It does get easier!

[lily]

Having now been riding for 2 weeks and done around 850 miles I have got to say I am in love with my bike!!!!!!!!!!! :cheers::D

It’s a great bike and as it is restricted can only imagine the fun I will have once the restriction comes off (102 weeks time!!!) :rolleyes:

I know I still have a lot to learn but I can tell my riding is has got a lot better from that Friday when I jumped on my bike after my test.

The last two weeks have been a very steep learning curve (very steep indeed) and I am glad I decided to keep with it as my mind started to think…. Do I really want to do this?! Should I just stick to being pillion? :confused:

Know this may seem as a stupid thread but I just wanted to say to all the other newbie riders as I know there are a few of us….. It gets easier and well worth keeping at it. :D

This morning I drove to work and up until about half an hour ago when it started throwing it down I was mad at myself for using the car! :rolleyes:

Please let’s have an Indian Summer!!!! I want to ride my bike every day!!!! [-o<

[fizzwheel]

I want to ride my bike every day!!!! [-o<

Then get used to riding in the rain... its just like riding in the dry, the more you do it, the better you get at it.

It also adds another dimension to your riding to. If you can ride well in the wet it'll really improve your dry riding to.

[Alpinestarhero]

Glad to hear you are progressing well and with confidence lily! Just keep taking it easy, learning gently - theres no rush, and with 33 bhp you dont have to worry about teh rear wheel stepping out. I always found on my carb'd restricted SV that keeping the revs about 4000 rpm provided good engine response (bear this in mind if you want to make overtakes) and it was happiest at 60-70 mph in 5th gear (5100-6000 rpm or so).

Fizz's has good advice - riding in the rain is a good idea, you'll learn alot about how well your bike grips. I was a bit nervous at first, but there was one time I couldnt avoid a metal manhole cover mid corner (becasue I'd just corrected my line to avoid a previous one!) and hit it. The bike slid a bit, but quickly regained grip.

Oh, my dads advice to me, which I pass on to you; If you find yourself running wide in a corner, just push in the inside handlebar (I have since found this works better when you also relax your arms a bit...)

Keep on riding!

Matt

[hovis]

well done lily, glad you stuck with it, comming on pretty well too, time for a gixxer1000 soon, with your skill level

you are my hero

:kiss:

[melody]

Well done Lily.:thumleft:

Sounds like you're coming along in leaps and bounds!!

Personally, the timing for de-restricting my bike was just right as I felt ready for it.

As for riding in the rain, it's honestly not as bad a you're probably imagining. I have Avon Storms on mine and they are fantastic in wet weather.

[neio79]

with 33 bhp you dont have to worry about teh rear wheel stepping out.


You dont have to on any bike as long as you control the throttle

[Ed]

You dont have to on any bike as long as you control the throttle


Doctor needs some of his own medicine;)

[Dangerous Dave]

if you can ride well in the wet it'll really improve your dry riding to.
+ 1,000,000

[neio79]

Doctor needs some of his own medicine;)

:o true, although i have never span the rear in the wet, yet! :confused:

[fastdruid]

Wet riding can be fun, if you've never spun the rear then you're not trying hard enough!

Smooth is king in the wet, you can brake and accelerate nearly as hard as you can in the dry but you need to to be gentle. A snatch at the brake that would see a chirrp in the dry will lock a wheel in the wet.

Druid

[DMC]

Nice one Lily, Im pleased your getting on - wont be long before your enjoying the twisties :D

[hovis]

:o true, although i have never span the rear in the wet, yet! :confused:

your obvouisly not trying hard enough

[kwak zzr]

well done lily! marches meander the full route? see ya there!

[neio79]

your obvouisly not trying hard enough
no i obvioulsy have better throttle control than most.

[Frank]

well done Lil.You did really well on Sat and was inpressed with how you handled he bends around the Mendips ,and through Bath city center.Also for going at ur own pace.

[fastdruid]

no i obvioulsy have better throttle control than most.

Obviously far better than Rossi.

