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Favorite tips for newbies

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    Member Feirax's Avatar
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    When you're in a corner and you panic, never chop the throttle! Stay on it.

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    Favorite tips for newbies

    There are 2 types of motorcycle riders...
    Those that have crashed,
    and those that are about to.....

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    Too old to rock and roll, too young to die.

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    Favorite tips for newbies

    Originally posted by benSV
    If you're going to that you are doomed to crash anyway but I can add these that I've seen:

    - Don't smoke when you ride (Lots of Harley guys do this to look bad-ass.)

    - Don't drink and ride @ the same time

    - Don't take pictures and ride at the same time. (Yep seen this too)

    - Don't take your dog on the bike with you. Talk about cruel.
    Drink and ride is for eveyone and a law, not just a beginners tip. just pointing out.

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    Favorite tips for newbies

    i haven't seen "wear proper gears".

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    Favorite tips for newbies

    Originally posted by TLRMan
    There are 2 types of motorcycle riders...
    Those that have crashed,
    and those that are about to.....
    So true....

    Wheelies over backwards = bad (learn to cover the rear brake, damnit!)

    Large frost heaves in shaded corners = bad

    Don't ask how I know these things.

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    Favorite tips for newbies

    Being a newbie, I'm the last person to be handing out advice, but as such, I found the following link interesting. Its the Hurt Report, which I'm sure is really old news to many of you, being how its from, like, 1981, but its a pretty thorough investigation into what are the causative factors in motorcycle accidents using data collected from the scene of actual motorcycle accidents.

    http://www.magpie.com/nycmoto/hurt.html

    If this is already somewhere inside NESR, my bad, but I did search the site looking for it...

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    Favorite tips for newbies

    Make sure u use a chain to lock your bike up. And maybe a few DOG'S

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