Top tips for riders

[dukeboy749r]

20. The two most useless things to a rider are the braking distance

behind you and nine-tenth of a second ago.

19. Remember, gravity and centrifugal force are not just a good

ideas. They're laws and are not subject to appeal.

18. Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.

17. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the

experience usually comes from bad judgment.

16. In the ongoing battle between objects made of metal, rubber and

fibreglass going 100+ miles per hour and the ground going zero miles

per hour, the ground has yet to lose. Same holds for cars, large

trucks, and animals taller than you. Draws don't count.

15. If all you can see in your mirrors is sparks and all you can

hear is screaming from your passenger, things may not be as they

should be.

14. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of

experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you

empty the bag of luck.

13. There are two simple rules for riding smoothly and fast in snow

and on ice. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.

12. Always try to keep the number of times you put your sidestand

down equal to the number of times you put the sidestand up.

11. Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't get

to three seconds earlier.

10. You know you've left the sidestand down when all left turn are

Bat-turns. You know you've left the centerstand down when your in

1st gear at 4000 rpm going nowhere.

9. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to

make all of them yourself.

8. When in doubt slow down. No one has ever hit something too slow.

7. The rear wheel is just a big fan on back of the bike used to keep

the rider cool and his/her butt relaxed. If going into a corner too

fast, slamming on the rear brake causes the "fan" to abruptly stop.

When this happens you can actually see the rider start sweating and

his/her butt become tense.

6. The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire

5. It's always better to be on the sidelines wishing you were on the

track than on the track wishing you were on the sidelines.

4. Riding isn't dangerous. Crashing is dangerous.

3. If you push the bars left, the bike goes left. If you push the

bars right, the bike goes right. That is, unless you continue

pushing the bars all the way, then the bike will go down.

2. Every ride is optional

1. A 'good' ride is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' ride

is one after which you can use the bike again.

[Omi]

Awesome, top tips.

[Avus_Bub]

Great!

[Doctor46]

Most amusing, and flaming right too! Well done.

[Lee_]

Spot on

[badgera]

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3. If you push the bars left, the bike goes left. If you push the

bars right, the bike goes right. That is, unless you continue

pushing the bars all the way, then the bike will go down.

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Sorry to be a smart but this isn't true, at speed if you push left you lean right and go right and if you push right you go left. Physics and Gyroscopic effects in-it.

Thats why inexperienced riders got too fast into a turn and then force the bars into the turn to get around it, even though all this does is stand the bike up and aim it for the hedge.

[dukeboy749r]

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3. If you push the bars left, the bike goes left. If you push the

bars right, the bike goes right. That is, unless you continue

pushing the bars all the way, then the bike will go down.

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Sorry to be a smart but this isn't true, at speed if you push left you lean right and go right and if you push right you go left. Physics and Gyroscopic effects in-it.

Thats why inexperienced riders got too fast into a turn and then force the bars into the turn to get around it, even though all this does is stand the bike up and aim it for the hedge.

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Sorry, yes good ole countersteering...