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At least once for every rider, it’s time to get on a motorcycle you’ve never ridden before.
Even if you’ve ridden for years, you’re likely to have that “first ride” experience again. A riding buddy will offer to trade with you for a few miles. You’ll get a chance to ride the demonstrator model at your favorite bike shop. Will you know how to approach that ride when you’re unfamiliar with the bike?
Download “Take Me Home” for valuable tips for a successful first ride.
One summer night, when the skies were clear and the sun had just gone down, I was riding along a country road west of Houston.
I was going about 65mph and planning to test new glasses for use after dark, advertised to reduce glare.
The road had been running next to a railroad track for miles, so I decided to put on the glasses. I was looking down at my speedometer when I heard a voice in my ear saying, “This one’s a 20.”
Read the rest of the story in The Science of Stopping, about all aspects of braking.
About Motorcycle Safety & Dynamics, Vol. 1:
As a lifelong motorcyclist, I have no hesitation in recommending this book as a “Must Read”. It matters not if you are a new rider or have years on two wheels, this book is just packed with facts and information that will help anyone and everyone survive the ride.
Jerry D.
This is not just another “How to Ride a Motorcycle” book. It is a definitive book on how to survive the early stages of the motorcycling experience.
It provides insights that will be valuable throughout your riding career, covering virtually every aspect of it from your days as a wannabe through being a newbie at the sport, with lessons on the specific skills required to be a truly competent rider and explaining why you must master them.
Jim and Cash have distilled the results of well over a half million miles of combined experience in this first of a two-volume set.
Jim’s detailed analysis of the physics of motorcycling will leave riders with a deeper understanding of what the motorcycle is doing in response to the rider’s input. You’ll ride smarter after reading and studying these 178 pages.
Because rider are exposed to extreme dangers of many kinds in a collision, an accident involving a motorcyclist is likely to leave the rider or a passenger in critical condition. It’s a violent event.
A fellow rider who’s on the scene will often be the First Responder in the moments immediately afterward.
The purpose of this guide is to provide information about what to do to help a rider who’s gone down until the official First Responders arrive in an ambulance or LifeFlight helicopter … and what not to do.
Witnessing a motorcycle accident can leave bystanders in shock and unable to help. It can also leave other riders questioning whether to continue to ride that day … or ever.
This guide offers suggestions about how to deal with the aftermath of an accident at the scene as well as later when you keep seeing it happen again and again. You can recover your joy as a rider, if you recognize how much of the danger you can avoid.