Never puts both feet down at a stop.Even when riding 2 up. Uses compression braking until the last second,and uses gears,not brakes,to set up for curves. leaves the scoot in gear at lights.

 

You're probably the same guy who keeps his foot on the brake pedal of his car thereby always having the damn brake light on. This my friend, is a bad idea.

 

When you guys talk about covering the front brake, are you completely letting off the throttle as you cover the brake? If not, try this experiment. While mounted on your started motorcycle, but not moving and in neutral, throttle up to about 2,000 RPM and cover your front brake and clutch as you would if you have sensed the possibility of having to make an emergency stop. Now, imagine a car has just entered your path making a right turn and squeeze the front brake and pull in the clutch with the urgency needed in an emergency stop.

If you can't get off the throttle while squeezing the brake lever, the engine will continue to rev at 2,000 RPM. Now imagine you're actually under power. When you pull in the clutch, the RPM's will climb up quickly. That will cause a whole mess of engine whine and, if you were in an emergency situation probably add to your stress.

Try it and be honest about it since I already gave away the potential problem.

Regarding outside-inside-outside curve negotiation, I think that makes a lot of sense on a nice, even, debris free road. The roads around me have some pretty deep tire tracks. If it hasn't rained in awhile, the middle of the lane gets some pretty nasty crud build-up. So if I go outside-inside-outside in a curve, I pop out of and into tire tracks as well as cross the crud zone in the middle. To me, it seems safer to just adjust my speed so I can stay in my "lane" throughout the entire curve.

Enough of the hijacking of the thread by me. To stay on point I would say that the riders that have always impressed me have "smoothness." They make riding a motorcycle look effortless.

 

Nothing wrong with using the gears to slow and set up for curves but what the hell is wrong with putting both feet down when you stop? Is this something you perceive only noobies do because they can't ride to your standards?

 

Started riding at 11, am 50 now, don't need no stinking list to ride properly, or fall over properly.

Seriously, you guys ride around judging other riders based on how they start, stop, turn, park, brake, take off, corner or put their feet down?

 

I wouldn't say we all know what makes a squid. I don't.

If you mean someone who rides a sportbike I really don't know what you're talking about. In addition to riding standards and cruisers I ride sportbikes and race bikes (on the track).

Not sure if I'd be considered an 'advanced' rider but I've ridden a broad varieties of bikes since 1969. I must say that reading some of the posts in this thread are more than a little amusing. Somehow I think some of my bikes have tires with more mileage than some of the posters above.

 

Sometimes I waddle,
Sometimes I ski,
Sometimes I lay rubber,
Sometimes I wear DOT.

How will I change things up today....

 

How do these make an advanced rider?

I do all these and I'm like dogshit tier level riding experience.

 

Also I find that when running sweepers I get much finer control of the positioning of the bike when slightly pulling on the handlebar side away from the direction of the turn.
This is still countersteering, but instead of pushing the handlebar on the low side of the curve I find that a fine steady back pressure on the high side handebar ( opposite side of the direction of the curve) gives me much better control.

 

The one thing I don't get is this 1 foot down at a stop thing, I ride a dresser with my wife on the back, 700+ pounds and I am supposed to trust one of my skinny legs? Nah, I don't buy it. Please explain the logic.