Fluid is indeed the correct description, for a lot of things motorcycling, not just positioning. But that's also my problem with the ride depicted in the video. I should have been anticipating, positioning to be ready, and then allowing myself to fluidly react in case my anticipations were wrong. I was missing the pre-planned anticipation part.
As it might be helpful, I'll break down some of my own thoughts about my own video, in the same way I've looked at other video's posted.
1min 34. Left of the arrow puts me too close to the curb on the exit. Should have done that in more of a straight line.
2min 36. Van just passed me, should have been out in 3 for the view ahead.
3min 10. Clipped the manhole cover. Good surface condition, but it's been dry for about a week and was just starting to get damp out. No real risk, but I know better than clipping covers with the bike leant over.
3min 15. Why am I not offside into 5 there?
3min 21. Clipped the cats eyes on the way out to offside unsettling the bike a little.
3min 32. Late to move the bike back out to 2. The view opened at 3min 31. My late action resulted in some manhandling to avoid the manhole cover.
3min 39. Far too hesitant. It's a house with a driveway, and a manhole cover lurking around the bend in 1. It ain't the boogey man with an oil slick waiting for me...
3min 50. The view has opened. Why the hell am I still in 1 hugging the tree line? It takes me a full 2 secs to react to the open view.
4min 21. Offside opportunity there, and it's good for view into the left/right switchback. 3secs later, I'm still in the wrong damn place. By 4min 26, I'm clipping the left apex early & can't see the full width of the road to the left. Had I been offsiding 5 secs earlier, I would have cleared that. That set me up badly for the right, and at 4min 28 you can see I force the bike left/right to try better my position, ready for the next offsiding.
4min 33. Back in too early from offsiding. No point going out there if you're not going to use it. Should have stayed out about another 3 seconds.
4min 41. I'm between 1 & 2, tight junction appears left. I'm positioning for the right hander with a slight crest, forgetting that tractors use that small lane. I could have been 6 inches further over without sacrificing safety from anything that might have been oncoming. I know I want to be moving to 3 anyway for the coming left.
4min 57. Manhole cover clipped again. Dodgy surface on the right side of that one.
5min 07. Manhole cover clipped again.
5min 09. Mahhole cover again. Didn't have much choice about that with oncoming, but could have had the bike more settled for it.
5min 14. Offsiding, but back in too early again. I also didn't go wide enough on that one.
5min 44. Again, back in too early after offsiding. I was prioritising the empty farm track on my right, and came back in over the rough patch of tarmac.
6min 34. Clipped a pot hole on the left.
6min 43. What the hell was I thinking? Straight over a series of pot holes, upsetting the suspension just before the bend.
... the list goes on...
So yes, maybe I am a little OCD about my own riding. 7 mins of video, 19 things I didn't like.
The one thing I expected questions about, no-one has asked yet too... 15min 45, I stop well back from the red light, give a hefty shoulder check to make sure I'm happy with the rear in case someone comes around the bend into me, and sit there. The reasoning is pretty simple. At 15min 25, knowing where the road goes, I looked across the valley and saw a Heavy Goods Vehicle coming the opposite way. I didn't see what he was carrying but knew that I'd meet him at some point through the village. When I got to the red light on a downhill, I figured I'd buy some options - if he needed to swing wide for his uphill left hand, I could sit back out of his way, or tuck extreme to my left. It was kind of a calculated risk versus the potential for traffic coming up behind me.
