Are you he got home on time ?
I know mate, the number of riders of many years' experience who cannot control and balance a bike at walking speed is astonishing. Dangling your legs makes it worse as it it like having two sides of beef swinging around in the breeze causing the bike to become unstable and so many riders look down instead of keeping their head up and jab at the front brake causing the bike to dip at the front and and then bounce back up causing more problems. Most of this is due to lack of confidence and skills. Right from CBT level we train students to only use the back brake when less than 15mph as the front is just too aggressive at low speeds.
That & U-turns. I don’t understand how guys, many of whom have been riding for years, can’t do a u-turn without ‘paddling’ all the way around. Surely it’s something that should be taught, checked in the test & then practiced by the rider until he has a handle on it.
It does make it easier
) and my milage as fallen of a cliff in real terms;; like it's been said it's a confidence thing that may come with age and fragility; who knows; becoming a doddery old bastard is no fun;; i have tried some offroad trails on the GS and ended up upside down on a few occasions but the last time i was grateful of a couple of other riders who came across me twisted in a deep rut; there was no way i could get the bike up on my own; this finished me with the trails; i would never have believed how much confidence it could suck from me. Could this be turned around at my age.
I’m not a long way behind you at 65. Luckily without any health issues, well other than being old and having arthritis in numerous joints. I definitely won’t be taking the 1250 GSA off road. Perhaps a lighter off road bike would help your confidence. I have been off road riding a couple of times this summer and do enjoy it but I do have an old 1991 Suzuki DR 650 for this.I'll put my hand up to poor slow speed control and trickling along; my u turns also need a more confident approach also;; the hard part is it's not always been this way; i'am nearly 69 now and have had some health issues since i retired( i think retiring may have caused a few
Cheers for the reply Glenn; i always went offroad on my own; and things usually went wrong when i got sucked into sections that were proberbly too gnarly for a GS 1100; both my knees are playing up so it's not the smartest of ideas on any bike never mind summat like mine; i've been a rd rider all my life and only ventured off rd on a whim when i got the GS;; it was more a case off i wonder where this goes; fuck this is a bit harder than i thought;; i could never say i was led into it.
I'll put my hand up to poor slow speed control and trickling along; my u turns also need a more confident approach also;; the hard part is it's not always been this way; i'am nearly 69 now and have had some health issues since i retired( i think retiring may have caused a few
Absolutely. We used to have UKGSer meet up at The Hunters Inn, between Leeds and Harrogate, the same night as a few Harley riders (the accountant and dentist type) met for a beer and a natter. One of them was guaranteed to drop their bike..then it'd take 4 of 'em to pick it up and then all roar off with that distinctive diesel growl those bikes have...(Learning how to pick up a dropped bike is another key skill IMHO)
Sorry to hear about your bro wessie; i've been toying with that idea for awhile if i'am honest; but when the Mrs was asked what her goal was when she went for her hip opperation she told the surgeon what she wanted most of all was to get on the back of the bike again;
we have been all over Europe annd most of Britain together; she did'nt go on the GS much because it was too uncomfortable but she could manage just on the SX; i could'nt desert her now with a smaller bike; it's a bit of both or none ; thank's for the input;
Did you have to undress whilst riding along Adam?
