July 29th, 2011, 12:33 PM | #1 |
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Name: Kyle
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Two-Up Made Me Better?
Hi everyone
I read the forum here at work quite a bit (boring summer job, smh) and really enjoy all the different opinions and insight I read; im usually not much of a poster but something happened yesterday which I wasn't expecting at all. And I was wondering if this happened to anyone else. So two days ago I carried a passenger for the first time. I told her all the generic info: dont bounce around, lean and look through corners, etc. We spent a while in a parking lot so she would get used to slow speed maneuvering and help calm her nerves a bit. Long story short, we wound up going up to 40/45mph for a few minutes before calling it quits. I was being safe and cautious with the added responsibility of a passenger and trying to be as steady and smooth as possible in all aspects of my riding. So the following day (yesterday), I went riding again for almost two hours and I felt much more relaxed/confident in my abilities. The bike felt much lighter and I felt I was able to take corners a little more quickly; but I did feel my body position/technique/smoothness in general improved as well. It was also the first time wearing earplugs while riding so maybe that contributed to the extra 'relaxed' feeling. Anyways, I was just curious if this had happened to anyone else after riding 2up for the first time because i thought it was pretty neat. sidenote: I started looking through corners more while driving a car for practice, anyone else ever done this? haha Cheers |
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July 29th, 2011, 12:40 PM | #2 | |
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July 29th, 2011, 12:59 PM | #3 |
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Absolutely! The additional attention and techniques you gain as a rider most certainly translate back to driving a car as well.
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July 29th, 2011, 01:09 PM | #4 |
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Just remember that your stopping distance gets a lot longer with a passenger . I also look thru turns while caging around. I'm sure the F1 drivers do as well. LOL
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July 29th, 2011, 01:22 PM | #5 |
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When first learning to drive a car I would abruptly turn the steering wheel around corners until I was tought not to look directly in front of me but a little distance ahead to anticipate corners and start turning before entering the corner instead of at the corner or in most cases after I entered it.
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July 29th, 2011, 01:37 PM | #6 |
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Name: Kyle
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haha im glad that im not the only one who looks through turns while 'caging' (i like that by the way lol). I didn't even realize i was doing it at first which is cool -- its starting to get ingrained into my subconscious i guess |
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July 29th, 2011, 01:51 PM | #7 | |
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As someone who used to passenger ride before I started riding my own, may I suggest that when you do take her for her first real ride, make it a nice, relaxed ride through the country. City riding is a bit much for someone inexperienced to handle, at least, that is what my hubby and I have talked about.
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July 29th, 2011, 01:53 PM | #8 |
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Allyson, you have come a long way from your days as a passenger. You take those corners like a pro.
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July 29th, 2011, 06:57 PM | #9 |
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I also notice that I'm a lot more careful with everything that I do when wifey is on the back of the bike. Not that I'm not cautious all the time anyway... but I definitely wouldn't want something to happen with her on there
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July 30th, 2011, 04:04 AM | #11 | |
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Grow up?!? Who wants to do that? That's why I teach 9-year-olds.
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August 5th, 2011, 05:13 PM | #12 |
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the day i got my new helmet i took my girlfriend out with me. we rode around for 30 minutes just to let her get used to being on the back of my bike. i didn't really drive any differently in terms of speed and i took her onto the freeway 10 minutes in to her first time being on a freeway lol. the bike sure does feel a lot different with another person on top of it tho
2nd time we went out we rode for around 2 hours, going up the 15 to the 78 back down the 101 and back onto the 56. it is so much fun being able to enjoy ridin with someone else i just wish she would get her own bike |
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August 21st, 2011, 10:06 AM | #13 |
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I think this feeling happens anytime you do an activity in a more-strenuous way than it's intended to be done and then go back to the way it was intended to be done. For example, I swim competitively and one of the drills I do is with the hand paddles, which create resistance in the water. After doing a 500 with those and then taking them off I can decrease my 100 time by at least a few seconds, which is a lot.
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August 21st, 2011, 03:08 PM | #14 |
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Two-up made me better......
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