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sierra401
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 Posted: 00:38 - 25 Apr 2014  Post subject: New to a motorcycle |
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Hey everyone,
I wanted to know your opinion on my situation...
I go soon to the basic riders course... Im 20 weigh 110lbs
not sure how to handle a motorcycle. Never even rode a dirtbike that is geared. Only two wheels is a bicycle. Not sure how this is going to happen so i'm Kind of nervous.
Any thoughts on my problem of being nervous?
(PS I already have a bike its an r6)
Thanks
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sierra401
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| Posted: 01:00 - 25 Apr 2014 Post subject: |
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I am allowed to ride whatever I want after I get the license Im just looking for some tips. Im sorry I didnt mention I live in the US
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| Posted: 01:32 - 25 Apr 2014 Post subject: |
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Aha!
That suddenly makes more sense. Cant offer and advice about the USA tests etc but have fun here and dont let the newbie bashing hurt too much  |
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Posted: 06:42 - 25 Apr 2014  Post subject: Re: New to a motorcycle |
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| MissTamsin wrote: | . Cant offer and advice about the USA tests etc |
Varies state to state. Many don't have a motorbike 'test' as such, they have to do a Rider's course, bit like the CBT .... only... well, that's IT basically.. after they have done that, they get let loose to go buy Busas and Blades or Harleys 
| sierra401 wrote: | Any thoughts on my problem of being nervous? |
Being nervous isn't a problem, its nature. Its telling you you are about to do something rather scary, probably dangerouse and you are likely to get hurt.
Probably be more of a problem if you WEREN'T nervous! That would mean you were either too stupid to recognise danger, or deranged enough to be seeking it.
Here in the UK and Europe; we have a rather more stringent motorcycle licencing system. Your Basic Rider Ed course is only the first step. After that you have to take a set of formal riding exams; one 'written' (on a computer), then, observed by an examiner, a machine control test on a bike, around cones in a compound; then a more involved test, on the public roads, the examiner following you on another bike. Those usually demand a course, that would probably be about a week long to get a complete novice up to test standard.
And THEN we warn newly qualified riders not to go jump straight onto outright sports-bikes, like the R6, as their nature is so focused they don't encourage a new rider to develop their skills..... and we have a rather alarming injury and fatality rate amongst newly qualified riders who don't heed that warning.
Yup... be nervous.... I would be!
Advice? Lay up the R6. Line up something a little more newbie freindly as your first bike.
Do your course; but don't treat it as the be-all and end all of learning to ride a motorcycle. Use more 'sensible' street-bike for a bit, get some gentle miles under your belt, get some experience, and try getting some further training along with it. More you learn to do right, right at the start, more you will get from your learning, and less risk you'll do something daft and hurt yourself, or any-one else in the process. Find the fun in it all, and enjoy.
In a year's time; with something to prepare you for it; you'll be able to get a heck of a lot more out of a bike like an R6, and appreciate what its doing for you a lot better.
As for nerves now? Your sat at a PC not on a motorbike. Dont sweat the small-stuff! It dont matter till it matters. Take it one step at a time; keep your eyes and your mind open, enjoy being where you are right now, and worry about the hazards you can see and deal with here and now, or around the next corner; DONT rush head-long into this corner, not taking any notice of whats around you, worrying about what might be around the corner after the corner after next. Ride the bit of road you are on. Thats all that matters, and DONT RUSH, rushing fast way to get hurt on two wheels. No point fretting about the future, it ent happened yet; worry about ther here and now, and if there's nothing to worry about? EN-fucking-JOY! its a rare occurrence!
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| Posted: 08:43 - 25 Apr 2014 Post subject: Re: New to a motorcycle |
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| sierra401 wrote: | Hey everyone,
I wanted to know your opinion on my situation...
I go soon to the basic riders course... Im 20 weigh 110lbs
not sure how to handle a motorcycle. Never even rode a dirtbike that is geared. Only two wheels is a bicycle. Not sure how this is going to happen so i'm Kind of nervous.
Any thoughts on my problem of being nervous?
(PS I already have a bike its an r6)
Thanks |
Welcome. As a transplanted American in London, I can do some translation, but you might be better off on a forum in the U.S. or maybe Reddit's motorcycle section, which seems to have a maximum age of about 22 (  ).
That said, this is is actually one of the best forums around, and I've tried a few in the U.S. Lots of useful information here, if you have a thick skin, a sense of irony and some skepticism (which is spelled scepticism here...).
Whereabouts in the U.S. are you living? Is this the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course that you are taking? It's a good course. Two of my relatives (a nephew and a niece) have gone through it, and one of them is actually on an R6 (the nephew) and isn't dead yet. It's quite normal to be nervous. Take it one day at a time and ask lots of questions.
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| Posted: 09:01 - 25 Apr 2014 Post subject: |
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One more thing: I read a very good, U.S.-focused book about motorcycling a couple of years ago: Proficient Motorcycling by David Hough. It covers the same material as the U.K.'s Roadcraft book (which someone will mention, at some point), but with more of an emphasis on particular issues that you have in the U.S., such as avoiding getting deaded by a moose (i.e., what to do when you see the reflection from deer or moose eyes on the side of the road) or by a gun-totting gangster on an L.A. freeway (i.e., how to position yourself when a car seems to be sticking to your side), neither of which are high on the hazards you encounter in London. Worth picking up, but probably after you pass your MSF.
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| Posted: 21:17 - 25 Apr 2014 Post subject: Re: New to a motorcycle |
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