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Aug 31st 2020, 03:52 PM | #1 |
Aug 2020 Vancouver 2019 Suzuki SV650X | Hi there!
I'm Thomas, and I am a new rider. Recently acquired my permit and am now doing my best to get in as much seat time as possible. I ride a 2019 Suzuki SV650X, and am hoping to be able to go complete the endorsement test before the rains set in too heavy. Gotta say, after years of dreaming about riding, it feels better to actually be doing it than I anticipated -- it's almost the best kept non-secret ever. Looking forward to interacting with you all and improving! |
Aug 31st 2020, 05:24 PM | #2 |
Jan 2016 Custer, WA Suzuki 09 GSXR 1000 Suzuki 09 DRZ 400SM 1970 Yamaha 250 DT1 Enduro |
Welcome!
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Aug 31st 2020, 05:32 PM | #3 |
Feb 2016 Rent'n 2002 Honda RC51, 2005 Honda RC51 |
Welcome!
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Aug 31st 2020, 05:48 PM | #4 |
Jan 2016 Portland 2016 R1, 1999 R1 |
Welcome to the cognoscenti.
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Aug 31st 2020, 07:33 PM | #5 |
Jun 2016 Poor Tortured 2019 Nada |
Nice choice. Wecome to your addiction. Remember -it's only money.
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Aug 31st 2020, 08:32 PM | #6 | |
Jan 2016 NW Oregon | Quote:
The MSF course is great, I hope you take it. You get a card that waives the riding endorsement test if you do. The problem is you never really go fast enough on that course to learn how the bike behaves under real world conditions. Mostly you're going so slow that it's hard to understand what the instructor's talking about when they say countersteering. So when you find yourself on a big empty stretch of road, practice gently (and safely) dodging manhole covers or any other little spot you see or imagine on the road surface, using as little effort as possible. When you're riding the curves, really feel what the bike wants to do, and study how to make it do it with gentle suggestions from your whole body, rather than wrestling it into it with your straining biceps and clammy mitts. And again, have fun. |
Aug 31st 2020, 08:42 PM | #7 |
Jan 2016 Silverdale, WA 848evo, DRZ400SM, XR100 |
Welcome to pnwmoto. Be safe and enjoy the SV.
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Sep 1st 2020, 09:05 AM | #8 | |
Moderator Jan 2016 Northeast Olalla 07 Guzzi | Quote:
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Sep 1st 2020, 10:07 AM | #9 |
Jan 2016 Custer WA Aprilia Tuono 1100 and Moto Guzzi V7 III Milano | ![]() |
Sep 1st 2020, 11:38 AM | #10 |
Jan 2016 Hazel Dell, Wa Multistrada Pikes Peak, VFR800, VStrom 650, TE 610 |
Welcome Thomas!
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Sep 2nd 2020, 04:52 PM | #11 |
Jan 2019 Methow Valley ATK Rotax, Buell xb12ss, CL160 |
Welcome to the group! Congratulations on the new bike and taking steps toward a life long awesome experience. Great to see someone just getting started.
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Sep 2nd 2020, 05:50 PM | #12 |
Aug 2020 Vancouver 2019 Suzuki SV650X |
Thank you A2B! Not sure what happened, I'd posted a separate reply and it hasn't posted yet. I figure there's probably some posting limit before replies are automatically posted, and maybe a further restriction on attaching images, so it may be lost forever. Please know I'm not ignoring you all! new guy on the forum problems, ya know haha |
Sep 2nd 2020, 06:00 PM | #13 |
Aug 2020 Vancouver 2019 Suzuki SV650X |
Hey, that one went through! let's try the upload again... My brother and I took a ride up to Lacamas Lake last weekend. Fun ride with entry-level twisties. He used to be on pnwrider as dragginknees929 i believe. Received some good feedback. He was on the Harley (adjusting to a cruiser from riding streetbikes for years). Now I'm just trying to get seat time in whenever I can so I can confidently either take the endorsement test, and if that doesn't happen soon enough, i plan on taking the BRC2 course as the transition from those little 125cc bikes to riding mine has been an adjustment to say the least. The weight and balance are completely different, and I'm still struggling with slow speed maneuvers on mine. To deal with that, I am hitting the parking lot at Clark County College with cones, just in case anyone wants to swing through and join in some practice. I'm down there on Saturdays mostly in the morning before traffic gets too bad. Thank you all for the warm welcome! |
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Moderator Jan 2016 Northeast Olalla 07 Guzzi | Quote:
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Sep 3rd 2020, 12:37 PM | #15 |
Jan 2016 NW Oregon |
One weird thing I'm trying to overcome, in drive-on-the-right countries like this one, experience makes you eventually really good at slow left hand turns, but not so good at right hand ones. So practice those right-handers as long as you've got the parking lot time. I'm tempted to come join you. Despite my respectable lifetime mileage I'm still not as good as I should be at low-speed maneuvers.
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