During your motorcycle riding years, you will encounter new
situations many times.
As an example, you might ride into a snow storm, or there is somebody who wants to be taken along. You ride in a group for the first time, or you did fall in a corner and experience that it is difficult to get rid of the fear of corners afterward.
On these pages, we have gathered information about those kind of situations.
In the United Kingdom they are called born-again bikers: people with a motorcycle past, who want to take up riding again.
If you rode a motorcycle, long ago, and now, after years without a bike, you want to take up riding again, there are some risks to keep in mind.
The same applies, to a lesser degree, to motorcycle riders who stop riding in the winter and start riding again in the spring.
On this page, we have gathered some tips and advice to start riding again safely.
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A second motorcycle career...
When you ride individually, you can control your own speed, and are able to use your attention to look ahead and anticipate. In a group, that's different.
Is it possible to ride in a group in such a way that not only everybody is safe, but also that everybody is able to enjoy the ride? What are the pitfalls when riding in a group?
The rules described here have been tested many times...
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Motorcycle riding in a group...
Every motorcyclist knows them, the lesser moments:
You have crashed, and you are struggling to get you confidence back. You can't get yourself to enter corners as fast as you wish, or you are afraid of locking your front wheel every time you brake.
How do you cope? You have to "get over it", some people will tell you. But how do you do that? Is there such a thing as getting over your fear? If not, how to get rid of your fear?
This page tries to formulate an answer.
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Fear on a motorcycle...
The weather is not always perfect for motorcycle riding. If you commute by bike, you will have to keep riding through rain, through storm, in the mist, and maybe even while it snows.
On your holiday, in the Alps for instance, you can suddenly be caught by bad weather.
Are there any tricks to keep upright in heavy storm? And what are the do's and don'ts when the road is slippery?
On this page, we have gathered tips for motorcycle riding in extreme weather conditions.
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Motorcycle riding in bad weather...
Many motorcycles allow you to take a pillion along. On this page, we wrote tips about riding with a pillion.
The pillion himself (or herself) too, can find tips about how to behave on the backseat of a motorcycle, in a way that riding is as pleasant as possible for both motorcycle rider and pillion.
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Motorcycle riding with a pillion...