Just don't get
too carried away with the "System"....yeah, riding right into the kerb on right-handers and on the crown of the road on left-handers is all well and good BUT.....
1. There's a lot of crap in/near the gutter... saw a bloke come off a BWW 1100 RT big time going down Fish Hill just by the emergency braking lane anout 1/2 way down on the right hand bend - he was too near the edge and the loose pebbles in the lorry trap had migrated into the carriageway. They acted just like marbles under his tyres and off he came, landed with bike on top of him. We rushed to pull it off him but luckily the pebbles were so loose the bike just pushed him down into them instead of crushing him.
2. The crown of the road/gutter is often very greasy and is a favourite place for diesel spills from overfilled tanks on bends. Don't ask how I found out about this one...
3. On left-handers, oncoming cagers tend to float across the centre line to cut the apex....just into the place where the "System" wants you to be...
but apart from that some good info in the handbook - just temper it with a bit of moderation
Jan
