Saturday afternoon lessons

I had a great ride out to Mundaring and Kalamunda towns via Mundaring Weir Rd this afternoon. Items of importance:

Corners
Some corners are better taken at higher than lower speeds. I can't believe i just said that; me, the chickenshit.

Don't look at where you are, look ahead to where you want to be
A rehash of this episode, looking to where you want to be is the way to do it. It goes against a lifetime of good advice dished out by parental units, i.e. "look where you're going!"

This action, more than anything else so far, is something i have to will myself into doing with utmost mental force, stomping all the doubts into a corner and trying to ignore them.

Get head in gear before bike
Just after pulling out from a quick rest stop, i entered a particularly tight curve in the road and baulked, forgetting above practice. Strayed a little to the other side of the double white line in mistaken attempt to slow down (argh). Thankfully, there were no other vehicles around at the time, so i managed to recover quickly and get my ass and head back in line.

Lots of bikers out today, as it is a fine day for riding. Gave and got lots of nods, and some punk washing windshields for gold coins at a traffic light said "nice bike mate."

I've been chafing lately at not having gotten outside the state boundary for the last few years, exacerbated by the people i meet who have been all over the globe. But riding the bike is giving me a different perspective of familiar places, and my relation to them, and it's good. The rest of the world will have to wait a little bit longer unless i win the lotto , but until then, i have my respites on the back of my little beast.

(Having said that, i am determined to pay E a visit at the end of this year - i'll settle for getting out of WA at this point - the world in baby steps)

Test shot with my second new lens:



Hyosung's getting a lot of free advertisement from me!