https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/03/18/opinion-get-yourself-ready-to-ride/ The Canadian Motorcycle Guide Tue, 21 Apr 2020 03:00:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/03/18/opinion-get-yourself-ready-to-ride/#comment-48393 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 03:00:04 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=131839#comment-48393 I’ve always been a proponent of making the first ride of the year a practice run in an empty parking lot, or as I prefer early Sunday AM in an industial park with empty parking lots and streets, practicing things like emergency braking, last-minute object avoidance and low- speed manoeuvers like feet-up figure 8s in the width of a road along with the basics.

]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/03/18/opinion-get-yourself-ready-to-ride/#comment-47875 Mon, 23 Mar 2020 00:22:44 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=131839#comment-47875 Salt and sand aren’t the only traction issues. Cold tires don’t grip well. I saw a friend put his bike down once because of it. Don’t count on dragging your knees for a while yet.

]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/03/18/opinion-get-yourself-ready-to-ride/#comment-47826 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:31:06 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=131839#comment-47826 Excellent reminders, all of them. Thank you. I’ve always been a proponent of making the first ride of the year a practice run in an empty parking lot, or as I prefer early Sunday AM in an industial park with empty parking lots and streets, practicing things like emergency braking, last-minute object avoidance and low- speed manoeuvers like feet-up figure 8s in the width of a road along with the basics. A friend of who had always laughed at me over the suggestion went down and broke his wrist because his first ride of the year was in traffic and was out of practice.

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