Category: Motorcycle Safety

  • “How NOT to Crash” by Ianisme

    OK everyone, as promised here is the follow up article. Taking a cue from the first article, we have decided there are basically 3 types of crash. The highside, lowside and impact. The best form of surviving these crashes is to try and avoid them in the first place. These are a few ideas I…

  • “How to Crash” by Ianisme

    Now before some of you start waffling on about not crashing in the first place, this thread is designed to help when fate overtakes desire and you end up tasting tarmac. I plan a followup article with the opposite title. There are several ways to crash but your reactions to all of them will be…

  • Crashing: Ways to avoid it!

    This is going to be part one of a three part post: Today–Crashing: Ways to avoid it Tomorrow–How to Crash Day After–How not to Crash I believe that everyone will take some information from all of these posts with irreverent fun, but serious overtones.

  • Riding at Night: The Twilight Zone

    I found this at TriumphRat.net forum and found it very useful. I imagine most of us have found ourselves off schedule a bit and have had to do some night riding. Others choose night riding, preferring the roads less crowded. Either way, the gentleman who wrote this has some wonderful insight into the “twilight zone”.…

  • Riding with Others: Finding your “Pace”

    After posting about why I continue to ride solo most of the time, I thought of all the others that completely enjoy riding with others and how, for many, riding together is what riding is about. This post is for you!! In regards to “the group ride”, as a new rider a few seasons ago,…

  • Motorcycle Safety via David Hough

    Being a huge fan of David Hough’s Proficient Motorcycling and More Proficient Motorcycling, I am always thrilled to read his articles that appear in different publications. An acquaintance on one of my motorcycle forums recently posted a link to a Soundrider a northwest rider site, posting a monthly article by David Hough.