pookamatic
Junior Member
Last week: I ground my toe down a bit on my first nice lean.
Today: I hit the peg feeler (feet are properly placed now), it scared the crap outta me, and I came up a little and broke my line. Kept neutral throttle and quickly made a choice, turn in harder to get back on line or... cheat... and ride through a grassy field in between the two signs.
Coatesville, PA - Google Maps
This POV is about where I started my turn. I was going a little too fast for me and had that next turn in mind. Would have been fine if I didn't panic. Kinda feel like a loser because I took the easy course. I mean - if there was a wall or... well anything but a safe happy field of green, I would have sucked it up and at a minimum taken the lesser of two evils. Free lesson though - coasted until the road met back up with me and caught up with my friend who was waiting a couple hundred feet up the road.
All in all, it was an epic day. I learned a lot and had a BLAST. There was this one set of twisties that we went back and forth over and over and it was amazing. I kept going wide and hitting the painted lines and felt the rear slip a bit. Again - a momentary butterfly and then... aaaah - OK - now I know what that feels like.
Today: I hit the peg feeler (feet are properly placed now), it scared the crap outta me, and I came up a little and broke my line. Kept neutral throttle and quickly made a choice, turn in harder to get back on line or... cheat... and ride through a grassy field in between the two signs.
Coatesville, PA - Google Maps
This POV is about where I started my turn. I was going a little too fast for me and had that next turn in mind. Would have been fine if I didn't panic. Kinda feel like a loser because I took the easy course. I mean - if there was a wall or... well anything but a safe happy field of green, I would have sucked it up and at a minimum taken the lesser of two evils. Free lesson though - coasted until the road met back up with me and caught up with my friend who was waiting a couple hundred feet up the road.
All in all, it was an epic day. I learned a lot and had a BLAST. There was this one set of twisties that we went back and forth over and over and it was amazing. I kept going wide and hitting the painted lines and felt the rear slip a bit. Again - a momentary butterfly and then... aaaah - OK - now I know what that feels like.