Speed and keeping it down...

[Leggy_Girl]

I dont know about you guys, but i find going slow so boring. I'm really struggling at the moment to grasp just how fast is too fast, without actually breaking the speed limit in the process.

Reason all this has come about is i got caught speeding back in August and I got 3 points and £60 fine. That i don't mind because it was my fault and i deserved the points. That kicked things into perspective for me as i'm still on L plates so another 3 points for any reason and i'll lose my license. I don't want that to happen!!

Since then i've been really careful about my speed, keeping it down, and not breaking speed limits incase there's a copper hiding round the bend with a speed-gun again. I thought i was doing quite well.

I took a 3 hour riding lesson yesterday and the instructor said i was still too fast, and that my riding looked aggressive. I will do everything i can to change this if it means i can pass my test next Monday, and i have two more lessons booked which are both 3 hours long. Hopefully freezing my ass off for 6 hours will help curb my enthusiastic riding

Is it really so terrible that i do like to get up to speed quite quickly? I'm not breaking any laws and i'm mindful of my speed at all times too. Why do i feel so guilty all of a sudden?!

I could make excuses saying that my bike is quick, it weighs nothing and i weigh nothing which is why i'm so nippy, but that's just not the case. Well, i'm sure it helps, but i control the throttle when all's said and done

Does anyone understand what i'm getting at or is in the same boat? Love speed but can't speed for fear of reprimand?

I can't wait until i can go on a trackday!
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[Fawbish]

Im pretty sure almost every member of this forum will agree with you


It is hard going slow. The very act of going slow makes me want to speed up, so slowing down...makes me speed up. Its a viscious, twat of a circle.

I thought of my test as a bit of a white lie to my true riding character. You just gotta be James May for half an hour

All I can say is literally, think of not being able to ride again or at least for a year or so if you do get caught again. Or even a month, if you dont pass

You got caught by a speed gun? Thought they arent allowed to be used nowadays! Theyre supposed to be VERY innacurate on motorbikes? Someone clocked a stationary fireblade at 47mph
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[killa]

Just got off 3 points, nothing came through the post.

That would have made it over 24 points in total i think.

I've been banned once already but that was for 58 in a 50.

Still i continue to see open bits of road and think, why not.

Sometimes you get caught out like i have, i can recall every time i was caught speeding all but one were SP30's.
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[ukmatty49]

You can get 12 points on L Plates I was the same thinking 6.
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[ram_doom]

All you can rely on is your own eyes and intuition.

Only camera I've been done by, was a mobile one I saw and slowed down for, but clearly accelerated too soon after passing it. Thought I'd be out of range, as it looked like a speck when I turned around to check. Must have been just in range as my recorded speed was 72 mph when seconds later I was well over a ton. Lesson learned; wait for the next corner before resuming hoonage.
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[Ghost]

I know exactly what you mean, and I'm sure every forum member here with a pair of balls (and some without) can sympathise. I myself am into several (I hate the word) 'extreme' sports and i have fun scaring myself on a regular basis. Driving a car or bike normally doesn't bring anything like the same buzz or rush and prompts me to go faster and faster. I've learnt that driving/riding fast is okay, as long as you have the observation and perception skills to match. Only speed in the distance you can see to be clear of the twats in blue

[pyx_e]

The difference between me being a learner (up untill 3 months ago) and now is in regard to speed limits is (as has been said) gearing. When a learner I hardly ever got out of third in town (on an ER5). Now I do, and I am having severe trials keeping my speed down, sigh.
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[phk6]

theres no speed thats two fast.

ive got 3 points for doing 45 in a 30 which is gay

but ive been pulled twice for doing over a ton

once about 200 yards from my house when i was doing about 120-130 and i happend to over take on a solid white line and there happened to be a copper coming right towards me. he let me off with that altho he never mentioned the speed.

once in a 40 zone doing 120mph on my cb 500 head down behind the clocks lol he had a benny at me and let me go.

but on both occasions it was like 1am-3am

so if you want to speed do it at night

if you want to pass your test you need to ride like a nun....are you a nun?
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[gmanxiii]

I find i always slow it down abit after i have a "near miss"...
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[phk6]

[Fawbish]

Yeah, cos overtaking on bends where you CANNOT see ahead at about 140mph is clever innit, you massive dyke! lol



Yeah but phil....my insurance drops by a grand in march....how much is yours gonna be again, with those three ickle points?

Pwned
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[Willenium]

This on the DTX? Keep practicing and make sure to keep a watchful eye on your speed. You'll probably get to a stage where you know how fast you're going without even having to look at your speedo.

[dodsi]

Getting caught doing well over 100mph and getting let off did it for me.

[phk6]

[MattEMulsion]

I can sympathise with your point too. I didn't used to consider my riding style as being particularly fast on the roads, as the 'nutter' brigade would always fly by me. Don't get me wrong I can ride fast when I want to, its just that I thought the speed I rode at was always acceptable.

That theory went out of the window when I did a BikeSafe course earlier this year. To put it simply when I was out on the road assessment with my police instructor I obviously had to stick to the speed limits and I was always riding on the borderline of that limit. It was the slowest ride that I had had for many years, through the town, through the twisties, it all felt so slow. I even commented on it at the time to the police instructor when he asked me if that was gow I normally ride.

And later on that night when my brain was mulling it over it struck me that the BikeSafe ride was all done at the legal limits, my riding is never ever that steady and thus I must be pushing it pretty much all of the time.

I don't know what the answer is, riding slow does become boring. I haven't particularly changed my riding style since this realisation struck me after the BikeSafe, but at least it has made me more aware of what I am doing.
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[alun111]

I realise that this isn't really relative (as the thread writer is on Ls) but I've recently found that going on the motorway for a while makes it really easy to stick to the speed limit when you leave it.
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[Misc]

This is why i sold my bike, everywhere i was going i was speeding, 80mph in 30s, overtaking cars at junctions just for the thrill of it. I count myself quite lucky that i havn't had a bad crash or got any points as i do ride like a complete c**t on my own.
I was using the bike everyday so riding wasn't fun anymore, the only way to get some excitement was to speed.

My car is much more relaxed tho & i'm hoping that i can control myself when i get another bike...yeah right!

[iooi]

[DaveH]

[calum17]

haha, laughed at reading this.
it was only sunday that i had my first on road lesson in preperation to my test and was told pretty much the same thing. i attack roundabouts too fast and dont slow down. and they could fail me for it - when out today i was much slower
even enjoyed it more. coming down a dual carrigeway at 60 and saw a 30 sign, a road i used to ride regular anyway. did my mirror check and dropped to 30 just as i passed the sign - had a a grin on my face for some reason and enjoyed being sensible for a change. that will all change once i get my license and hit the roads on my 600 im sure!

good luck with your test mate.

[MattEMulsion]

[bazza]

1. Fast is nothing.

2. Smooth is everything.

That is all.
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