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Old 16-03-11, 07:13 PM   #1
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Default First ride for a while...

And god i am crap. My gear changes were crap and i was so tense i unsettled the bike on a couple of corners. I am normally fairly confident but everything about the ride this afternoon was awful. The trumpet felt big and clumsy and any input into the bars/pegs felt delayed but i put this down to riding the KTM all winter and gotten used to throwing something higher and lighter around.

Anyone else get this on their first ride after winter?

I had better get out again tomorrow and brush off some dust and cobwebs off me and the trumpet.
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Old 16-03-11, 07:45 PM   #2
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I was very rusty when I got back on the SV after 2 years. It came back after about 20minutes though.
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Old 16-03-11, 08:27 PM   #3
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Yes mate, I was the same, hadnt ridden the sprint for a while just my DRZ, first ride in ages also included the wife on the back
She didn't notice but I was crap, lumpy gear changes etc, not getting into right gear before a bend or junction etc

Was ok after a bit though, just took it easy.
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Old 16-03-11, 08:37 PM   #4
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Yip i think i will just be having regular gentle bimbles to get me back up to scratch. I truely sucked ring!
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Old 16-03-11, 09:20 PM   #5
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Yes... I ride all winter but only short trips, first long trip was to Portmadog, it wasn't too special. Same symptoms as you, but I was very cold and I put my jerky inputs down to that.
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Old 16-03-11, 09:33 PM   #6
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2nd week on the bike and I've got no confidence in the wet
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Old 16-03-11, 09:47 PM   #7
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yup, was out at the weekend, felt really good, but skills need brushing up, found myself braking far too much for the corners, still better than not enough
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2nd week on the bike and I've got no confidence in the wet
you were riding in the wet?, god damm awesome lol
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you were riding in the wet?, god damm awesome lol
I ain't a softie!
Prefer it, a guy I used to work with was a wet weather expert. No one could keep up with him.

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