Another Tips and tricks post for Noobies!

[MotoFreak]

Be a hero, not a zero...engross yourself in riding literature, and apply it as needed...lots of new guys and gals to the forum and to riding...I learned the hard way...

Motorcycle Riding Tips, Safety Training & Racing Techniques at Sport Rider

Read all of them, some of them, shit, print em out and frame em if you want...be safe, have fun, plastics are replaceable, skin is not, wear your gear!

[spicy]

my personal tricks:

- when you get a bug on your visor, as soon as it hits, turn your head 90* left and/or 90* right. if you're going fast enough, sometimes it'll just come off and if you're lucky, leave little/no residue

- when riding in the rain, tuck so that you're lid is getting dominated by the wind coming up from behind the screen -- it'll force all the water off your shield (down, which is a little weird... i figured it'd go to the sides/up, but it looks like it just gets sucked down)

[wingerdor]

Ask anyone here, Graduating from the Basic RiderCourse (It's an awesome course, but) confirms that you are proficient at riding in a parking lot on a 125cc or 250cc bike. That's why there are advanced courses and trackdays. Take them! There is nothing more fun than each time you realize how much more capable your bike and you can be.

Don't ride your new sportbike until you install frame sliders!!!!!....Plastic is expensive!

[Pleasegivesoap]

Don't ride your new sportbike until you install frame sliders!!!!!....Plastic is expensive!

More importantly, don't ride your new sportbike until you get some proper gear. And for what it's worth, for those just starting out and destined to make a low-speed fall or two, buy some armored shorts along with the gear/sliders, like the bohn armored adventure shorts (+/-$80). Your hips can take a beating in a lowside on the back roads.

Also, come your first winter, don't be neglectful like I was and keep putting winterizing the bike off another week or two. It won't get done, and you'll be kicking yourself for it!

But most importantly, the right of passage for all new riders is definitely doing rug burnouts at your friend's house party: Burnout In The Living Room Video

[MotoFreak]

yup, gear up...check out this for gear ideas and reviews!!

Body Armor from Sportbiketrackgear.com