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I just completed an 1800 mile trip, about 500 miles was on gravel, good tires are a must. Additionally, speed is your friend, in a washboard surface 50 mph + is imperitive to "loat" above the roughness.
I have always lane split even where it is not legal. The thought of being between two cars front to back vs side by side makes me cringe.
Commuting in the San Francisco Bay Area I can't even imagine not splitting.
I used to be an insurance adjuster specializing in motorcycles. FWIW, California...
I am getting ready to install mine tomorrow. Hopefully I will figure out how to post pictures.
I would have done this a week ago but...I ws waiting for one more box of "not included" parts.
I saw a black one at the REI store in SOMA (San Francisco) and another Silver one on the San Francisco Bay Bridge last week.
In the motorcycle parking on Townsend St. I see a black one every Monday.
I think the NCs are breeding out here in San Francisco.
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For the record, ThumperX is a middle aged Marin housewife. I am woman hear me roar!
Now, back to regularly scheduled thread.
Riding dirt is like any other sport, best learned on something cheap, light, and small. The skills will transfer to street riding much more smoothly than...
Congratulations on the return to motorcycling.
Another vote for ride within your comfort zone. If 62 is all that feels comfortable going around a turn marked at 65, go 62. The NC is a long bike and on the sweepers will instill confidence relatively quickly, on the tighter turns you have to work...
One of the biggest things I can contribute is this:
Stay loose on the bars, weight on the pegs, allow the bike to move underneath you. It will "hunt" for its track, let it.