sxty8goats

thanks jman, it is a chunk of a painting I did a while back.

Cool avatar picture.

Thanks for letting me know that you got it Peter!

Glad it worked out.

Cheers and safe riding.,

one of my favorite books in Proficient Motorcycling by David L. Hough. I learned a lot from that book. Much of which I ignored when I had my accident. Two major rules / praticices that I normally follow contributed the most. The first is "Ride your own ride." I knew Andrew was a bit of a nut and I should have been riding smarter instead of trying to keep up. The other is that every time I get on a bike I've never ridden, I had previously been in the habit of practicing full force breaking to learn the bike. I never did that on the FZ6. I'm a believer in sharing my mistakes with others so that they may learn from my mistake. Shame be damned.

"There is a lot of advise given away on this forum, and I sometimes wonder if someone's advice is valid or not" That's a quote from Wavex and holds a lot of truth.

Be very careful and use your own good judgement whether you want to take someone's advice on this forum. There are just as many great advises as well as bad advises. Even though some members have good intentions to help others, sometimes they will reply without any facts to sustantiate their information. In other words, it's a lot of BS. Others may offer great advise but their advise may not pertain to all riders, just because the skill level among riders are different.

My advise, go to a book store and read some riding books. I recommend The Motorcycle Safety Foundation's guide to Motorcycling Excellence or Ride hard Ride Smart by Pat Hahn. I have both.

Keep asking great questions!

Kenny