Comments on: Rhythm and Relaxation: An Impressive Display of Riding Skill (News)

By: Tubby

Tubby — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:35:16 +0000

38 years on motorcycles and would love to be as relaxed as that, yes I can ride a course like that and have many times but its always hard work when I do it. I’ve been lucky enough to go on a coulpe of police training days and those guys can ride, one swapped bikes with others just to prove it wasn’t just him on his bike.

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By: Jeremy in TX

Jeremy in TX — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:05:25 +0000

You must be a much better rider than I am, then.

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By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:46:55 +0000

That was awesome, I couldn’t do 1/10th of that on my VTX1800, but it would be fun trying!

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By: Ruefus

Ruefus — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:02:35 +0000

Subjective? I had absolutely no idea that I might have made a subjective statement.

Thank you so much for not pointing out the blatantly obvious.

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By: Pep

Pep — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:23:30 +0000

For those of us who are open minded, and live in the SF Bay Area, you can sign up for Motorcycle Cop Training for Civilians here:
http://alamedacountysheriff.org/_rtc2009/classes/evoc/evocDetail.php?2

I just did the basic course last Sunday on an old rented retired cop bike and basically added more awareness and skills to my riding.

The camaraderie of the class and humor of the instructors was awesome. No know it alls at this session. There was some classroom instruction but then lots and lots of hands on bike drills.

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By: Davis

Davis — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:54:53 +0000

Huh….?

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By: Zuki

Zuki — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:55:00 +0000

Better than 99% of riders? What. Utter. Subjective. Garbage. Not saying that he isn’t a good rider and he’s probably one of the best motorcycle cop riders, but the floorboards actually do help cops while maneuvering like this. They are trained to scrape (and the boards are designed to scrape, among other parts) and they replace the parts regularly that get worn down, like on a monthly basis. The motorcycle cops around where I live do their thing in the July 4th parade every year and they ride just like this, in formation. Their floorboards are scraping all the time and you can see it up close! It’s actually pretty dangerous the way they ride like that so close to spectators… we’re talking just a few feet away and they are hauling butt straight toward each other, and then slow down and do their scraping U turns. Yes, they are teaching young kids how to ride responsibly on the street. I find it annoying and pretty lame. I’m sure that every motorcycle cop is 99% better than any other motorcycle rider…

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By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:07:36 +0000

Hey Joey…Thanks for all the cool comments. My name is Scott and I am the one who shot the video. I laughed when you wished that motor jocks were MSF instructors…Donnie is. He owns a course in McKinney Texas, and has five additional instructors besides himself, one being a fellow motor jock.

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By: Ruefus

Ruefus — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:52:38 +0000

“Basic truth in learning is that you can learn to things slowly by practicing doing them fast but not the other way aroung.”

Seems pretty clear from the quote above. Can’t learn to do things fast by doing them slowly first….but you can the other way around.

Which, of couse, is horsecrap. Either that or you can’t articulate your point. Probably both.

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By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:44:45 +0000

at a time of 1:57.85? I could do that in 1:05 I bet. Only I’d knock all the cones down and scratch up the bike.

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