My wife started riding recently too. Actually, she probably started about at the same time as you did. So far she only rides when I go with her. I ride in the front and I am always adjusting to her speed. There is not point in forcing her to go faster than what she wants. I do think sometimes she goes just to slow, I am always worried when idiots in cars start getting to close. I feel that it would be much better if she goes on front with me following her. So she could go as fast or slow as she wants and I could always keep her back. She doesn't like that though. She says it is easier just to follow me and do what I do.
Perhaps next time you go for a ride with somebody else you can try taking the lead, and see what it feels like. Javier. On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Elk <[email protected]> wrote: > I took an awesome 37 mile ride this morning with a friend of my dad's > to practice my riding. (always need practice...) Anyways, it was on > some winding up and down kind of roads through a foresty/mountainy > area and I was following him, but I didn't know the area. The winding- > nes of the roads meant I sometimes lost sight of him and there were > plenty of small off shoot roads to go on, so I didn't want to loose > him, but I didn't really feel like speeding up because of possibility > of sharp turns (there were plenty). I keep maybe a 3 to 4 second > following distance. I didn't loose him and the ride was awesome, and > the day was beautiful this morning, but if this should happen again > like in a group ride or something, was this appropriate? At some > points I felt like it was too far. > > On a side note, on some of the steeper and longer up hills, I rode > them in fifth gear and sometimes the RPM would drop and the engine > would go quiet. When this happened I opened the throttle a little but > it didn't change anything. It would fix itself on the downhill. Should > I have downshifted to fourth? Is this normal? I ride a 2001 250cc. > Newbie questions :p > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
