New rider first drop

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Omar t

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It took 3 days of sanding, painting, and buffing but the bike looks pretty good. I will still need new pipes because of the scratches but that can wait. I had the bike checked out and they said the forks were okay and that it would take a lot to bend them. Thanks for all the advice. I am back in the saddle again.
 
Distrasctions are all too commonplace, like directly over the road from my local bike shop is the ladies hairdressers. FULL of hot chicks!

Imagine pulling up there on your new bike...all cool.. getting off... all cool.. and forgetting the side stand, ending up dancing like a chicken on an electrified grating trying not to drop my bike, being laughed at heartily by my mates in the bike shop AND the chicks in the hairdressers salon.... not cool.
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For me a good lesson in ignoring distractions and concentrating on the job in hand.

('Twas very funny though!)

Still, glad to see you're okay and the bike is now back in service. At least you won't have the sh1t ripped out of you each time you drive that bend, unlike me and the bike shop!

Buster
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Seems like a lot of good advise to me, and almost everyone here has more experience than me. As a new rider myself (about 8 weeks) I found that turns and cornering were much more difficult to master than I expected, especially right and left turns from a stop. The answer to me seems to be to do what I was told in training, to turn your head and look at where I want to go, which we practiced in many of the exercises. My tendency is to look down to see how I'm doing, maybe at the centerline and the edge of the road. It takes concentration.

Sorry to hear about your drop, but as my grandma used to tell me...

"cheer up, things could have been worse."

Regards,
-Mike
 
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