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



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

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]

Originally Posted by 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)

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.