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Motorcycling Safely - a motorcycle riding program
Basic Phase. On
a quiet suburban road.
- Basic
throttle, gear, clutch and brake control on straight residential roads.
Riding in the middle of the lane. All this without looking down at
the controls.
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Motorcycle controls e.g. the position of the indications (turn signal)
and the cancel control
- Riding
with arms bent looking well ahead.
- Executing
a 180° turn (U turn) in a narrow road. Caution. This is a
difficult exercise!! Therefore take care when selecting a place
to practice this. Riding without the saddle can help while you get
your confidence up if the bike is heavy and has a high saddle. Remember to keep your head
up, revs up, slip the clutch a little and do not go too slowly.!
- Emergency
braking with both brakes, arms remaining relaxed and bent during the whole process,
legs gripping the motorcycle.
- Faster
acceleration from rest. Arms bent and leaning forward.
- Pulling
off from stop streets and turning left. Turning flicker (turn
indicator) on and off.
- Pulling
off from stop streets and turning right. Turning flicker on and off.
- Pulling
off from a steep incline without rolling back.
- Pulling
off from uneven steep incline and turning left (or right) without
rolling back.
- Traffic
training A. In a quiet suburb get a friend to ride with you in a car.
The motorist must ride in front and you must follow the car
obediently.
- Traffic
Training B. Once you have some confidence the motorist must almost
'hassle' you e.g. slowing down quickly and suddenly, making sudden
decisions to turn etc. If you can find a sensible person to do this
exercise with you this can do wonders for your skills and preparation
for real traffic situations.
- Getting
in and out of confided spaces like drive ways and garages
- How
to park a motorbike so that you can move it out later (e.g. the very
end of a steep downhill driveway is a bad idea!)
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