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Slick_Stevo · April 1st, 2013, 08:31 AM

I'm still scared. Last season was my first ever on a street bike, I didn't get out too much. I did a few group rides with some people I met through a local forum up here, I was always in the back. By late in the season, I was fine keeping up to them in the short twisty stuff, but I was lacking confidence going fast in the long wide sweepers, the bike would feel squirmy and it felt like i was losing handling , especially on windy days.

So fast forward after a long winter, I had put on new tires andclip ons. Out I go for a good ride last friday by myself, for a good 7 hrs, it felt like a new bike. I was rolling on the throttle and keeping it rolled on through the wide sweepers. It was awesome, I felt like I had made some major improvements. Gripping with my knees, countersteering, doing all the stuff I had read about over the winter.

Saturday comes and the first group ride of the season, its supposed to be easy paced, I was psyched, there is only one other 250, a guy with a hyosung, never met him before but heard is is a pretty good rider, the rest were liter bikes and a couple zx6's.

We start off, I'm feeling pretty good I was keeping pace fairly well but still at the back. We go for about 2 hrs, awesome no problems, curvy roads averaging about 15 -20 mph over the speed limit (50mph). After lunch we get on a long straight stretch with a few big wide sweepers......I'm done, I can see them in the distance getting further and further away, wind is blowing like crazy off the farmer's fields. I'm not feeling too comfortable (doing about 80) and I'm a distant memory to them.

I think I'm gonna lay off the group rides for a while.

April 1st, 2013, 08:31 AM	#1
Slick_Stevo ninjette.org member Name: Steve Location: Toronto, Canada Join Date: Feb 2013 Motorcycle(s): '13 GSX-R600, '09 Ninja 250, 04 SV 650 (track) Posts: 157	Scared to pin it I'm still scared. Last season was my first ever on a street bike, I didn't get out too much. I did a few group rides with some people I met through a local forum up here, I was always in the back. By late in the season, I was fine keeping up to them in the short twisty stuff, but I was lacking confidence going fast in the long wide sweepers, the bike would feel squirmy and it felt like i was losing handling , especially on windy days. So fast forward after a long winter, I had put on new tires andclip ons. Out I go for a good ride last friday by myself, for a good 7 hrs, it felt like a new bike. I was rolling on the throttle and keeping it rolled on through the wide sweepers. It was awesome, I felt like I had made some major improvements. Gripping with my knees, countersteering, doing all the stuff I had read about over the winter. Saturday comes and the first group ride of the season, its supposed to be easy paced, I was psyched, there is only one other 250, a guy with a hyosung, never met him before but heard is is a pretty good rider, the rest were liter bikes and a couple zx6's. We start off, I'm feeling pretty good I was keeping pace fairly well but still at the back. We go for about 2 hrs, awesome no problems, curvy roads averaging about 15 -20 mph over the speed limit (50mph). After lunch we get on a long straight stretch with a few big wide sweepers......I'm done, I can see them in the distance getting further and further away, wind is blowing like crazy off the farmer's fields. I'm not feeling too comfortable (doing about 80) and I'm a distant memory to them. I think I'm gonna lay off the group rides for a while.