Just posting to keep the thread alive.

I had an interesting weekend and would like to share.

I guess I did not tighten the bolts on the fender holding my tags properly. As i was was taking off from a stop sign I heard a noise in my tire/chain area. The tags fell to the chain and was cut half. The tire looks fine,however there is a one spiral line of scratch on the tire. Not sure if it is safe. It is right of the mid section of the tire so I was scared it would slip on the curves. Your thoughts please.

Also during the ride , we had a newbie riding almost crashed his cbr 500. He was not able to hold the line on a curve and went to the curb and eventually stopped in the grass. He is safe and the bike was snot damaged.

One thing I realized while riding with some of the new guys is that they were making it very complicated and over-prepared themselves in lieu of safety. I believe riding is 80 percent confidence and 20 percent technique , at least to the basic level. The curve that he overshot was was not a sharp curve at all , he probably was going 30mph and since I have seen him ride back home ..he would be fine riding a pulsar on the same kind of curve in BaraBise.
When I first got my bike , I just rode it ..I did not go crazy on it but I did not care for techniques and over-prepare. I was careful but I was definitely not scared. I found the bigger bikes handle and perform lot better than the tiny 150 -200CC .

Just a thought, What do you guys think ?