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How to improve your riding...Most important riding skill?

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:28 pm
by Misti
What do you guys think is the most important skill for improving your overall riding? Is it vision, throttle control, braking, body position? Can you break it down to one technique or skill that would create the most change in your riding? Thoughts?

Re: How to improve your riding...Most important riding skill?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:04 am
by Sanqhar
Confidence.

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Re: How to improve your riding...Most important riding skill?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:55 am
by mechanic
Being at one with the bike.

Re: How to improve your riding...Most important riding skill?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:37 am
by Richard Simpson Mark II
After over 4 decades of riding, I'd say the most important skill is not falling off.

It's one I still hope to master!

(although on my 950 I always opt to let the thing fall gently, rather then fight it and have it win!)

Re: How to improve your riding...Most important riding skill?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:03 pm
by Yoyo
Improve your observations.

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Re: How to improve your riding...Most important riding skill?

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:03 pm
by Chunkychops
A willingness to learn and practice

Re: How to improve your riding...Most important riding skill?

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:07 pm
by Asgard
Avoiding getting deaded by some prat in a range rover doing 50 on the school run whilst texting her bestie

Re: How to improve your riding...Most important riding skill?

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:18 pm
by Billy Bananahead
Answering the controller via the walkie talkie to pick up yet another EC4 while negotiating West End traffic with 7 jobs on board and altering route mid course while doing a U-ey on Regent Street.
Well it was my most important riding skill. :lol:

Re: How to improve your riding...Most important riding skill?

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2020 5:31 am
by bardley
Misti wrote:What do you guys think is the most important skill for improving your overall riding? Is it vision, throttle control, braking, body position? Can you break it down to one technique or skill that would create the most change in your riding? Thoughts?
There's not just one that is a fix all, but I'm a firm believer in
Planning..
Try a ride, just a usual trip like to work, without stopping or putting a foot down.
Pre emptive hazard perception are key.

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Re: How to improve your riding...Most important riding skill?

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2020 5:33 am
by bardley
Billy Bananahead wrote:Answering the controller via the walkie talkie to pick up yet another EC4 while negotiating West End traffic with 7 jobs on board and altering route mid course while doing a U-ey on Regent Street.
Well it was my most important riding skill. Image
Yes!! I can relate to that..rode in London for 25yrs..

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