Just started my DAS, advice needed!

Jeez, my instructor was screaming at me from day 1!

"No NOOO! Don't look at the junction twice! That tells me you have not seen what's coming the first time!"

"Keep your foot right off the rear brake, you are showing me the brake light!!"

"Don't look at the kerb, look into the corner you arse!"

"Lifesaver! LIFESAVER!"

"Turn your ****ing indicator off!" <-- this happened a lot

"Relax you look like you are tensing up on the bike!"

"Get up to speed you idiot, it 70mph here"

"Look at the blue bus lane signs! If you can use them, show the examiner you know you can use them!"

May sound harsh but I passed after 4 days on DAS with 2 minors.

There was also the;

"Don't look in the car!" followed by "was she alright?" I nodded... ;) heh

Really enjoyed my DAS, and i needed the poke to get it right.
 
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Lt_Red said:
Jeez, my instructor was screaming at me from day 1!

"No NOOO! Don't look at the junction twice! That tells me you have not seen what's coming the first time!"

"Keep your foot right off the rear brake, you are showing me the brake light!!"

"Don't look at the kerb, look into the corner you arse!"

"Lifesaver! LIFESAVER!"

"Turn your ****ing indicator off!" <-- this happened a lot

"Relax you look like you are tensing up on the bike!"

"Get up to speed you idiot, it 70mph here"

"Look at the blue bus lane signs! If you can use them, show the examiner you know you can use them!"

May sound harsh but I passed after 4 days on DAS with 2 minors.

There was also the;

"Don't look in the car!" followed by "was she alright?" I nodded... ;) heh

Really enjoyed my DAS, and i needed the poke to get it right.
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haha, that sounds a lot like my instructor :)
 
pugheaven said:
Yeah I'd agree with this... saying that, at the end of the day the bike only goes as fast as the person lets it lol
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I'd agree with this, with someone who's got some experience under their belt. However, a new rider is more likely to make mistakes, being in the wrong gear, suddenly twisting the throttle and what not. It's more likely to go wrong on a 1000cc super bike, compared to a 600cc naked bike.

I'm only just about to get a 1000cc, and I've been riding 4 years. And even some people say that's too early to get a thou.
 
I went from a Kawasaki ER-6f to a Suzuki GSX-R750, and I just found it faaar too easy to end up approaching corners extremely fast without realising it. I imagine it would be easy to panic in this situation as a newer rider :)

Enjoying my Speed Triple much more tbh. Much better handle on speed, what with being up in the wind :)
 
Ghosteh said:
I'd agree with this, with someone who's got some experience under their belt. However, a new rider is more likely to make mistakes, being in the wrong gear, suddenly twisting the throttle and what not. It's more likely to go wrong on a 1000cc super bike, compared to a 600cc naked bike.

I'm only just about to get a 1000cc, and I've been riding 4 years. And even some people say that's too early to get a thou.
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Oh yeah fella, I do agree, it's easier to be more twitchy on a powerful machine like that and mroe tempting to open it up thus into trouble or can't get out of trouble more. However on the flip side... it is still with the rider. I mean, I'm with ya man, I got a 600 just make myself behave, however after being on it and opening it up, christ, whether it's a 600 or 1000 either one will rip you a new one... however I'd have felt a lot more nervous on a 1000cc jobbie agreed. I wanna learn the ropes and be spot on before anything mental, and even then, may never upgrade...
 
Go supersport 600 mate or a tourer chill bike, believe me, anything with 100bhp is gonna shift... I open mine up and it unleashes massive acceleration that never seems to stop once you get over 8k rpm... believe me mate, you won't need a 1000cc unless your going cruiser or something?
 
Passes my theory about an hour ago. Very relieved.

I'm getting better on bends now, just need to be sharper off the mark and work on not over revving on moving off.
 
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