Advice: How to ride a motorbike
On the surface it’s a fairly simple proposition, but riding a motorbike is an amalgam of so many different variablesHow do you ride a motorbike? A fairly simple question, but one that doesn’t necessarily elicit straightforward answers.
Both my aunty and mother thought they could ride a motorcycle, but ended up bunny hopping into their respective rose gardens – both in full spring bloom at the time. Remember sticking rose thorns on your nose as a child? Great fun.
I digress. Obviously, my relatives hadn’t paid a lot of attention to clutch control or road (garden?) awareness, and I daresay other vital elements of riding a motorbike would not have been adhered to either.
How do you ride a motorbike?
They have both retired from the powered two-wheeler game now, but for learners and experienced riders alike riding a motorbike is a constant work in progress – you never stop learning.
For those new to the craft, it’s the staples of clutch, throttle and brake control and counter steering which take initial precedence, but then you can add in all the other factors which are part of the ‘How to ride a motorbike’ pie such as road awareness, developing ‘feel’, cornering, steering, vision and those intangibles: confidence and overcoming fear.
Related links:
FAQ: Which learner bike is best
How to get your motorcycle licence national guide
Okay, let’s get to it. Below are a bunch of advice and FAQ articles to help you not only refine your craft, but to allow you to enjoy motorcycling even more – and in a safer manner as well. We’ve also included some tech tips.
This article was originally published on August 27, 2019.
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