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Now get yourself on over to svrider.com and REALLY drink the Kool-Aid!
briderdtParticipantThe jacket looks great. Personally, I’d get either red or yellow, but you know you’ve gotta match the bike. ;^)
As for the helmet… You couldn’t pay me to wear it. Nothing against the people who choose to ride with half- or 3/4-helmets, but I go full-face. Check the Hurt Report findings on helmet impacts, and you’ll be a believer too. Some 70% (just going off the top of my head — it’s been a while since I’ve looked) of helmet impacts are on the chin bar. To me, it’s just not worth risking.
briderdtParticipant…is your willingness to walk away.
briderdtParticipantAnything over 80, and I was in mesh. Yeah, it was an unusually warm season in Seattle, but I loved every day of it. Even the 109* day where it was cooler sitting at the stoplights than moving at 45…
briderdtParticipantWhen you remove a bolt, grease it before putting it back in.
The forces to move a dry bolt are a lot higher than a greased one, and even though it may seem like the proper torque, what you’re feeling is the dry static friction. That grease won’t make the bolt loosen under use — that’s why there are torque values to begin with.
May 1, 2010 at 3:43 pm in reply to: How soon after getting your first bike did you go out on the freeway? #26089briderdtParticipantI think it was about 4 months or so after I’d completed the MSF Basic course, I’d had my bike for… 6 months. I slowly built up to roads with faster speed limits, and eventually got on the slab.
I’ll tell you though, it was a nerve-wracking experience, and I had to force myself to relax.
April 28, 2010 at 3:59 pm in reply to: New Female Rider….any Suggestions, Experiences or Words of Advice? #26027briderdtParticipant…but I can relate to the head games.
Back in ’91, I was just starting bike (bicycle) racing. I’d had one season with a few races, got to where I could hang with the pack, and was looking forward to the coming season. Took a tri to Moab with a friend, and we decided to return early and catch a mountain bike race in our locale. It started on a rubberized running track, and it was a mass sprint to the single track. One rider bumped my right side, and then another scraped by on my left, taking my bars with him. Crashed hard, shattering my collar bone, cracking my helmet (which I didn’t discover until 3 days later), and ending my season before it even began.
The next year, I found myself freaking out every time I had riders on both sides of me. I’d hang towards the back (bad placement in bike racing) or at the side, and if the pack swarmed around me at all, I’d just lose strength, and even though I was still riding hard, I’d find myself at the back quickly.
Took me a good three years to completely get over that feeling. Part of it was getting around a group that I trusted again (my team mates and people I raced with ALL the time), and part of it was making more GOOD memories and mental images to overwhelm the one bad experience.
For you, the best thing is that you KNOW what you did, what caused the mishap, and how to correct it. But there’s no way you can NOT think about something. Just try it.
I DARE you NOT to think about a pink elephant. Whatever you do, do NOT think about a pink elephant! NO! I said NO pink elephants!
See how that works? So concentrate on what you know to do, positive self talk (don’t tell yourself to NOT do something, tell yourself to DO the right things), relax a bit, and you’ll be fine.
April 27, 2010 at 8:31 pm in reply to: What would you have done differently buying gear in the beginning? #26003briderdtParticipant…but I used to repair my running shoes with dental floss.
briderdtParticipantI recommend Rigg’s Wear by Wrangler. Go to denimexpress.com and take a look. I wear the Ranger pants (cordura, double front, cargo pockets) and just went 2″ longer on the inseam, and they work great. I have knee/shin guards that I wear underneath as well. These come in waist sizes up to 44″ and they’re only $33 on that site.
I also have some Utility jeans (also Rigg’s Wear) which work great. Heavy denim, double front layer. $27.
Unlike the Carhartt’s, these don’t have the rivets to scratch up your tank paint.
briderdtParticipantYou were running counter-clockwise then? Yeah, I’ve run off there on my bicycle a couple times getting squeezed out of the pack. It’s been a couple years since I was out there, so I haven’t seen the gravel traps.
Glad you came out okay, and with nothing more than lessons learned.
briderdtParticipantGeez, where’s my brain!?!? Yes, just wearing bike shorts under whatever jeans/pants/leathers you’re wearing will go a long way. And yes, those bike shorts are made to NOT wear anything under them.
briderdtParticipantI have tracked every fill-up and the mileage at each one, and in over 6000 miles, I have averaged almost 58 mpg. Lowest on any tank was the high 40’s, and highest was 63. That’s a lot of mixed riding – city, country, highway, and a little bit of “canyon carving” (such as I do it). I’m no speed demon, but I’m not a total softie on the throttle either.
briderdtParticipantI had the same issue on my SV650s. Had a GREAT view of my shoulders. Behind me? Not so much. I bought a set of the $15 eBay mirrors, installed them (in addition to the stock fairing-mounted mirrors), and liked them so much I took the stock ones off within a week. You can get little block-off plates to cover over the place where the fairing-mounted mirrors were.
As for the seat — no idea. I’m modding one for my girlfriend’s SV (so she can flat-foot it), but other than that, I have no experience. You could ask on the ninja25.org forum if people have had luck with Corbin or great-day-to-ride seats.
briderdtParticipantI know of people on the SVRider board who have fabbed up different sub-frames so that they could put on things like a Ducati Monster tail, and I’d imagine something similar could be done with your GS500. You might be able to take the sub-frame and seats from an R6 and attach them, but that might require some welding on the main frame for attach points. Not saying it’s impossible, but it’d be some really custom work that would definitely affect the resale of the bike.
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