No matter how much I ride.

Kinja'd!!! "Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
07/15/2019 at 16:29 • Filed to: None

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and I ride very little,

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I fear motorbikes. Today I rode a family member’s Triumph and.... it’s just so stupid.

These B roads are littered with gravel, and I end up riding very slowly all the time. I feel very uncomfortable doing 50 with the bike in roads I do 90 with my car.

And this engine, omg, it’s a firecracker. But I can’t push it... I don’t like how it feels.

It’s odd, The one time I did push it, I just wound up remembering every stupid thing I did in my life, situations in which I could’ve died, or injure myself badly.

Nerve wrecking .


DISCUSSION (10)


Kinja'd!!! Future next gen S2000 owner > Spanfeller is a twat
07/15/2019 at 16:50

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That’s the beauty of motorcycles. They’ll never really be faster than a car except in a straight line. They make you work for your speed like nothing else. The consequences of going over the limit or getting in over your head make the reward sweeter as your skills grow.

You’ll never be more alive than when you are right on the edge of it.


Kinja'd!!! themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Spanfeller is a twat
07/15/2019 at 17:14

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One of the hardest lessons to learn/habits to unlearn - trusting the bike and relaxing your body. I almost crashed the first time I rode in high winds since I tensed up and tried to fight the bike. Now? 20mph winds don’t phase me.

Could be that bikes aren’t for you. If you decide to get on another one, it is scary at first to trust the bike, but you’d be amazed how much easier ti is to ride a bike when you put some faith into it and the world around you.


Kinja'd!!! Decay buys too many beaters > Future next gen S2000 owner
07/15/2019 at 18:52

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Kinja'd!!! AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Spanfeller is a twat
07/15/2019 at 22:17

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Mmm tiger... So good.


Kinja'd!!! Spanfeller is a twat > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/16/2019 at 03:31

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It’s hard to trust it because it’s so much easier to make a big mistake in a bike... so its harder to find where the handling and braking, and acceleration are compromised 


Kinja'd!!! Spanfeller is a twat > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
07/16/2019 at 03:35

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Someone dropped it and broke the clutch lever; I had to take a celebratory image after fixing it


Kinja'd!!! AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Spanfeller is a twat
07/16/2019 at 09:43

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Animal abuse! 


Kinja'd!!! Future next gen S2000 owner > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/16/2019 at 09:59

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This. Even adventure type bikes will lean over more than most people will dare. You have to trust that you can push more on the inside handle. There is still more tire left.


Kinja'd!!! themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Spanfeller is a twat
07/16/2019 at 10:30

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It isn’t easier to make a mistake, you just have different mistakes you can make. I actually find that bikes tend to over-communicate when compared to a car so it is easier to tell when the bike is comfortable and when it isn’t. A big difference compared to a car is that your tires re anywhere from 5 to 20% of the total weight of the vehicle so they act as stabilizers. Being on the throttle in a corner actually makes the bike want to stand back up since the tires want to keep moving forward. It’s why you can’t hit the brake very hard in a corner on a bike - you’re arresting the movement of a gyroscope so it wants to fall over. Buuuuuuuuut.....gently ride the rear brake in low speed turns while on the throttle and you can apply a constant force to the rear tire that can be modulated not just with your wrist but your right foot as well.

I typically practice at the start of every riding season in a parking lot on the KLR. And I’m getting pretty comfortable at leaning it over despite it being a tall dual sport with knobby tires. 


Kinja'd!!! themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Future next gen S2000 owner
07/16/2019 at 10:31

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Everyone has that moment where they realized the bike had more sidewall than they had skill or courage. I saw a “25 mph turn” sign while on my first honda while doing ~40. A panic brake stab for a moment turned into “pitch it in and hope” aaaaaaaand it was fine. Bike seeme d 100% okay with it. That was when I realized I could really lean into it.