Re: [ST] ride report

["Jon Pitt" <jonpitt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All too easy for slower riders to get suckered into riding beyond their
limits on group rides.

It does not matter what level your riding skill is... there is always
someone faster , and slower.( maybe Rossi excepted ! LOL)

Personally I dont like group riding unless its with guys on  a similar bike,
and riding ability.It always seems a compromise for many , and if peeps get
pushed beyond their limits , it can end in tragedy.

I have  a mate who has just come back to riding bikes after many years
layoff... and its difficult to establish a suitable road speed which suits
both of us. Its even harder with guys who dont know each other , and are "
jostling for position " in a new group riding scenario.

I visited the spanish side of the pyrenees in sept 05 ,with five friends,
and was nearly taken out by a dickhead on a GS 1200( not  a member of our
group) desperately trying to prove it is a superior machine to my ST...even
though we were all riding at obviously touring speeds and were not " playing
"...!It was a pointless peice of bravado which nearly took both of us out
.... and I put it down to this macho posturing which so many guys feel they
have to do to try and impress people.

Pitternator

-----Original Message-----
From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Marc Van Est
Sent: 13 February 2006 12:17
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ST] ride report


Hi all,

I went along on the local triumph owners "RAT run" on Sunday.

We did a 393km round trip that included three passes, some great high speed
stretches ( far beyond the usual haunting grounds of little men with laser
guns) and some nice scenic riding.

The group was a mixed bag of trumpets : a Tiger1050, two ST1050's, a Speed
Triple1050, an RS955, my Daytona955 as well as four other riders who came
along: a BMWK1200s, a TL1000R, a K5 GSXR1000 and a K2 GSXR750.

Fastest through the passes was Donald on his Speed triple -but then he's
usually the fastest on anything he rides through the Twisty's.

I chased the GSXR 1000 through the Mitchell pass, and had no problem hanging
on to him -he was complaining afterwards that the bumpy surface was
unsettling the bike under full throttle, while my bike was as happy as
Larry. I also chased the Beemer through the fast section and set a new
personal top speed.

There was only one close call when one of the St's lost his nerve and ran
wide off a corner heading into Bain's Kloof pass, fortunately there was
space for him to bring the bike to a stop.

It seems pretty clear that no matter what you ride you can have as much fun
as the next guy, its all in how you ride it not what you ride.

At least four other triumph riders who had said they were coming didn't
bother to pitch which is a poor show. I really don't know where all the
other Triumph owners ride -I never seem to bump into any of them -just the
usual suspects who came along on this ride.


cheers


Marc
Cape Town


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