Two-wheeled Education
Alice and I went down to San Jose this weekend, for dinner with my parents and other randomness. She has to stay down there until tomorrow afternoon for a dentist appointment (sad Eug!), so we took two vehicles… I rode Rosette down, to give her a chance to stretch her legs. She was a bit upset at me for not having spent any time with her in over a month, but once she settled down she was in fine shape.
Every ride I take, I learn a lot from. Body position, foot placement, throttle control, handlebar control, lean angles, how much more the bike can do than I used to think… it’s a massive flood of information flowing into my brain with every mile I cover. I should have done this a long time ago… by “this”, I mean ridden a shit-ton of miles at a regular commuter’s pace. I realized at my second Thunderhill trackday that I’m really still just barely learning to ride a motorcycle at all, so it’s not surprising that I’m so timid and nervous on the track. I need to be able to control a bike in normal conditions before I can expect to do so under extraordinary conditions. That said, I can’t wait for the next trackday!