Riding Bad habits thread

[Maccydee]

Whenever in 6th, I always, and I mean always, try and change up into an imaginary 7th!.

Hoping that others also have a premanent retardation towards one element of riding?.

[MG]

I always catch myself covering the front brake in 30 zones, which I've been told means my brake light is on constantly. I've been trying to wean myself off it but it's difficult
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[Shaane]

I keep my bike in a low gear all the time so it spends most of its life howling :S Doesn't feel right if its at 'normal' revs. Like everybody to know I'm there.
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[WannaBeDude]

tl wont Right
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[UrbanRacer]

Don't like being overtaken and I'm easily baited into a race.

[Shaane]

[Redoko]

[djr]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

I can't help flipping the killswitch whilst pretending to shoot something.
Only works on my 250 but still plenty loud enough.
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[Sako]

weaving when going through small villages/towns - i know it won't actually benefit my tyre temps any, but i do it from habit.

[nightshaddow]

i like to lift my lid at traffic lights and spark up a cig......... now thats a bad habit.

edit (i have a flip face helmet)
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[evoboy]

Riding with my fingers resting on the clutch lever.

Habit from riding 2strokes and waiting for it to seize!
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[Fairies attack]

Used to have the twatish habit of texting.
My phone would always be stuffed under the knuckle armour of my right glove so if it went off I could take off my right and reply.

Don't do it any more, but was really stupid thinking back.

Newest bad habit is revving as i'm dropping down gears, it comes from the sticky clutch on my GT, which needed it for the geears to click in, but now it is just annoying.
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[WannaBeDude]

[The999Kid]

i follow too closely when waiting to overtake cars... and when riding twisty roads i dont use my brakes, i use acceleration sense, almost had my mate off when i let the throttle go to slow down and he was caning it up behind me
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[Rogerborg]

Sometimes my random acts of common courtesy veer into the realms of amiable complaisance.
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[JoeDougieDoug...]

I always ride with my hand on the clutch, not pulling it at all, just resting on the lever - No idea why, but i've always done it.
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[Redoko]

[ruck bodgers]

shouting OH WHAT A LOVELY TEA PARTY at people

[Llama-Farmer]

[Dilyan]

Bad habits? Not sticking to the speed limit
By the time I realise that something's not quite right I'm flying at 120
Never done that in the taxi
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[MarkJ]

I've always had a funny front brake lever technique.

I like to blip the throttle with a full 360 degree grip around the throttle at all times, so my index and thumb are constantly around the grip, meaning I operate the front brake with only my middle and ring finger. I imagine it looks a bit weird

A bit like this:
https://blog.ronronmx.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/fingers-on-levers_pourcel.jpg

[Jynister]

I'll swerve my bike left to right when I don't see another car in front of me, because its quite fun to do. But I usually forget there might be someone behind wondering what the fuck I'm up to.
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