Druid

[lily]

well done lily! marches meander the full route? see ya there!

yep I'll be there :D

[lily]

Nice one Lily, Im pleased your getting on - wont be long before your enjoying the twisties :D

yer and passing drew on the bends ;)

well done Lil.You did really well on Sat and was inpressed with how you handled he bends around the Mendips ,and through Bath city center.Also for going at ur own pace.

well i can read speed limit signs ;) unlike you 3 :rolleyes:

[Frank]

yer and passing drew on the bends ;)



well i can read speed limit signs ;) unlike you 3 :rolleyes:
shhhhhhhhh have u seen this
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=116753

[Alpinestarhero]

and through Bath city center.Also for going at ur own pace.

thats very important. Im always getting it stressed to me that i should ride at a speed im comfy with. My dad will wait for me, and he would rather wait for me than drag me and my bike out of a hedge; if you don' wanna corner at 50 mph when everyone else is, then dont. I dont know how some more experianced riders can trust their bikes to make it round a corner at some speeds sometimes, but thats the differance between 2years experiance and 35 years experiance

SOmetimes my dads mate comes along on his ZX-12R; this chap will often stick behind me, which is jolly nice of him

[fastdruid]

thats very important. Im always getting it stressed to me that i should ride at a speed im comfy with.

+1000000

Always ride at your pace. If you find you're always being left behind (and have a problem with it) then find some slower riders to go out with!

Druid

[lily]

Doesn't bother me if i get there 5-10 mins after everybody else the important thing is that i got there!!!!!!!

[Frank]

Doesn't bother me if i get there 5-10 mins after everybody else the important thing is that i got there!!!!!!!
quote of the month

[Sean_C]

Doesn't bother me if i get there 5-10 mins after everybody else the important thing is that i got there!!!!!!!

Spot on Lily. Glad things are going well :)
I always used to leave Dad for dead 3 or 4 months a go when I was riding, but he's improved so much in the time I've been off the road its unbelievable. Although he still rides it too much like he drives the car.. I think I'll be arriving 5 or 10 minutes after him when I'm back on two wheels :riding:

[fizzwheel]

Doesn't bother me if i get there 5-10 mins after everybody else the important thing is that i got there!!!!!!!

Thats the best thing to keep in your head. Just ride for yourself and a pace you feel comfy with :thumbsup:

[missyburd]

Should I just stick to being pillion? :confused:



Bet you're sooooo happy you didn't listen to yourself :p

Good on ya Lily, couldn't be more happy for you!!! :cheers::cheers::cheers: You're my heroine, wish I could have got where you have so blimmin' fast!

[Lissa]

So who do you love most, Lily...................Drew or your bike?:p

Good on you, you sound really happy and positive!:D

[lily]

So who do you love most, Lily...................Drew or your bike?:p


The bike.... but don't tell him ;)

[Lissa]

the bike.... But don't tell him ;)

:-#

;)

[Drew Carey]

Tsch...fine.....be that way.

[Alpinestarhero]

Doesn't bother me if i get there 5-10 mins after everybody else the important thing is that i got there!!!!!!!

Good on ya! I was left behind a while back on a ride out with my dad, his mate and my mate (this was when i was restricted, i think it was before the AR). Anywho, they left me for dead becasue they could overtake safe and i couldnt.

When I arrived, they all burst into applause and cheer and generaly took the pi$$

ruddy GSXR and ninja riders, not a topbox between them

[Lissa]

Tsch...fine.....be that way.

Aw, don't sulk.................you know she loves her ikkle Drewsey-woosey really:D

[Drew Carey]

:smt008

[lily]

Aw, don't sulk.................you know she loves her ikkle Drewsey-woosey really:D

:pukel:

[Lissa]

:pukel:

pmsl!

[fizzwheel]

Megathread go and use it. Its really annoying when the threads in the more serious sections of the forum get full up with chit chat...

pretty please...

[Frank]

Tsch...fine.....be that way.
let her tyres down matey

[evertheoptimist]

What do you actually mean by the" rear wheel stepping out"

[Sean_C]

Spinning up the wheel as you wind on the power, it'll send the back wheel sideways a bit (or a lot, depending how ham fisted you are). Usually in the rain :p

[evertheoptimist]

oh right thanks that hasn't happened to me yet touch wood.