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You're not doing it fast enough...

Feanor

Feanor

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Dublin
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2008 ZX-10R, 2004 KDX-220R
Name
David
Well, Jocelyn and I hit Mines and Del Puerto Canyon road this weekend and even ate at the Junction restaurant for the first time.

Her finger has been bothering her alot less in the last week and so she wanted to give a nice "slow" twisty ride a chance to see how it would effect her hand.

After turning onto Mines from Tesla road everything was going smoothly with me leading out at a very relaxed and sedate pace...

I look constantly in my mirrors and watch as she rode along in my wake, looking very confident and smooth.

...at about mile mark 15 or so a few bikes pass us on the left. I count them as they pass, and am shocked as I see Jocelyn rip by me in tow with the other riders.

At this point I accelerate and have to follow, watching as she hit each corner shifting left and right in the seat, hitting the apexes late like the riders in front of her and accelerating hard out of each turn.

The pace was high enough and the road twisty enough that I couldn't get around her to slow her down, and my own slowing till I was almost out of sight behind her did NOT register as a signal for her to slow.

Finally, we hit a straight section and rolled on hard to move in front of her, waving my left arm for her to slow down.

She finally took the direction and dropped into line behind me for the several more miles to the junction cafe...

"That was fun!"

"What the Hell was that all about?"

"what?"

"You haven't been here enough times to ride like that, can you keep the speed down a little, especially on Del Puerto, there's bound to be gravel and rocks in the corners"

the whole time we were walking from where we parked the bikes toward the restaurant. I have to admit I was rather irritated with her at the time. And worried...

"I was just following the other people, doing what they did"

"You don't follow other people, you do what I do, for now"

"But whatever you're doing, you don't do it fast enough!"

*sigh*

Stefan
 
My ex-wife said that once and left me for an 18 year old college student :(
 
If she is comfortable enough to keep pace why not join the fun? (assuming you can :twofinger )

I don't know you or her so this is just my opinion without further knowledge. And we all know what opinions are like:teeth
 
Somehow I knew there would be some snappy comeback posts to the original. :rofl

I don't know what her skill or experience level is, but as long as she's confident but not over confident, is riding her own ride and not getting sucked in by faster riders, and is aware of the potential hazards, then good on her. I have a friend who some years back got his wife to take the MSF course. She got her own bike and started riding. Now they ride together, he on his ST, she on her VFR equiped with a lowered seat and Cobin's Beetle bags. The tread on her tires is gone on the sides, long before it's gone in the middle. And they ride all across the US. 'Wish my wife had the inclination, the talent, and the skill. Oh well.
 
^ noob :) She's the wife.
If J feels confident going faster, I think you should let her ride at her own pace. She'll scare herself eventually and adjust her riding accordingly.
 
maybe you really are going a little too slow.. let her lead a little and guage her new ability.

see your concern as well.. she may be blindly putting her faith in the lead riders without knowing if they have squidingly exceeded the capacity of their abilities and vehicles given conditional variables. noob clusterfucks!
 
ntula said:
maybe you really are going a little too slow.. let her lead a little and guage her new ability.

see your concern as well.. she may be blindly putting her faith in the lead riders without knowing if they have squidingly exceeded the capacity of their abilities and vehicles given conditional variables. noob clusterfucks!
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I agree with both points. I've seen plenty of crashes involving folks trying to keep up with those faster then themselves and getting in over their heads. At the same time sometimes you've just got to let them set their own pace.
 
uhm

let her have fun, you aren't her mom.... or dad....
 
The French have a word for when your wife shows you up, but they won't translate it into German.
 
Fine example of group temptations. How one minute you'll be riding at your own pace then a group happens by. Next thing you know your possessed and riding within the group. Also happens when you catch up to a slower group of riders.

It's fun most times. Sometimes the group can haul arse. Becoming a challenge to your skills to keep up. Sometimes no problem keeping up but your not in the mood to get a ticket today. What to do ? It's hard to break off.
 
I took "Sheila" for a 2up ride circa' 1983. We went over to 35 and 84. I was following another buddy and was taking it easy for Sheila. She told me to get after it, so I did. We kept a brisk pace through the hills and she was fine with it. We then went back across the San Mateo Bridge. Now mind you my '82 Seca 750 would get speed wobbles at around 100 mph. It was a natural governor that kept me in check. Well that day my buddy took off and rolled up to about 105. I rolled on fully expecting the impending wobble to slow me back down. The wobble never showed so I tapped out the bike around 125ish. Those speedometers only went up to 85 and that went away a long time ago. We pulled over a few miles later and Sheila was noticeably shaking. She said she wasn't scared and it was OK. Sheila lived next door and left that night never to be seen again. I think she got more than she asked for.:teeth
 
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