Which foot do you use??
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Good old Devizes. Them were the days! Proper driving schools then.
Good old Devizes. Them were the days! Proper driving schools then.
Slightly different topic, Mike, & I agree that there was a lot that was good in the Regional Driving School set up, but the trouble is, as in many walks in life, we are managed today ( note I don't say "led") by people who know the price of something, but not necessarily the value.......
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t'other dave
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Whoa this is a mighty big thread, not read it all but brings a question. When I did my test whey back when, the examiner told me I should use 70/30 and 50/50 if wet and when stoped my right foot should be on the rear brake left foot down with front brake off. This alows vehicles behind to (hopefully)see your stopped (brake light) but if they dont and run into you with just the rear brake on you'll be shunted forward, with front brake on you will possably dig in and crumple.
So whats the expert opinion? brake off/on left/right front/rear ???
So whats the expert opinion? brake off/on left/right front/rear ???
i'll give you a non expert opinion.
if you get hit by a car, which brake you have on is just so much theoretical crap spouted by people who learnt to ride from a book.
way too many variables.
Unless of course you have the foresight to leave it in gear and ride off, avoiding the rear shunt
Then all you have to worry about is the Scania bearing down on ya from the left
Agree with ya completely Cookie, I'm a right foot on rear brake, left foot down kinda guy, feels comfy for me and has so far worked well for me in 20 years of riding. If you use the other foot fine, but the chances of you avoiding a rear shunt are next to 4 fifths of feck all.
Having ridden my brothers PD Dakar rep last week with it's 36" seat height, my answer to the question would probably be whichever is nearer a Kerb
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Which foot???????
206 posts later......
Which foot???????
None.
On 101 i'm using the sidestand as i still can't reach the floor unless i dismount then i'd have both feet on the ground
By the way flip if you do jump the lights cos someone is about to arsend you your gonna get hit from the right first by the numpty who's just jumped the lights in a 1.2corsa
You could just buy a Harley then its no bover. Saw a pic a few weeks ago (can't find it now) where some guy had rear ended a HOG and his car was trashed, the hog was embedded in the front upto the rider, he was ok bar the whiplash and the grazed knuckles from punching the driver to death
Not the one in ya mouth
On 101 i'm using the sidestand as i still can't reach the floor unless i dismount then i'd have both feet on the ground
By the way flip if you do jump the lights cos someone is about to arsend you your gonna get hit from the right first by the numpty who's just jumped the lights in a 1.2corsa
You could just buy a Harley then its no bover. Saw a pic a few weeks ago (can't find it now) where some guy had rear ended a HOG and his car was trashed, the hog was embedded in the front upto the rider, he was ok bar the whiplash and the grazed knuckles from punching the driver to death
So it ok to look planned even it it isn't?
Ignore the 'rules' and use which ever foot makes most sense depending upon the conditions.
The one most likely to stop you from toppling over - which is, after all, the purpose of putting a foot down.
That's all I needed to know..........................
everywherevirtually
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read the road
I read the road. Often when approaching traffic lights there are two distinct depressions where the wheels and trucks have been. If I am turning right at the lights I ride into the right hand depression and put my left foot on the raised bit of tarmac in the middle of the road. Visa versa if I am turning left or going straight ahead.
Sometimes there are no depressions but the road cambers off in one direction or the other. If it is dead flat I do the "correct" thing and first shift my arse to the left and put my left foot flat on the ground.
It's just about planning ahead and reading the road for those of us that are slightly shorter.
Jon
I read the road. Often when approaching traffic lights there are two distinct depressions where the wheels and trucks have been. If I am turning right at the lights I ride into the right hand depression and put my left foot on the raised bit of tarmac in the middle of the road. Visa versa if I am turning left or going straight ahead.
Sometimes there are no depressions but the road cambers off in one direction or the other. If it is dead flat I do the "correct" thing and first shift my arse to the left and put my left foot flat on the ground.
It's just about planning ahead and reading the road for those of us that are slightly shorter.
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It's just about planning ahead and reading the road for those of us that are slightly shorter.
Jon
Jon, those of us, not so vertically challenged, just have no idea how problematical life can be. Is there some sort of 'Leave the ruts' campaign we can sign up to? Every little helps.
everywherevirtually
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I love the ruts
Hookster I think you might have hit upon something here! I'm 5' 7" so I'm no midget but if I get it wrong it can become expensive. I dropped the bugger the other day with the GF and luggage on board. One bruised girlfriend and broken clutch lever later I vowed to pay more attention to the road Camber. We enjoyed 600 miles of trouble free riding after that. Despite the howling gales.
I used to think my Varadero 125 was tall. Now it feels like a kids bike compared to the BM. Confidence makes up for the missing stature
Is there some sort of 'Leave the ruts' campaign we can sign up to? Every little helps.
Hookster I think you might have hit upon something here! I'm 5' 7" so I'm no midget but if I get it wrong it can become expensive. I dropped the bugger the other day with the GF and luggage on board. One bruised girlfriend and broken clutch lever later I vowed to pay more attention to the road Camber. We enjoyed 600 miles of trouble free riding after that. Despite the howling gales.
I used to think my Varadero 125 was tall. Now it feels like a kids bike compared to the BM. Confidence makes up for the missing stature
laikin' art
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Why do riders insist on choosing to ride a bike which is too tall/heavy for them? They can't be in full control surely. I wonder how many riders have collisions & other incidents where this is the primary cause.
everywherevirtually
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Control
I have perfect control of my bike despite me not being able to flat foot it. We all make mistakes form time to time from lack of attention or a distraction. A horse is bigger than the rider but they have control. A cruise ship is bigger than the captain but he has control and so on.
I have perfect control of my bike despite me not being able to flat foot it. We all make mistakes form time to time from lack of attention or a distraction. A horse is bigger than the rider but they have control. A cruise ship is bigger than the captain but he has control and so on.
I guess you've never ridden one
Anything that big with a walnut sized brain is really gonna do the feck it wants. When a horse wants to go it will. Riders will tell ya they are in control but having seen so many of em bolt, I think the riders are a nagging passenger that get their way, from time to time
everywherevirtually
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I guess you've never ridden one
I have actually... and now you come to mention it.. it did do pretty much what it wanted
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