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burkbuilds · 09-30-2009, 01:41 AM

Just a thought here, Danny may be relatively new to motorcycles, if I remember correctly less than about 2 years, but he is a professional driver (commercial truck) and therefore probably a pretty aware driver and although confident, I don't think cocky about his abilities. Someone who drives for a living usually has an edge in the department of keeping their cool in tense driving situations and as Danny points out he's not going to panic in a situation and make it worse. Having said all of that in Danny's defense, I think the advice is generally right on for the average motorcycle rider, we need to ride within our limits and skill ability and err on the side of caution and pick our riding buddies accordingly and such. I just think Danny might not fall into the same category as most of us would after only two years of riding. My cousin, who is a professional driver as well, took up motorcycle riding about two years ago and I'd have to say he's a much better rider than I am in the same period of time and I ride almost every day but I don't have a hundredth of the time on the road overall as he does, and it does make a difference.

09-30-2009, 01:41 AM	#10
burkbuilds Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shannon, Georgia Posts: 1,268	Re: went out on my first ride with a bunch of bikes. Just a thought here, Danny may be relatively new to motorcycles, if I remember correctly less than about 2 years, but he is a professional driver (commercial truck) and therefore probably a pretty aware driver and although confident, I don't think cocky about his abilities. Someone who drives for a living usually has an edge in the department of keeping their cool in tense driving situations and as Danny points out he's not going to panic in a situation and make it worse. Having said all of that in Danny's defense, I think the advice is generally right on for the average motorcycle rider, we need to ride within our limits and skill ability and err on the side of caution and pick our riding buddies accordingly and such. I just think Danny might not fall into the same category as most of us would after only two years of riding. My cousin, who is a professional driver as well, took up motorcycle riding about two years ago and I'd have to say he's a much better rider than I am in the same period of time and I ride almost every day but I don't have a hundredth of the time on the road overall as he does, and it does make a difference.
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