So, how DO you control yourself?
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The new bike is great....BUT, it is soooo easy to ride fast and does, occasionally, make you flirt with the speed limit 
I won't post the speed I "noticed" on the way home last night, but it was quite frankly....silly.
So how do we all keep a level head as such, and manade to leave the speeding for the track....Or don't we?!
I won't post the speed I "noticed" on the way home last night, but it was quite frankly....silly.So how do we all keep a level head as such, and manade to leave the speeding for the track....Or don't we?!
I tend not to speed at all in restricted zones, and then use my judgement (conditions, road etc) in the NSL. I'm paranoid about every car I overtake - I assess every vehicle and look into the windows of 'suspect' cars to double-check the occupants.
I'm also wary of places that are prime camera locations - if I come to a long, open, straight I actually slow down rather than speed up!
I'm also wary of places that are prime camera locations - if I come to a long, open, straight I actually slow down rather than speed up!
Having just graduated from cars to bikes.............I would have to say I don't! It's too much fun, that's the whole point of a bike! Although having said that, as Mad Dave points out, there are places to be a lot more cautious than others, especially when there are other vehicles about.
It's very easy to see triple the NSL on most superbikes and for that reason I've been banned and seen over 9 points on my licence almost continuously for the first 15 of my 20 odd years riding 
The only way I could aways resist temptation and an imminent ban was to downsize. The TDM is still a giggle but really is no fun over 90 and I've had a clean licence for over 5 years now
If you have more self control than me just remind yourself of the consequences of losing your licence because at "silly" speeds it's an immediate ban.
The only way I could aways resist temptation and an imminent ban was to downsize. The TDM is still a giggle but really is no fun over 90 and I've had a clean licence for over 5 years now
If you have more self control than me just remind yourself of the consequences of losing your licence because at "silly" speeds it's an immediate ban.
Mad Dave said:
I tend not to speed at all in restricted zones, and then use my judgement (conditions, road etc) in the NSL. I'm paranoid about every car I overtake - I assess every vehicle and look into the windows of 'suspect' cars to double-check the occupants.
I'm also wary of places that are prime camera locations - if I come to a long, open, straight I actually slow down rather than speed up!
pretty much the same as I do.I'm also wary of places that are prime camera locations - if I come to a long, open, straight I actually slow down rather than speed up!
But open roads, I know then all our but past schools, 20, 30 zones then I keep it to the limit or there about
Edited by RemaL on Tuesday 7th August 19:46
johnfm said:
Have a night out with a transplant surgeon - this may help with level headed riding!
My girlfriend's a nurse, currently working in A&E but previously worked on the Spinal Unit. I've been out for beers with quite enough 'ex bikers'. Also, if I go out with her A&E colleagues and the conversation is running out, she just mentions that i'm a biker and suddenly the conversation takes on a very 'organ donor' kind of slant!m3psm said:
It's very easy to see triple the NSL on most superbikes...
Err, I get your point, but presume you mean double the NSL...Even tripling a single carriage way NSL is pretty much a no go for most superbikes...bar a very, very few...210 is way off. 'busa etc included. To answer the post. Not sure - saw 140 leps on the duke a few times and stray to 130 Road Angel laps in the car occasionally, but Speed triple has curtailed the ton up antics for a while for me.
I guess the answer is its, how lucky do you feel vs. it's just a matter of time
Good luck and enjoy!
Edited by virgil on Wednesday 8th August 10:54
virgil said:
m3psm said:
It's very easy to see triple the NSL on most superbikes...
Even tripling a single carriage way NSL is pretty much a no go for most superbikes...Mad Dave said:
Obviously speedos overread though...
Exactly...Don't get me wrong, I do understand big bikes are blindingly fast, but a true 180 must be pretty rare, and rarer still an empty straight enough bit of road to do it on...and then the difference between that and 210 is LOT...
Most of the Mag tests i've seen, the big bikes top out at 160-170, not hitting that magic 180...
I'm faily restrained so far, in towns and 40 limits i stick to it, but in NSL areas i'll quite happily give it some stick. My weak point is coming off roundabouts on DC, i can't help but wind the throttle open with the bike leaned over, straighten it up and accelerate hard up to around 130-140ish.
Single carriageway A and B roads, as long as it's NSL i'll go at a speed that i feel comfortable, however i try to avoid dodgey overtakes and scaring car drivers
Single carriageway A and B roads, as long as it's NSL i'll go at a speed that i feel comfortable, however i try to avoid dodgey overtakes and scaring car drivers
Chilli said:
The new bike is great....BUT, it is soooo easy to ride fast and does, occasionally, make you flirt with the speed limit I won't post the speed I "noticed" on the way home last night, but it was quite frankly....silly.
So how do we all keep a level head as such, and manade to leave the speeding for the track....Or don't we?!
My license is important to me thats what I keep telling myself. Doesn't always work though lol I won't post the speed I "noticed" on the way home last night, but it was quite frankly....silly.So how do we all keep a level head as such, and manade to leave the speeding for the track....Or don't we?!
To be honest since moving to London 7 years ago I don't do many miles in a year any more be it bike (was averaging 6k commuting miles per year in London only) or sometimes car - if I did more miles I'm sure I wouldn't have a clean license.
Being caught at double the speed limit in June 2000 in the limehouse link tunnel and only being given a fixed penalty by the bike cop was more than a wake up call!! The cameras in there now mean I'm always sensible through the same tunnel.
Edited by sjtscott on Wednesday 8th August 15:29
virgil said:
Mad Dave said:
Obviously speedos overread though...
Exactly...Don't get me wrong, I do understand big bikes are blindingly fast, but a true 180 must be pretty rare, and rarer still an empty straight enough bit of road to do it on...and then the difference between that and 210 is LOT...
Most of the Mag tests i've seen, the big bikes top out at 160-170, not hitting that magic 180...
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