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[StuMiller]

As long as you're learning and enjoying the experience, that are steps in the right direction!


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Gday mate. Hope riding is beginning more fun for you and you're getting more confidence.

One thing which i don't think anyone has said is something which Glen taught me to do and is VERY effective.

Do constant right hand circles in a big clear area.

Start nice and big, and focus all your attention on 2 things, relax your arms and look over your shoulder and keep your eyes HIGH, almost behind you. Keep moving your eyes around behind you. Do it until you need a break, then go again and get progressively smaller as you're comfortable.

Then, stop and go again another day etc you get the idea.

Hth.

THanks Tim. I have gone for a couple of rides and had a friend with me who has been riding for many years and taught me a lot. We went to an industrial area and found a court with a larger than normal round court at the end and he first showed me what to do then i got on the bike and he stood in the middle of the circle guiding me trhough it.


He got me to put the clutch in, engage first gear then to slowly put a little throttle on and release the clutch once i got a low speed i let the throttle go back and just feathered the clutch to control idle and speed and got me to look at him in the middle all the time. Eventually the turns got sharper and sharper without me realizing it and i never once dropped the bike. He then got me to go the other way and practice that as much as possible. Ithen had a break and then got back on and he started getting me to do figure 8's. I found going left was easy but struggled a bit going right as i could not get as sharp of a turn going right so i need to practice that more often.

Overall it was really good learning and i now have the basics to go off and practice.

After that we went off for a drink and we parked our bikes and i learn from reading on here to get off the bike and push the bike where i needed to go when heading off instead of getting on the bike and trying to push the bike with my feet which would have resulted in me dropping the bike.




Now it is just practice, practice and more practice.

Good to hear, thats the idea, he seems to be teaching u the right way... as tim said, when ur comfortable, bring the cicrle in... than go the other way.. everybody has a favorite way to go.... right handed people, feel better turning left, left handed people feel better turing right.... most people...
when ur happy with the left turns... then just keep going with the right circles, the more u do, the better u will get

[Rossco1]

Good to hear, thats the idea, he seems to be teaching u the right way... as tim said, when ur comfortable, bring the cicrle in... than go the other way.. everybody has a favorite way to go.... right handed people, feel better turning left, left handed people feel better turing right.... most people...
when ur happy with the left turns... then just keep going with the right circles, the more u do, the better u will get [/quote]


Exactly. I am right handed and found left easier as you said. I will be going out again this evening to practice some more

[EDU]

right handed people, feel better turning left, left handed people feel better turing right.... most people...

It all makes sense now!

I'm ambidextrous, therefore I cannot turn. Period!

[Nelso]

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