Need A Teacher And Advice

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 04:45:05 +0100, NEWRIDA_83
<NEWRIDA_83.ac24ae.RemoveThis@motorbikebanter.com> wrote:

>
>I Want To Learn How To Ride Motorcycles But I Have No Idea Where To
>Start. I Been A Drag Watcher For About 4 Years And I Have No Idea Of
>How And Where To Begin. Any AdVice??????????????

Start with whatever friends you have who ride bikes. Ask them a
million questions. Decide what kind of riding you want to do
(commuting? long trips? Saturday rides in the country?
canyon-carving?) and find out what kinds of bikes are right for that.
Go to a dealer and sit on the bikes and see if you can put both feet
flat on the ground. Take the MSF course (Motorcycle Safety
Foundation)--they even supply the bike (you can find them through your
local Dept. of Motor Vehicles).

Look at Craigslist and see what's available in your area. Consider
the cost of insurance and gear (at the very least a helmet, jacket and
gloves).

If there's some place in your neighborhood where bikers congregate on
weekend afternoons, you might drop by there. Walk around and look at
the bikes. Chat up the riders--they LOVE to talk about bikes. Ask if
you can sit on their bikes. You can learn a lot about a bike by
sitting on it.

You want to start off with an old used bike, perhaps one a bit smaller
than what you really want. (A smaller, lighter bike is easier to
handle and more forgiving of mistakes.) You're going to be hard on it.
You're going to abuse the clutch. You're probably going to drop it a
few times before you're done. With an old 'beater' you can probably
sell it in six months for what you paid for it, then go buy the bike
you really wanted.

I wouldn't even begin to ride a motorbike unless I could ride a
bicycle and had mastered balancing and steering, and also understood
manual shifting (like on a 4-speed car). So if you haven't done those
things that's a good place to start.

Before you venture out into traffic, ride around a quiet residential
neighborhood at 15-25 mph until you get all the controls down
pat--gas, brakes, clutch, shift. Until everything is automatic and
you don't get confused, even for a second, as to which of these
doodads is the turn signal and which is the gearshift.

Did you know that more than half of all M/C accidents (and more than
half of M/C deaths) happen to people who've been riding less than a
year? Keep that in mind during that first year and BE CAREFUL!
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NEWRIDA_83 wrote:
> I Been A Drag Watcher For About 4 Years And I Have No Idea O
>How And Where To Begin. Any AdVice?????????????

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On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 04:45:05 +0100, NEWRIDA_83
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>I Want To Learn How To Ride Motorcycles But I Have No Idea Where To
>Start.....

On a pedal bicycle. Then an old small enduro/dual-sport and go play
in the dirt until you stop falling over.
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 04:45:05 +0100, NEWRIDA_83
<NEWRIDA_83.ac24ae.TakeThisOut@motorbikebanter.com> wrote:

>
>I Want To Learn How To Ride Motorcycles But I Have No Idea Where To
>Start. I Been A Drag Watcher For About 4 Years And I Have No Idea Of
>How And Where To Begin. Any AdVice??????????????

Vicky had the right idea. http://www.msf-usa.org/

As to buying a motorcycle, start small and used.

As a last item, there is reason to believe that people with early
dirt-bike experience have fewer accidents.

Al Moore'
DoD 734
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On Jun 6, 9:01 pm, Alan Moore <alan.s.mo....DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 04:45:05 +0100, NEWRIDA_83
>
> <NEWRIDA_83.ac2....DeleteThis@motorbikebanter.com> wrote:
>
> >I Want To Learn How To Ride Motorcycles But I Have No Idea Where To
> >Start. I Been A Drag Watcher For About 4 Years And I Have No Idea Of
> >How And Where To Begin. Any AdVice??????????????
>
> Vicky had the right idea.http://www.msf-usa.org/
>
> As to buying a motorcycle, start small and used.

Take the msf course first and you'll have a better
idea what bike you'll feel comfortable with.

> As a last item, there is reason to believe that people with early
> dirt-bike experience have fewer accidents.

A 250 dual-sport might be a nice starter. Designed
to be dropped, dinged etc. without lots of expensive
damage. Make sure the brakes are good though.
Older dual-sports sometimes had anemic brakes.
I always liked the Suzuki DR series.
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On Jun 6, 8:06 am, ls650{modelna...@sbcglobal.net (Paladin) wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 04:45:05 +0100, NEWRIDA_83
>
> <NEWRIDA_83.ac2... RemoveThis @motorbikebanter.com> wrote:
>
> >I Want To Learn How To Ride Motorcycles But I Have No Idea Where To
> >Start.....
>
> On a pedal bicycle. Then an old small enduro/dual-sport and go play
> in the dirt until you stop falling over.

Now that's funny! Oh the visuals.
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On Jun 6, 1:28 pm, Blazing Laser wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 04:45:05 +0100, NEWRIDA_83
>
> <NEWRIDA_83.ac2....TakeThisOut@motorbikebanter.com> wrote:
>
> >I Want To Learn How To Ride Motorcycles But I Have No Idea Where To
> >Start. I Been A Drag Watcher For About 4 Years And I Have No Idea Of
> >How And Where To Begin. Any AdVice??????????????
>
> Start with whatever friends you have who ride bikes. Ask them a
> million questions. Decide what kind of riding you want to do
> (commuting? long trips? Saturday rides in the country?
> canyon-carving?) and find out what kinds of bikes are right for that.
> Go to a dealer and sit on the bikes and see if you can put both feet
> flat on the ground. Take the MSF course (Motorcycle Safety
> Foundation)--they even supply the bike (you can find them through your
> local Dept. of Motor Vehicles).
>
> Look at Craigslist and see what's available in your area. Consider
> the cost of insurance and gear (at the very least a helmet, jacket and
> gloves).
>
> If there's some place in your neighborhood where bikers congregate on
> weekend afternoons, you might drop by there. Walk around and look at
> the bikes. Chat up the riders--they LOVE to talk about bikes. Ask if
> you can sit on their bikes. You can learn a lot about a bike by
> sitting on it.
>
> You want to start off with an old used bike, perhaps one a bit smaller
> than what you really want. (A smaller, lighter bike is easier to
> handle and more forgiving of mistakes.) You're going to be hard on it.
> You're going to abuse the clutch. You're probably going to drop it a
> few times before you're done. With an old 'beater' you can probably
> sell it in six months for what you paid for it, then go buy the bike
> you really wanted.
>
> I wouldn't even begin to ride a motorbike unless I could ride a
> bicycle and had mastered balancing and steering, and also understood
> manual shifting (like on a 4-speed car). So if you haven't done those
> things that's a good place to start.
>
> Before you venture out into traffic, ride around a quiet residential
> neighborhood at 15-25 mph until you get all the controls down
> pat--gas, brakes, clutch, shift. Until everything is automatic and
> you don't get confused, even for a second, as to which of these
> doodads is the turn signal and which is the gearshift.
>
> Did you know that more than half of all M/C accidents (and more than
> half of M/C deaths) happen to people who've been riding less than a
> year? Keep that in mind during that first year and BE CAREFUL!

Excellent.

I'd like to add: buy whatever protective clothing you would like to be
wearing when you do fall.
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