Assess my riding

Originally Posted by Talya

Really.

Fair enough then

Originally Posted by neio79

Must be a pretty boring ride

That's what I thought at first. Sitting at 70 on motorways would make me lose concentration.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Heh. I would think the same, but there are a couple of roads around here where you can do some serious feckwittery without exceeding 60.
I figure they're more guidelines.

That's also true I s'pose. Some of the country roads round here are nearly impossible (for me) to get up to 60, not that that's a problem though.

Originally Posted by joshmac

Fair enough then


That's what I thought at first. Sitting at 70 on motorways would make me lose concentration.


That's also true I s'pose. Some of the country roads round here are nearly impossible (for me) to get up to 60, not that that's a problem though.

not just the motorway mate, staying at 60 MPH on most roads bores me to tears, i tend to stick at about 75-90 on the A roads higher if they are wide and open. 50-70 ish on the twistier A and B roads.

As for the motorway, rarely below a ton on a trip.

and yes i know i am a very naughty boy before i get flamed, but i know the risks accept them and get on with it. i did not buy a sports bike that can do 160 to sit at less than half its top speed. It does 86 in first for a start

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by neio79

not just the motorway mate, staying at 60 MPH on most roads bores me to tears

Come up here and try some of little roads. See if you can hit 60 never mind stay above it

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Come up here and try some of little roads. See if you can hit 60 never mind stay above it

One day, I'll take you up on that - given that I'm fairly familiar with the area anyway. Neio may remember my riding on roads I'm very familiar with - and for now, it seems I'm keeping my bike.

Anyway, to get back to the topic...

It seems blueto that you have at least taken the first step. You want to improve. You appear to realise there's areas for improvement, but you're not sure how to improve on them.

There's only so much that friends (ie, folks here) can do to help, then it's a matter of looking for futher training. I did BikeSafe, but when I did, I knew RoadCraft inside & out - and BikeSafe is based on RoadCraft (as all advanced courses are pretty much).

The next advanced course I do, will be something like RoSPA (aiming for Gold hopefully) in the Alps. But that's a while off due to finances.

By all means go out with folks from here, but don't forget other forms of further training too - it sounds like you'd benefit from it.

(P.S. For those reading the above that have ridden with me, knowing and using the knowledge are two different things - riding to the letter of RoadCraft/BikeSafe etc bores me to tears, so I just pick & choose bits of it that I feel are relevant).

Another suggestion; my old riding school used to organise rideouts, there was one instructor in particular who was always in attendance.

Maybe your old riding school, if its close by to you, does the same sorts of things? Maybe your old instructor wouldnt mind going for a social ride with you?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Come up here and try some of little roads. See if you can hit 60 never mind stay above it

a challange i like that, could combine it wit ha track day up there, is it Oulton in north Yorks?