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consequences of having dropped the bike 3 times in one ride.....??

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What Busabob said..............Hybrid, you need more practice, that's all. Familiarize yourself with the bike and get comfortable with it. You have little to no experience and with time you can manage any bike. Once you take the course get in on some 250 friendly group rides, you can learn alot. Met a girl last month that rides the same bike i do, she's 5' nothing and I'm 6'1". Experience is everything.
 
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Who helped you pick the bike up each time, or are you just really good at it now? Sorry, had to ask.
 
My feet aren't flat but i'm hardly tippy toeing, i can rear out of a parking lot with my legs...but it might be why i was unsuccessful at the uphill ramp out of the garage cause the door opens late and slow so i have to suspend the bike to wait for the door to open before i can continue up. the first two drops i had help but by the third, i managed it on my own.
Renboy said:
Who helped you pick the bike up each time, or are you just really good at it now? Sorry, had to ask.
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Hybrid, I apologize but I am not going to read the entire thread.. lazy and tired... go sit on your bike, before you started take a deep breath and relax, I have a feeling you are too tense, over doing every little thing which is causing you to screw up. Don't worry about the bike getting dropped, worry about you, enjoy the ride.

Is like when people ride in the rain, is not much different than riding on dry conditions but if you stress out and get nervous chances are they will get the best of you...

hopefully you take the course, sure sounds like you need it and those bike are much lighter and forgiven to you will gain the confidence and experience you are missing
 
kudos on venturing out on your own. Don't get discouraged, everyone drops their bike. All you need is more butt-in-seat time. Complete your safety course (if it's RTI or Learning Curves, I believe they have the same ninja 250) Get comfortable with your bike, and keep on practicing your clutch/throttle control. At 5"3, I am assuming you can touch the ground on the 250, at least with one leg, which is really all you need. Avoid getting the bike lowered. And your friend who's supposed to be an instructor needs to re-evaluate his/her judgement in telling people that they are good to go in Toronto traffic after 4 hours.

Ride safe.
 
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hybrid said:
thanks westendbike girl :)
I am taking the course next weekend, I just wanted to make sure I got a hang of shifting gears ahead of time so that I can focus on the technical stuff of being a better rider, which is what the instructor at the sheridan college advised me to do cause i've never driven a manual car either.
In the parking lot I was actually very good, the bike was very smooth and never dropped it. but then again i had someone there to watch out for me and this time i was actually by myself.
I was more concerned for the condition of my bike. I wasn't sure if it was in need of repair after 3 drops...i don't know what the indurance level is on bikes yet so it's tough for me to have an idea if anything is wrong with it that i would need to bring it in.
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WestEnd is right, dont let it discourage you.

Also like others said, the course is very important. I would suggest when you go to the course, just pretend you don't know anything, and start fresh from the ABC. In the course you can be a lot more relaxed cuz the bike is not yours, even if you drop it, no biggie and you won't feel as bad as if you drop your own. The bikes are pretty beat up by all the droppings and abuse from students anyways. lol!

I dropped the CBR 125 3 times during the 2 day course. :( sorry RTI... and dropped my own bike once on the 1st ride cuz I was still trying to get used to the heavier ninja 250.

One thing that you may wanna remember is that if you drop the bike, turn off the kill switch immediately to protect the engine.

By the way, my bike would stall if I put it in the 1st gear without applying any throttle. What bike do you have?
 
luckily mississauga is less crazy than toronto. i might be stubborn to be wanting to do this but i'm still practical when it comes to knowing my limits. Even when i get my m2, it will be a while before i go anywhere near toronto. I want to ride because i enjoyed the time i've been on so far but obviously i want to be safe too. I only ventured 5min away from home, it was just unfortunate that it started off wrong. I shouldn't have gone up the ramp by myself when i haven't tried it before with guidance, it definitely affected my confidence. I know what I need to work on and I know I'll be going at a slower pace than the others will be at the course which was why i was trying to get at least the basics down on my own with some help before the actual course.

