Good sh*t
 

I just moved to TN a few months ago and am still learning the roads, which means riding with new and different ppl in hopes of finding the good roads and establishing who is worth riding with and who is gonna get me killed (read: never ride with the stupid ones again)

Its not worth risking your bike/well being because someone else is being retarded, if enough ppl refuse to ride with idiots may be they will see the err in there ways, or crash in a single bike wreck and weed out the gene pool.

Either way keep an eye when your riding with new guys and expect the unexpected.

Hand signals are a must, when someone signals infront of you, you signal too, and keep it up until the guy infront of you puts his down...

staggered formation is good until you get to the twistys, after that leave a lil more room and follow your lines at your own pace, dont run someone elses line and try to keep up, thats how accidents happen... aka getting sucked in sucks!:flush:

Don't worry about holding a group up, if you are they will pass you, if they cant pass you, you arent holding them up

make sure you have a head count when the rode starts, thats important in larger rides and you think you have everyone, but wait wasnt there two sv's or only 1? :?:

Have a sweeper. when you are riding with truly new riders, make sure the last person is a seasoned rider, that way you know if something happens to a slower guy and they just dont go cliff diving and no one knows what happened because we are all a mile ahead and waiting on them at the next turn.

which brings me to the most important rule:

STOP at all turns and gather the group, use the head count and when the sweeper arrives, you know you got everyone and its good to go.

Benefits of the stop and gather is the fast riders get to breath and the slow riders dont get lost:dthumb:

Basic but true
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you would be amazed with how many ppl dont know the basics

I saw the same thing when I got to Springfield. Some guy passed me on the inside of a corner. He also won a 10 dollar bet for being the first to the end of the road. That was the last time I rode with those guys.

and i wish every group i rode with was as kickass as sundays group

Those are important guidelines for group riding. The groups I ride with also slow down on the straights and regroup.

agreed, and if the lead guy slows down, odds are its for a reason...

... like we are going infront of the sheriffs house and he is sitting on the porch drinking coffee

:rofl: Yep, we have the same thing round here...we also slow down in any residential area tho, not just PD populated ones, save the rowdy for the barren and deserted areas...just us and the cows/deer/turkey vultures!

Great write up Drewpy, I wish more newbs would check into things like this before embarking on group rides!

or chiuhahas and fat chicks in purple moo moo's

It was a good group and even though it wasn't without incident, I think it went well. Those are the kinds of rides I like to be a part of. Everyone has a responsibility to safety, control, common sense, and the well being of their fellow group member.

What was cool was that we were able to rip regardless of skill level.