[NorTex]

I've been riding again for three months. A couple of suggestions based on what I've learned.

If you have stepped up to a shadow from a smaller bike, it will weigh 500 lbs or more. Go easy on yourself riding slow and making slow turns until you get used to it. Takes a little practice, but over time you will be able to ride slow through parking lots and make a slow sharp turn into a parking spot. In the mean time there is nothing wrong with putting your foot down or power walking your bike.

And even more important, when making a turn, never ever look at what you don't want to hit. Look where you want to go! Your bike always goes toward what you are looking at.

Ride safe and enjoy your bike.

 

[NorTex]

Thanks for your comments, all of them. The forum is no good without a variety of opinions. And yes I should have suggested RIDING TIPS FOR NEW AND EXPERIENCED RIDERS I've read it twice, and highly recommend it for new riders.

 

[NorTex]

Thanks Wolfenstien. I'd really like to try the cone course. Please keep me up to date.

And Mark, I often practice a swerve around man-hole covers. You'll laugh when I tell you that for me, doing a swerve on a five hundred pound bike at forty five mph is not the same as in my motorcycle safety course on a Korean 250 in second gear.

And yes emergency stops. I've already locked up the rear wheel in traffic and found out what fishtailing a shadow feels like. I need to practice that rather delicate touch on front and back brakes for quick stops without skidding.