Favorite tips for newbies

[Feirax]

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

[TLRMan]

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

[Kham]

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.

[Kham]

i haven't seen "wear proper gears".

[NHViffer]

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.

[RMNissen]

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...

[TourModified28]

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