Ride Like a Pro

[All-Labout-me]

Very good read. I'm thinking about picking up his video.

cdrewferd,
I've got the DVD if you would like to borrow it.

Let me know. I have it loned out to a new rider friend of mine, but I can get it back anytime.

-Doug

[firegixx600]

That's good stuff Kendo, but I'm gonna need to know where I can get the cliff notes

[MAZIN]

Hey KENDO thx man... I consider my self a newbie and one thing I do is to look down. I have been breaking my self of it but sometimes when I hit a groove in the road and feel my tires catch I start looking at the road again. I have read and will re-read this post. think I'll print it THX

[Kendo]

Very cool.... I totally forgot this post.... =)

Thanks for bringing it back to life....

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[Puck]

I agree with a lot of what I see here. Chances are, if you are on this page you already are concious of most of what you are reading.

Keep your head up! Lining up the next turn while you are passing the apex of the one one already lined up is critical.
Keep your heels in. This will allow your joints to bend in a favorable manner to allow your knee(s) outward in order to make contact with the pavement. Make sure your butt isn't hanging way off the bike like you're on a quad. It won't do you any good.
Elbows out. Making sure your elbows are out Ben Spies style will train you to get aggressive over the front tire. By keeping your head up and elbows out, you are positioning yourself to both see and feel the turn(s) you are in. I find it does actually help to pretend my elbow on the radius side (inside) of the curve is being held by a string from the radius point.
If you're not on the track, get there. You can drag a knee on a mountain road, but keep doing it without knowing your roads and how clean they are and you will certainly end up eating it- it's just a matter of when.
Practice things like trail braking, hard "s" curves, and feathering the clutch out of a gravel filled turn while the rear end squirms. Hell, ride in the dirt to get confident. Practice means everything and if you work on every situation you'll be good (and fast) in no time

Lots of good advice on this whole site, people.