Tips that might help bikers stop doing little errors

johncat68 · Post by **johncat68** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:00 pm

check brake pads have some pad left on them!

Akrapovic · Post by **Akrapovic** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:15 pm

johncat68 wrote:check brake pads have some pad left on them!

On that, check pads are on correctly!!

Post by **Dave** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:54 am

Akrapovic wrote:
johncat68 wrote:check brake pads have some pad left on them!
On that, check pads are on correctly!!

Post by **Dave** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:56 am

Dave wrote:CLEAN YOU VISOR BEFORE YOU START YOUR JOURNEY

That might help you to see where you are going

better stillâ€¦.clean your visor once you have taken your kit off, then later in the rush to get to your bike you donâ€™t have to faf about so much

steve · Post by **steve** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:52 am

Learn to walk before you run ,

learn to realise a throttle Isn't a switch

Learn to do everything on a bike as smoothly as you can when possible

Post by al » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:58 am

Dave wrote:clean your visor once you have taken your kit off

Clean you helmet once you have removed your clothes?

Post by **Dave** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:53 am

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) wrote:
Dave wrote:clean your visor once you have taken your kit off
Clean you helmet once you have removed your clothes?

And here was me thinking that within a motorcycle helpful tips thread, the word "kit" would have been associated the "bike kit" ie protective and/or water proof outer clothing used by the motorcyclist.

At the time I did not consider that someone one would reply with a smutty crude response about getting all naked and giving a helmet a good polishing

I am just thankful have no one has posted up about feeding their young poultry so much that it chocked

johncat68 · Post by **johncat68** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:26 pm

keep visor down when in standing traffic while someone in front using their window washers and spraying over their roof, Kinda stings the eyes and doesn't taste that good either....

Post by **Gazza** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 1:35 am

johncat68 wrote:keep visor down when in standing traffic while someone in front using their window washers and spraying over their roof, Kinda stings the eyes and doesn't taste that good either....

I hope you realise they did it on purpose.

johncat68 · Post by **johncat68** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:44 am

Gazza wrote:
johncat68 wrote:keep visor down when in standing traffic while someone in front using their window washers and spraying over their roof, Kinda stings the eyes and doesn't taste that good either....
I hope you realise they did it on purpose.

think you right there as windows looked clean enough
if thats the case

flaming bar stewards

but maybe was being considerate and thought i looked dirty and needed a wash

Quicksilver · Post by **Quicksilver** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:22 am

On long tours - stop before you get tired. Generally speaking your bike is loaded up with camping gear/clothes/beer etc. so it's going to feel mighty heavy if you wait until you're tired to stop. That said it's also good advice to follow on all rides.

Post by **Dave** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 12:33 pm

Clean your head light, and the rest or your lights and reflective bits

It is getting dark out there, cleaning your lights might help you see crap on the road, and cleaning the rest of your lights/reflective bits might help others see you

Crazy Turbo Beast · Post by **Crazy Turbo Beast** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:02 pm

Look where you want the bike to go, not at the pothole/car/sheep/kerb that you want to avoid.
If you get caught on a sharp bend then the odds are the bike will go round if you do this.

In group runs its better to be at the back (at least in my opinion). No need to be on the rear tyre of the guy in front either, especially if you don't know the road.

Sometimes a straight is not a straight!

If your not sure about overtaking - don't do it! You'll get another chance soon enough.

Sometimes, though, its safer to overtake when you can see the oncoming car, at least you know how much space you have if you know your bike and can judge the move well.

Don't go on runs with mates that like to operate your kill switch without you knowing!

Crazy Turbo Beast · Post by **Crazy Turbo Beast** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:04 pm

Oops, forgot the most important bit!

Only go as fast as you can see to stop.
ie tight bends that are blind, can you stop/slow down if there is something on the road?

haiax0 · Post by **haiax0** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:20 pm

Dont be in a hurry to set off on the bike where possible..

sadly I can count the times on one hand I have started to ride off having not checked i have correctly put on the lids chin strap.. luckily i have stopped pretty sharpish on realising. To avoid the hassle of taking off the gloves and starting again do a double check before leaving or do it right the first time)

maybe I am the only one that has done this but i defo thought its worth a wee mention as you only have to get it wrong once.

Crazy Turbo Beast · Post by **Crazy Turbo Beast** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:24 pm

Thats happened to me before.

What I'm also in danger of is leaving zips open and contents falling out of my pockets! BAH.

haiax0 · Post by **haiax0** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:33 pm

Thats happened to me before.

What I'm also in danger of is leaving zips open and contents falling out of my pockets! BAH.

I have this 1st hand from a rider in front of me.. open pockets lead to a packet of smokes propelling off my lid at lightning speed..

Akrapovic · Post by **Akrapovic** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:38 pm

Were the cigarettes alright?

Its expensive to be a smoker now.

haiax0 · Post by **haiax0** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:06 pm

Were the cigarettes alright?

The pickey in me wanted to check and make sure they where ok but i thought better of it..

Post by **Dave** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:27 pm

haiax0 wrote: The pickey in me ...

I would not encourage that sort of talk on this site...keep that with the rest of your Graham Norton correspondence

aisgsimon · Post by **aisgsimon** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:16 pm

Zathos wrote:
haiax0 wrote:Its stating the obvious but in my eyes worth saying.. when looking out of junctions check, check and CHECK again!!

The times when I havent checked that last little time have contributed to a few close calls (especialy on country roads)

As my old riding instructor told me 'Check once and do it properly'

Did you have Simon too?

Im always checking 3 times and he liked to tell me just do it once but do it properly

haiax0 · Post by **haiax0** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:50 pm

When filtering (or sitting on the right hand side of your lane in trafic) keep an eye on whats behind you.. you might not be the only one filtering or requiring room to get by..

Found another biker trying to filter past me when I was already filtering past trafic, it gave me quite the fright at how close it was...

Im not commenting on the other riders judgement probably just in a big hurry to beat the trafic.. not an often occurrence but I find I personally can be mislead into thinking I may be the only biker filtering at one time.

Cossackmannie · Post by **Cossackmannie** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:31 pm

Never pass up the chance to use a toilet. Nowt worse when you've only done a few miles out the road and the cold air gets your bladder moving

Quicksilver · Post by **Quicksilver** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:57 am

haiax0 wrote:When filtering (or sitting on the right hand side of your lane in trafic) keep an eye on whats behind you.. you might not be the only one filtering or requiring room to get by..

Found another biker trying to filter past me when I was already filtering past trafic, it gave me quite the fright at how close it was...

Im not commenting on the other riders judgement probably just in a big hurry to beat the trafic.. not an often occurrence but I find I personally can be mislead into thinking I may be the only biker filtering at one time.

Also beware of bicycles filtering in slow moving or stationary traffic. There seems to be an increasing number of cyclists happy to switch between slipping up the left of stationary traffic and using the gap between lanes.

Post by al » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:52 pm

Re: Tips that might help bikers stop doing little errors

Use a speel checkar!