my 21st birthday present to myself

[bigike]

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Nice bike!

 

[RBS]

Nice donorcycle

 

[Craig]

Nice bike mang, just be careful!!

 

[slow91]

Nice donorcycle

Freakin' noob........cguru:



Nice bike. Happy B-day. Enjoy!:rock:

 

[Chuck B]

R6 is certainly a great bike...congrats. The real fun is not seeing how fast you can go (train a monkey to twist the throttle) but banging bars in the corners with fellow riders.....now that is fun! Heres a pic of me on my old 2001 R6 while I was playing instructor....

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[mmmmtorque]

Very nice bike !! Love the paint

 

[tarheelguy]

wow chuck, thats ridiculous!!! im still learning to lean and im still kinda timid when it comes to turns. but ill get there i guess. i ride safer and more defensively than i drive my little beater saturn so im trying to be safe, i dont have a deathwish! any tips you can offer on getting the lean down?

 

[FerrariTruck]

hey man congrats! I guess you are on r6messagenet. This speed on this bike is completely different from that of the truck. I love my bike and I never lose when deciding to go on the bike or the truck. A few tips of advice from myself. Invest now in a good helmet. ARai or a shoei. You'll regret it later if dont cuz the cheap helmets are really noisy. Also this goes without mentioning but also get at least a good leather jacket and gloves plus some boots. Hopefully you wont ever need em' but it feel real good to know that i might be able to get up and walk away when i go down.

my personal tip to keep you from wanting to pop wheelies and such....search motorcycle crashes on u-tube. Also read the crash stories and tickets stories on the r6 forum. They have enlightned me.

 

[FerrariTruck]

wow chuck, thats ridiculous!!! im still learning to lean and im still kinda timid when it comes to turns. but ill get there i guess. i ride safer and more defensively than i drive my little beater saturn so im trying to be safe, i dont have a deathwish! any tips you can offer on getting the lean down?

My tip....get tires "hot"

when you lean, start sliding off the bike almost if your trying to postion your body towards the middle. scrapin knee will come with experience, once you do it's the best feeling of acomplishment

 

[Chuck B]

wow chuck, thats ridiculous!!! im still learning to lean and im still kinda timid when it comes to turns. but ill get there i guess. i ride safer and more defensively than i drive my little beater saturn so im trying to be safe, i dont have a deathwish! any tips you can offer on getting the lean down?

The lean will come with confidence. Confidence is built on learning the basic's. Nowadays its so much easier to work through that learning curve due to available info/schools and race programs throughout the country. I got started in roadracing in mid 80's. I crashed my brains out the first few years learning what NOT to do. I can teach in 4-5 days what it took me a full year to learn my first year racing. I used to teach at various schools but one thats probably in your area (?) a couple times a year that I used to work with is www.Superbikeschool.com Keith Code teachings are a bit different but very regimented. Example....Level I is simply breaking a corner into six different parts. He'll go over each part one by one and then you'll take that to the track and apply each step. First couple sessions students are not allowed to use brakes or shift gears. You must slow down to learn to go fast grasshopper!

Second best thing you can do is learn to use your brakes. Modern bikes have amazing braking ability. Key with a motorcycle is getting the initial bite then once weight transfers applying more pressure till just before lock up. A person who is good with brakes can easily out brake a similar bike that has ABS. It takes constant practice to keep that edge. One thing I do at least monthly is find an open parking lot. Have a starting point in which you initiate braking then have a rag or something you can set down once you complete the stop. I'll accelerate to say 50mph, hit my stop point, brake hard as I dare then once stopped drop the rag. Now go back and beat that mark. I've taken people who have an ABS equipted bike and have them stopping 2-3 bike lengths closer within an hour. Difference on the road can going through the side of the car that just turned in front of you or stopping and yelling at the person who turned in front of you.

Third best thing you can do is learn suspension. Suspension equals confidence. I wrote a series of articles on suspension and would be happy to share it with you if you are interested. I tried to keep it simple and easy to understand. Let me know if you are interested or I can further help/advise.

 

[DRamSrt10]

Nice bike! Enjoying! Be careful! Someday I will get one for myself too but I need get a motorcycle license first.

 

[tarheelguy]

yeah chuck that would be cool, shoot me a PM with that stuff, i need to set up my suspension too. its still how it was from the factory. thanks for all the good advice guys!