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Dixie
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p.s. BW - where you been? Holiday?


He had a nasty bash on the head resulting in memory loss, and temporary damage to the areas of the brain involved in spelling and grammar.... and re-registered as 'the sensible majority' :roll: Note that the reasoning lobe was unaffected.

THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE! bw disappeared, tsm appeared. tsm disappeared, bw reappeared. :?

When does the bandage come off the head, bw?


Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

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I ride to work every day but I only look at the Speedo 9 times in a 15 mile journey.

That’s once for every camera I pass.

That not to say I don’t know what speed I am doing as I have a bike I am very familiar with and a route I know well I recon I could judge my speed reasonable accurately without even looking at the Speedo just for the feel of the bike and my environment.

Instead of concentrating on my speed I concentrate on my environment and set my speed by what is safe not a number on a dial that would take 2 sec to look at.



Only thing I can honestly suggest is to persevere till you build that familiarity back up and ride at the speed that feel right and safe and worry about the speedo only when you have to.
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Looking at the speedo on a bike is another distraction that is not needed. As a more vunerable road user, you need to be constantly watching for danger and travelling at a safe speed for the conditions. Not speedo watching.

And Sixy, if you think the GPZ is hard work, especially round town, you want to try riding a thumping big twin that wants to be thrapped (you're welcome to have a go if you have cover on other vehicles)

Just my 2p worth

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blademansw wrote:
Looking at the speedo on a bike is another distraction that is not needed. As a more vunerable road user, you need to be constantly watching for danger and travelling at a safe speed for the conditions. Not speedo watching.

And Sixy, if you think the GPZ is hard work, especially round town, you want to try riding a thumping big twin that wants to be thrapped (you're welcome to have a go if you have cover on other vehicles)

Just my 2p worth


Cheers for the offer blademan. I had major problems when I borrowed by mate's GPZ900 last year - extremely smooth, quiet and rediculously fast!

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Cheers for the offer blademan. I had major problems when I borrowed by mate's GPZ900 last year - extremely smooth, quiet and rediculously fast!

No worries. I wouldn't call the TL smooth though, more like rough edged and a bit like a caged lion. Completely different to an I-4 engine!

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I can imagine. I'm trying to picture riding 2 XT600s strapped together...

I should imagine my XS is going to be an...interesting...ride too when its finished...

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