Why we ride motorcycles
Why do we ride a motorcycle? Something a little different this week as I share an important lesson about riding a motorcycle that I learned from my kids.
5 Bad Habits on a Motorcycle – MCrider
Bad riding habits often creep up without us realizing it. Afterall if we knew we were doing something wrong most of us would want to correct it. This week on MCrider we will look at 5 bad riding habits, stay tuned to see if any of these affect you. Habit #1: Not looking far…
More lessons from my motorcycle crash?
I received a lot of feedback from last week’s video describing my motorcycle crash some 9 years ago. If you haven’t watched that video yet, go back and watch it before this one. Since I got so much response from last weeks video I decided to carry that conversation a little further and look at…
What can you learn from my motorcycle crash?
There is an old saying, “A wise man learns from his mistakes but a wiser man learns from the mistakes of others.” This week on MCrider I tell you the story of my motorcycle crash, how it happened, what were the contributing factors and how it could have been avoided.For more information on some techniques…
Use your head and eyes well…or crash
In past episodes we have talked about emergency braking and emergency braking in a corner… what if we rarely needed to use those skills? Here is the first step in doing that. Your first and best defense to avoid an obstacle is early detection. You can only do that if you use your head and…
Support MCrider
Thanks to the awesome recommendation of Jeremy Standiford over on our YouTube Channel we now have a way for our regulars to support MCrider…if you want to. No pressure, you don’t have to donate, this is my mission to help support the fantastic riders of the motorcycle community and I will continue to do so for free. But,…
What kind of rider are you?
What kind of rider are you? It is a simple question with a lot of nuance. Most have heard the saying, “There are two types of riders, those who have crashed and those who will crash.” If those are the only two options riding a motorcycle does not sound like much fun to an outsider.…
Motorcycle safety course – why you need motorcycle training
Why is the motorcycle safety course just the beginning? In episode 8 of MCrider I make a case for more training. Training on a motorcycle saved me from an accident. Years ago I learned to stop quickly in a curve at a Basic Riding Course in Ft. Worth, TX. The skills I learned that day…
