To ride you learn riding. But the more knowledge you have, the greater the safety in riding a motorcycle. And if you can transfer it to the passenger who will accompany you even better, so that he also knows how to act during the maneuver.
Of course, what you don't have to do is embark on the adventure of a rough road if you don't have the necessary experience. Practice before putting your integrity and your life at risk. Driving a motorcycle is a wonderful and unique experience, but it also demands responsibility.
Going on the road means speeding up and, if the route is unknown, you find curves. If you are not an experienced biker, our advice is to take a circuit driving course to train them.
Like everything, taking a curve has its trick. Today we offer you some tips to minimize the risks.
- Aerodynamic position: Erect, but relaxed, with the feet horizontal, and the elbows not too far from the body. As close as possible to the motorcycle, to achieve lower air resistance.
- Looking ahead: Fixing the gaze to the front, and not to the sides, to open the field of vision and anticipate the road and any danger. This way you will be able to draw the curve in your mind and project the maneuver on the asphalt.
- Keep control: Stop challenging yourself or competing with anyone. Put into practice maneuvers according to your abilities and those of your motorcycle. There is nothing to prove, worry about enjoying. Head always cold
- Adequate speed: It is not only about respecting the limits established for the section, but also adapting your speed to the angle of the curve.
- Do not lie down: If this happens is that you go over speed. You have to bow down, yes, but without lying down. It is not necessary to hurry.
Then we explain the best way to take a motorcycle curve and how to execute the maneuver.
When facing the curve we have already had to adapt the speed to the angle of rotation just by stopping accelerating and going down.
We are located on the outer side of the lane to enter the curve by opening. If the curve is to the right, from the left, and if it is to the left, on the right.
As we open we lean, opening gas slightly, to control the acceleration and maintain a constant speed in the path.
The front brakes are not touched, since if we do, it will harden and not let us make the turn. On the contrary, it would take us off the road.
Right at the point of contact, the point where we are closer to the inside of the curve, we begin to reduce the inclination, straightening more and more the motorcycle.
At the exit of the curve, if we are doing it properly, it is when we will feel more comfortable. It is time to accelerate.
At this point it is important to remember the importance of having a traction control system in large displacement motorcycles. And this is because the surface of the rear tire is reduced and the most natural thing is that we lose grip if we go through acceleration.
During the motorcycle ride we can find very sharp curves, so that it was necessary to adapt the speed with greater concentration, to act in the best possible way during the set of curves.
Remember that, in addition to maintaining concentration, caution must be taken especially in blind curves, without any visibility; curves on wet surfaces; dirty curves, full of leaves and gravel, and curves in shady areas during the winter time. Biker cautious is worth two.