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Originally Posted by jambo
Doh, sorry to hear this mate. Riding in traffic is something you get a feel for over time. In the mean time maybe just add an extra 10 minutes to your journey times and make sure that you take your time and try to observe everything that could go wrong, you get better the more you do this. Also worth doing is learning how to stop quickley and smoothly and feel for when the front tyre is running out of grip. When I feel I'm getting worse at this I find a bit of road where no one else is (a deserted car park might be best I guess) and practice stopping until you're confident you can stop quickley without locking the front.
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Journey time is not an issue - I get to work when I get to work, no real fixed start time (tho I aim for 9 to get away early).
This was a full on need to stop the bike NOW incident, only way it wouldn't have been was if I had been following the words of the venerable ancient Miyagi "Best defence is no be there".
Yep observation would have been the key, but again, another lesson learned - and I now know there is NOTHING wrong with the brakes on an SV.
If you're free this evening Jambo - fancy a bit of a ride?
David