Safety and Awareness – Tires

Safety and Awareness – Tires Tires… I like mine round! Tires are the unsung performance heroes of the motorcycle world.  Think about it, everything you ask of your motorcycle (accelerate, stay upright, turn & stop) is dependent upon your tire’s...

Safety and Awareness – Counter Steering

Safety and Awareness – Counter Steering Counter Steering You know if you want your motorcycle to turn, you have to make it lean.  And that is true for all single track vehicles from bicycles to wheelbarrows.  Now at slow speeds we use a technique called...

__Safety STANDARD FORM Duplicate this

__Safety STANDARD FORM Duplicate this SAFETY TIP In loco pascuæ, ibi me collocavit. Super aquam refectionis educavit me; animam meam convertit. Deduxit me super semitas justitiæ propter nomen suum. Nam etsi ambulavero in medio umbræ mortis, non timebo mala, quoniam tu...

Safety and Awareness – Look

Safety and Awareness – Look Help! Make it turn! The Look – In our article on cornering we talked about the 4 basic steps “slow, look, press. and roll.”   We also discussed the proper way to slow your machine for corner entry, but now we need to...

Safety and Awareness – Cornering

Safety and Awareness – Cornering Ever scare yourself in a turn on your motorcycle?  Might as well as admit it, because it has happened to all of us.  It probably felt like you were wrestling an alligator, with your body all tense, the bike not really responding...