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Learning to Ride a Motorcycle?
…Here are Steps You Can Take to Do it Right
Learning to ride a motorcycle properly is vital to your safety and ability to truly enjoy this exhilarating sport...
Here's information you can use to…
- Begin your rider education on the right track…
- Build your cycle-riding skills…
- Build your cycle-riding confidence…
All motorcycle enthusiasts have their own personal story about how they learned to ride.
For most, it was a relatively smooth and enjoyable experience. However, for others, learning to ride wasn't so easy -- maybe even a little intimidating.
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learning to ride a motorcycle...
I’d like to help you make it easy.
You should have fun when leaning to ride a motorcycle.
Even if you plan to take a formal rider training course -- such as the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's basic rider course…
…the following information will give you the most important steps to take when learning to ride a motorcycle...
- Begin your motorcycle-riding education on a bike you can manage physically -- a bike you can lift up if it tips over.
Don’t complicate your learning process with a motorcycle that's too big or too powerful or otherwise unwieldy or intimidating... - Whenever you ride, even during low-speed practice sessions, get into the habit of wearing appropriate motorcycle-riding apparel/safety gear. This includes a helmet, eye protection, gloves, long sleeved jacket, heavy pants and sturdy footwear…
- Practice in a wide-open, area such as an empty parking lot free of obstacles, vehicles and pedestrians...
- First familiarize yourself with the location of the bike's hand and foot controls you'll use to operate the brakes, clutch and accelerator and to shift gears...
- With the engine off and while you're sitting on the motorcycle, familiarize yourself with how to operate the controls so you know how to…
* Work the clutch…
* Shift into first gear…
* Start moving forward…
* Accelerate…
* Up-shift through all gears…
* Apply the brakes…
* Down-shift through all gears…
* Come to a complete stop…
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- While sitting on the bike with the engine off, walk/roll the motorcycle forward. Practice applying the brakes smoothly to stop you from rolling. Repeat five or six times…
- Start the engine…
* Shift into first gear and practice partially engaging (letting out) the clutch without stalling the engine…
* Engage the clutch entirely, roll forward a few yards, disengage the clutch, apply the brakes and stop. Repeat five or six times…
* Get rolling, accelerate in first gear, travel for 50 yards and stop. Repeat five or six times...
* Get rolling, accelerate then shift into second gear, ride in a circle...
* Practice accelerating and shifting through all the gears while riding in a circle. Downshift through all gears, stop. Repeat the process five or six times…
* Start working tighter turns into your runs around the parking lot. Get comfortable and confident with leaning into turns... - Create and practice your own starting, accelerating, turning, downshifting and stopping scenarios. Use your imagination…
- You're well on you way to mastering the basics of learning to ride a motorcycle.
For sure, the steps I've outlined for you here and the work you put into practicing your motorcycle riding skills in a traffic-free area are a good beginning to learning to ride a motorcycle.
Your diligence will prepare you to earn your motorcycle driver's license and head out on the road.
In my continuing efforts to provide you with the best information possible, I’ve discovered a great book you can use to help you learn to ride a motorcycle…
…a book that quickly and clearly explains everything you must know to start riding.
Whether you want to learn to ride a motorcycle right now or are just curious to know more about the leaning process, this book is a must-read…
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