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advising your younger self

Post by sir thomas blanchard »

if you were advising your formerself who was about to start out as a biker about the dangers of being a motorcyclist then what tips would you give your younger self?

In my case I think I woul;d say something about not trusting car drivers to stay put as I got injured by a bloke who turned right across my path at point blank range, maybe if i had been expecting it i might have been going that bit slower, been more ready to manoeuvre and had my fingers ready to brake but i still don't really know what you can do to protect yourself from that kind of behaviour.
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You can't have enough training.

Ride like no one has seen you.

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Kwacky wrote: Ride like no one has seen you.
This!

Plus...."Santiago Canyon Road is NOT your own private racetrack!" (it's a public racetrack instead).

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Don't ride into a dust storm on the Kathmandu ring road, your front teeth will never forgive you. Also open face helmets suck!
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Tbh I was told not to trust cagers, but learned the lesson the hard way after 1 month on two wheels.

1, Don’t listen to advice about bikes from people that don’t ride.
2, Buy decent gear and wear it, a denim jacket & DM’s are not good enough.
3, When Trackdays take off - go and book one ASAP, it’ll make you safer on the road.
4, Buy and enjoy at least one, big, fast two stroke before youre 25.
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Proper gear worn at all times even to the shops
Do some track days and leave the heroics for the track
Ride a pushbike as well it’s even scarier with cages trying to kill you
Learn basic maintenance
Don’t wear a polite vest ever
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1:) dont stop biking for 3 years.
2:) try racing when had the money
3:) get some riding training YOU SUCK
4:)Dont sell the ducati for peanuts wait a bit ..... Dont throw those rs250 bits in the bin they WILL be worth money in 7 years times.
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Listen to your Mum :(

Number of times as a teenager in the 70's she told me that if I insisted on wearing jacket and jeans and did not cover the gap between I would end up with a bad back.

She kept telling me that if I did not want to wear full leathers or a longer jacket I should wear smething like a kidney belt. I was a teenager, I thought how uncool but anyway, I know better? She was only a very qualified nurse after all so what did she know :?

How I wish now I had listened :(
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hmm..some good answers there but, putting it another way, what are your greatest anxieties about being a motorcyclist?

my current one is letting my guard drop, i try to be alert and spot things ahead but then my attention goes and i'm on 'autopilot', in a kind of day dream induced by the exhaust note and rythm of bends i suppose and before i know it i've done miles without really taking much notice of other vehicles. gulp.
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Greatest anxiety?

Getting a ticket
Crashing with a pillion.
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Yep id say getting points on lisence which will increase my insurance!
Why can't I get my knee down (on track) and you watch people do it with ease on the same track!!
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Flipping a wheelie
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Wish I could do a wheelie lol

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Take Frankie's monowheel school
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If I could advise my younger self it would be a complete waste of time as I probably wouldn't have listened to myself anyway :D
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Kwacky I went on a wheelie school day but in all honesty it was pissing it down pretty heavily at times and it put me off, all I could think about was coming off lol. I did snake the rear a fair bit which shook me right up but apparently as glad to watch haha

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Perkles wrote:Flipping a wheelie
Yup add that to my list. I only do 1 foot high wheelies on purpose, any bigger and it’s purely by accident!
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I'd be happy with 1 foot ones.
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Did a really high one once....bike came down quick and I smashed me nuts on the tank so hard I almost passed out. End of wheelie career....
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just a cartoon on the subject of motorbike safty

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