07-04-13, 03:51 PM
I admire packies honesty, perhaps not what you,me or anyone wants to read but still very honest & the other half of the tale none the less. :evil :evil :evil 
It's a hot topic this one and theres no doubt lots on here that can learn from it as we learn from our own & others mistakes.
Not that 2 wrongs make a right but regards the whole death thing, it is still a risk we take every day in our supposedly safe cars, bikes are deemed dangerous & yes they are less forgiving but im sure theres lots of cases where a bike has escaped from a near miss by virtue of its small size or nimble handling where a car would have crashed.Actually theres numerous thousands of folk out there driving cars every day that probably shouldnt be.Folk that would never dream of further training & arent remotely interested in skills,techniques or safety.you have completed extra training by doing your bike test which is very thorough & you've been deemed passworthy by by a biker.Granted that's only the beggining but you seem keen to progress & you at least admit failings that lots of others keep to themselves whilst pretending they know what they're doing.
If you did your test recently then you did extensive slow speed stuff,slaloms,figure of eights, the swerve test etc, you may not be as good as some seasoned bikers at cornering but you may be far better at slow speed control that they have rarely if ever formally practiced.Still all ifs buts and maybes but im keeping positive & keeping that glass half full whilst you get over the crash.
It's a hot topic this one and theres no doubt lots on here that can learn from it as we learn from our own & others mistakes.
Not that 2 wrongs make a right but regards the whole death thing, it is still a risk we take every day in our supposedly safe cars, bikes are deemed dangerous & yes they are less forgiving but im sure theres lots of cases where a bike has escaped from a near miss by virtue of its small size or nimble handling where a car would have crashed.Actually theres numerous thousands of folk out there driving cars every day that probably shouldnt be.Folk that would never dream of further training & arent remotely interested in skills,techniques or safety.you have completed extra training by doing your bike test which is very thorough & you've been deemed passworthy by by a biker.Granted that's only the beggining but you seem keen to progress & you at least admit failings that lots of others keep to themselves whilst pretending they know what they're doing.
If you did your test recently then you did extensive slow speed stuff,slaloms,figure of eights, the swerve test etc, you may not be as good as some seasoned bikers at cornering but you may be far better at slow speed control that they have rarely if ever formally practiced.Still all ifs buts and maybes but im keeping positive & keeping that glass half full whilst you get over the crash.
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike