verslagen1 wrote on 07/14/16 at 13:09:19:


SA or metric?  

jcstokes wrote on 07/14/16 at 12:15:04:



The 10 isn't the Bikes capacity. It's the riders ability. Approach the 10, don't exceed it, supposedly gain ability.
Push Your envelope, working toward learning how to Utilize the Bikes capacity.

I never Suggested it. I did it, because the peg was folded up hard enough to hurt my foot, crushing it against the engine.
I don't know How people survive, reading, but Not READING.

Yes, I'm reading it. Dammit, Ray, I TOLD you Don't use those sweet nothings On the Board! If you just Have to express your feelings, do it in a PM. What is wrong with you? It's irritating enough in a PM, but on the Board? I know, you can't help it,, but try to be just embarrass yourself in the future, okay? And, while I'm already on the subject , a few more P.M.s like that and I will block you.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/14/16 at 17:48:09:


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cheapnewb24 wrote on 07/14/16 at 07:32:08:


That's actually a pretty good strategy and I know other cruiser riders who do it, feeling the road with the heel of their boot gives some warning the pegs are coming close. Well played.

For me, it depends where, when and what I'm riding. Most of my bikes are slow and our local twisties are quite tight, the kind you can drag pegs and knees at sane speeds. I'd compare my local with the vids I see of Mulholland and the Dragon. So I feel pretty comfortable going nuts in the hills, up to a point. I try to leave a bit in reserve for an escape route. Some guys I ride with go harder than me, but leave nothing in the "luck jar". So I'll call my style 7 out of 10. I know I can go harder, but I choose not not to. My "fast" bike, I'd call 6, because it can do things at speeds I don't care to do and at my (safe) speed it's too easy. Falling off is no fun and best avoided. I guess everyone's idea of performance riding is different. My mate with a 750 Virago think's he's on fire if he decks a saddlebag. I don't think a 10 is warranted unless your footpegs are ground to little nubs and tyres are flayed smoking carcasses.

I love the cabbage because you can ride like a nut and feel like your going hard, but at mostly legal speed. Plus, you look good when you round up a sportbike on one. Same with the Enfield.

to add my voice to JOGs, a 10 in the context of this discussion is 10 10ths of YOUR ability, NOT  the bikes
going off the BIKES ability, I likely don't get much past 5, 2 on the dragon / sisters, but that's MY 8-10 on the S40, and I on a sport bike riding my 10 would smoke me on the S40 at 10
I hope at this point everybody understands we are talking about our own personal abilities
I've been to 11, and it does hurt, which may be why my 10 is so low now  
personally I like 'fun but not butt clenching' and I think i benefit most from that

With all due respect JOG 10 is the vehicles limit, not the rider/drivers. If you can ride/drive at ten tenths of any vehicles limit, you are Rossi/ Lewis Hamilton material.