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Always Check Your Tyre Pressure |
Tyre Pressure
Tyre pressures have a major effect on a bike’s handling. Most bikes run around the 40psi mark and say a 5psi drop can reduce the handling of your bike somewhat. Instead of making a choir out of it just check when you fill up. Having your tyres inflated to the correct pressure will help you in an emergency situation. Make sure your tyres are cold when you check pressure, so head to the service station closest to home to check pressure before embarking on a ride. And check that your tyres have legal tread depth when you check the pressure. 
Good tyre pressure, good ride. |
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The motorcycle goes where you're looking |
The bike goes where you look.... seriously.
The idea that your motorcycle will go where you're looking is merely a shorthand way of thinking about a phenomenon that virtually all drivers (of any kind of vehicle) have experienced before: that if you turn your head you tend to steer in the direction you're looking.In fact, it might be clearer to simply acknowledge that it is hard to steer in any direction other than the one you are looking at. All of your prior experience has taught you how to steer your vehicle where you want it to go. So, if you look where you want to go, you kick in all that prior experience and automatically steer in that direction.There is no magic here nor is there a hidden law of physics involved. Your bike (or automobile) tends to go in the direction you are looking because, via experience, you have taught yourself to steer, more or less subconsciously.  To take advantage of that phenomenon you merely need to actively look in the direction you want to go - away from danger. The rest is virtually subconscious reaction. Of course it takes more than a turn of your eyes or even your head. You still need to steer away from danger. Since it is hard to steer away from what you're looking at, and easy (almost automatic) to steer in the direction you are looking, surely it makes sense to look where you want to go. |
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Good Techniques Get'M Right. |
The Ready Position
Well, this is the principle that when seated on a motorcycle you need to be ready to respond to circumstances outside your control.The ready position is where the rider has their left foot on the ground, right foot on the rear brake, the four fingers of the right hand around the throttle, the four fingers of the left hand pulling the clutch in, the motorcycle in first gear, the head up and eyes scanning (forward, left, right and mirrors).
Many times you will see a rider stopped at lights or an intersection with both feet down, hands on the tank or scratching something!! These riders are not taking any responsibility for their own safety and give away any control they could have.
So always use the ready position, keep scanning to see what is happening around and behind you. Then if there is the need to move quickly......YOU CAN. |
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