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Motorcycle Riding Tips
Each month we feature useful tips on how to improve your riding skills as well as review motorcycle crashes to learn from others and our own mistakes. To read more on one of the below topics click on the topic's subject.
| Motorcycle Riding Technique Tips | |
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| motorcycle winter riding tips |
| When the mercury drops most of us give our bikes a good wash, drain the gas tank, put our bike's batteries on the trickle charger and all of the other things we need to do covered in our storage maintenance story, wipe away the tears from our eyes and wait until next season. For those souls brave enough to withstand the cold - there are numerous things you must know about cold weather riding that is different than riding in temperate weather... | |
| Tips for the commuting rider |
| Motorcycles are a form of "transportainment" - they are exhilarating and fun when going out for a leisurely ride or touring on weekends/vacations. However, the overall feel is a bit different for the commuting rider.... | |
| Passenger riding aka 2 up |
| The riding dynamic changes when you are cruising with a passenger. Additional weight, braking distance, and awareness are all affected by riding with a buddy. To make the experience more safe and enjoyable for both yourself and your passenger here's a few tips to follow... | |
| How to make yourself noticed on a motorcycle |
| In most motorcycle accidents involving other vehicles the motorcycle and it's rider were 'invisible' to the other driver. Keeping this in mind you should try to ride knowing that you appear to not be there. With this said, how do we make sure other drivers are aware of our presence?... | |
| Motorcycle Crash Analysis | |
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| Why you do not try to teach your friend how to ride a bike. | |
| In the following video we see a guy who is sitting on a high-powered sports bike who appears to have no idea what he is doing but is eager to learn how to ride a bike. His friend in the white shirt, who seems to be the owner of the bike, is instructing him on how to ride the bike. The camera man says a few words of peanut gallery material - but nothing resembling instruction. | |
| The importance of staying on the bike - always. | |
| This video demonstrates the importance of staying on the bike and persisting. | |