| When it comes to taking a spill on your motorcycle, | | | | the bike onto a grassy area with relatively firm |
| the odds are everyone will do so sooner or later. The | | | | ground and lean it slowly over to the left. This way, |
| importance of motorcycle safety cannot be stressed | | | | you are learning where the center of gravity is |
| enough. Taking a few precautions such as wearing a | | | | located and once you move past the side of the fuel |
| suomy motorcycle helmet or some type of atv | | | | tank most of the weight of the bike will be on your |
| helmet and having some knowledge of how to handle | | | | 'down' leg. Now, here is the most important part of |
| your bike or ATV in the event of a dump will help a | | | | this exercise. When you've reached the point where |
| lot towards your long-term safety. Either way you | | | | you cannot hold it up any longer, it's important to |
| look at, taking a spill on your bike is an | | | | learn when to let go. A large bike such as a GoldWing |
| embarrassment as well as being extremely | | | | is impossible to hold up after it reaches a certain |
| dangerous, unless you know what to do ahead of | | | | point. Any attempt to hold it up after this point is |
| the fact. One of the most common reasons for a | | | | fruitless and in order to avoid injury, let go of the |
| bike to fall over or spill results from people failing to | | | | lower hand grip and quickly step on the high peg as |
| put their side stands down correctly. After a long | | | | wide away from the bike as possible using your |
| ride, you even find very experienced people get off | | | | 'down' leg as the bike lies down. If done properly, |
| their bikes and start to walk away from them | | | | you'll find that the bike will lie between your legs on |
| without putting any thought into considering the | | | | its side. It's important to remain standing with one |
| terrain under the bike. Many people, in fact, have had | | | | foot on the ground and the other on the high peg to |
| their bike on a right-bias slope and had it all fall over | | | | be successful with this maneuver. |
| to the right as a result. Another common cause of a | | | | The key point to learn with this exercise is to |
| bike falling over is loose gravel. It can cause a foot to | | | | remember to let go of the lower grip before it pulls |
| slip away and the bike to lie down unbelievably fast! | | | | you to the ground. This is achieved by shifting your |
| Fortunately, with these types of spills, there is usually | | | | weight very quickly to the high peg and stepping |
| very little damage to the bike itself, and none to the | | | | away with the other leg. If you own a GoldWing, |
| rider. | | | | you'll find that it does not even leave its wheels, |
| Unfortunately, it is often the result of carelessness or | | | | because of the engine and saddlebag guards, and for |
| stupidity that someone ends up under their bike. | | | | this reason the probability of damage to your bike is |
| Choosing one of the best motorcycle helmets on the | | | | minimal. Use caution and try this exercise carefully. |
| market, such as a shoei motorcycle helmet or bell | | | | Even here, it is a smart thing to wear an ATV |
| helmets go a long way to protecting your life and | | | | helmet. It'll go a long way to increasing your |
| health when it comes to a spill. Usually, when trading | | | | self-confidence! A couple of other important things to |
| up to a larger bike, it's important to take a brief | | | | remember is to make sure that your bike has some |
| lesson from an experienced rider to get advice about | | | | form of engine guard to prevent damage. Also, try |
| a new ATV helmet or even a racing helmet and also | | | | using a flat solid surface such as a large piece of |
| to learn about how larger bikes react to certain | | | | cardboard. You can place one edge at the contact |
| terrain and other influencing conditions. Here is a great | | | | patch of both tires to see if anything other than your |
| exercise that you can practice on your own when | | | | fold-up pegs and engine guards touch the surface. If |
| you purchase a large bike or are learning to ride one | | | | they do, they can hit the ground when you dump |
| for the first time. With the engine turned off, take | | | | the bike and break. So keep this in mind, as well. |