Maggie valley June 2019

Bad leader!
Primary responsibility of a ride leader is to ensure at every turn all other riders are present.
If you stop at every intersection to wait, it clogs up. But every rider needs to know if there is someone behind them. Slow enough to to make sure they see you if you change course. Then haul a$$ to the next one
 
Thank you for the encouragement. I have been working on entering the turn correctly, staying on the throttle through the turn and accelerating out. The Valkyrie helps a lot since the throttle response is not intimidating like the R3. Having the correct tires and a TPS that works well also helps.

You are doing much better. The time I am waiting at the end of 2798 shortens with each time we go across it.
 
If you stop at every intersection to wait, it clogs up. But every rider needs to know if there is someone behind them. Slow enough to to make sure they see you if you change course. Then haul a$$ to the next one

I pull over to wait while waving the others by.
After final rider, I safely retake the lead.
My #2 , usually my brother is tail gunner to insure no one gets left behind and we are on Senas for communication just in case.
 
One rider should (last one in group) wait (safely) at any turns for anyone seperated from the group and so on until all are together again, having the lead rider(road captain) stop then take over the group again can be done but a lot safer using the last man method,
If a large group split into small groups no more than six, a lot easier to control and safer, the idea of a million Rockets riding down the road reminds me of the Simpson episode with the Harley riders look at me--look at me -vroom vroom.
Nothing worse then having 20-30 eiders pull into a gas station then about 30-45min later they finally leave far too much riding time lost.
If riding in a large or for that matter any group the most important thing to do is have a safety meeting with all riders present before taking off.
 
One rider should (last one in group) wait (safely) at any turns for anyone seperated from the group and so on until all are together again, having the lead rider(road captain) stop then take over the group again can be done but a lot safer using the last man method,
If a large group split into small groups no more than six, a lot easier to control and safer, the idea of a million Rockets riding down the road reminds me of the Simpson episode with the Harley riders look at me--look at me -vroom vroom.
Nothing worse then having 20-30 eiders pull into a gas station then about 30-45min later they finally leave far too much riding time lost.
If riding in a large or for that matter any group the most important thing to do is have a safety meeting with all riders present before taking off.

My tail gunner remains in the rear and looses no one. If therr is a break down or other issue he communicates that to me and we wait until the situation is assessed.
We had 23 for the Spearfish RAA a couple years ago and it wemt very well.
 
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