Braking In Corners Ask anyone who has ever ridden a motorcycle before about their top piece of braking advice and you’ll find that the answer is generally the same: It’s a wise idea to avoid the front brake when you’re in a corner, there are exceptions with practice. Motorcycle tyres…
Fair-weather Biker?
Well Summer has gone, the nights are drawing in, and a number of bikers are hanging up their gloves, boots and helmets for the winter. This isn’t unusual and happens every year, and who could blame them? The risks we accept when straddling our bikes during the summer are relatively…
Braking – How fast can you stop?
As part of the CBT, and as part of your licence training, braking effectively is taught rigorously. On your test at the MMA, 2 braking exercises are given, a controlled stop, and an emergency stop. The question lies though: how quickly can you stop? Modern bikes have 2, 4 even 6 pot…
How do you learn?
In any learning environment, there are a number of learners that will respond to different styles of teaching. Some people are pure practical, some are pure theoretical. When you consider that the current motorcycle tests posed by the DVSA contain 3 elements, it becomes very apparent that we exert a lot of effort preparing…
Survival Reactions
Survival Reactions is popular term that’s often batted around biker circles, I would imagine primarily due to Keith Code’s Twist of the Wrist 2 book and video (available on YouTube), but what does it really mean? There are 7 that are listed, although personally I feel these can be broadened out…