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[_] OT - Motorbike CBT courses

Sam Mignano - Analyst sam at beyondmetrix.com
Wed Jun 4 13:43:39 BST 2008

Lol
Thankfully I have never dropped a bike yet - but its come close a few times
because I have short legs (only 5'5), once a bike starts tipping,
particularly on a camber, I think you drop it in your head first and then
its game over. Sheer bloody mindedness on my part - being a woman I would
die of embarrassment if I dropped my bike publicly - oh the shame!
I used to ride an XL125 when I was 17 and I couldn't reach the floor at all
- I would ride in stilettos in case I had to stop anywhere - if I got to
traffic lights I just went straight through - no way I was dropping it with
4 lanes of audience! :)
The ZZR has a fairly low seat luckily - but it is a bit scary if it starts
tipping.

As for the video for picking up a bike - great except the only option for a
woman who cant pick up a bike is to lay on her back and attract a
stranger???? Ughhhh Men!
Nice idea about the bike stand though for picking up the bike up from his
"other left" - I wouldn't have thought of that till after - hindsight being
that thing you get just after you needed it and all! 
I shall remember that one at least.
Sam


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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve James [mailto:us at redpumas.com] 
Sent: 04 June 2008 13:25
To: underscore at under-score.org.uk
Subject: Re: [_] OT - Motorbike CBT courses

> There is defo a technique to it though - picking a bike up off the floor.
> Sam :)

No technique required if its a really embarrassing drop ;-)

I slipped in the petrol station once with a GPz 550 fell backwards
onto it which resulted in a roly-poly to my feet. I probably had that
bike back up and out the station before anybody had noticed.

and then there was the time.....................................

Steve

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