Posted in how-to, riding tips on Nov 13th, 2008
For City Bikers, off season riding is some of the better riding to be had. Not only is “off-season” most of the year in places like the Northeast, but urban areas don’t get as much snow as say..the Mid-West, unless you’re in a Mid-Western city… but even when there is snow, the main roads are [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, motorcycle safety, riding tips on Oct 7th, 2008
When the MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi was asked what the difference was between riding some of the fastest motorcycles in the world to driving the fastest cars (Formula 1), he said the difference was you had much more braking power in the car. Most sportbikes can (theoretically) brake harder than the typical minivan or SUV, [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle, newbie, riding tips, time waster on Sep 10th, 2008
Would you like fries with that? Yes, but that’s not the kind of chicken strips we’re talking about. And this is NOT a terribly important thing, but you may hear about it sometime (if you haven’t already), so you might as well hear it from me first. Your tires are squealing on you. They tell [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, riding tips on Sep 9th, 2008
Where do you look in a turn? At the the cute girl/guy standing on the corner At the apex (the middle point of the turn you plan to make) As far into the turn as you can see At the nice scenery whizzing by None of the above The correct answer is…well I’ll let you [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, motorcycle safety, riding tips on Aug 26th, 2008
If you don’t know what motorcycle gykhana is, then check out the post a few days back (Motorcycle Gymkhana). A lot of you saw this and thought: [a] this is amazing, and [b] imagine how useful these skills are in real life! Unlike track skills like ‘getting your knee down’ the skills you learn from [...]
Posted in motorcycle, new york, riding tips on Aug 19th, 2008
Do you get surprised by cars sometimes while you ride, showing up where you didn’t expect them? Do you find yourself getting stuck in traffic patterns with aggressive or unpredictable drivers? Here’s a random tip, a short one… Here’s the way to keep this from happening: Move through traffic and not with traffic. Moving through [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, riding tips on Aug 19th, 2008
[Here's a quickie addition to the basic how-to section... Please add anything I may have left out that might be helpful - otherwise, try to guess what bike this is... This one is much easier than the Ducati 848, the last mystery bike] If you’re anything like me, your throttle control could probably use a [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, riding tips on Aug 12th, 2008
What would you say to faster and quicker turns that were also safer and fun? The easy part of riding is going straight…fast. The hard part is turning… The natural inclination for most people is to make as gradual a turn as possible (see the “lazy turn”). This makes us feel safer for some reason, [...]
Posted in motorcycle, riding tips, sportbikes on Aug 5th, 2008
This is for more advanced riders: if you already have a good grasp of basic body position (see “Finding the Right Position“) and have a good grasp on the idea and purpose of shifting your body’s weight in corners (see “Body Positions: Hanging Off”) are really ready for a more advanced approach, this video is [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, motorcycle safety, riding tips on Jul 22nd, 2008
One of the joys of driving a nice car is looking out at the road over a cool fighter-pilot inspired dashboard. Of course your eyes are on the road, but you can see the speedometer in your lower field of vision – always ready for a quick glance at the speed or rpms or navigation [...]
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