dsanchez222
New Member
Let me start by saying I've yet to take the MSF course but have my application in to take the advanced course in November. Even though I don't have any training yet I still try to apply all of the things I learn through everyone on the forum. While I'm riding I always ride with the attitude of being able to ride again the next day. So here's what happened:
On my way home from work I bumped into a guy that lives around me who also has a bike. We decided to go for a ride. This is now the third time I've gone riding with him since I've had my bike for 2 weeks. He was riding a Honda Nighthawk 750, me on my FZ6R. Let's just say the way he rides is very sketchy. He is very aggressive while riding. He will pass people on the shoulder and other stupid stuff like that.
One of the things I learned from everyone here is to always ride the pace you fell you can safely handle. This is something he didn't do on the road we were running. I've traveled the road about 20 times or so now and am fairly familiar with it. It was his first time on it. I took the first turn at my normal speed. Approx 45mph. He did the same. Next turn is a short uturn. I started on the outside and started to cut to the inside line and he comes racing through the inside, in the other lane, passing me on a curve he doesn't know. I just let him keep going. He slowed down and let me take the lead again. He took a wrong turn and tried to catch up to me. I had just gone through the last turn, a sharp 90 degree turn at 35mph. When I looked in my mirror after exiting the turn all I saw was him going from left to right off the road and into a barbed wire fence. Did I mention he only had a helmet, jeans and a t-shirt? He was being stupid and payed the penalty for it.
Moral of the story is I now have even more reinforcement to drive safe so that I'll live to drive another day.
On my way home from work I bumped into a guy that lives around me who also has a bike. We decided to go for a ride. This is now the third time I've gone riding with him since I've had my bike for 2 weeks. He was riding a Honda Nighthawk 750, me on my FZ6R. Let's just say the way he rides is very sketchy. He is very aggressive while riding. He will pass people on the shoulder and other stupid stuff like that.
One of the things I learned from everyone here is to always ride the pace you fell you can safely handle. This is something he didn't do on the road we were running. I've traveled the road about 20 times or so now and am fairly familiar with it. It was his first time on it. I took the first turn at my normal speed. Approx 45mph. He did the same. Next turn is a short uturn. I started on the outside and started to cut to the inside line and he comes racing through the inside, in the other lane, passing me on a curve he doesn't know. I just let him keep going. He slowed down and let me take the lead again. He took a wrong turn and tried to catch up to me. I had just gone through the last turn, a sharp 90 degree turn at 35mph. When I looked in my mirror after exiting the turn all I saw was him going from left to right off the road and into a barbed wire fence. Did I mention he only had a helmet, jeans and a t-shirt? He was being stupid and payed the penalty for it.
Moral of the story is I now have even more reinforcement to drive safe so that I'll live to drive another day.