flo, try to get a feel of the biting point of the bike before
you move off. i always play with the clutch when the bike is
stationary, or when i'm waiting. use your left leg and wheel the
bike back a bit (check behind first hor...), then release clutch
slowly and throttle up a wee bit until the bike starts moving
forward, then clutch in when you want to stop (or brake lar). kinda
cures boredom when the road is damn busy (esp when you're at the
stopline), and most importantly you get more or less an idea of
where the biting point is.
or another thing to do is when you're following those [email protected]#$!# slow
drivers, who move off bit by bit, and drive damn slowly one. for us
it's damn siong cos of the blind spot checking. stop, check, ride
1m, and repeating the whole process is damn sian. when following
them, don't stop completely, kick down to gear one and try to keep
the bike moving by half clutching. train your slow riding, good
practice for plank... eh but keep the brakes ready just in case...
to control the "wild horse" that your bike has become, clutching
simply becomes more important. the power may be great, but you can
affect how much of it gets transmitted to the wheels by controlling
your clutch. likewise the clutching technique is important on the
narrow plank. (half-clutching too much wears out the clutch-plates,
but it's not your bike mar.. )
got new bikes good already lar... the bike i used today got spoilt
tachometer. my friend took TP on a bike with no speedo, but in the
end passed. hahaha... BBDC must have changed the whole fleet of
class 2B bikes right? cos at SSDC, the newest bikes are only given
to those taking evaluations or road lessons. haiz.. explains my
spoilt tacho today. which subj are you at now?
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rock hard... ride free...
[This message has been edited by l3stat (edited 01 February
2002).]
