[Candice]

On my way to work this morning I took a right hand turn that was WAY WIDE. I went a little into the oncoming lane which was a left turn lane and there was a car coming. He honked at me. I think that I saw the car and focused on it instead of looking through my turn. Rookies – DON’T DO THAT! I feel so dumb now, my head is hanging in shame and embarrasment. Ok, it’s not that bad but I still feel dumb and I won’t do that again! Definitely scared myself.

[bob250]

Better to hang head in shame than on hood of car – Ancient Chinese Proverb

[Jim]

You learned from it, that is the important part.

[Loki]

Glad your OK. ive made similar mistakes. Like looking to far down the turn and then going where i dont want to go… like the white right line on a right hand turn doing 60.

[Zantosh]

Got my bike – took a left turn, fixated on the kerb coz I didn’t want to hit it – bike went for kerb – I hit brake, bike laid down, I got a bunch of road rash on my knees and elbows. Fortunately it was at 10 mph and there wasn’t any damage to the bike, and only a few scratches to me.

I tell you one thing – I’ve learned to trust my bike – it can lean up to 50 degrees before falling – which is, as I visualize it, how low you’d have to lean at about 150 mph on a racetrack. So I wouldn’t even need to lean 10 degrees to turn successfully, so I now ride with a lot more trust that so long as I lean enough, my bike will turn and I shouldn’t hit the brakes. Rather, I gear down ahead of time, slow down, and look into my turn.

[Munch]

Slow …Look ….Press,,,and Roll…..
Basic MSF… can’t be said enough.

Yesterday is a memory, tomorrow is a prediction, but today…… is a Bi**h

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