This week we learn to read the road and listen to what it is saying to us. A conscientious rider will use clues like the limit point to know when to maintain speed, slow down or speed up. MCrider shirts on Sale! Save 10% for a limited time. http://www.MCrider.com/shirt
Skills and road strategy, they go hand in hand for an expert motorcyclist. Let’s examine some footage from a fellow rider and see what we can learn from this incident.
MCrider ride along. See how your road strategy is impacted by blind spots on the road. Blind spots can be created by your lane position, trees or even other vehicles on the road. Having a sound road strategy can help you recognize them early and respond.
When you find some loose road surfaces on your motorcycle do you let the motorcycle do its job? Or do you tighten up and try to correct every movement of the motorcycle as it tries to regain traction? This week on MCrider we look at two common road surfaces and how to deal with them.
Riding in the wind can have it’s challenges. I was riding through New Mexico on my way to Colorado a few years ago and hit a patch of straight line wind outside of Roswell. It was a steady wind from the left at about 40 – 50 MPH. New riders can find a situation like…
Many riders never think about what they are doing to their hearing riding a motorcycle. You wear a helmet to protect your head, gloves to protect your hands and boots to protect your feet…just in case you have an accident. But, every time you ride a motorcycle with no hearing protection you lose some of…
There are 2 rules that every motorcyclist should follow to survive in traffic. Do you apply these rules every time you ride? If not it will eventually cost you. Learn how you can support MCrider and get access to the Field Guide to help you increase your skills on a motorcycle.
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…
Sometimes riding in traffic it feels like every car on the road is out to get you. Why are motorcycles so hard to see? Radar tracks information in a very similar manner to our brains. (use a radar screen as an example) the line rotates around the screen and with each pass it picks up…
It’s the classic battle: one left turning car, one motorcycle, one intersection. What you do on a motorcycle before the intersection can actually invite the potential accident. This week on MCrider let’s find out how. So what can you do before the intersection to lessen the chance giving your license and proof of insurance to…
