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Rider Training Course - Street Survival
For more than a decade, the main thrust of American motorcycle-safety efforts has been getting riders to take a rider training course. Some... more |
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Motorcycling - Street Survival
Much has been said and written about the recent and continuing growth of motorcycling. There are lots of new and returning riders hitting... more |
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Countersteering: Riders Who Zig
Most motorcyclists have heard of countersteering. If you have been riding for any length of time, you have probably hashed it over in... more |
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Swerving - Street Survival
Most motorcyclists have heard of countersteering. If you have been riding for any length of time, you have probably hashed it over in... more |
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The Last Ride, a Fatal Mistake...And a Solution
About once a month a report appears on my desktop courtesy of the Oregon Department of Transpor-tation. Its formal title is the Updated... more |
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Critter Crashes: How to Avoid Deer and Other Animals
Updated. For the first three and half decades of my riding career, I was oblivious to the hazards presented by deer and other animals on... more |
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Dress for Excess
Because your choice of riding gear is as important to making motorcycling fun as your choice of motorcycle, Motorcycle Cruiser magazine... more |
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Breakdown!
It's one of those heart-stopping moments. You're drumming along in the farthest left of five lanes on an urban interstate highway when your... more |
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Motorcycle Packing Tips
As you prepare to head out for a week on the road, you will probably discover very quickly that a pair of saddlebags isn't going to be... more |
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Advanced Braking: Busting the Myths
Many myths abound when it comes to proper motorcycle braking technique. In the bad old days before Motorcycle Safety Foundation's (MSF)... more |
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Riding Double: Tips for Pilots and Passengers
Dear Rider, If you're lucky enough to have someone you care for on the back of your motorcycle, you should consider it a gift in trust.... more |
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Ride Safe, 2010: The National Agenda for Motorcycle Safety
At the end of October, the technical working group selected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Motorcycle... more |
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Getting to Know You: Learn Your New Bike
Spring! that time of year when a motorcyclist's heart turns to thoughts of... the new bike he just bought! Even if it isn't actually in... more |
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Ready to Ride?
With the riding season bearing down on us, the time is ripe for some preventive maintenance. A little time and effort expended now can... more |
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Head First
It's considered good practice to give your motorcycle a quick check-over before you ride. The Motorcycle safety Foundation has developed an... more |
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Speed
Read traffic accident reports, summaries or statistics, and you will often see the comment that "speed was a factor." That presumably means... more |
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Come Ride With Me. It Will Scare the Hell Out of You.
There are people I've never met who I'd like to take for a ride sometime. more |
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Cool! Riding in Cold and Snow
Winter is officially here when I put on heavy gloves without hesitating to ponder whether unlined leather gloves will do the job. It's... more |
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Group Riding
Personally, I'm not a fan of group motorcycle rides. Riding with a bunch of other motorcyclists slows you down, rearranges the rhythm of... more |
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Taking Charge in Traffic
"I never speed," a motorcyclist told me somewhat indignantly a few months ago, after I'd mentioned that a motorcycle he asked about was... more |
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Eye of the Rider: See All that You Can See
Some years ago I was driving down a road with Kenny Roberts. At that point Roberts was at the height of his career as an American racer and... more |
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Just Adjust: Set Up Your Motorcycle to Fit YOU
Though motorcycles are mass produced, riders aren't. The fleshy component of the arrangement has poorer production tolerances amd may wear... more |
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Motorcycle Safety Essentials: Lane Position
For better or worse, the motorcycle commuter probably won't hear the traffic news. more |
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Don't Forget Your Disc Lock
A couple of simple tricks can prevent injury -- or worse, embarrassment -- when you forget to unlock your motorcycle's wheel lock. more |
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The Conspicuous Motorcyclist: Look, But Don't Touch
Been cut off in traffic lately? Everybody who rides a motorcycle in traffic has adventures with the lane-changer who doesn't look or the... more |
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