EC2010 said:
kudos on venturing out on your own. Don't get discouraged, everyone drops their bike. All you need is more butt-in-seat time. Complete your safety course (if it's RTI or Learning Curves, I believe they have the same ninja 250) Get comfortable with your bike, and keep on practicing your clutch/throttle control. At 5"3, I am assuming you can touch the ground on the 250, at least with one leg, which is really all you need. Avoid getting the bike lowered. And your friend who's supposed to be an instructor needs to re-evaluate his/her judgement in telling people that they are good to go in Toronto traffic after 4 hours.

Ride safe.
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crap, i never touched the killswitch at any of the drops. i have a kawasaki ninja250. your's stall on 1st gear without any throttle?? i thought it was possible cause that how i taught in the beginning before learning how to do it simulateously and it moved just fine..which is why i found it alarming when it couldn't anymore. I could do both now but i wanted to practice at 1km/hr so i didn't want to apply any throttle in 1st gear so i can be as slow as possible.

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WestEnd is right, dont let it discourage you.

Also like others said, the course is very important. I would suggest when you go to the course, just pretend you don't know anything, and start fresh from the ABC. In the course you can be a lot more relaxed cuz the bike is not yours, even if you drop it, no biggie and you won't feel as bad as if you drop your own. The bikes are pretty beat up by all the droppings and abuse from students anyways. lol!

I dropped the CBR 125 3 times during the 2 day course. :( sorry RTI... and dropped my own bike once on the 1st ride cuz I was still trying to get used to the heavier ninja 250.

One thing that you may wanna remember is that if you drop the bike, turn off the kill switch immediately to protect the engine.

By the way, my bike would stall if I put it in the 1st gear without applying any throttle. What bike do you have?
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hybrid said:
crap, i never touched the killswitch at any of the drops. i have a kawasaki ninja250. your's stall on 1st gear without any throttle?? i thought it was possible cause that how i taught in the beginning before learning how to do it simulateously and it moved just fine..which is why i found it alarming when it couldn't anymore. I could do both now but i wanted to practice at 1km/hr so i didn't want to apply any throttle in 1st gear so i can be as slow as possible.
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I guess it depends on individual bikes too. I'm also a newbie so I can't offer much on that. But I never really tried to do it without applying ANY throttle. My bike does move with just a tiny bit of throttle and slow release of the clutch though.

Anyways, ya remember to turn off the kill switch right away if that ever happens again.
 
... two months later on kijiji...

"Selling mint Ninja 250! Never dropped!!!"
 
hybrid said:
luckily mississauga is less crazy than toronto. i might be stubborn to be wanting to do this but i'm still practical when it comes to knowing my limits. Even when i get my m2, it will be a while before i go anywhere near toronto. I want to ride because i enjoyed the time i've been on so far but obviously i want to be safe too. I only ventured 5min away from home, it was just unfortunate that it started off wrong. I shouldn't have gone up the ramp by myself when i haven't tried it before with guidance, it definitely affected my confidence. I know what I need to work on and I know I'll be going at a slower pace than the others will be at the course which was why i was trying to get at least the basics down on my own with some help before the actual course.
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There's always a first time for everything, where you may be by yourself, like picking up the bike that 3rd time :) You did it and that's an experience that no one else can teach you.

As for riding in toronto, it's really not that bad once you are comfortable with you bike. Even better, if you can ride in crazy toronto traffic, everywhere else where the roads are open will be a breeze.

Have fun with your course.
 
dont worry about the height thing u'll get used to it.
im 5'6 and riding a 04 gsxr, with my sidi boots (restricts my ankle movement but much more protective) on with both feet down literally just on my tippy toes.

but all you need is 1 foot on the ground, if you can manage that comfortably u'll be fine. as some people say left foot on the ground, right foot covering your brake when your stopped.
more seat time will definitely help

dont be discouraged, practice makes perfect
 
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