more on Motorcycle safety

After a few cold days its getting nice again, time to get the Goldwing out and do some more riding. There are lots of bikes on the road these days. I hope that everyone will ride safe, one motorcycle death is one too many. Learn what you can and cant do with your bike. The best way to do this is in an empty parking lot.. Practice leaning into turns, you can lean a motorcycle far down without dropping it. Most of the time the most you are going to do is scrape the floorboards. When you start into a turn start wide and go inside of the turnfinishing to the outside if you must. Always turn your head to where you want to go, but dont look down at the ground, look at the ground and guess where you are going? Always follow the next guy at least 2 seconds back, but always look at least 12 seconds ahead. Give yourself plenty of time to SEE. Learn safety tips from more experienced riders.... read more