Re: Safety class and ST's

["Ian Hallihan" <ian_hallihan@xxxxxx>]

Hey Jack,
Sounds like a great class....Plus the insurance discount
definitely helps!!..
Questions for you...(I'm new to the list)
What is the GenMar and Heli list?? aftermarket schtuff??

Thanks for the input...
Ian Hallihan
ian_hallihan@xxxxxx
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> From: rude@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Safety class and ST's
> Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 4:31 PM
> 
> 	I completed a Motorcycle Safety Foundation class last Saturday. While
> the class doesn't offer any high speed work they do point out many tips
> and reinforce the basic things you need to do in order to ride aware and
> safe. The class is broken up into a four hour class room session, lunch
> break, and then a five hour parking lot class. The highest speed
> attained was 25MPH. However after reading the T5 list it seems to me
> that most falls happen at low speeds, etc. It was a good class and even
> though the other eight bikes were all Goldwings, Nomads, and Harleys
> with low center of gravity my ST made it without a hitch. You gather up
> and have the exercise explained and demonstrated to you and then start
> up and go to the start gate and practice the exercise when signaled. I'm
> no Mick Doohan but I was quickly assigned the lead bike position and
> enjoyed the role. It was good practice and the reinforcement of looking
> at the corner exit and smooth applications was hammered over and over.
> Emergency stops in mid-corner were the order of the day. Good practice.
> The motors were stopped and restarted around fifteen times with a
> practice exercise between each start up. One of the other bikes battery
> gave up but the ST never faltered. On most shutdowns my fan came on and
> ran about 3-4 minutes but it was cool. The most amazing thing was the
> instructors trying to get everyone to really use the front brake. What's
> wrong with these riders! Don't they know how to stop! It was pretty
> awesome to bring the bike to a stop with a max stop one finger brake in
> the length of the bike almost as the others were taking around 22-30
> feet. The look on the instructors eyes was a keeper when they signaled
> my first stop and I was stopped by the time their hands were over their
> head! Did I say the ST had great brakes back in January? Still does!
> Wonderful! If you have a Saturday to spend sharpening up at low speed
> tactics, swerving, etc., and have an extra $25.00 take the course. After
> the course I called Progressive and found that I would now receive a
> $30.00 insurance discount each year. Good news.
> 	On the ST issues. I still have not received my two bag set up or the
> alarm. However, I have enjoyed the bike since January 19 and the rain
> has kept me to about 1,500 miles without any problems except that one
> time Merlin wouldn't idle until after I shut it off and then back on. 
> 	My fuel gauge seems to be very accurate at this time. It immediately
> goes to full, stays there about 50-75 miles, slowly goes down, the light
> comes on after about ten miles on the last mark, and she then holds
> about 4.5-5 gallons of high test.
> 	Question. Does the screen height that I like as the wind catches me
> about top of visor high help make the helmet visor a bug magnet? I
> cannot remember riding any other bike that had as many bug hits on my
> visor. Big time bug collection. Any comments? I love this bike but would
> prefer a slightly higher bars and I am on GenMar and Heli's list to be
> notified when available.
> 	Good riding and I'm headed off to Colorado the first two weeks of June
> with the family but planning on taking the ST to get in some good road
> riding. It's a lot difference from here in Texas. If there are any of
> you ST riders around Colorado Springs, Lake City, Qouray?, or Mesa Verde
> give me a shout and maybe you can show me the roads.
> -- 
> "Off to see the Lizard"
> 
> Jack "Rude Dog" Hays
> '99 Triumph Sprint ST
> Harpoon Manufacturing Engineering
> E-mail rude@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Voice Number: 972-952-5065
> Pager Number: 972-598-0346
> Fax  Number : 972-952-2968
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