First ride on my SV650, Etc.

Enjoy your bike mate, tis a good un
You'll get used to it and all shall be well

I kissed the Tarmac.

Ride safe.

The main thing that the SV is teaching me so far is to be super silky smooth on that throttle... 120 miles so far and I grin just thinking about my next ride

I might have to try the BBC weather page, the met office weather page lies

my bbc weather is normally pretty good, but i always take waterproofs anyway, just in case.
its nice to hear that your loving the bike and the ride, and dont let a little bad weather put you off, sometimes there the best rides of all

See you have all ready learnt something on your first ride "To expect the unexpected"!, Enjoy your new bike & ride safe.

[kaivalagi]

Good lesson learnt, I had a similar thing happen the second day I was riding, had to emergency stop and steer (not a good combination, the front end went out on me for a bit) to avoid someone coming onto the roundabout I was already half way across, turned out the SUV driver was on the phone!

As everyone has said expect the worst but just as importantly enjoy the best

Keep safe!

On the weather stuff, met office data is used by the bbc but they can be late to update off of it, I also look at weather.com, if any of the 3 look okay I go for it! My 3 Norwich links to give you an idea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/24?area=NR7
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html
http://www.weather.com/outlook/recre...graph/UKXX0103

I ought to go for a ride but it's almost Sunday roast time - Pork and Beef joints today mmmmm

Originally Posted by danf1234

What they told me on my IAM course while we were trimming our beards and drinking really strong tea. "Take an indicator signal as a sign that their bulbs work"

Is the IAM course worth doing? how much did it cost.

[Swin]

Gratz on the first ride, and +1 to all the sensible advice you've been getting.

I would echo the sentiment about other road users, and if you can analyse any event afterwards and try to find any lessons you may learn from them, I find it helps - case in point for me was a huge lorry in London knocking me off my bike a few months back, he simply didn't see me at all, no real damage to the bike but after thinking about the incident for a while I came to realise that perhaps I was taking it for granted that I am visible when in reality you sometimes have to make extra sure you are!

anyways, enjoy the bike

[Geodude]

Originally Posted by Amplimator

Always treat every cage driver as if they were out to kill you. Always expect the unexpected from any traffic as well as pedestrians. Oh and relax and enjoy your new toy

+1 Have fun and ride safe.

Originally Posted by curvy custard

Is the IAM course worth doing? how much did it cost.

Most definately, I am really enjoying it, and my riding has sharpened up no end!

I did a Bikesafe course first and got a voucher for £50 off. It costs me £89 for all the learning I need to pass my test. Without the voucher it would have been £139-00.

Forget all the bollox about it being all old men, it's not true.