A few clips of a ride out with my mate Simon Weir from RiDE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzMMxPkX-lU&feature=youtube_gdata
Is that his KTM 990?
Nice Video old fruit ... music by Gary Newman ...if I am not mistaken he was from Lancing, only a couple of miles away from the Rusty residence :laugh:
Quote from: Lonewolf on April 22, 2012, 10:32:40 PM
Is that his KTM 990?
It's a fleet bike he was reviewing.
Great machine (apparently - not my choice I have to say) but terrible finish - most of the fasteners and carriers were corroded within 1500 miles - the chain was a right state and he had to soak it in lube.
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r183/Hoody_photo/DSCF2566.jpg)
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r183/Hoody_photo/DSCF2546.jpg)
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r183/Hoody_photo/DSCF2547.jpg)
Yikes, thats a concern! :shocked:
I saw him recently in a video with Advanced Biker, in fact this one here.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEEYy0GmF6Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEEYy0GmF6Y)
He's a good bloke - very good rider too!
It could be said he has a dream job!
Oh Mr Wolf come on ... you know who has the dream job round here !!! :laugh: :laugh:
Who would that be then Mr Rusty? Possibly a certain person who's due to retire in about a month?
Middle of June I believe ... 14th ? He IS a lucky man ! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
27 black shirts to go - :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
I think I would have been a bit miffed, if that trainer bloke was that close to me on those kind of roads. :angry:
He often rides that close, people have commented on it before, he says he does it for best camera angle.
But if he is a so called advanced rider, he should know that riding that close, at that speed is plainly wrong. Then to say he does it to get better footage for his camera, is bordering on criminal.
Quote from: 100milesaway on April 24, 2012, 09:55:03 PM
But if he is a so called advanced rider, he should know that riding that close, at that speed is plainly wrong. Then to say he does it to get better footage for his camera, is bordering on criminal.
I don't think so.
When tutoring or examining riding fairly close is not an issue provided you can stop safely on your own side of the road in the distance you can see to be clear.
Quote from: 100milesaway on April 24, 2012, 09:55:03 PM
But if he is a so called advanced rider, he should know that riding that close, at that speed is plainly wrong. Then to say he does it to get better footage for his camera, is bordering on criminal.
Can see your point BUT!!! if we all rode to the 'rule' book, riding a motorbike would be sooooo boring! :sleep1:
soooo no 'Kill Switch Tag' then :whistling:
Quote from: KwakaMo on April 30, 2012, 08:06:12 AM
Can see your point BUT!!! if we all rode to the 'rule' book, riding a motorbike would be sooooo boring! :sleep1:
Couldn't agree more, but most of us dont profess to be "Advanced riders". If you or I were being observed on a advanced test, and were riding that close to a vehicle in front you would be getting a bollocking for it. As I stated before his alleged comments that he does it to get better video footage, in my opinion is just plain wrong. Again in my opinion that bloke was travelling to close to the bike in front, under any circumstances, to be doing it just to get better video footage is criminal.
Having watched the video again, I can see nothing wrong with the positioning.
There was one occasion where the gap closed more than I would have wanted, but it was quickly reopened.
Reading the road ahead, trusting the person in front and being in a position to instruct on the move and 'see' waht the student does requires some closish riding. That said I saw nothing 'too close' in the video.
Cameras give a different view to what you would see in the flesh and speed cannot be judged without some form of reference such as a speedometer.
The instructor is often 'off-set' to Simon so has the ability to stop in the distance he can see to be clear as he is creating it.
Quote from: Winston Smith on April 30, 2012, 06:19:34 PM
Having watched the video again, I can see nothing wrong with the positioning.
There was one occasion where the gap closed more than I would have wanted, but it was quickly reopened.
Reading the road ahead, trusting the person in front and being in a position to instruct on the move and 'see' waht the student does requires some closish riding. That said I saw nothing 'too close' in the video.
Cameras give a different view to what you would see in the flesh and speed cannot be judged without some form of reference such as a speedometer.
The instructor is often 'off-set' to Simon so has the ability to stop in the distance he can see to be clear as he is creating it.
Winston!!!!!!! Sorry I still cant agree, I also have just watched it again, and I am adamant that I f anyone was travelling that close to my rear I would be spooked, and would just pull over and let them pass. Many years ago when I took the IAM bike test the examiner that day never got anywhere near that close to me.
Boys, boys stop argueing!! :mfr_lol:
:2guns: