When I was riding the excessively spooky Tali, and before I finally went off him, I had this theory that I could convince him that all his fears were imaginary. I would try to ride really relaxed make as little response as I could to his reactions ... sort of like, you were scared of WHAT? One day he sort of flinched and I said "Sheese Tali" and scared him to death ... got a nice leap our of him. Gabe gets along so well with him because he sort of does the teenage boy with a hot car thing, Tali being the super-charged vehicle.
Nancy