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Posted by draconarmy
 - July 17, 2013, 21:25:31 PM

yeah guess ill just wait... good news is the FIL's mechanic is building me a custom rear seat and luggage rack.... yes ill post pics as soon as I can

Posted by greenbarn
 - July 17, 2013, 21:01:49 PM
Quote from: John Hopkins on July 17, 2013, 08:51:55 AM

I'll trust you to ride one of my bikes, just call round and I'll let you borrow one..

John.

draconarmy:  You may need to do more than TRAILER that rental to get it home....    May be a ferry ride involved too... ;D
Posted by John Hopkins
 - July 17, 2013, 08:51:55 AM
Quote from: draconarmy on July 16, 2013, 18:14:34 PM

ok so finished MSF today so I am now fully able to ride by military standards but the in-laws wont be here with the bike for more than a week...... who wants to bring me there drifter to borrow

I'll trust you to ride one of my bikes, just call round and I'll let you borrow one..

John.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - July 16, 2013, 20:55:46 PM

perhaps borrow, rent a small bike just to practice what you learned.....just a thought

Posted by draconarmy
 - July 16, 2013, 18:14:34 PM

ok so finished MSF today so I am now fully able to ride by military standards but the in-laws wont be here with the bike for more than a week...... who wants to bring me there drifter to borrow

Posted by Troll
 - July 15, 2013, 12:40:40 PM

Remember what Harry Callahan said as he walked off the pier leaving Hal Holbrook in the exploding squad car: "A Man's got to know his limitations".

Posted by 49Reo
 - July 15, 2013, 11:20:47 AM

What Greebarn says; you have to do what YOU are comfortable with...not what others expect of you.
Ride safe, and have fun.

Posted by greenbarn
 - July 14, 2013, 21:35:19 PM
Quote from: CDNRatMan on July 14, 2013, 21:11:10 PM

no one here does any picking on any ...well except for GreenBarn, 49, petemoss, PC, 45, the rest are really nice unless you pick on Troll and he can throw the odd zinger at you.....perhaps you can take some of the heat off me.......no idea why they are always picking on me.

Oh, I think you have SOME idea..... ;D

And draconarmy, don't let anybody bully you into not trailering your bike, if that's what YOU want to do.  Sure, I'd prefer to ride to a bike event, but I can think of several good reasons that pulling it on a trailer would make sense.   

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - July 14, 2013, 21:11:10 PM
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yeah not afraid to make myself a target seems like there is a lot of pickin on these boards anyway

no one here does any picking on any ...well except for GreenBarn, 49, petemoss, PC, 45, the rest are really nice unless you pick on Troll and he can throw the odd zinger at you.....perhaps you can take some of the heat off me.......no idea why they are always picking on me.
Posted by Troll
 - July 14, 2013, 19:54:23 PM

I thought, from your initial post, that you had already taken the class. Don't dismiss the "little" 250s.. I have 250 Ninjas in my fleet, as well as the 250 V-Stars, Suzuki TU250X injected standards, and some Kawasaki 250KLXs...We train on MODERN machinery...

Posted by draconarmy
 - July 14, 2013, 19:45:50 PM

yeah not afraid to make myself a target seems like there is a lot of pickin on these boards anyway

Posted by John Hopkins
 - July 14, 2013, 19:08:32 PM
Quote from: draconarmy on July 14, 2013, 18:40:33 PM

thank you to everyone for offering tips and not making me feel stupid.  just got yelled at by the wifey for sitting here on the computer with my helmet on... I swear I'm just trying to break it in

You do realise that you pressed the post button and we can all read that don't you.

John.

Posted by draconarmy
 - July 14, 2013, 18:40:33 PM

thank you to everyone for offering tips and not making me feel stupid. I go for the brc portion of msf in the morning, so gonna ride a toy bike then still gotta wait a week or so for the in-laws to get here with my girl.  just got yelled at by the wifey for sitting here on the computer with my helmet on... I swear I'm just trying to break it in

Posted by DC
 - July 14, 2013, 00:04:09 AM

They say it's sometimes easier to maintain control at slow speed by feathering the clutch in 2nd, rather than first, as you are not prone to lurch as easily.

Posted by Troll
 - July 13, 2013, 17:39:33 PM

Clutch control...remember ex 4 and 9? Clutch control with eye control...practice the pause and go...there WAS a reason these were put into the curriculum

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