3:56 a couple of moments your riding might get you in trouble. Wet road, just gone past 2 lollipop ladies (school traffic wardens) at the previous junction, and now you're undertaking at speed going past a high van when there could be school kids and others crossing the road. I know you like your bike and I know speed is enjoyable but just be careful. When I was a kid of 12 at the bus stop with lots of other kids waiting for the bus for school I walked across the road to go to the sweet shop on the other side. This was a main street in London with one lady's direction for heavy traffic. Traffic was at a standstill both ways. I looked at the static traffic both ways started to walk out and a motorcyclist was overtaking at speed along the centre white line and as I stepped out he grabbed his brakes locked up his front wheel and skidded down the road. I can into the sweet shop and he ran after me. I was only 12. I'd seen the traffic was stopped in both directions. If he was looking he would have seen there was about 15 school kids at the bus stop where I had just come from and a switch up on the other side of the road. But still he drove at speed along the centre white line on a damp road. I didn't run, I walked, I didn't expect a motorcycle to be travelling at speed down I sent the road when traffic was so heavy both ways and I didn't have much experience with the road being only 12. After he calmed down he went back to his bike. Now I'm older I realise that he could have got into some trouble. He was lucky there wasn't a collision and so was I. I love my motorbikes as well and I've done track days so I do understand the excitement of speed. I just thought I would pass this on to you. I see you in South London if you're ever interested Brands Hatch is a really good track to do a track day on. If you're tempted to go try to get the smaller circuit because it means you will do a lap about every minute. This means you will learn the track very quickly and you can practise your lines and get in your knee down. After the main street you go down a hill and you sweep slightly to the right and as you come up the other side of the hill there's a 180° right hander that is taken at about 40 mph and is wonderful for getting your knee down! :-) I used to ride my road bike there, do the full track day, then ride home. I stayed in the slow group because I would rather be a fast guy in the slow group and overtaking when I wanted to, than be a slower guy in the fast group and be overtaken in mid-corner! RoSPA book is also quite good for advanced road riding. It's the police instruction manual for fast road riding, but it's written for everybody. I found a couple of things in the book really help me to ride faster and safer. They're looking ahead and saying to myself what the obstacles were increased my ability to read the road in the distance. And because I was looking so far into the distance it meant that the nearby things was in past my eyes I wasn't paying attention to as much. And stuff in the far distance takes a while to get to so my speed increased. What made me safer was that I was looking and noticing obstacles, saying them to myself "parked lorry"" and preparing for them in advance. Being prepared in advance bought me the time to be in the right position and speed. It meant that I had also checked my mirrors and carried out any other checks before I got to the obstacles. It gave me more time. Another thing I found useful for helping me with cornering, steering, and getting more skilful with bike positioning was the police split each lane into three. I used to practise being able to hold 1/3 of the lane through corners left right, zigzagging roads, being able to hold this position accurately help me with my speed and control. Just thought I would pass this on to you. Enjoy your riding!
Be careful when you're overtaking stopped traffic, if gaps appear - it might be drivers letting each other out of side streets. They won't see you. Go as wide to the other side as poss. I was hit like that in east london, wrote my bike off & I got a broken shoulder socket, basically useless on one side for about 3 months. Was not fun. Basic shit like putting clothes, socks on was a fucking mission. Still have PTSD from it, if you see me overtaking at 20.1mph, that'll be why 🤣. Take care
3:56 a couple of moments your riding might get you in trouble. Wet road, just gone past 2 lollipop ladies (school traffic wardens) at the previous junction, and now you're undertaking at speed going past a high van when there could be school kids and others crossing the road.
I know you like your bike and I know speed is enjoyable but just be careful.
When I was a kid of 12 at the bus stop with lots of other kids waiting for the bus for school I walked across the road to go to the sweet shop on the other side. This was a main street in London with one lady's direction for heavy traffic. Traffic was at a standstill both ways. I looked at the static traffic both ways started to walk out and a motorcyclist was overtaking at speed along the centre white line and as I stepped out he grabbed his brakes locked up his front wheel and skidded down the road.
I can into the sweet shop and he ran after me. I was only 12. I'd seen the traffic was stopped in both directions. If he was looking he would have seen there was about 15 school kids at the bus stop where I had just come from and a switch up on the other side of the road. But still he drove at speed along the centre white line on a damp road.
I didn't run, I walked, I didn't expect a motorcycle to be travelling at speed down I sent the road when traffic was so heavy both ways and I didn't have much experience with the road being only 12.
After he calmed down he went back to his bike.
Now I'm older I realise that he could have got into some trouble. He was lucky there wasn't a collision and so was I.
I love my motorbikes as well and I've done track days so I do understand the excitement of speed. I just thought I would pass this on to you.
I see you in South London if you're ever interested Brands Hatch is a really good track to do a track day on. If you're tempted to go try to get the smaller circuit because it means you will do a lap about every minute. This means you will learn the track very quickly and you can practise your lines and get in your knee down. After the main street you go down a hill and you sweep slightly to the right and as you come up the other side of the hill there's a 180° right hander that is taken at about 40 mph and is wonderful for getting your knee down! :-)
I used to ride my road bike there, do the full track day, then ride home. I stayed in the slow group because I would rather be a fast guy in the slow group and overtaking when I wanted to, than be a slower guy in the fast group and be overtaken in mid-corner!
RoSPA book is also quite good for advanced road riding. It's the police instruction manual for fast road riding, but it's written for everybody. I found a couple of things in the book really help me to ride faster and safer.
They're looking ahead and saying to myself what the obstacles were increased my ability to read the road in the distance. And because I was looking so far into the distance it meant that the nearby things was in past my eyes I wasn't paying attention to as much. And stuff in the far distance takes a while to get to so my speed increased.
What made me safer was that I was looking and noticing obstacles, saying them to myself "parked lorry"" and preparing for them in advance. Being prepared in advance bought me the time to be in the right position and speed. It meant that I had also checked my mirrors and carried out any other checks before I got to the obstacles. It gave me more time.
Another thing I found useful for helping me with cornering, steering, and getting more skilful with bike positioning was the police split each lane into three. I used to practise being able to hold 1/3 of the lane through corners left right, zigzagging roads, being able to hold this position accurately help me with my speed and control.
Just thought I would pass this on to you.
Enjoy your riding!
Peckham....nice
0:33 camberwell Green
Is this exhaust road legal? And did you tell your insurance about it if so did it make a difference
When the cop van siren comes up behind you after that fast run , then it goes past and you go thank fook, not after me 😂🤣😂
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Be careful when you're overtaking stopped traffic, if gaps appear - it might be drivers letting each other out of side streets. They won't see you. Go as wide to the other side as poss. I was hit like that in east london, wrote my bike off & I got a broken shoulder socket, basically useless on one side for about 3 months. Was not fun. Basic shit like putting clothes, socks on was a fucking mission. Still have PTSD from it, if you see me overtaking at 20.1mph, that'll be why 🤣. Take care