General Bike Whoring
01-05-2007, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by san2000,Jan 4 2007, 11:35 PM
I think the secret is to massage the rear brake, and feather the clutch.
plus dont be afraid to throw in the odd body swerve here and there.
Its great fun 2 up and with overladen panniers , top box and a tank bag
Also as Euan mentions , practice emergency stops , to this day i still spend time playing and trying to nip the front tyre up.
01-05-2007, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by euan,Jan 4 2007, 10:20 PM
In scotland IME, daily mileage would only depend on the weather 
01-05-2007, 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Paper Lawyer,Jan 4 2007, 10:45 PM
I can reduce mine further by limiting annual mileage to 500 miles....only been out on it for probably ten miles in totalfek.. its cheaper to hire a bike for when you wish it!
01-05-2007, 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Busamav,Jan 5 2007, 09:34 AM
plus dont be afraid to throw in the odd body swerve here and there.
Its great fun 2 up and with overladen panniers , top box and a tank bag
Also as Euan mentions , practice emergency stops , to this day i still spend time playing and trying to nip the front tyre up.
as for emergency stops, again most people, don't use the full braking force of the bike. i know i didnt know how much i had, until such a situation and in the wet too.
01-05-2007, 08:19 AM
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I really ought to practice some emergency stops on mine - I tried once shortly after getting it and almost dropped it. I was expecting the front to dive like the GS500 I did my DAS on, and the shock put me off
I don't know how much of this is down to the Combined Braking System on the Honda, worn shocks on the Suzuki, or just better engineering on a newer/more expensive bike :dunno:
Thought I'd have to do one when some biddy oulled out in front of me on the A9 - clearly she hadn't seen an oversized Bertie Bassett approaching at high speed
Fortunately she didn't panic and stop right in front of me, and I had time to give her a friendly hand gesture.
I don't know how much of this is down to the Combined Braking System on the Honda, worn shocks on the Suzuki, or just better engineering on a newer/more expensive bike :dunno:
Thought I'd have to do one when some biddy oulled out in front of me on the A9 - clearly she hadn't seen an oversized Bertie Bassett approaching at high speed
Fortunately she didn't panic and stop right in front of me, and I had time to give her a friendly hand gesture.
01-14-2007, 08:48 AM
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I didn't know that.
Not sure if I'll go yet - will decide nearer the time.
On a personal bike related note - I saw mine today - I had to get some stuff out of the shed
Not sure if I'll go yet - will decide nearer the time.
On a personal bike related note - I saw mine today - I had to get some stuff out of the shed