psycojester
9/3/2007 7:07:08 PM
So for the past couple of weekends my buddys and i have been riding from saturday till sunday night roughly 700 miles for the 2 days, Anyways today while i was in the back of the pack and the other guys were in 6th gear readline down a backroad i had some time to think.
They have been dusting me in the twisties and i just let them no point of pushing my self to fast and making a mistake, But if im in the lead which is very little there is a nice gap from me and the other guys behind and i can hold my own.
Well yesterday we had maybe 10 people i was in back and i must have been 3-4 min behind the second to last person, 3 guys come flying up on me and i just let them past they must have been going 120-140 around these curves which i take at the most 60 and these were blind curves.
Well last year with my f3 i would have been dusting these guys before i crashed i would have dusted these guys also but ever since i crashed i have not been able to get my confidence back up to were they should be, Dont get me wrong i would love to hit some twisties in the front of the pack and have everyone think wow he's good. When i start to hit them real good i start not really freaking out but kinda thinking im pushing my self to far to fast so i start to slow down and go real slow.
So i guess my question is how do i build my confidence back up ?
These are backroads im talking about, when i started to get my confidence back up i read a article online saying that a kid on a minnesota backround hit a corner to fast drifted in the other lane and hit a car head on died on scene the guy behind him hit the guys bike and lost control and also crashed and this has also been on my mind, I don't want something like this to happen either.
Any ideas on what i should do?
Sorry about the punctuation stuff i faild english class.
jaynd
9/3/2007 7:21:56 PM
best advice.........keep doing what you are doing. if reading things like that article and recalling you're accident to where you dont feel confident, then do not push it. im sure it will come back to you just as it came to you when you began riding you're first sportbike.
i'd just take it easy just like you are until you dont have to ask "us" that question, and you KNOW you feel confident in what you are doing.
be safe, have fun!
city worker
9/3/2007 7:22:52 PM
I'm not sure its a confidence thing, what you had when you crashed was a dose of reality, me thinks your subconcience is telling you its time to SLOW down a bit
any ways thats my 2cents
120-140 around blind curves? Not happening.
meanstrk
9/3/2007 8:43:52 PM
quote:
Dont get me wrong i would love to hit some twisties in the front of the pack and have everyone think wow he's good.
First thing I can think of is: "Who gives a shit WHAT they think?". It's YOUR ass on YOUR bike. Ride it like YOU want to ride it.
If you are looking to gain confidence in a quick way, then go to a track school or at least just do a track day. That gives you a controlled environment in which to practice your skills in a repetative course. This will allow you to build on the bike AND you.
Leave the ego at home bro. It's the first thing to get you in trouble when running with a pack.
psycojester
9/3/2007 8:54:28 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: TheX
120-140 around blind curves? Not happening.
O yea not me either not any time soon on a backroad.
It kinda piss's a person off when your trying to enjoy a ride and people just comes flying up on ya.
Thanks for the imput guys.
HAVOC
9/3/2007 9:04:40 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: psycojester
quote:
ORIGINAL: TheX
120-140 around blind curves? Not happening.
O yea not me either not any time soon on a backroad.
It kinda piss's a person off when your trying to enjoy a ride and people just comes flying up on ya.
Thanks for the imput guys.
eh psyco i think X was refering to the fact that he believes they weren't hitting 120-140 mph around a blind curve ... i could be wrong
Hayden06F4i
9/4/2007 8:16:40 AM
sounds to me like you are riding with the wrong people, start riding with sane ones, and then you wont feel so out of place. sounds like you are comfortable with riding "spirited" but not "squidly" which is the way it should be anyway.
kinkead26
9/4/2007 9:14:29 AM
The 3 guys that came behind you were not in your group the way I read it, correct? Do what is comfortable for you. If the group you ride with is ok waiting for you to catch up or ok following you at your pace then great. If not, then I would not ride with them.
BlindinOrange
9/4/2007 10:36:08 AM
hey I know that feeling.... some people get over stuff like this faster than others.... I had an accident where the guy in front of me got killed...
that was New Years Eve of 05... left our meeting place at 9am he was gone by 9:30am.... I still suffer a little due to it... my chicken strips are more like chicken breasts.... riding using a lot of mental ability.. and In my opinion its best not to push it. give it time it'll come back.... if it was not for other incidents I would had recovered a bit faster I think but I quit riding hard all together.
TheX
9/4/2007 10:40:50 AM
quote:
ORIGINAL: kinkead26
Do what is comfortable for you. If the group you ride with is ok waiting for you to catch up or ok following you at your pace then great. If not, then I would not ride with them.
Fantastic post! Words of widsom.
fishfryer527
9/4/2007 1:14:00 PM
quote:
Well last year with my f3 i would have been dusting these guys before i crashed
quote:
I'm not sure its a confidence thing, what you had when you crashed was a dose of reality, me thinks your subconcience is telling you its time to SLOW down a bit any ways thats my 2cents
Well psychoj, simply put you rode faster than your abilities and you crashed. You want to ride faster than your abilities and you will crash again. Maybe you have to be realistic and say to yourself, 'I ain't the best rider in my group' and maybe you won't crash.
Next to most guys I ride with, I am the slowest. But my girlfriend is twis as F**king HOT as theirs and I own the biggest house so I don't worry about, besides, they have to wait for me at the end of the road anyway.
Put your ego away and enjoy the ride, if you want to go faster, go for some training.
AudiCBR
9/4/2007 1:45:01 PM
dude i've wrecked twice in the last 8 weeks...both low sides...just examine what you did wrong and plug away....i knee down about daily still and just pray heavily lol. f it man just ride
sixhundredrr
9/4/2007 1:50:38 PM
First things first.... don't go faster. I agree with the "spirited" and "squidly" analysis. If you're out riding, your intention is to come home safe and without a broken bike. I do spirited riding but it is comfortable for me and I don't pass 5 over. Staying within the law is an important part of any ride because you do not want to ruin your ride with a ticket. Your confidence should only return on a track. You had a reality check and you have obviously developed an appropriate fear from it. Be safe and ride at your own pace!
psycojester
9/4/2007 4:59:54 PM
Thanks for the words guys means alot.
