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Motorcycle Riding & Safety Tips

Sport Rider’s Riding section showcases articles about how to ride a motorcycle in the cold winter rain, snow and busy traffic, learn to avoid crashes, and survive in any street bike riding situation. Find motorcycle riding tips including sport bike safety training and motorcycle racing techniques for the race track.

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Riding Skills Series: Cornering Through a Crisis Riding Skills Series: Cornering Through a Crisis
1. This is the classic scenario: You're clipping along at a good pace, flicking through corners in a controlled rhythm, when around a blind... more
Tactics: Cycle Sight Tactics: Cycle Sight
Imagine trying to ride your sport bike with your eyes closed. How far do you think you'd get? Well, sometimes conditions are such that it's... more
Tactics: The Code Tactics: The Code
There he was, the ambassador for our sport. Riding his late-model sport bike down a curving thoroughfare, I figure he was going almost... more
Riding Skills Series: As the Turn Tightens Riding Skills Series: As the Turn Tightens
1. Decreasing-radius corners can get tricky for the simple reason that if you approach the corner as if it were a constant radius, you... more
Riding Skills Series: Brake Dancing Riding Skills Series: Brake Dancing
1. While it's true that most of a motorcycle's stopping power is generated by the front brake, the rear binder can be used in subtle ways... more
Riding Skills Series: Off-Camber Corners Riding Skills Series: Off-Camber Corners
1. The term "off-camber" often strikes fear in the hearts of neophyte riders. They've heard horror stories about innocent riders who enter... more
Riding Skills Series: Slippery When Wet Riding Skills Series: Slippery When Wet
1. Some riders think when the rain starts to come down, so should the garage door, tucking the bike away until the sun shines again the... more
Benchracing: Motorcycling's Dirty Little Secret Benchracing: Motorcycling's Dirty Little Secret
We were railing at a pretty decent clip across the Cherohala Skyway in North Carolina when we spotted the helicopter. "Police chopper," was... more
Cornering Curriculum: Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School Cornering Curriculum: Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School
Track time. That somewhat expensive component every serious sportbike rider desires, preferably in large quantities. But getting quality... more
Riding Skills Series: Check, please Riding Skills Series: Check, please
1. Concerning life and death, motorcycles are more like airplanes than automobiles. A mechanical failure with a plane or a bike could be... more
Motorcycle Riding Schools and Racing Organizations Motorcycle Riding Schools and Racing Organizations
Who to call when you want to ride, race, or learn! more
Star Pupil? Jason Pridmore's Star School Star Pupil? Jason Pridmore's Star School
Riding schools are Quickly becoming a popular way to get track time and improve your skills. A recent addition to the increasing number of... more
Riding Skills Series: Carrying a Passenger Riding Skills Series: Carrying a Passenger
Carrying a passenger can be one of the most rewarding parts of motorcycling, but you need to approach this task with open eyes. First, a... more
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