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10-28-2006, 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by StevenM,Oct 28 2006, 11:24 AM
You should have been an accountant ......... or a Jock 
I bought a new bike the day after I passed my test
I bought a new bike the day after I passed my test
The old biddies and buffties in Austin Metros who kept overtaking me all the way from Perth to Aberfeldy and back to Edinburgh probably didn't think I'd learnt much though
10-28-2006, 07:56 AM
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There's the theory that if you do your learning in the winter when the weather is $hite/roads slippy, it makes you a better rider when you get to the summer and you don't think you're invincible on a bright sunny sunday morning in April just after you've squeezed yourself into your power ranger gear for the first time in 6 months.
On the other hand, you might like me spend months excessively tiptoeing about because of the reduced grip and being terrified of dropping the bike, and then not be able to go around corners properly when it gets warm and dry again.
On the other hand, you might like me spend months excessively tiptoeing about because of the reduced grip and being terrified of dropping the bike, and then not be able to go around corners properly when it gets warm and dry again.
10-28-2006, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Paper Lawyer,Oct 26 2006, 12:13 PM
Resisting temptation to buy the second bike down on here:
http://listersgroup.co.uk/HondaBikes/Solih...onda&p=i:2;s:10
http://listersgroup.co.uk/HondaBikes/Solih...onda&p=i:2;s:10
10-28-2006, 08:00 AM
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You still get dry days in the winter though, and so I think you should continue riding through the winter to get used to all potential types of road conditions. It's only rainy days (as opposed to wet roads) I haven't ridden in yet.
You have to have faith in your tyres, as someone recently said to me. Or you just won't go round corners more than 10mph.
You have to have faith in your tyres, as someone recently said to me. Or you just won't go round corners more than 10mph.
10-28-2006, 08:05 AM
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Forgot to add - tomorrow's race should be an absolute blinder.
First time in a long time that the championship has come down to the last race of the season.
Go Rossi
First time in a long time that the championship has come down to the last race of the season.
Go Rossi
