MrMogensen
... That's me!
About time I write something in this thread - but then again finally I have something interesting to add!
Got my bike license 4 years ago. Schoolbike was an older Suzuki GS500 and the license exam was passed on a brand new Honda CB500.
About 9 months later I bought my first (and so far the only) helmet and finally knew there was no way back. Of some reason I was searching alot for a 650 Bandit. I think my mind was set on something that was sure to be faster than the GS500 and to be honest I knew little about motorcycle models. I had always been more of a car geek instead and didn't really know anyone who owned a bike. At the time I had a girlfriend who lived 160km away (mostly via highway) so I wanted a fairing - but the GS500 with fairing was kind of ugly duckling so I started searching for equally priced motorcycles.
My eyes quickly caught the FZ6 and there was no alternative!
We have got crazy a** taxes on cars, bikes and so on in Denmark... so it had to be 2nd hand buy. Finally one year after getting my license I got the bike.
Have done about 25.000 km in all (bike's total is 45.000).
First 2 years was alot of highway due to exgirlfrind, but the past year has been half highway and half twisty roads. Found out all that highway riding hadn't really done much to improve my skill. Started feeling I wasn't good enough... chickening out in a bunch of turns dangerously braking halfway through the turn and admitted it... Have now taken 2x intense 2day courses on 2 different racetracks in Denmark. Have really added alot to my skill and now I never chicken out... almost always correct choice of gears, knowing how and when to lean out, countersteering, rev up while downshifting and so on
The last of the 2 courses I did just last week. After work I drove 300km to a camping site next to the track => slept for 8 hours => 2 days of intense 8 hour training (constant 20 minutes theory + 20 minutes racetrack) => Directly after 2nd course day I drove the 300km home...
Attending those courses have made me enjoy every single bikeride +100%
Will be sure to take at least one advanced course a year!
Hightly recommended!!!
Got my bike license 4 years ago. Schoolbike was an older Suzuki GS500 and the license exam was passed on a brand new Honda CB500.
About 9 months later I bought my first (and so far the only) helmet and finally knew there was no way back. Of some reason I was searching alot for a 650 Bandit. I think my mind was set on something that was sure to be faster than the GS500 and to be honest I knew little about motorcycle models. I had always been more of a car geek instead and didn't really know anyone who owned a bike. At the time I had a girlfriend who lived 160km away (mostly via highway) so I wanted a fairing - but the GS500 with fairing was kind of ugly duckling so I started searching for equally priced motorcycles.
My eyes quickly caught the FZ6 and there was no alternative!
We have got crazy a** taxes on cars, bikes and so on in Denmark... so it had to be 2nd hand buy. Finally one year after getting my license I got the bike.
Have done about 25.000 km in all (bike's total is 45.000).
First 2 years was alot of highway due to exgirlfrind, but the past year has been half highway and half twisty roads. Found out all that highway riding hadn't really done much to improve my skill. Started feeling I wasn't good enough... chickening out in a bunch of turns dangerously braking halfway through the turn and admitted it... Have now taken 2x intense 2day courses on 2 different racetracks in Denmark. Have really added alot to my skill and now I never chicken out... almost always correct choice of gears, knowing how and when to lean out, countersteering, rev up while downshifting and so on
The last of the 2 courses I did just last week. After work I drove 300km to a camping site next to the track => slept for 8 hours => 2 days of intense 8 hour training (constant 20 minutes theory + 20 minutes racetrack) => Directly after 2nd course day I drove the 300km home...
Attending those courses have made me enjoy every single bikeride +100%
Will be sure to take at least one advanced course a year!
Hightly recommended!!!
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