stewmills wrote on 04/02/19 at 12:18:34:Welcome!
Good for you for taking the course. I did too. Seems the slow stuff is what gets most people, but the positive thing to take from that is knowing what your limitations are and making them better, which you are. Yes, few people probably die from a 5mph accident, but what this is teaching you is muscle memory of managing the clutch, throttle, front brake, back brake, and of course steering and balance all at once so you don't pop the clutch at a stoplight and jump a curb into oncoming traffic or dump the bike off a steep ravine on a slow mountain pass.
Keep doing what you're doing...it took me several months to get the nerve to go over 45mph after I started riding at age 38 on my Savage. Now I am giving Evel Kneivel a run for his money (JK).
If you need help on the bike there are members here happy to help if we're close by there or you are in the neighborhood when we're on one of our spring TN/NC/N-GA rides.
This past weekend, I increased my speed and distance of travel. I got myself to the local high school parking lot (big open space to practice, even if only on weekends) and then to a Starbucks afterwards. Round trip was 15 miles or so, 40 mph max. I also managed to successfully do the cone weave once, as well as the sharp turn into a u-turn. Small steps! Hah. The following day, I got up to 55 mph going to the DMV. I was going to practice the skills test, but rain clouds were moving in, so we headed back home. That was 40 miles roundtrip. It's all starting to come together, I think! I'm still making silly mistakes (shifting into neutral instead of 2nd. d'oh!), but such is the life of a beginner.
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