Motorcycle Safet Rules

[TAZ]

Read on, good stuff.......

1. Every ride is optional. Every parking job is mandatory.

2. If you push the bars left, the bike goes left. If you push the bars right,
the bike goes right. That is, unless you continue pushing the bars all the way,
then the bike will go down.

3. Riding isn't dangerous. Crashing is dangerous.

4. It's always better to be on the sidelines wishing you were on the track than
on the track wishing you were on the sidelines.

5. The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

6. The rear wheel is just a big fan on back of the bike used to keep the rider
cool and his butt relaxed. If going into a corner too fast, slamming on the rear
brake causes the "fan" to abruptly stop. When this happens you can actually see
the rider start sweating and his butt become tense.

7. When in doubt, slow down. No one has ever hit some thing too slow.

8. A 'good' ride is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' ride is one
after which you can use the bike again.

9. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of
them yourself.

10. You know you've left the sidestand down when all left turn are Bat-turns.
You know you've left the centerstand down when your in 1st gear at 4000 rpm
going nowhere.

11. Never let an motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't get to three
seconds earlier.

12. Always try to keep the number of times you put your sidestand down equal to
the number of times you put the sidestand up.

13. There are two simple rules for riding smoothly and fast in snow and on ice.
Unfortunately no one knows what they are.

14. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick
is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.

15. If all you can see in your mirrors is sparks and all you can hear is
screaming from your passenger, things may not be as they should be.

16. In the ongoing battle between objects made of metal, rubber and fiberglass
going 100+ miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground
has yet to lose. Same holds for cars, large trucks, and animals taller than you.
Draws don't count.

17. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually
comes from bad judgment.

18. Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.

19. Remember, gravity and centrifugal force are not just good ideas. They're
laws and are not subject to appeal.

20. The two most useless things to a rider are the braking distance
behind you and nine-tenths of a second ago.

['KC']

2. If you push the bars left, the bike goes left. If you push the bars right,
the bike goes right. That is, unless you continue pushing the bars all the way,
then the bike will go down.

I have to officially disagree with this one. If you are going more than about 15 MPH; you push the bars left, and the bike will go right. It's called countersteering, and is the fastest way to manuver the bike at speeds.

Thanks for your list Taz.

[Valker]

KC, he meant that when you press forward on the left grip, you go left and vice versa. It probably would have been better to say "2. If you push the left bar (Grip), the bike goes left. If you push the right bar (grip), the bike goes right."
BTW, countersteering (or I like to call it press steering) works at ALL speeds, not just >15mph. It is used to START all turns, but then at really slow speeds the bars will turn in to complete the turn.

[j2x]

laugh-out-loud funny stuff there- mostly because there's an ounce of truth to each one of those.  Nice way to get up in the morning.  

"Only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."  LOL!