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Originally Posted by No Worries

Why do you say that? I've met him twice and he's a real motorcyclist. He may look like a dipshit, but his book is way more simple and easy to understand than Code's two books. And Parks' Total Control class was terrific.

Some riders still believe that the bike is more important than the rider's skill. On steep, downhill, twisty roads, I have caught up with bikes that had twice as much horsepower and a third of the weigh of my thirty-year-old bike with steel frame, bias-ply tube-tires, 35mm air-forks, dual shocks, and an air-cooled engine with built-up crank, mechanical ignition advance, two-valves per cylinder, 26mm carbs, and a centerstand. You don't see any of those things on new bikes, because they've all been improved (except for the centerstand). The best thing I improved was my skills by reading Parks' book, taking his class, and practicing.

By the way, where are these 100MPH sweepers? The highways near me are so crowded and patrolled, it's rare to go 90 on straights.

Come on down! Once you get away from the main highways, the cops pretty much leave you alone around here. Lots of sweepers!