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Ashley, when I was a kid, my friend was Allan Greening. He built the first race bike I owned, but he would never sell it to me. In those days, he used to ride 500cc bikes such as a G90 Matchless, and BSA B33. I used to ride 650cc Triumphs. To get booked back then, the police had to follow you for about one kilometre. Everywhere we went was a road race. However I came to understand my life expectancy might not be very great, so in 1979 I went racing on proper circuits. The first time I raced, I locked the front brake and slid down the road on my back at about 90 MPH. My two young sons were standing watching at the corner where I crashed. The good thing was, I never had to watch them riding motorcycles. When the older one was working, he had a ZXR750 Kawasaki - he was a very competent and careful rider.You can only ever ride as fast as your front brake will allow. Every crash I have ever had, has been due to the front brake, except the one where I put a footrest on the road and lifted the rear wheel.
Ashley, when I was a kid, my friend was Allan Greening. He built the first race bike I owned, but he would never sell it to me. In those days, he used to ride 500cc bikes such as a G90 Matchless, and BSA B33. I used to ride 650cc Triumphs. To get booked back then, the police had to follow you for about one kilometre. Everywhere we went was a road race. However I came to understand my life expectancy might not be very great, so in 1979 I went racing on proper circuits. The first time I raced, I locked the front brake and slid down the road on my back at about 90 MPH. My two young sons were standing watching at the corner where I crashed. The good thing was, I never had to watch them riding motorcycles. When the older one was working, he had a ZXR750 Kawasaki - he was a very competent and careful rider.
You can only ever ride as fast as your front brake will allow. Every crash I have ever had, has been due to the front brake, except the one where I put a footrest on the road and lifted the rear wheel.
