Mikey P
Administrator
Feeling stumped on a certain aspect of your life?
Hire a mentor.
I did.
My motor bike riding was not where I wanted it to be.
I ride with some top notch motor heads who have 100's of thousands of asphalt under their Aerostichs and my sub 35k miles of experience was really bumming me out.
I befriended the fastest smoothest rider out of the bunch and offered to pay his way with motel rooms and lunches this summer if he would slow down a bit and give me some pointers.
Our first outing was today. I trailed him most of the day relying on his hand signals and body English to set me straight. What an eye opener.
I also had him ride my bike to see if there was anything wrong with it that I could put the blame on.
When he came back around the corner doing a wheely and coming to skidding stop it was "wholly shit dude, it ain't the bike, IT'S ALL YOU!"
What gear to be in, new ultra sticky tires instead of sport tourers, where I need to be in the lane on the slab and the goat trails, acceleration, deceleration or lack of, body position, PMA and more was all covered...
Awesome.
Truly vegan chicken strips for the first time.
So what have YOU hire a mentor for MB'rs?
Hire a mentor.
I did.
My motor bike riding was not where I wanted it to be.
I ride with some top notch motor heads who have 100's of thousands of asphalt under their Aerostichs and my sub 35k miles of experience was really bumming me out.
I befriended the fastest smoothest rider out of the bunch and offered to pay his way with motel rooms and lunches this summer if he would slow down a bit and give me some pointers.
Our first outing was today. I trailed him most of the day relying on his hand signals and body English to set me straight. What an eye opener.
I also had him ride my bike to see if there was anything wrong with it that I could put the blame on.
When he came back around the corner doing a wheely and coming to skidding stop it was "wholly shit dude, it ain't the bike, IT'S ALL YOU!"
What gear to be in, new ultra sticky tires instead of sport tourers, where I need to be in the lane on the slab and the goat trails, acceleration, deceleration or lack of, body position, PMA and more was all covered...
Awesome.
Truly vegan chicken strips for the first time.
So what have YOU hire a mentor for MB'rs?
