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Posted: 23:39 - 17 Jan 2018 Post subject: |
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VickRides wrote: | Thank you hawkeye for the info. In the end I went with BikeTrac for insurance and peace of mind reasons It`s tranferable to my future bikes so hooray.
Furthermore I would love some advice on the following, albeit the question will sound moronic to some. Please bare with me.
Because I`m a beginner rider, with not much experience and foreign to the UK, where should I ride in the first weeks of being by myself on the road? Should I go on B roads or country roads to avoid traffic maybe and ease myself into more congested areas? Or should I ride around town ?
I`m guessing early weekend mornings it would be least traffic. Maybe during the week after work around 7-8 go ride in some lit car parks for practice at slow speed stuff ?
I`m fully away that this questions are a bit silly, but if I were at home in my country of birth I`d know where to go and such but everythings new here ) |
I rode on Sunday mornings to start with. Saturdays are ok as long as it's early, soon as the shops open muggles emerge on mass. I wouldn't say slow speed practice is all that relevant, urban roads are probably better as speeds are lower but you have more hazards. If you go on country roads just make sure you don't target fixate at the first bend |
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Posted: 18:51 - 19 Jan 2018 Post subject: |
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Thanks guys for all the feedback !
All has been noted minus the crippled twice part obviously ) |
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M.C wrote: | VickRides wrote: | Thank you hawkeye for the info. In the end I went with BikeTrac for insurance and peace of mind reasons It`s tranferable to my future bikes so hooray.
Furthermore I would love some advice on the following, albeit the question will sound moronic to some. Please bare with me.
Because I`m a beginner rider, with not much experience and foreign to the UK, where should I ride in the first weeks of being by myself on the road? Should I go on B roads or country roads to avoid traffic maybe and ease myself into more congested areas? Or should I ride around town ?
I`m guessing early weekend mornings it would be least traffic. Maybe during the week after work around 7-8 go ride in some lit car parks for practice at slow speed stuff ?
I`m fully away that this questions are a bit silly, but if I were at home in my country of birth I`d know where to go and such but everythings new here ) |
I rode on Sunday mornings to start with. Saturdays are ok as long as it's early, soon as the shops open muggles emerge on mass. I wouldn't say slow speed practice is all that relevant, urban roads are probably better as speeds are lower but you have more hazards. If you go on country roads just make sure you don't target fixate at the first bend |
Thanks so much for the info man, like this was sort of what I was hoping I`d get advice on
I`m aware it`s a bit silly being paranoid now about which roads to go on but oh well, I reckon after a few weeks of riding it`ll become less and less relevant |
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eifion wrote: | VickRides wrote: | where should I ride in the first weeks of being by myself on the road? Should I go on B roads or country roads to avoid traffic maybe and ease myself into more congested areas? Or should I ride around town ? |
It depends, what are you used to? Country roads have less traffic, but have hazards of their own. Cow shit is just as slippery as diesel, a spooked horse is 400+ Kg of flailing muscle and hooves coming at you, hedges are tall impairing visibility, and the thought of going round a bend too fast, running wide and having a tractor with them great big spikes for lifting big bales coming the other way
Assuming you're picking the bike up from the dealer, just get it home in one piece first. You'll start to get a feel for it, and get that first sense of achievement. Then go out and fill it with petrol and get home. Another trip done. Then make up excuses to go out, to places you're familiar with. Pop to see a mate, go out to grab a pint of milk etc. Giving yourself these little excuses to go out means in your mind your not "practising riding the scary expensive death machine" you're just "picking up some milk" which might take the pressure off psychologically? |
Thank you , I will do just that Luckily I get to go on google maps and learn the route from the dealership home as it will be a 45 minute drive I assume, so baptism of fire here I come
After that, I`ll just offer a free milk delivery service for all my friends , who knows maybe one day I will get to build up a 2 wheel dairy empire ) But thank man for breaking it down for me, I know I`m overthinking things but thanks for the head pats )) |
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Rogerborg wrote: | VickRides wrote: | I did some research on the 2017 390 duke |
Did it help to confirm the decision that you'd already made?
VickRides wrote: | I`ll have smth like 3 years warranty so I`m not terribly fussed. |
What happens if the dealer simply fobs you off, as they did with Recluso's death-duke?
I really hope that KTM have sorted out the 390 and that it goes well for you. |
I assume your cinicism and/or pragmatism comes from a good dose of experience mixed with exasperation due to the fact of having to answer same old questions over and over again for new bikers who more than probably don`t follow your advice to begin with, I get it really, and yes you are right to some extent that I probably suffered from a reserch bias that ultimately enforced/confirmed my decision into buying it anyway, but the thing is, I really want to buy myself a new bike, and I really like the duke )
More than I like reliability of japanese manufacturers, or the cheaper price of 2nd hand bikes, or the advantage of having someone test ride a bike for a few thousand miles.
I read and thought carefully about all the advice received earlier in this thread , but the over arching desire is to pursue this
And if it goes to poop, I`ll be the 1st one to admit you were right, and more-so, I`ll loose some money on a brand new bike but not on the lesson / experience that came with it.
Then i`ll get on buying a 2nd hand , or a brand spanking new bigger bike, who knows
Anyway I don`t want to sound ungrateful , and I`m fully aware I`m ignorant of lots of stuff and I appreciate you taking the time to comment, but being condescending is not really constructive
ps. I can`t seem to find a threat about that duke or the guys name, would you be so kind to point it out, I`d like to read what happened to it.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 98 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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