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So i got my M1 2 weeks ago and bought a bike. been getting the hang of things in a parking lot, but i dont know if ill be able to corner on the roads. i live in a busy area so not sure if i wanna try if.... looking for someone to ride with.

sorry...York University area
 
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yep give us a location...as for turning keep in mind that you go where you look, as a new rider I will assume your speed will be slower so this should not be an issue. That being said, once in the turn slowing/braking will tighten the turn and adding speed/throttle will widen the turn, try not to brake in the middle of the turn get to your desired speed before you start the turn.
 
I don't understand how adding the complexity of riding with another person (who you don't know and therefore are unaware of riding style and communications) is going to help you as a beginner rider. Riding with someone else is FAR more difficult and dangerous than riding by yourself. You will need to spend much of your limited skills and attention in keeping track of where your riding partner is and thus taking that away from reading traffic and riding your bike safely.

I just don't get the "new rider looking for someone to ride with to learn" posts. Makes no sense to me at all.

The way I approach learning new things is: if you have learned the skills - practice and get better. Pretty simple, to me. If you don't think you have the skills then take more lessons until you do.
 
Go find an empty parking lot on the weekend, and practice there turning and braking.

Get familar with your bike, and than ease gently onto the streets with small trips and gradually work up from there.
 
I ride by the York University area quite a lot. It's very do-able, the corners aren't too bad at all. If you can turn and zig zag properly in a parking lot, ride in the night time at York to boost your confidence. I usually pass through York in the night from work, it's completely empty so you need not be nervous about other traffic
 
This is what I'll recommend because I did it and it helped me a lot, find a neighborhood that is very close to you that is slightly on the quiet side or wake up around 5-6am before it gets busy to practice. 1 week i got my bike I woke up at 6am and rode in my neighborhood, I made sure I went to a street with a lot of stop sign and practice my full stop, and my turning, 1st day it was a bit rough because I can't handle the bike that well yet, 2nd day everything went very well and smooth. Keep doing that for a few more days until you are comfortable with right hand & left turn and coming to full stop. You should most likely get pretty comfortable in 3 days.

Like most people say on this site, practice practice practice, have fun and stay safe, don't go onto the big/main street until you are comfortable and ready, because pressure from other driver can make you do a lot of things that you normally wouldn't do =).
 
Also, if you haven't already, I would recommend looking into doing one of the rider's training courses (through someone like Learning Curves). They will teach you many useful things.
 
I believe there would be some help if OP rode with an experienced rider. He could ask questions and watch him, get feedback, etc. (in an empty neighbourhood or parking lot for example, not talking about going out on streets riding staggered).

Please do not pull your clutch in when you're turning (unless its low speed)
 
Otay said:
This is what I'll recommend because I did it and it helped me a lot, find a neighborhood that is very close to you that is slightly on the quiet side or wake up around 5-6am before it gets busy to practice. 1 week i got my bike I woke up at 6am and rode in my neighborhood, I made sure I went to a street with a lot of stop sign and practice my full stop, and my turning, 1st day it was a bit rough because I can't handle the bike that well yet, 2nd day everything went very well and smooth. Keep doing that for a few more days until you are comfortable with right hand & left turn and coming to full stop. You should most likely get pretty comfortable in 3 days.

Like most people say on this site, practice practice practice, have fun and stay safe, don't go onto the big/main street until you are comfortable and ready, because pressure from other driver can make you do a lot of things that you normally wouldn't do =).
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thanks, this was a good idea. it took me 3 days to get use to the bike. now the only other thing is working on my take off, its pretty slow lol
 
Definitely get some extra training from your school. I went to Motorsoul and after I passed my M1 exit I went back for more training. It helped so much. Look into it.
 
Not much time left this season, but I'm in the area. I live @ Keele & Wilson, txt 416-455-0161 if you want to ride
 
Take a course. Better to learn on someone else's bike you're not responsible for, IMO. Although it sounds like you've already got most of the basics.
 
infernobuster said:
Go find an empty parking lot on the weekend, and practice there turning and braking.

Get familar with your bike, and than ease gently onto the streets with small trips and gradually work up from there.
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and if it doesn't work out, and you crash in the parking lot.... who ya gonna call? :)
 
SweetOnion said:
and if it doesn't work out, and you crash in the parking lot.... who ya gonna call? :)
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No one? If you manage to injure yourself in the parking lot that bad you were probably either going way too fast anyway or weren't wearing any gear, heh.
 
unL33T said:
No one? If you manage to injure yourself in the parking lot that bad you were probably either going way too fast anyway or weren't wearing any gear, heh.
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I think you were missing the point that the guy runs a service picking up people having bike issues. Most of the time when new people dump it, they do stuff like break a clutch or shift lever and are stuck there. Then they need a ride. Not too sure where the injury aspect came in... thanks for the post though.
 
Yeah I missed that. I've always been able to just bend the levers and whatnot back if they were damaged and continue home so I didn't think of that. Makes sense more sense now.
 
Righteous said:
So i got my M1 2 weeks ago and bought a bike. been getting the hang of things in a parking lot, but i dont know if ill be able to corner on the roads. i live in a busy area so not sure if i wanna try if.... looking for someone to ride with.

sorry...York University area
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Go to an empty lot and start doing figure 8's. Start with big ones and continue until can do tighter ones.

Than go take the training program. I did mine at Sheridan, but you should be able to find something closer to TO.

We can meet up next season.
 
unL33T said:
Yeah I missed that. I've always been able to just bend the levers and whatnot back if they were damaged and continue home so I didn't think of that. Makes sense more sense now.
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lol, same here... One time I trashed a fork in the transmission and could only upshift. didn't figure that out until I worked my way into 5th gear. Thank god it was an SV650 with lots'o'torque. :)
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