How to regain riding confidence

[Kham]

IMO, you can follow someone that takes the appropriate lines but you should always make sure you keep to your own comfortable pace. I got myself in trouble in my first full year of riding where I was following a group of guys and I decided to try to keep up with them...bad, bad decision. Hit a curb on a 90 degree turn and high sided into a metal barrier. Fractured my collar bone and got really banged up on my left hip area (where I hit the barrier). I am lucky I got out with just the injuries I had.

i was not talking about newbie. Chuck knows how to ride well.

[The Snowman]

i was not talking about newbie. Chuck knows how to ride well.

well, I know how to ride.

Thanks again everyone for their comments. I guess the only thing is time.

Whether I ever get used to the 1000 remains to be seen.

[FireboltEric_MA]

I'd step back and re-evaluate the whole situation. Maybe get back to the basic's and work from there. I know you "think" you know how to ride, we all like to "think" we do. But in reality we all could use alot more training in this area.

Take an ARC class and get fine tuned with throttle control, body position, etc..etc... I took it and found it gave me more confidence in my riding abilities on track & street. They really pinpointed my little quirky habits I had and I was able to work on this while street riding.

If you can not get back in the groove it may be time to hang it up on the street, your not doing yourself any good if you cant get that "edge" back and may become a danger to others in any random situation.

Just my .109287312312733 for ya to think about.

Good Luck w/ this...

[hqp921]

I am ready to log in a lot more miles as this Ape is far more comfy than the RC51! LEts Go!!!

And the Ape looks nice too!

If you can not get back in the groove it may be time to hang it up on the street, your not doing yourself any good if you cant get that "edge" back and may become a danger to others in any random situation.

Just my .109287312312733 for ya to think about.

Good Luck w/ this...

I think secretly, Eric just wants you to sell him your CBR, Chuck... I think he's sick of only having one bike for both track and street...

- HP

[UngaWunga]

I was thinking about this myself during our ride yesterday. What I realized though is this:

Is going that extra 5-15mph through a turn going to greatly increase my enjoyment of the ride? I thought about it for a while and decided that it wouldn't. There is a lot more risk involved with riding at the upper threshold of your abilities on the street, and for me the added risk isn't going to increase the enjoyment enough to justify it.

Bingo. A 1000R is a little silly for the street. Especially in NE, where most fun roads have driveways on them.

I got out of sportbikes a while back, bought a KTM 950 Adv. Stupid fun bike, around 100hp. More than enough power, and has enough suspension travel to go anywhere. It will drag pegs if I want it to, but I have more fun just plunking around, exploring dirt roads and trails as I come across them.

When I had sportbikes, I was always trying to take corners faster and faster. Now, I really don't give a crap, and I'm having more fun.

I was run over on the track a few years back, and it has taken a while to get back up to speed there. Time & practice.

[butcher bergs]

I guess the only thing is time.

"Forgetting about it and moving on" is the answer. I promise you.

[Stromper]

My plan I am working

Sold gixer 1 K replaced with Vstrom and stick alot to 3rd rate unnumbered 2 lane roads

The Gixer was always a comitment as it leaped from turn to turn... never could relax

Lastly I used to get a PANIC ATTACK once a year and after a while just said

OOOpps there it is then got over it.