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Message: <blockquote data-quote="okow" data-source="post: 318609" data-attributes="member: 14">Velocity, sounds like you havent been on a bike for quite a while. If you have, clutch play would be second nature. What you need to learn is 'defensive riding'....to stay alive. Let me know when you get your mean machine and when you are free...I'll then check my sked and if all falls in place, I might just give you a few pointers on staying upright. Remember, the bigger machine you are on, the harder you fall.....and its not all about your right hand twisting the trottle to max, almost anyone can do can ride in a straight line at breakneck speeds...reaching close to 300kph...the adrenelin and G-forces will get you addicted...just remember, at the end of any straight, there'll be a bend waiting for you...there will also be trees, armco's, drains, cars, trucks, damp leaves, plastic bags, shadowed roads, pot holes hidden by puddles, unexpected U-turns from other road users etc...you'll have to be very very alert and anticipate what others might do.Always leave at least a finger or 2 on your front brake lever as most bikes brakes are ratio-ed at 80% effectiveness in the front and only 20% at the rear....at speeds capable of the R1200 you dont even want to loose a mili second of breaking ...</blockquote>