When you’re first learning to ride, coordinating a motorcycle’s throttle, clutch, shifter, front brake, and rear brake can ...

Riding a motorbike is a lot of fun for most people who enjoy the two-wheeled sport, but this activity also comes with many risks due to its very "unstable" nature. This article is meant to help new ...

Braking from a fast straightaway into a slow corner can peg anyone's pucker meter, but it's a calmer and safer operation when you scrub off most of that velocity sooner rather than later. Let's say ...

A motorcycle’s front brake provides the vast majority of stopping force. In the past, motorcyclists avoided using using the front brake, fearing that they would be thrown over the handlebars. This is ...

Having put thousands of miles on motorcycles over the last half century, any brain power I've dedicated to engine braking while riding a bike happened long ago. When presented with the notion that it ...

It doesn't matter how skilled you are on a motorcycle — that heart-stopping moment where you have to slam on the brakes is inevitable. Things can go sideways quickly in such cases, especially when you ...

Emergencybraking often entails the risk of ending up rear-ended by a following vehicle whoseoperator failed to analyze the situation soon enough. That can be particularly bad news for motorcyclists, ...

This information was originally published in the New Zealand Motorcycle Safety Consultants Megarider eNewsletter New Zealand Motorcycle Safety Consultants, Wellington, New Zealand. You can subscribe ...