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This was wierd!
I left my house Sat morning to meet up with one of my ridin partners to hit the slab for about 120 miles to get to the sweet twistees. The sweet twistees was in W. Va on rt W.33. Been there several times, love the curves. And I travel with fast company(they are faster than me, way faster)
Anyway, today I tried some new moves in an effort move up my skill level. The moves consist of throttle control, (getting on throttle quickly) the position of my body,(hang off more), and trying to put my weight on the outside peg.
Let me tell ya, after hitting about 6 or 7 curves, fear crept in. I was scared. I am a timid SOB, but I don't get scared doing twistees riding at my pace. This has always been a fun thing. But, today I was scared, and didn't know how to handled it, so I told my buddies that was it for me for today. I quit hitting the twistees. I sat it out, took pictures, and headed home.
Later on, after I got home, I figured out why I was got scared. I was out of my safe area in trying those new moves. Also, I was trying them on super technical curves. My brain was trying to tell me that what I was doing was wrong, and I stood a good chance of crashing. My brain made me scared, and I never rode scared, so that made me quit.
Hoping that bit will save some riders who fall into that same pitfall. Nothing wrong with trying to improve, but it seem I was going about it the wrong way, and I was totally unsafe. I didn't see it, but my 6th sense, or my guardian angel saw it, and made me scared. Going to take a break, and come back...
ceh
I left my house Sat morning to meet up with one of my ridin partners to hit the slab for about 120 miles to get to the sweet twistees. The sweet twistees was in W. Va on rt W.33. Been there several times, love the curves. And I travel with fast company(they are faster than me, way faster)
Anyway, today I tried some new moves in an effort move up my skill level. The moves consist of throttle control, (getting on throttle quickly) the position of my body,(hang off more), and trying to put my weight on the outside peg.
Let me tell ya, after hitting about 6 or 7 curves, fear crept in. I was scared. I am a timid SOB, but I don't get scared doing twistees riding at my pace. This has always been a fun thing. But, today I was scared, and didn't know how to handled it, so I told my buddies that was it for me for today. I quit hitting the twistees. I sat it out, took pictures, and headed home.
Later on, after I got home, I figured out why I was got scared. I was out of my safe area in trying those new moves. Also, I was trying them on super technical curves. My brain was trying to tell me that what I was doing was wrong, and I stood a good chance of crashing. My brain made me scared, and I never rode scared, so that made me quit.
Hoping that bit will save some riders who fall into that same pitfall. Nothing wrong with trying to improve, but it seem I was going about it the wrong way, and I was totally unsafe. I didn't see it, but my 6th sense, or my guardian angel saw it, and made me scared. Going to take a break, and come back...
ceh