painkiller

Just sitting in my car after got with parental sods law, my girl does not sleep alot but taken her to a soft play and JUST as I pull in zonk she is out. Between parenting and bad weather it seems I barely get time to ride out. I miss where I lived before, ability to do coastal runs around from yaremouth to cromer. My girl does love the wheels though she has her own little bike (16 months old) she loves to ride around on it , can see she will be a biker in the future, heartening when she points to my ninja and says bike .... sit lol she does love the throttle.

How do you secure your machine? is it me or had insurance got alot more stupidly expensive these days?. I used to live in Norwich then cambridge and the insurance was ok not bad at all but moving to a new location and it shot up. Not that I cant see why, my car got broken into twice within a week of moving here. I moved 2/3 of my bikes to a storage facility for safety but the 3rd boy is it difficult to get out and ride. It has to go through an alley 1" wider than the bike and take a 45 degree turn which means lifting the tail in tight space. I live next to a kawasaki dealership funnily enough (handy to get parts) they say they get hundreds of stolen bikes to be sold every few months, a band of teenagers steal alot round here. Mine is through a tight alley in a garden with virtually no turning space, anchored to a brick wall with a oxford anchor, 9MM chain, screamer disc lock x2, another chain 10mm on the back wheel (said to be almost impervious but would take 45 mins to grind through), datatool alarm, GPS tracker x2, custom built X Y Z axis mercury alarm I made it a little sensitive lol light rain set it off @ 120 db lol, cover with another custom alarm on the clasp. It takes me about 30 mins just to get it on the road lol.

I recently well few months back brought a ninja and the seller or previous to him owner had dropped the bike on the right side and has a crack its not too bad however want to replace the panel. The pic is not my image but this is the panel version i need. http://thumbs.picclick.com/00/s/MTA2NlgxNTk5/z/WRAAAOSwKfVXLfZs/$/Kawasaki-ZX6R-ZX600-G1-1998-599cc-_1.jpg

I agree they both have advantages and disadvantages. I did cbt, DAS training and both tests in a row ( 2 months straight ) and it got me a continuous experience on road daily, which got me to the confident / able rider who went straight for the big bikes. The person I did it with was riding 125cc but did not have the experience, as soon as we both got on the honda hornet for MOD training he launched it off a hill 20ft from the showroom. We both had the same experience went through the same process at the same time exactly same bike, same lessons etc. Since you drive a car you are aware of the road more than normal new riders but a bike is alot different than a car to handle. I would be the cautious rider if you are unsure, do CBT see how you get on then decide after a few weeks - months before going bigger, maybe pass CBT then ask for a lesson on a larger bike, will cost you one lesson rather than jumping ahead too far too fast and having a problem.

Easiest way is to go as slow as you can ride just on the clutch bite, look to where you want to go / end up and let the bike follow you . When my instructor was doing it he used the bar push technique, gently pushing the right side bar but thats not for me, or most. What also helps think of the most catchy song in your head and sing it to yourself, calms nerves in those I have failed before moments.