What is wrong with me?

[Nicky S]

Hi org

its been nearly a year since i was last on here. last time i was here this happened.

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=197903

after the above happened i fitted some second hand calipers to the curvy and sent her off to a bike garage to be checked over mainly the brakes.

they said all ways OK so i picked her up and rode her home. it was the most uncomfortable ride of my life i had no trust in the bike or myself. so in the garage she went.

has been a year since i put her away. today i cleaned out the garage and with the weather being so nice. the bike looked so nice sitting in the sun :)

http://s30.postimg.org/i3zrbg2c1/1964818_10202607305856294_1520116691_n.jpg

i spose i better get to the point. my real problem is its been nearly 2 years since iv used the bike daily. the last time i rode it was to the MOT when it slid down the road.

so i feel iv lost my nerve and trust in the bike whats the best way people have found to get over this and get back into enjoying it.

cheers nick

[Specialone]

If your budget allows, change it, once you've lost confidence in a bike, IMO, get rid (assuming its the loss in confidence of the bike and not yourself)

[Nicky S]

If your budget allows, change it, once you've lost confidence in a bike, IMO, get rid (assuming its the loss in confidence of the bike and not yourself)

Well i feel its more myself then the bike. the bike is perfectly fine now

[DarrenSV650S]

Personally the winter break really helped me after an off the previous year. I forgot all about my anxieties and just enjoyed riding again and found I was cornering faster and with more confidence. Just go slow and try to enjoy how you used to like to ride. Don't try to go too fast too soon and scare yourself

[Littlepeahead]

Do a Bike Safe course if you can. I found it got my confidence back and made it feel like fun again. Not expensive, and can even make your insurance cheaper.

[keith_d]

Doesn't sound like anything wrong with you - losing control even for a moment shakes your confidence. One of my friends rides horses, and one of them decided to chuck her into a fence. She wasn't badly hurt, but it's taken months to get her confidence back to where it was.

If the weather's nice tomorrow take your bike out for a bimble. Nothing fast or scary, just a nice gentle ride in the sun. Get used to blipping the throttle when you change down and balancing the front and back brakes when you slow down. If the opportunity comes overtake a few cars. (that always cheers me up. ;-))

You'll probably find you're all tense at first, so after 30 minutes stop, have a wander round and a stretch. We all have a finite concentration span, and being tense doesn't improve it. So, when you get back on the bike try to bend your elbows and relax a bit (I know it's easier to say than do.) Take another break after about an hour, ideally at a nice tea shop. After tea and scones bimble home.

Just my thoughts,

Keith.

[Nicky S]

Personally the winter break really helped me after an off the previous year. I forgot all about my anxieties and just enjoyed riding again and found I was cornering faster and with more confidence. Just go slow and try to enjoy how you used to like to ride. Don't try to go too fast too soon and scare yourself


With winter and the fact iv got a car it means my bike is now just a enjoyment so I think I shall go slow and short and build my self back up :)

[Nicky S]

Do a Bike Safe course if you can. I found it got my confidence back and made it feel like fun again. Not expensive, and can even make your insurance cheaper.


My insurance is only £200 is this course designed to make you a better rider or safer on the road ?? .... I spose both answeared my own question lol

[Nicky S]

Doesn't sound like anything wrong with you - losing control even for a moment shakes your confidence. One of my friends rides horses, and one of them decided to chuck her into a fence. She wasn't badly hurt, but it's taken months to get her confidence back to where it was.

If the weather's nice tomorrow take your bike out for a bimble. Nothing fast or scary, just a nice gentle ride in the sun. Get used to blipping the throttle when you change down and balancing the front and back brakes when you slow down. If the opportunity comes overtake a few cars. (that always cheers me up. ;-))

You'll probably find you're all tense at first, so after 30 minutes stop, have a wander round and a stretch. We all have a finite concentration span, and being tense doesn't improve it. So, when you get back on the bike try to bend your elbows and relax a bit (I know it's easier to say than do.) Take another break after about an hour, ideally at a nice tea shop. After tea and scones bimble home.

Just my thoughts,

Keith.


Great reply Keith made me feel better about it allready just wanna get up get my leathers on and goooooooo :)

[Bibio]

come to terms that it WILL happen again at some point in your life. hopefully it will be small slides and mishaps and not bigger accidents that you have.

after first 10 or so slides/bumps you soon get used to it and just get back on, go home and fix it again.

my advice for what it's worth. go and get a beaten up small light trail bike and a trailer then go find your local trail, fall off a lot and learn how to fall off. you will also have the added benefit of learning new skills controlling a motorcycle sliding about.

[Littlepeahead]

Bike safe is a bit of both. They pick you up on any bad habits you may have developed and give you tips. Unlike your DAS this isn't riding to pass a test it's riding in the real world, so making progress as the police call it, maintaining a decent speed while riding safely in twisties, road positioning, all stuff that may help your confidence.

[Nutsinatin]

Work yourself back into it, as the weather's nice and the days are getting longer just start with short little rides as often as you can and gradually work your way up from there. Once you're back in the habit you can take your pick of bike courses. Nothing better than time and miles to break you back in!

[Daffy_Duck]

as every one says take your time, and always wear your leathers and boots. LIDS are strongly advisable lol......just enjoy yourself. Your safe on an Sv I got mine after having a gsxr 400 it's a million times more sturdy, comfy even more fun.

None of us are Alex lowes or V.rossi we just do it for the love of it :-D

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[Jason H]

As has been said a few times, swing a leg over when the roads outside look dry and the sun is shining and set off nice and gently.

When it starts to feel normal(ish) again ease yourself into slightly more spirited riding. Turning onto a stretch of dual carriageway after getting slightly more spirited and just easing that throttle full and wide before gently coming back off again to turn off further up will blow the cobwebs clear.

I know how daunting this can be as it happened to me after about a week of having the bike but I jumped straight back on. I then broke my ankle coming off about 2months ago and although I'm excited to get back on it does feel daunting.

Let me know how you get on.

J