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Took a ride around the city the other day literally 1 week after taking my MSF with very little experience and had one of those retrospectively pants-making GBS threads moments. Coming down a hill doing around 70 kph, I notice a green light ahead thats just changed to amber. 1st mistake: I could, and should, have run it because I would have easily made the red. Instead, I decided to be a RESPONSABLE AND COURTEOUS SHARER OF THE ROAD and stop. Riding a KLX250SF I have become used to a really good rear brake and with hindsight rely on it far too much; I lock the rear immediately even before I have time to apply front, stop thinking and go into tunnel vision mode. Release rear brake, reapply then grab a handful of front. Now I pull a mean stoppie that prob got me at least 6" of rear elevation before coming to rest 3' into the intersection with a good 15' skid behind me and slightly cocked to the left. Immediately afterwards I really didn't feel that scared, and it was only when my riding partner came up and scolded me and I was lying in bed later that night that I realised just how bad of a mistake it was. Not shockey, just completely unawares of the gravity of the mistake I had made and just how poorly it could have gone had the intersection not been clear. I have so much to learn and so many things to remember and I honestly wonder sometimes how I am ever going to remember everything  EDIT: I should add, however, that I was not totally hopeless. I did immediately clutch in, throttle off completely and tap down to 1st. So there's some silver lining, I suppose.... Ghostpilots fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Aug 28, 2010 |
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