Ad a little off yesterday :-[, coming up from Rowde, at the T junction where you go left to Devizes, stopped behind some lady driver >, ( I have a golden rule, I don't even look to see if there any traffic untill the person in front of me pulls off, cos in the past I looked,....huge gap,.... you assume they will go,.....and they DONT!!) so waited till she started to pull off, looked to my right,.....yes big gap, can follow her out, perfect hill start as I look to my left,....yes you got she stopped!!!!!!, this is the cool bit, BIG ENDO
if I had been riding proper with my right foot up on the peg I could have used the back brake, anyway as the front went down my front mud gaurd scuffed her rear bumper, or disturbed the dirt, but cors given the cambre of the road and the size of my bike off I went, elegently, I may add, no damage to either me or me bike. her daughter jumped out (very tasty) checked if I was ok and shouted back at mum "Mum your always doing that if you gonna go GO!". Never have I been so glad to see another biker, he was passing, stopped and helped me get the bike back on two wheels, what a lucky boy I am.
Lessons
1. Don't look right, see a big gap then Simultaneously look left and pull out.
2. do always keep right foot on peg to cover rear brake
3. If there is a tasty Daughter taking your side GET HER NUMBERdow!
Originally Posted by BB