• There has been a recent cluster of spammers accessing BARFer accounts and posting spam. To safeguard your account, please consider changing your password. It would be even better to take the additional step of enabling 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) on your BARF account. Read more here.

Slow riding practice tips?

Status
Not open for further replies.
THe :thumbdown is for trolling in general.

You asked :dunno

Suffer through it like the rest of us. If you're a purist, you'll read his first epic, Slow speed practice, no experts please at 540 posts.

Oh! And beginner, it looks like that was before you invented your ass-covering terminology, as you say in post #501

Felt pretty natural to say it then, didn't it?
 
I'm still on page 4, real riders adjust their forum display settings for maximum visibility, keeping it at 10/page you might as well be reading in a parking lot :rofl
 
this thread is tl;dr. can someone, in a nutshell, tell me why a thread about slow riding tips is like, 350 posts long?
There isn't much discussion of slow speed practice on most rider forums so when it come up a lot of people are interested.
you have to accept that some of your ideas may be wrong and cast them aside to grow.
Bring up something specific you think I'm wrong about that would interest you to discuss.
 
There isn't much discussion of slow speed practice on most rider forums so when it come up a lot of people are interested.Bring up something specific you think I'm wrong about that would interest you to discuss.

:rofl
 
Bring up something specific you think I'm wrong about that would interest you to discuss.

I tried to do that with you through PMs last year, as I remember you didn't care to have a conversation with me, not that I can blame you.:laughing
 
Bring up something specific you think I'm wrong about that would interest you to discuss.

Well, here are some from just this thread:

As far as gyroscopic effects, I think it influences the front wheel to turn in the direction the bike is leaning but isn't powerful enough to influence stability.
Are you really saying that motorcycles are exempt from the physics related to gyroscopic stability? All other things are effected but motorcycles are not?

It's not productive to share ideas with people who don't do it.
Sure it is. When experts/people with more skill have learned that certain things do not apply, and are useless, then one can learn from them.

Is it realistic for a rider to think he's competent at 70 mph if he can't do a routine Uturn without paddling his way around?
Yes. What makes you think otherwise?

Typical group rides would be safer by vetting the new arrivals with some PLP (same as silversys unit again). Skipping that that puts everybody at risk.
What actual experience do you have with a) group rides, and b) riding on the street with more than one other person? And why would someone take your advice based on your personal experience?

The ability to roll backwards after stopping is not an indicator of superior braking skills.
It's an indicator of balance skills which I believe is a factor in braking skills.
The skill related to stopping in the shortest distance is over once the motorcycle stops. Rolling backwards is a skill of timing the brake release added to exceptional slow speed balance. Slow speed balance are useless at normal street speeds.

IMO, slow speed work improves feel for the bike at higher speeds.

Do you have any personal experience that would add credibility to your opinion? Why would my experience, (22yrs riding in a parking lot 12hrs a day 6-8 days a month, 29 years riding on the street, and many many miles on many different racetracks) disagree with yours?

A severe and valid test is the ability to make a hard stop standing so straight the bike can roll backwards then proceed without putting a foot down.
Would you please explain how rolling backwards increases a riders safety, or lowers their risk?

If suddenly every rider in North America spent 50% of their moving time in a parking lot the fatality and serious injury rate would fall by almost 50%.
This one is just you babbling on in an effort to sound smart.
 
Bring up something specific you think I'm wrong about that would interest you to discuss.

There is no discussion with you. Your MO is that of ignoring what you disagree with and discussing only what you agree with.

You seem to be throwing rocks at the people you disagree with, rather than actually entering into a discussion. As you have recently discovered, some people don't take kindly to having rocks tossed at them.
 
Edited my post for you.
 
FYI: In case you missed it, your threads go on and on and on because people start trying to help you. The have been a few BARF threads that scheduled and coordinated riders to meet and work on their skills. People met, worked on their skills, and moved on. I actually attended the last one, and you know what...the riders actually accepted the knowledge of the ones with more skill, and applied what they were asked to do.
 
Beginner is 62.

I see. Now I understand his stubbornness and myopia, anyway.

infallible.jpg
 
If beginner doesn't reply to any of the points enchanter brought up and tries to latch onto any other obscure irrelevant shit in order to avoid direct, logical discussion...

can we ban him?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top