First hundred mile ride

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Maybe its the heavier guys touching their pegs down.....something to do with the suspension being more compressed and lower to the ground.....must be it.

No mate, I know your joshing, but it's lean angle. Granted, there is some effect from rider weight and suspension setup, as is there from C of G shift due to deceleration or acceleration. However you would need to be one big gorilla for the hero pegs to be constantly touching down. I weigh 83kgs plus leathers and often carry 30+kgs on the rack. All up 240+lbs and I still have to work hard to put the pegs down. My boot toes normally touch first and that's when I know I've had enough. For starters it's hard on the boots . And before anyone tells me I should have my toes back on the rests I'll just 'fess up and admit it's my bad technique. I'm in my 70th year and still working on it. Sometimes I get it right.

Building a little on my previous post, and please humour me by reading on, I am deluded enough to think its important. A good proportion of "single vehicle" motorcycle accidents occur on group rides and are the direct result of a rider following another, faster rider, into a corner at an inappropriate speed for their own skill level. Some of these "single vehicle" accidents are caused by the expectations of the group pushing a rider to the edge and sometimes, tragically, through the boundaries of their own skill set. It may not sit well with the ego but faster does not always mean better. I say again, stuff them, ride within your own comfort zone and not someone else's. As an older rider who has not entirely escaped adolescence I need to be especially careful in this regard. Others like me should take heed also. By the way, I am sure most have anyway, so I don't pretend to be preaching from on high. I must recognise that my reflexes, eyesight and general mental processes are not to the standard of some of the younger blokes I ride with. You know, those with feline reflexes and wouldbe candidates for Top Gun school (settle down Cormanus, I am not referring to you ). I often have to force myself to steady on and ride at my own senile doddering pace. But I do get there and as the sun goes down and we relive the days ride over a few beverages well, sorry boys, you have to recognise seniority, sit quietly, and bear with me. After all, "The older I get, the better I was".

Cheers all, and ride safely.