i‘m having trouble in riding and balancing my motorcycle and which brake to use in city traffic: rear or front? and can‘t turn my bike properly on u-turn and so resulting to hit other vehicles or walking people roadside especially at short tight turns,and please do tell in traffic to every stop and start should we have to find neutral or can we move and stop in second gear by just pulling the clutch in? Please give me some techniques. . .thanks :)
Mr. Fester Frump has given the perfect answer
Mr. Fester Frump has given the perfect answer REALLY!! Take the course -- it is obviously you NEED it.
Take the Motorcycle Safety Foundation rider course. Brakes - use both. The front brake has the most stopping power but you loose the ability to steer when applied to hard - the best approach is to apply both. Turning - look where you want the bike to go. You will naturally steer the bike towards whatever your looking at, so if your looking at a pothole in the middle of the road you will hit it. If you look at the pavement next to the pothole that is where you go. Simple, but true. When making a tight turn the same theory applies, just don't apply front brake in a tight turn, you can't steer. Some bikes make tight turns better than others. Starting/stopping. When you stop you should get in the habit of downshifting to 1st gear. If you're paying attention you can downshift while approaching a stop, so by the time you've stopped you are in 1st gear and you've not used as much braking to do so. Downshift by dropping one gear level and letting the clutch out to slow, keep doing that until you get to first gear.
