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What kinds of things have you learned since riding that you wish you had known when you were just starting out? This might be good as a reminder for some of us and something alltogether new for others.

Here are some I wish I had known:

-You can use the front brake almost exclusively even for emergency braking, it's enough to make rear tire leave the ground.
-You'll tense up in the arms under stress which makes the bike harder to steer. You should be able to flap your arms a little while both of your hands are on the bars.
-Steering inputs don't just come from the bars. You can use your knees on the tank and your feet on the pegs without even leaning off the bike.
-You can be a better rider by reading.
 
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if you put a hot but white trash girl on your brand new bike, she might think it is sexy to put her legs around you and scratch your tank. then when you kick her off, she might get mad and scream at you.
 
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You don't have to pass every car going slow. I almost killed myself trying to go around a slow car then i though about it where the hell was i going in such a rush no where just trying to get home.Lesson learned stop being Mr. hot throttle
 
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mlongo99 said:
There's too many things to list. Pretty much everything.


What do you mean almost? :scratch
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I mean almost.

There are times when you want to use the rear brake more or even by itself, for example:

-navigating SLOW, and I mean parking lot slow, turns or u-turns
-coming to stops with a passenger on the bike, by engaging the rear brake SLIGHTLY before the front you avoid some of that weight transfer to the front of the bike. You save your passengers wrists and keep yourself from getting smushed, or if you have balls you keep them from getting crushed.
-When riding over sand or gravel, for example when coming to a stop on the side of a road (after being pulled over) or riding down your friends nasty gravel/dirt driveway that they neglected to tell you about, using the front brake too much or using it suddely can cause the front tire to wash out.
 
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mikeb12 said:
if you put a hot but white trash girl on your brand new bike, she might think it is sexy to put her legs around you and scratch your tank. then when you kick her off, she might get mad and scream at you.
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Would she be wearing the tall acrylic "stipper shoes" or just some old boots she found in an abandoned house?
 
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Never attempt your first wheelie(9yrs old on a cr50elsinore) in front of the family chow chow dog...he'll attack the front tire and you'll both wind up in ER.

Man I hated that fucking dog.:lol
 
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Seriously though...

I'd have got myself onto a race track 25yrs ago. Who knows what may have happened if I only had some wise mentor show me the path when I was 16.:sad
 
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If I knew then... I wouldn't have been a maniac with my license the first couple years I had it. :eek: Hard lessons are the best lessons learned, but I really wish I could back to myself at 17 and give myself shit I wouldn't have listened to anyways... :hammer :biggrin
 
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I would have started riding sooner and learned all the shit I'm learning now, years ago. Although the years of driving experience have taught me well. Dealing with traffic, looking for hazards and patients, etc.

I use the back brake all the time. I ease on to the back brake a split second before the front to smooth out the transition... trail brake in to corners and of course on lose or wet surfaces. But I suppose that the cool thing about riding… it’s kinda like walking, everyone does it in their own way. Some people just trip more then others.

(That’s a rip on my GF, she falls at least once a month… just walking and she yells at me to be careful!) :wtf
 
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Everything I know now and then some. You can never stop learning. I can't believe where I was at when I first started riding and where I'm at now. I think the craziest point of this whole subject is when the past is looked upon, and you realize how much skill and talent was gained up to the present time. That's pretty amazing.

I can't wait until my first track day. I'm not exactly sure when it's going to be, but I'm pretty sure that I'll say to myself "that I should've started trackdays way sooner." The street is just to nuts, but yet I still ride on it every chance I can. How ironic.

I believe it's just my love for motorcycling.
 
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poacher said:
Never attempt your first wheelie(9yrs old on a cr50elsinore) in front of the family chow chow dog...he'll attack the front tire and you'll both wind up in ER.

Man I hated that fucking dog.:lol
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:lol :lol :lol


So....I'm guessing you were not wearing your custom NJK leathers....




I honestly wish I would not have sold my 1980 Yamaha DT 175. All I have left is a broken brake lever that I saved (for some unknown reason).
 
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Kent Brockman said:
All I have left is a broken brake lever that I saved (for some unknown reason).
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i have a wall of shame. :eek:

my favorite being an engine cover that i didn't know had a hole in it because it was full of mud.
as i was spraying the mud off the engine cover a clump disappeared,
right into the engine that i filled up with water. :hammer
it worked out in the long run, i found a FRESH super sport motor for $400's. :punk
 
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