Is it safer to speed on a motorcycle?
This week on MCrider we look at speeding, speed differential and how it affects your safety on the road.
Motorcycle strategy for the road. Riding a motorcycle is more than physical control, your mind is just as important.
How quickly you process information could save your life
This week on MCrider we look at input – decision and output. How this affects the ride and how you can improve it to become a better rider.
1 simple technique to make you more visible
This week we look at some ways that you can make yourself more visible on the road.
How to read the road like Pro!
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
WOW! At this frame he was going 75 MPH!
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.
Do you let the motorcycle do its job? Road Surfaces
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.
5 techniques to conquer the wind on a motorcycle
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…
Can you hear me now? Hearing protection what you need to know.
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…
2 rules every motorcyclist ought to know about surviving traffic. Do you?
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.
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…
