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[Frosties]

Glad to hear the confidence is back fella, nice one  :thumbup

[wickedmonkey]

Rode the same ride yesterday in overcast daylight to see a friend. Had a great ride. Helps if you can see where you're going!


Someone mentioned target fixation. I think that is exactly what was happening.


Thanks for all the comments guys.

[Buzz]

Always remember to grip the tank with your knees!


I used to grip the bars really hard when I started as I wanted to feel more connected to the bike, this ended up killing my shoulders and hurting my wrists.  After watching "Twist of the wrist" and reading some of the stuff in the Downloads section it turns out that gripping the tank with your knees on the twisties really makes a difference, itmeans you can concentrate on dipping your shoulder into the corner and countersteeing through with almost no pressure on the bars.  It also helped to put the ball of my foot on the pegs rather than the middle...as I do with normal straight riding.

[wickedmonkey]

Always remember to grip the tank with your knees!


I used to grip the bars really hard when I started as I wanted to feel more connected to the bike, this ended up killing my shoulders and hurting my wrists.  After watching "Twist of the wrist" and reading some of the stuff in the Downloads section it turns out that gripping the tank with your knees on the twisties really makes a difference, itmeans you can concentrate on dipping your shoulder into the corner and countersteeing through with almost no pressure on the bars.  It also helped to put the ball of my foot on the pegs rather than the middle...as I do with normal straight riding.

Thanks. I'll give it a go. Maybe I'll re-watch TOTW2 as well.