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Do posts on BARF affect your riding?

It used to, but I'm getting a lot better with my cell phone browser.
 
ive read some great riding tips here and have used some of them during my commute. nothing too drastic.
 
yep, Enchanter helped me with a turn that was kicking my butt! Thank you much!
 
I use BARF for as my guiding light in how to date women, raise my kids, ride my bike, health issues and treat my ex-boss. So far I am homeless and divorced and my kids hate me... so I have plenty of time to ride my bike.... all is good.
RC
 
rogerc said:
I use BARF for as my guiding light in how to date women, raise my kids, ride my bike, health issues and treat my ex-boss. So far I am homeless and divorced and my kids hate me... so I have plenty of time to ride my bike.... all is good.
RC
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Maybe cos I'm a newb but I actually use guidance/unfortunate experiences of others on BARF to change my riding, hopefully for the better. Of course I use my own judgement on whose guidance I take, but in the last few weeks I've adopted:

- ride with 2 fingers on the front brake
- slow the hell down on blind curves until you can see through the exit
- look over your right shoulder before making a right

and probably a few others I've forgotten. Not to mention I've learned going over 100 on the freeway is a whole new realm of trouble with the law, wheelies, even little ones are even more trouble, etc.
 
I have learned allot from the forums. The most insightful piece of knowledge i have taken away from the forums is. All Gsxr riders are insane newbies with allergies to leather and shoes.

Oh ya and riding wheelies into blind nuns is the coolest.
 
I've changed a couple things because of BARF. I run 30/32 PSI on my tires instead of 36/38. I downshift to accelerate, not to slow. I hardly ever break 100 or do wheelies thanks to the legal repercussions I've learned about. Little things.
 
It often depends on who's posting. Racers? I pay strict attention, especially if they ride conservatively on the street. The level and depth of free instruction given by alot of members, even when they differ with each other, is phenomenal.

I also try to heed honest appraisals of accidents and their analysis--it keeps me thinking about safety and reminds me to STFD when I start pushing the wrong envelope. The posts keep me thinking about my riding but the real learning does take place on the bike--muscle memory is hard to beat.
 
Blacknblue said:
It often depends on who's posting. Racers? I pay strict attention, especially if they ride conservatively on the street. The level and depth of free instruction given by alot of members, even when they differ with each other, is phenomenal.

I also try to heed honest appraisals of accidents and their analysis--it keeps me thinking about safety and reminds me to STFD when I start pushing the wrong envelope. The posts keep me thinking about my riding but the real learning does take place on the bike--muscle memory is hard to beat.
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rogerc said:
I use BARF for as my guiding light in how to date women, raise my kids, ride my bike, health issues and treat my ex-boss. So far I am homeless and divorced and my kids hate me... so I have plenty of time to ride my bike.... all is good.
RC
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serazin said:
Good or bad. Do any of the posts on BARF affect the way you ride?

There is a tremendous amount of discussion here on riding but does any of it really make a difference to you or do you just post your two cents worth and continue riding as you did before.

I have picked up a few neat safety idea here and have tried to apply them to my daily riding.

There have also been quite a few posts that suggested that people do things on the road that I consider playing with fire.

I am just curious if any of this really makes a difference or are we all just stoking our own egos and ignoring everyone else.
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It's an internet forum so 99.99% of the time, no. Every now and then something interesting/novel is mentioned and verified IRL and then used. I guess Im too used to seeing most of the "facts" on a lot of sites be 180 degrees from correct so I tend to take whatever I see with a shaker of salt.
 
BARF has shown me there is a alot of haters out there, So I know who to avoid, If you want to be a little different, They will throw rock's at you and kick you in the balls and laugh
 
Yes... and no.

No, in that I was riding long before BARF so many of the comments from people who consider a 1990 bike 'vintage' fall on deaf ears over here.

Yes, in that the continued comments on BARF keep me from visiting the Bay Area in anything other than a six wheeled armor-plated tank due to the constant flow of freeway deaths, accidents, and near misses. Seriously. I grew up in San Diego. Drivers in the Bay amaze me. No turn signals, dive bomber moves into the smallest of spaces in order to get three feet farther ahead, and oh yes... the inability to get anywhere faster than around 35MPH except between 10:30~11:30AM, and 2:00~3:00PM. :p
 
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