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Seafoam or similar inhibitors for the fuel tank. Even as much as they would like to claim most gas has trace water in it. You probly want to put something like seafoam in it to dry out that water and also gives the inside a small thin coat of lube to keep things from rust. Cold or warm I would still treat the storage the same. The temperature is only different for you , the bike really doesn’t care. Until you start it :^) .

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Let me guess … GPS units are ok

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I need to find headphones/ speakers that have a bit more mid and low range that is audible…the standard i-pod ear buds are all high pitch and it kills my ears. Distracting? Can’t hear whats going on around ya……..I guess for those lucky enough to live near a main town where 35-45 mph is most of their drive…All of my traveling is on highway and at 75mph if you waiting to hear a car… too late. You need to use your eyes more then your ears. A 75 mph wind and rate of speed makes highway sound not close to your head almost non existent anyway.
Having a Jeep if you’ve driven at highway speed with the top down you know exactly what I mean.

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One smooth motion…. clutch and shift, release clutch in smooth release. In the course the confinement almost forces you to want to “pop” the clutch…. don’t force it if you don’t have to you got plenty of time. The speed will stay mostly consistent. May drop a mile or two per hour but thats just cause for the brief moment you took the constant power to the wheel, after the clutch is let back out you re engage the engine to the drive train and mosey on.
Good practice while not on the bike… Do the “claw”
Hold your clutch hand out and for a 5 second count squeeze in and 5 second count release.. helps tune you a bit to slow motion. At speed (highway speed) I roll off the throttle for that brief moment during shifting. Think I developed that habit before MSF and I was doing it in class to. We had the Buell Blasts…. the clutches were crap come to think of it and you almost had to to let the gears get “in time with each other” to be able to lock in.

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Relaxing and BS’ing with your buddy beside ya whilst both your bikes are warming up.

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

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Slow your mind down and relax ….. Ride your own ride… If he corrects something your doing ..make a note, try it out to your best ability, it don’t work….keep in mind that you are learning and it will be something to practice after passing the test. Most of all relax… you did great before the fall…. Now its time to live up to a line thats become cliche : “cowgirl up!”. You know what you need to do , you were already doing it before… only thing that changed is the added stress your putting on yourself. Focus on the ride in the ride… focus on the instructors after the ride when you have to stop to get your suggestions and when/if they lay the course out each time for the excersize.

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Shame it happened to your newest member. I know about those close cliff calls…though I was in my jeep…. definitely had to peel me off the seat .

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If your referring to 610…. your a brave soul Sangria…. I hated it even in my car. I was coming from Pasadena to the Humble area…. brief enough on 610 but more then enough to know I wouldn’t do it on a bike.

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Hmm really would hate to see the edit history on this post. I think this has got to be your best spelled and possibly even a tad more into the realm of thought out and “speech like” that I have seen from ya yet!. Sure you didn’t go to the local political office and borrow the speech writer? … all in gest.. .have to pick on ya …well didn’t HAVE to …. just felt an urge to …..lol.

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

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

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Here in NC you don’t need experience or permit for MSF. To get permit and endorsement you HAVE to take the written, MSF cert or not. Get the cert. and you get your endorsement, it only by passes the riding test.
I am not sure on various locations but in my MSF course our instructors had us in the “text” part of the class go through and do the “claw procedure” for a couple of minutes. Meaning hold your hand out like your gripping the clutch and slowly let your fingers un curl in a drawn out 5 count. It kind of conditions your mind to slowly releasing in small movements before you get on the bike.
This is a great illustration for many because usually with friends and their riding tales the simulated movements are always over exaggerated, but thats all some have to go by.

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Lots of rain riding here for me. For one… in my experiences thus far, its harder for a bike to hydroplane that it is for a car. I would not have recommended you to continue riding if you couldn’t see through your visor. I have a chemical call AquaPel on my visor which is basically Rain-x on steroids. That would of, should of been the time you pulled over to a gas station/store stc. and called a buddy to come get you. I have waited at convenience stores before in excess of 45 mins. waiting for the hard rain to stop. Lets face it, I have no windshield and even though my visor clean really well with the AquaPel….. Nickel sized rain drops at 60 mph it like having your kids throw rocks at ya.
The contact patch on motorcycles are so narrow to begin with, you generally still have 80% traction on wet roads (provided you waited the initial 10 minutes and stay left of center). Giving the “watershed” most (underline that ) MOST highways are graded with a slight dive from center to the right. This lets the excess water get off the road way and yup it carries the oils with it to. You are correct in trying to ride in the left track of the car ahead. That gets you into position for both being in the high side of the water shed and also increasing that 80% traction. Hydroplaning is lower of a concern for me then that “Puddle” you just didn’t see. 3 inches of water and even 35 mph tends to have the effect of a horse suddenly stopping on you. Leaves ya grabbing for handlebars on your way over.
Mind you I am speaking from riding in NC. Here you really have to have more concern for the cagers around you then you do your own hydroplaning chances, but all factors need to be at forefront of your mind. Multitasking at its best.
Suggestions. get that Rain-x, AguaPel on your windshield and your visor(s), if you can’t find either…oddly enough cut a potato in half and rub, then buff ( did I mention I was country?). Keep a phone with you if possible so if that downpour does start and does not seem to go away you can call a friend to come get you at anytime it becomes a “puckered” situation. NEVER , EVER ride in lightning. Yes your tires are rubber, but you have way more metal on the bike and it is nothing for the power of a lightning bolt to be able to jump the less then 6 inches of rubber to get to the ground. I know here recently I have read even 2 articles where motorcyclists were struck. Don’t be a moving target.

Ok …I am done…I think

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