Worst rider i have seen!! How about you?

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by zunkus

Yep classic newbie tactics. First new big bike maybe. Lets give the girl a break, the blame should go to the hussy, he should have rode behind her so as to let her find her own pace and not be pressured into riding like a ****. Even girls have egos you know, not only boys.

LOL - Spelling Nazi infraction.

Hussy - Woman of slack morals.

Hubby - Slang for Husband.

Still will let you off with a warning cos your foreign :P

LOL - thanks for the laugh

My hubby used to ride behind me when I first passed my test, but he used to get incredibly frustrated and worried. But at least I bought a little old tatty Guzzi V50 to learn on! I didnt even realise I was slowing down so ridiculously for bends and roundabouts.

Then one day we had a humungous row because he couldnt take it anymore , I headed off to the nearest IAM group - problem solved (well - almost )

Whos to say that it wasnt the husband at the back and the missus flying ahead?

Obviously sounds like a new rider either way, or someone who very rarely rides. I would say in any circumstance that theyre riding the wrong bike for the level of experience or confidence.

Originally Posted by robchester

Whos to say that it wasnt the husband at the back and the missus flying ahead?

Obviously sounds like a new rider either way, or someone who very rarely rides. I would say in any circumstance that theyre riding the wrong bike for the level of experience or confidence.

Who's to say it was her husband at all?

I remembe being a new rider and riding out with a group of lads who invited me along and then proceeded to show of by thrashing the nuts off their bikes and leaving me for dust. I initally tried to keep up and scared myself silly, nearly losing it on a corner, blowing my nerve and ending up riding the rest of the route pretty much the way as described. I did get my own back in the long run though!

We were all new once, and we all learn our limits, sometimes the scary way!

At the moment Im a bit like that as the rear shock on My 2000 is cream crackered and cant be relied upon at the best of times, cant wait to fit the replacement so i can at least I can corner again

Originally Posted by 1RichSV650

Then next breath we come to a corner (good job i was looking) and she decides to take the worst position i have ever seen slam on her brakes and plod around the gutter at 30mph

We come to another corner and again she does the same but this time she goes too far on the outside and almost gets wipped out by a lorry, WTF im thinking.

I'd agree with the others on the new biker/unconfident conclusion suggested by her excessively hard braking before corners, however.....

In terms of the lines you describe, when mentioning the 2nd corner as 'too far on the outside and almost gets wiped out by a lorry' it is obvious that this is a left-hander. Similarly, the mention of the gutter on the first corner suggests a right-hander. These lines are broadly similar (though I don't know quite how far she was pushing it of course) to IAM lines so it isn't necessarily the case that she was new.

A couple riding together suggests, in the main, an older age group; they tend to be married for one, able to afford nice new bikes, and the nearly matching number plates and kit adds some weight to this. So...middle-aged ish couple would be prime candidates for IAM. I've been on a couple of rides with a certain group of them, even when my SV was 33bhp restricted and I was far more capable than a handful of the riders I saw, similar upright straight-line types.

Just saying don't rule it out as a possibility, though it's an even more depressing endictment if that's the case

Originally Posted by 1RichSV650

1identical black gsxr600's,

Kate????? Want to 'fess up? ;o)

Originally Posted by Kate

Maybe she was a new rider? Perhaps she has just passed her test and is on her first bike? Sounds classic new rider moves if you ask me.

Doesn't make it any better but there is usually a reason behind how someone rides/drives.

A new rider shouldnt jump in so deep if they cannot handle that type of bike

It sounds like awfull riding though! Even on my first ride i managed to stick to the center of the road!

Matt

[TimTucker]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Still will let you off with a warning cos your foreign :P

Shouldn't that be "cos you're foreign"?

Originally Posted by TimTucker

Shouldn't that be "cos you're foreign"?

No it should be "because you're foreign"