Refresher drills
 

Do you do any refresher drills after not riding for a while?

I always practice hard braking.

I took the bike out two days ago, it had been over a month. First thing I did was practice braking hard.

Well since we had snow recently and the roads have not been up to par, it's been about 2 weeks since I've been on the bike, that's close to the longest I've gone without riding it. I'm hoping I can get it out on Friday or Saturday for a ride if the weather cooperates, I know the are calling for freezing rain tonight and tomorrow morning so we will see.

I try to ride enough to keep from getting rusty at all.

First thing I do is ride a big wheelie :)

Gotta keep those wheelie skills sharpened :)

LOL. You know this.

Really I was just playing. And I am not a good person to contribute to this thread. I barely ride street anymore and was always blessed with being comfortable even after long layoffs. But this is a great topic and I am surprised more people havent responded.

Yesterday because of this thread, I took my bike out for a quick 10 mile ride just to be able to say I rode lol....

I feel like, despite always being instantly comfortable despite being off a bike for awhile, that I should just ride right up to the training place for the MSF course and do a few rounds of each drill. if you've been off a bike awhile, those BASIC skills are pretty important to brush up on and make sure you know em.

now if I could just do that TINY S bend they have on a real sportbike, I'd be set.

The side streets are still frozen solid around here, but I did sit on my bike in the garage and squeezed the levers. Does that count?

Thanks. I thought more would respond too. I guess they are too busy in the OT section or they have me on ignore. :shrug: Oh well.

As far as not riding on the street, I do very little of that too. It seems to be a full year before I get back to the track so I have to kind of go through some old "track" drills before getting into it.

That is all I get to do myself right now so of course it counts!!! Just make sure you are doing the vroom, vroom sounds too :lol: