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Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding
The guys (mostly poser/Harley types) that dropped their feet 10 feet from a stop and kept them on or near the ground through first gear, we derisively referred to a "paddlers." .
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When I was riding regularly, slow riding was one of my favorite things. I loved the figure 8 in the box exercise they do at riding courses.
But my brother-in-law puts me to shame. He was a motorcycle cop for 20 years (after being a bike cop for 10) and was the master instructor for his department. Still teaches there even though retired.
He could do the exercise in 16ft circles (18 is competition, 20 is standard) I've tried a couple of times to convince him to do a channel but he's not interested.
For those that don't know, I'm talking about this:
Where he really excels is the slow ride competition. As far as I know he has never lost an event he entered. This is where you ride between a line of two sets of cones a few feet apart. Slowest time out the other side, without putting down a foot, wins. It often incorporates at least one 180 degree turn. Example