode it in that figure
 MH> eight box.

I was grand-fathered with a motorcycle endorsement from Illinois in
California, but Texas wanted to see that M on the license. Since that test
I've practiced the figure eight with the Sportster and with some riding
experience I don't have any problems.

 MH> Oddly, I thought the figure eight was one of the easyest parts of the
 MH> test. I had no trouble with the clutch control and staying in the
 MH> box.  I had more problems with the power skid.  They made you wear
 MH> gloves, which I wasn't used to doing.

I don't remember a power skid, but I do remember riding at a fast clip and
at the last minute, haveing to avoid an obsticle.

 RW>> I've seen that happen too. It isn't something you laugh about.

 MH> When I was still more of a rookie rider, I made the mistake once of
 MH> parking face forward on a hill that sloped forwards.  This was on the
 MH> dirt/gravel, to add even more trouble to the situation.  It was in an
 MH> outdoor bar type place.

That reminds me of riding a Honda cafe' racer off road and going down a
steep hill, which I couldn't get back up. I would have gone through to the
other end of that road, but it was flooded, so I turned around. It took
three attempts to get up that hill, once being thrown off to land in a big
mesquite bush. Something I don't have the ability to do today.

 MH> I had to have a couple other bikers push me backwards when I left,
 MH> since there was no way I could do it on that slope.

Isn't that about the time you wish you had reverse? That sure would make
it easier.


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