04-13-2014, 07:02 PM
(04-13-2014, 01:54 PM)Red Mist_imp Wrote:(04-13-2014, 07:11 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote:(04-13-2014, 05:29 AM)Red Mist_imp Wrote: Did it again this morning, left peg scraping. Standard weight rider (~160 geared up), shocks set to standard (step 2).
The bike is quite easy to turn with those wide bars and narrow tires. The lean angle sensor in my brain is not calibrated to Cap'n Kidd. He likes to turn but starts digging in early.
I guess yer gotta keep the preshar on him sos he doesn't turn around and bite yer!
I guess yer gotta keep the preshar on him sos he doesn't turn around and bite yer!I gotta thump him in the skull and bust him acrost the jaw wunst in a while to keep him in line.
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(04-13-2014, 06:27 AM)Tortuga_imp Wrote:(04-13-2014, 05:29 AM)Red Mist_imp Wrote: Did it again this morning, left peg scraping. Standard weight rider (~160 geared up), shocks set to standard (step 2).
The bike is quite easy to turn with those wide bars and narrow tires. The lean angle sensor in my brain is not calibrated to Cap'n Kidd. He likes to turn but starts digging in early.
I like that turn of phrase. I always read your posts in a sort of 'authoritative drawl', if you'll excuse me saying so. I'm around 200lb and have mine set on click 3 at the back and tweaked half a line firmer on the forks.
With only 422 miles racked up of which I did only 318 I suspect I'll settle in to the bike and become a peg grinding guru.
I must admit, this evenings ride was more natural feeling and I think I'm getting my groove with Dixie.
I like that turn of phrase. I always read your posts in a sort of 'authoritative drawl', if you'll excuse me saying so. I'm around 200lb and have mine set on click 3 at the back and tweaked half a line firmer on the forks.
With only 422 miles racked up of which I did only 318 I suspect I'll settle in to the bike and become a peg grinding guru.
I must admit, this evenings ride was more natural feeling and I think I'm getting my groove with Dixie.Yep, I'm just channeling Robert E. Howard's "Breckinridge Elkins" from time to time! Cap'n Kidd bein' Breck's crazy, unruly horse which can ride faster and farther than any hoss that ever lived, but needs to be slugged on the jaw and punched on the nose to keep him in line. That ain't abuse because Cap'n Kidd generly bites a chunk or two outa Breck's leg and then tries to buck him clean off like there was a painter on his back!
Post Oaks and Sand Roughs? I'll try it sometime.