Stro
You have taken a severe challenge and made it live and breathe for us . You exposed your weaknesses (few) and strengths (many) and in the process put each of us firmly behind the handlebars with you. AS I have gone back to the paring lot to practice the RLAP exercises, I have remembered excerpts from your writing that , as you said, just clicked. Amazingly , reading your stuff has helped me to be a better rider. Congrats on top gun. I think your can do attitude and willingness to meet challenges head on have probably served you well in your career. You're a credit to the badge.

mark, thanks for solving a problem for me with your answer. I'm sure others learned from it as well.

Super thread

Bub

 

Just wanted to say Congrats!

 

I just found this thread a couple of days ago, and I have been hooked since. Been reading it as I can squeeze in the time. Stro, your posts have been awesome! Well written, detailed, and made me want to sign up for an advanced riders course as soon as I can. I have riden in the wake of many CHP officers out west, and I always figured they were much more trained than the rest of us, but I never really understood to what degree that training went to. Many thanks for your efforts, and dedication. Great job!

 

Just watched the first half of the RLAP video and as I thought, I don't know everything! The real amazement came on the second half when the exercises were done with much less room! Time to find some tennis ***** and go to work.
Nice to know there is no need to be dropping the bike, the main thing we're worried about.

 

Great thread! Just ordered the RLAP dvds and signed up for a riding course.

 

My "pro-guards" arrived in the mail today. As I suspected, they are not steel but a thick plastic. They will work...I guess. I'm a little disappointed but they do seem to fit well. They'll survive a crash or three.

http://shop.pro-guards.com/

 

badass, congrats man - very cool read and nice videos, you make it look easy!

 

I may hit the junkyard for some radiator hose off a small car...and use some zip ties.

 

Hit up your local fire department for old hose and use that, super tough stuff. These guards that I got are pretty thick and they say they are unbreakable. We'll see I guess! I think I'll pull the lower fairings off and wrap towels around the corners of my fairing and tourpac...just in case!

I also found a cheap source for mini-cones. You can get 80 of them for $100.00. It won't be the same as the 18" cones, as you can't tip these over with your engine guard, but they are small enough to toss in a saddlebag.

https://store.msf-usa.org/Store/StoreItems.aspx?cid=3

 

I've used tennis ***** cut in half for cones, they work well and are small enough to keep in your bags.