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New guy from Florida - GS650L

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The windscreen on my GS850 is tall enough to deflect the air over my head - but I still look OVER the windscreen rather than through it....
I think that is key on these bikes ... On my Goldwing I look through the windscreen but at 1000 lbs of machine it rarely it gets blown off line...;)
 
Do annoy all us folks from the land of the ice and snow with more pictures.
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Consider it done.

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This was on Saturday. Went out a little before noon, down US1 along the river. Crossed over to A1A in Sebastian/Wabasso, then up into Melbourne, crossed back over and headed home. Picture was taken on A1A right about here.
Got home to find my new mirrors in a box on the doorstep. Installed and adjusted, then took it out again Sunday afternoon. I went out to the Compound which is a huge area of vacant streets. I went there to practice some of the MSF skills. Quick stops, swerves, and slow S turns. Practicing the swerves and quick stops came in handy as I had my first encounter with a cage not paying attention on my way home.

I was making a left turn at a light onto a 4 lane road. Single turn lane with two cars in front of me, and no one behind me. Left arrow turns green, and we proceed through just fine. The two cars take the turn wide and go into the right lane. I take a tighter line and stay in the left left lane and take the left position. I'm still accelerating and about to pass the car that was just in front of me in the turn, about 5 feet behind their rear bumper at this point, they decide "Oh, I wanted to be in the left lane after all!" Blinker comes on, and by the second flash they are already across the center line. Rolling off the throttle and quick brake drops my speed to just below theirs and gives me about 2 feet between their back bumper and my front tire. Swerve around them on the right, accelerate (a little more assertively this time) quickly past them, then back over in front of them once I passed them so as not to run into the first car that made the turn (who stayed in the right lane, and there was about two car lengths between them at that time).

Afterwards, I was a little surprised at the lack of adrenaline. No panic, no anger, just an acceptance of "so that's what you're doing, huh?", making an immediate decision on my out, and then executing on it. It just reinforced to me that I'm pretty sure I've got the right mental attitude about riding.

As for some of the previous things mentioned, I'm getting much better at speed. Like I said, the bike handles it fine, it's the sail in the seat. I found that I was probably being a little too stiff, and relaxing has made a big improvement. I mean, the buffeting is still annoying but I'm getting better at letting it roll over me and not transfer that energy into the steering.
 
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