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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Hello Newbie here! ;-) /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1117846164 Message started by Paula71 on 06/03/05 at 17:49:24 |
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Title: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Paula71 on 06/03/05 at 17:49:24 Hey all, I have been one of those lurkers for a few days!! hee hee I am a new rider and love my s40 (pearl white). We have become friends rather quickly, even after she dumped once!! But of course it wasn't really her fault, all mine I take the blame ;) I felt horrible that the peg, mirror and tail light took a beating. Nothing that couldn't be quickly fixed. And back we went slowly at first and now back to learning the ropes!! I have found all your tips very helpful and I know I will be getting that modulating brake light ASAP. Quickly learning all those visibility tricks and how much fun it can be to make her look pretty. Good riding everyone. |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Suzuki_Sam on 06/03/05 at 18:44:07 Welcome. Well, at least now you don't have to deal with that 'first scratch on the bike' paranoia. ;) So go back out and have fun! |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Susan on 06/03/05 at 18:46:25 Welcome to the Savage club! Glad you came out of hiding! |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by lancer on 06/03/05 at 19:58:26 Soooo, you've been sneeking around behind the scenes eh? Welcome to the Savage home. |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Oklahoma_Mike on 06/03/05 at 20:04:07 It happens take something from the experience and it was well worth it. That little spill today may save you from a bigger one tomorrow. Besides it give the bike character. These bikes are not show room art they are for the doers of the bunch. 8) 8) |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Savage_Rob on 06/03/05 at 21:53:05 Welcome! :) |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by PerrydaSavage on 06/04/05 at 01:56:50 Hi Paula! Welcome to the BEST community on the internet. IMHO, the pearl white S40 is one of the best lookin' Bikes on the market today ... congrats! Sorry to hear about your dump ... glad you and Bike came out of it relatively unscathed. Where you hail from ... love to know where all the members here call home (I'm a HUGE geography buff ... ::)). Gotta run ... it's 6:25am here in Nfld. ... time to get ready to take the wife's car to the shop and then it's off to the local Harley Stealer for their annual demo-ride day ... gonna try out a Sporster 883L ... will post my impressions later! Take Care and Ride Safe! |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by gazab44 on 06/04/05 at 09:08:55 hello paula and WELCOME |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Bluejeanz on 06/04/05 at 17:39:11 Hey Paula, and welcome! The Pearl White S40 is a beauty. Congrats on a great choice. I saw one up close for the first time today at a rally. Really nice bike! It was nice to have a Thumper for hubby to park "MY" 03 Savage beside. Don't feel bad about dumping her. She'll still love you. I dropped my poor baby the very second day I had her...then I dropped her AGAIN the day after that. We have an understanding now. She knows I'm an idiot and I know she's a dream. |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by jennifrb on 06/04/05 at 18:01:20 Welcome to the group. Savages are great bikes. Knock on wood, I haven't dropped mine yet. I've come close once in the garage. But I called my daughter on my cell phone and had her come out and help me get it upright! |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Paula71 on 06/04/05 at 20:35:51 :) Thank you all for the welcome. PerrydaSavage, I hail from western Ohio, USA. I seen those pics you posted of Newfoundland. just beautiful!! How was your visit to the demo ride? Sportster pass your inspection? Bluejeanz, A dream is right!! Every day I wonder what I did without her!! Hey and do not eat to much glue!! Jenny, Cell phones are wonderful are they not? Mike, definetely got character, glued the tail light back into position, bought a new one, but decided to wait a bit before putting the new one on, just in case!! Sam, yep over one paranoia and on to conquering the next leaning into those turns!!! I am probably leaning more than I think, just need to trust those tires huh? |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by WD on 06/04/05 at 22:18:36 You can drag the pegs long enough to grind off the bottom edges without major worries. Bike leans MUCH better to the left than the right with that monstrous muffler. Welcome to the "funny farm". ;) Don't sweat dropping the bike. It happens. I've been riding for 18 years, still drop bikes occasionally. Good excuse to add sucked in signals and under fender tail light... Have fun. -WD |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by slavy on 06/05/05 at 07:48:54 Welcome to the group ! |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Paladin on 06/05/05 at 08:19:46 Paula71 wrote:
In normal riding you are not supposed to lean at all. You are suposed to remain sitting upright on the bike. The whole thing, you and the bike, will lean in a turn to the extent needed to counter centrifugal force -- but you do not lean in relationship to the bike. You can realize this if you wish. I did this once, the first time I read about counterstearing, and my reaction was "darn! It really works that way!" Find a place where you can corner without worry of road/traffic conditions, where you can pay attention to what you are doing rather than the world about you. While riding with your attention straight ahead and concentrating on the handlebars, initiate a turn by a countersteer. Do not look into the turn, keep your attention of straight ahead and upright in relation to the bike. You will remain upright, the handlebars do remain in a straight ahead position. It is the world about you that will lean and turn. You and the motorcycle are the center of the universe. You do not move or lean. It is the universe that moves under you and leans away from you. The exceptions are at the extremes -- in very low speed turns you shift your body away from the turn so that the bike may lean more. In very high speed turns you shift your weight to the inside of the turn and scrape knees and elbows so that the bike may remain more upright. |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Greg_650 on 06/05/05 at 08:23:32 Paladin wrote:
I want some of what you're having ::) |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by klx650sm2002 on 06/05/05 at 08:47:15 I learned to countersteer on my pedal bike. Clive W :D |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Greg_650 on 06/05/05 at 08:55:04 I learned how to fall down on mine :o |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Oklahoma_Mike on 06/05/05 at 14:42:45 Greg_650 wrote:
I learned how to get back up on mine! 8) |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Paladin on 06/05/05 at 18:06:42 Greg_650 wrote:
Here you go: http://savage.andruschak.net/greg_650_4_.jpg Seriously, if you pull your attention in to just you and the bike you can watch the world tilt as you go through a corner. On my bicycle I learned that if you take a corner too fast you will go down and grind gravel into various body parts. |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by HawkEye1967 on 06/06/05 at 21:59:33 Welcome Paula, this is the place to come for advice, chat and a little ribbing, (I notice they start to pick on each other once they get to know you.) I don't post often, but I do come here just to read and get awesome info LTR RTL |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by Deb on 06/07/05 at 08:17:24 Welcome Paula, glad to see another women join us I haven't been a member long but I love this site I come here everday and read the new stuff. I am a new to this savage world and to riding take my msf class this weekend I have been riding some haven't drop my baby yet but came close, anyway welcome and keep us updated I know I will. 8) |
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Title: Re: Hello Newbie here! ;-) Post by GITARZAN on 06/07/05 at 18:27:58 Welcome Paula, Believe me, this is a great forum community going on here. |
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