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What are your bad biking habits?
Mine is just I don't let off the throttle when changing up gears, never even knew why I have to, but I don't. Sometimes I do.
What about you?
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What are your bad biking habits?
Mine is just I don't let off the throttle when changing up gears, never even knew why I have to, but I don't. Sometimes I do.
What about you?
I should imagine my general observation isn't what it should be! Probably miss a lot of life savers etc
Yeah, I do them from stationary but, I don't see how, your going with speed, ready to turn, so, you disorientate yourself before doing so to check what's down beside you when there could be a car on the wrong side of the road around the bend? I think that happens more often than another cyclist down the side of you.
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I have none I'm a perfect well behaved rider :)
As long as wheelies, stoppies and general hooliganism is under that banner - oh yeah I have no mirrors or indicators either. But on company bike its perfect riding (I wouln't want to tell the boss I trashed one of his bikes!)
Hehe, what's the company bike anyway?
At the moment a XJ6 diversion - dunno what it'll be next monthQuote:
Originally Posted by Bennett
Safety checks are mine....
Having just passed my IAM test in January, got no bad habbits, but by no means the perfect rider. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Originally Posted by GixxerStu
A man with NO bad habits? hmmm didn't think one existed! ;D
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One of my bad habits is not leaving enough braking distance.
Another one is not using the rear brake enough and only using the front. I'm gradually easing myself out of that one and using the rear brake on corners, slow riding etc.
I know that if you don't practice your braking then it can all go horribly wrong. I locked up my rear once when someone pulled out on me. Luckily I managed to stay on the bike but did a massive wobble and was totally out of control.
Pure luck that I never hit anything whilst I lost control.
But I'm quite self-critical and constantly seeking improvement, so I do tend to correct my own bad habits.
Sadly I haven't become perfect yet, so there's still work to do.
I think I have plenty :-[ Lifesavers, poorly executed overtakes, the list is long and not terribly distinguished :-[
That's why I want to do Bikesafe when I get back to the UK!
Stu 8-)
Impatience...which will I fear lead to a BIG off one day. Problem with this one is it is hard wired....in my nature if you will and I can't see it ever being fully irradicated...I think cockness too, as when I thought of the question, I had real problems thinking of bad habits/weaknesses in my riding, which just shows me that I must be over confident (cocky)...so in summary I guess I have a bad attitude! :-[
Leave home earlier... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by finbar
Mine has to be a bit like Finbar's, i think i'm quite a cool cat when im out on the bike and every else is in there cars, oh and braking to too long in to a corner.
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Originally Posted by Blackbonnie
A man with NO bad habits? hmmm didn't think one existed! ;D
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I got bad habbits :-[ Even some riding bad hbbits.
Probably SPEED. Long straights just seem to be asking me to open the throttle.
wheelies......yup! thinnk thats my bad habbit, see a long stretch and cant resist popping some big bad wheelies...
ooh, that and falling off and breaking bones (not related honest!)......
Probably the usual suspects - occasional missing observations, (very) occasional marginal overtakes, and a heavy right hand. No-one's perfect but I do try not to ride like a twonk :D
Often my arms go rigid on the bars, I have to constantly remind myself to relax. Also I have a lack of confidence in corners, but I guess both of these I will solve with practice and miles.
Trying to get my knee down at every opportunity.......no big not clever but hell it feels good ;D
Foot positioning :'(
Nice too hear I am not the only one with bad habits...Some of them I quite like if the truth be known. ;)
I guess it's a bad habit....
....swearing at traffic and forgetting that I'm wearing an open face helmet....
Have to remember to :-X
Having to be in front of everything else on the road and not just enjoying the ride.
Not always indicating before an overtake
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Originally Posted by GixxerStu
A man with NO bad habits? hmmm didn't think one existed! ;D
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I got bad habbits :-[ Even some riding bad hbbits. [/quote]
Don't worry - I got too many to list I'm sure! :o
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Haha, Nice. :D
Mine has to be 'Road Frustration', not quite Rage, but I get so narked off with other road users being complete dongles. Unfortunately/fortunately on a bike you have the ability to leave them behind. (sometimes, depending on the offence, offering some hand gesture or another on your way past [smiley=happy.gif])
Other than that, I'm like Mary Poppins - Practically Perfect in Every Way. :) I wish!
I did my test in Gibraltar where it was perfectly acceptable to 'Boot' the car that cut you up, ride on paths, park where you want, ride in flip flops and t-shirts, where a silly 'piss pot' helmet, and many more.
I'm struggling in the UK but have managed to improve on all of those although the worst thing I used to do was riding whilst having a smoke and on the phone, it's a skill that I think they teach you on lessons over there, not that I'd know because I didn't take any!! [smiley=happy.gif]
I'm still a nervous rider in the UK because people are so unpredictable, at least in Gib and Spain I knew that they were sh*te so I worked around that :)
Laying down a slight bit too much power in the wet and forgetting I dont have a slipper clutch. Both seem to have stopped recently, I guess my ridings improving!
Sadly, another bad habit is to overtake anytime I get a safe chance - even if the car infront is at the speed limit. Along with lack of confidence in bends in the wet (despite buying Pilot Power 2CTs')
Definitely forgetting the bike comes with a rear bike - even in the wet! :-[
Sorry I mean't rear brake! See - can't even say it, let alone use it!! ;D
Nokesy, you can edit your posts if you want to change something you know... use the "modify" button [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
My faults? Erm.... probably lack of tolerance of other roads users (eejits! >:() and maybe TFF sometimes... ;)
all of the above at some point or other...but not jaydee's bad habits though, they just scare me!! ;D ;D
roxy
I got way too many! On the v-twin I don't touch the brakes, cos the engine brake is just awesome! Not even down a hill, you know, just let go of the throttle and sorted! (GOD i love the v-twin!!!) On the other bikes, I'm a back braker, which apparently is a very bad habit, but, what can I say, it works for me. And I've never cleaned my bike. Really don't see the point, dirty bike works as well as a clean one! :)
All of the above! Still not that confident into bends at speed. Continually shouting at myself not to touch the brakes when I feel I'm too fast in the bend. Case of mind over matter (and a puckered seat). ;D
Hehe.
@Morticia, I like to think it's a thing of respect, the bike looks after you, you look after it. You can see if things look dodgy and also tamper and learn.
Right foot on the floor when stationary-just can't break this one - too many years of trying to get 125 'crossers off the line in 2nd I guess
Why is this a "bad" habit?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cemorah
I used to Hammer the back brake on the Bonnie. With only a naff single disk up front and my weight on the bike the back brake got a lot of use.
The MT-01 with big stoppers on the front and USD forks makes one hell of a difference.