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Drive it before you ride it.

Dallen

Dallen

Herro There
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Sep 26, 2010
Location
san jose
Moto(s)
little bit of this little bit of that
Just wondering, how many of you guys go out and drive a road before you ride it and if doing so gives you more confidence? I used to drive Calaveras Rd a lot when I was in High School. It was the closest mountain rd to my house and I became very familiar with it. To this day, it is still the rd I feel most comfortable on. Do any of you Drive new roads before you ride them?
 
Some of the roads are too narrow for my car, but generally if it's a road I enjoy on my bike, I'll also enjoy it in the cage.
 
Don't be a puss (and don't over-think) - just go ride it...

And I would ride early in the morning, before traffic is out
 
No need. I just gotta be carefull until I know the road.:ride
 
^^^ besides, no choice if a moto is your main mode of transportation.
 
Nothing better then riding your bike on a virgin road you've never seen before. :ride

You're doing yourself a great injustice by driving your car on it first. Just ride at a speed you are comfortable with.
 
no car.

i wouldn't imagine thunderhill turn 5 to be as fun in a car.


:teeth ..... brains .......
 
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slowblood said:
no car.

i won't image thunderhill turn 5 is as fun in a car.
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If I'm not sure about a potentially difficult hilly road and condition, I tend to check it out on my "easier" bike first. My "easier" bike used to be the GS500, now it's the DRZ. :teeth
 
meh...do whatever makes you feel comfortable riding if it means doing a reconnas...rekona...recco....checking the road out before ya go on a bike...
 
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meh...do whatever makes you feel comfortable riding if it means doing a reconnas...rekona...recco....checking the road out before ya go on a bike...
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I was going to say that I do "recon" runs on my easier bike but I gave up since I wasn't sure how to spell the whole word either. :laughing "reconassiance" is my best guess.
 
i just wanted to sounded smart on barf....:blush
 
I prefer roads I already know, especially when it is freeway in traffic. I like to know
the traffic patterns, my route, and the road really well before taking on rush hour.
That way I can focus the cars and unexpected hazards.
 
When I first moved to Treasure Island, I only had a few months' experience riding, and you bet your ass I tried that 15mph exit in a car a few times before I went near it on a bike, and even then I had a roommate in her car behind me just in case.

But that's sortof an unusual scenario, I was really super green at the time. These days I'm not sure there's much I could learn about a road in a car that's really going to give me any advantage. A road that's going to be a serious challenge to me on a bike is probably gonna be a little tricky in a car too come to think of it, especially since I'm a tad rusty on 4-wheeling it.

Now that I'm used to the Treasure Island exit, I know I can brake to pretty much a dead stop in the distance between splitting off from the lanes to the point before the 15mph exit really starts to curve, so I don't worry about it much even when somebody's tailgating me (although I do HATE that, especially that one time there was a bus stalled out in the middle of the exit, and I had a passenger on back. He knows what hard braking feels like now, oye)
 
Yup agree with above post...don't be a puss, Just take it easy until you learn it, I will go easy the first few times, and if it's a really good road I'll spend an hour or so doing laps, by the last few runs, I know it well enough to let it hang out a bit.
 
Im not saying i do this all the time, there are plenty of roads i have ridden without driving first. Just wanted to know if any of you prefer to drive a route first.
 
Dallen said:
Im not saying i do this all the time, there are plenty of roads i have ridden without driving first. Just wanted to know if any of you prefer to drive a route first.
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naw man gas prices are crazy! so when I'm out exploring, I'm on my bike, Truck only gets 10 mpg
 
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