🛠️ Riding and Maintenance: Skills, Care and Safety
About this section
This section covers everything you need on the road and in the garage: riding technique such as cornering and vision, maintenance and care from the battery to winter storage, and safety topics like fatigue and getting back on the bike after a crash.
Checking Motorcycle Brakes: Pads, Discs and Brake Fluid
Checking your motorcycle brakes: when pads and discs are due, why the brake fluid has to be changed every two years and which warning signs to take seriously.
Motorcycle Chain Maintenance: Clean, Lube, Adjust
Motorcycle chain maintenance done right: when to clean and lube, how to set the slack correctly and how to tell that the chain and sprocket kit is worn out.
Emergency Braking on a Motorcycle: Braking Right with ABS
Emergency braking on a motorcycle: how to brake in two stages, why you pull the clutch, what ABS does for you and how to practise a hard stop safely.
Riding a Motorcycle in the Rain: Wet Roads and Storms
Riding a motorcycle in the rain: how to brake and corner on wet roads, which spots are especially slippery and what to do in thunderstorms and crosswinds.
Motorcycle Spring Check: Checklist for the New Season
Motorcycle spring check to tick off: battery, tyres, brakes, chain, fluids and lights. How to start the season safely after winter storage.
Motorcycle Cornering Technique: Line, Vision and Braking
Motorcycle cornering technique: countersteering, the safe line on country roads, vision, braking in a lean and typical mistakes. With a sketch and exercises.