Everyone loves the cornerman system, which is explained both in great depth and with much convolution on most motorbike forums. But I quite like playing follow the leader, and much as it’s probably how you ride anyway, sometimes people ask how a ride is going to work. Here’s what I call ‘follow the leader’ and some other people call ‘the buddy system’:
- You set off in a line, and maintain that order. No overtaking each other.
- You pause at corners to wait for the guy behind you. At the beginning of the ride you agree on how he’ll signal that he understands where to go – I always suggest a wave since that’s really hard to accidentally do, but some people like headlight flashes.
- As you’re going along, you keep an eye in your wing mirror for the guy behind you, if he disappears for a while you stop and wait, eventually going back if the guy in front of you comes back for you (he having waited a while).
- If you get to a corner and you don’t know where to go you stop. Eventually the guys in front will be back.