carpediemracing said:A bunch (8-10) of young motorcyclists on their crotch rockets and leathers were zipping in and out of traffic and passed me. They stopped at a red light just ahead. I rode up to the light and did a trackstand next to one. I liked their bikes and said something to that effect "Nice bike" etc.
One of them jokingly asked if I wanted to race. I told him I didnt think I could but could he stay still without touching the ground like I was? One of his buddies laughed and said "He got you there".
When the light turned green most of them gunned it, doing wheelies and such, but a couple (including Mr "He got you there") hung back and started cruising at about 30-35 mph. This let me get up to them and they slowly brought it up to about 45 mph. At that point I blew, had to sit up, and waved them off. They gave a couple thumbs up, gunned it, and joined their buddies up the road.
cdr
bikeguy, I feel your pain. Here, I've been looking at the forecast for every day waiting for that warm front to move in. Looks like I might get it this weekend, s'pposed to get to 45 F. Hopefully the salt is off the road by then.bikeguy said:Must have been fun to draft a motorcycle right out of the blue, and you've got me too, I can't trackstand. Sometimes, I can do it for 2 seconds, but that's it. Looks like I'll be able to break out the road bike soon, it's going to get up to 3-7 C for a few days in a row soon.
-bikeguy
Thanks. After being able to ride hands free, trackstand is the next skill to learn.carpediemracing said:text based (for now) how-to:
http://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-trackstands.html
I hope to hit other skills - picking up dropped items off the ground without stopping or dismounting, bunny hops (useful ones - for potholes etc), etc.sogood said:Thanks. After being able to ride hands free, trackstand is the next skill to learn.
http://www.ehow.com/how_14109_track-stand-mountain.htmlcarpediemracing said:I hope to hit other skills - picking up dropped items off the ground without stopping or dismounting, bunny hops (useful ones - for potholes etc), etc.
I hope to have a trackstand video ready to go in the next week or so. I'll do the step by step to give some idea of what you need to do.
cdr
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