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G The Voice of Reason
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Indoor it keeps the speed down.
Also so does, to some degree, not having about the most powerful possible pit bike you can get .
Minimotos while still pretty nippy, are generally a bit lower - ones I've got are 6.2hp and around 8.5hp. |
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I think when the environment is suited to any particular bikes abilities, there's fun to be had on anything. Not necessarily connected to speed and acceleration. Sports bike on flowing twisties, naked for filtering lols, busa on the autobahn etc. Good weather definitely helps.
Obviously some bikes do a lot of things better in many situations than others, but even when the planets aren't quite aligned, you're still experiencing a kind of freedom and feeling that your body is exerting influence (for better or worse) on the handling and that gives you a direct feeling of connectedness that you don't get on 4 wheels.
There's days when I take the car instead, and after a few of those days I'm itching to ride. It makes me appreciate the smell, sound, buzzing of the engine transmitted through the testicles, legalised queue jumping. It gives me back my sense of perspective as to the performance difference once again.
Do the same thing day in day out and you start to build a tolerance and immunity. Bikes are fun, and to realise that (if you've lost your biking mojo) stop riding for a while. ____________________
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I think the smidsy risk is vastly overblown. In 24 years i've never been creamed by anyone pulling out and neither has anyone i know IRL. |
I think reading such forums as this one gives you a somewhat skewed picture. For a start, if it wasn't for coming on here, I wouldn't be hearing much from new riders, who are still learning to spot the signs, and still making their n00b mistakes. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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chickenstrip wrote: | GT200Fan79 wrote: |
I think the smidsy risk is vastly overblown. In 24 years i've never been creamed by anyone pulling out and neither has anyone i know IRL. |
I think reading such forums as this one gives you a somewhat skewed picture. For a start, if it wasn't for coming on here, I wouldn't be hearing much from new riders, who are still learning to spot the signs, and still making their n00b mistakes. |
It's not just noobs who crash, experienced riders seem to do a pretty good of going down on this forum, and crash stats suggest middle-aged bikers are high risk along with youngins.
I guess it depends where you see the risk, I don't fear hitting diesel etc., and although I know I'm not infallible I don't fear messing up on a bend. Another road user doing something you're unable to avoid is what concerns me, and obviously it depends where you ride, in an urban environment (with urban mongs) the main risk comes from other people IMO. |
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M.C wrote: | crash stats suggest middle-aged bikers are high risk |
But aren't a lot of those stats from so-called "born agains" who've had a long lay-off from riding?
Of course there's always a possibility of a crash for whatever reason, no matter how experienced you are, but you need to keep things in perspective, and not just dwell on the bad side of things. Otherwise you will lose all the fun of it. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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M.C wrote: | I believe so but as far as I'm aware once you've learned to drive a cage you don't become a risk again until you're nearly dead.
You don't get the fun times (with bikes) without the bad times. You have to remember that when you're sliding down the road, freezing your bollocks off, or are caught in a shower without your Rainpal... |
Nope, I still think you're over-thinking it. I'm not suggesting you get blasé about it, but it's like you're trying to find reasons not to ride. Hey, which is fine by me if that's what you want. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 103 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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