Well it was gonna happen sooner or later!

Thank u guys! Stop else i'm gonna cry! LOL

No seriously thank you! I'll see what i can do!

Originally Posted by Ruthja2801

i guess, no i know your all right about giving it another go! If it happends again when do i stop trying!
God if i could just erase today and start again. I can't believe how much one drop can knock my confidence and poo me up so much!

It's all about mentality towards falling really. I'm one of the fortunate ones that spent years in fields messing with bikes. I've had some off's on the road, but nothing that's really bothered me much - but loosing the front did make me a little hesitant for a while.

You said "if it happens again, when do I stop trying?" - well, you don't. Seriously. Think about all that effort & stress you've gone through just to get the bike lowered & get to this stage!! That would all be a complete waste (time/effort and money) if you just give in!!

If you need some time away from the bike, that's fine, but it'll always be a part of you - you obviously have the bug otherwise you wouldn't of gone to this trouble to lower it!

[Shellywoozle]

Plowsie .... BEHAVE ya naughty boy !! Come on although you seem funny you don't to Ruth .... wait til I see ya next I shall slap ya.

Ruth, first day I had my bike I dropped her on my leg. I hadnt even had any lessons, just did my CBT 5 months prior. My bike was immaculate and I damaged her a little. I was in tears.

Then I was cleaning her and dropper her against the side of the house, she was held up by her mirror and me grabbing the tank whilst on the phone to my ex shouting 'help'. I wanted to sell her and cancel my lessons but I didn't. I really wanted to ride and all the small things that life chucks at you are for learning.

I came off my bike in Aug and landed infront of an off duty paramedic in his car, I was waiting for him to hit me but he didnt. I put it out my mind how close I was to being a gonna because if you ponder you will never get past it.

Think of what you want (i.e. to be riding) and do all you can to be positive. xx You will get there

But it didn't, so stop stresssing about what COULD have been, you'll never get anywhere in life if you worry about what could have happened!

Oh, and a moto that I use quite often is: "It's better to regret something you've done than something you haven't done"

If you can get past this little hurdle then you can get thousands of excellent memories to replace this one bad one.

Regards

Originally Posted by plowsie

Get off and push it round, saves all hassle.

Perhaps you should practice what you preach too.

I don't know what else to say than thank u! And just for you lot i'll get back on it!

I'll give it a couple of days though, coz i hurt a little bit! LOL

Now am i best to go to the same junction or not? I had done that junction yesterday and was fine!

HMMMMM?

Originally Posted by shonadoll

Why are you being so sarcastic? If you can't say anything nice....

Originally Posted by cuffy

Perhaps you should practice what you preach too.

Ahem...

Originally Posted by plowsie

No, that's what I did a few times as a new rider at one junction that I really didn't like lol.

Reason being, I did the same thing as ruth, as I couldn't handle the power. And, it was restricted

[Shellywoozle]

Originally Posted by Ruthja2801

I don't know what else to say than thank u! And just for you lot i'll get back on it!

I'll give it a couple of days though, coz i hurt a little bit! LOL

Now am i best to go to the same junction or not? I had done that junction yesterday and was fine!

HMMMMM?

It's not the juntion it's just your confidence and a glitch. Go back to it when you are confortable. Just get on the bike and ride her anywhere, if that junction is included do it later on in the ride.

I had to go down my road to prove I can and to get over it, but I did it a few days later once I got my confidence back on the bike.

Originally Posted by Ruthja2801

Now am i best to go to the same junction or not? I had done that junction yesterday and was fine!

You'll naturally be apprehensive about that junction now, for a while.

Over your few days off, think about the advice you've been given here, let it all sink in. Then...

Forget everything we've all said (including me), and just try your best to enjoy yourself. DO NOT think about this thread, or comments within it whilst you're riding!

[Shellywoozle]

Ruth

Find a fit man in a pair of nice leathers, put him a little way in front of you and follow the bum !! You will go where you are looking when he stops you may get a bonus for riding well LOL