‘Full Control’, the 57-page bike skills guide credited with dramatically raising the standard of Norwegian riders above the global average has been published in English for the first time. The free PDF manual covers core motorcycle skills in a robust, physics-grounded and clear way, giving you a complete picture of why bikes (and riders) do what they do. It would ...
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- 03 June 2010
Also known in-helmet as the shit-shit-shit-shit-shit bend, the decreasing radius corner isn’t a problem to be tackled in isolation – it’s a test of the fundamentals of your riding skills, namely looking ahead, reading the vanishing point and steering a planned line. If you get a scare from a turn that tightens up, don’t worry about making a special effort ...
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- 28 May 2010
Here’s an entertaining skills-merchant we haven’t come across before. Capt Crash from Idaho specialises in brief, chipper riding skills videos. Short, sharp and sensible, they’re the antidote to the often dry and worthy vids out there. This one’s about swerving.
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- 30 April 2010
We've covered some splendidly arcane riding skills in this series so far, but this one's a doozy. A full two minutes forty-eight dedicated to the vanishing art of paddling your bike around under a little bit of power. It's a topic that needs confident steering between the twin hazards of complete redundancy and bleedin' obviousness, but armed with phrases like ...
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- 15 April 2010
Following the first instalment of our new esoteric riding skills series we were delighted to hear from the don of obscure riding wisdom himself, author Pat Hahn. He delivers estoteric riding skill no2. We hope there’ll be plenty more to come: ‘Related to centrestands, it just came to me one day, how to think about it. "The idea is not ...
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- 19 March 2010
We ploughed through 150 pages of Pat Hahn’s excellent ‘Maximum Control – Mastering Your Heavyweight Bike’ to unearth this little treasure: ‘Be careful with parking on hot asphalt, which can suck a sidestand down and leave you with a bike to pick up. 'If you know the surface is soft, find a painted line to set your sidestand on; the ...
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- 26 February 2010
Manoeuvring a bike round cones is a daunting challenge for new riders, and even experienced ones often shy away from U-turns in tight spots, comforting themselves with the thought it’s not them, it’s their big heavy bike that’s the limiting factor. Here’s a kill-or-cure dose of inspiration for you – a US police rider entering a hellish scene of infinite ...
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- 12 February 2010
The Paris-Dakar organisers have thoughtfully banned the dominant KTMs from entering, so now would an ideal time to dig out your XT600 winter hack and give it a stab. You’d be well advised to bone up of your desert riding skills though. Here Chris Scott, author of the book Desert Biking, gives us his tips for crossing a dune. Step ...
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- 04 September 2009
Riding skills: how not to crash, everBikers are sometimes the victims of crazy or careless car drivers no doubt. But don’t kid yourself – most bike prangs are things we could avoid if we mastered our brains, our brakes, and the bends. ollow our series of guides on how not to crash, and start adding the years of accident-free biking ...
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- 13 March 2009
The ever-watchable Captain Crash has some useful advice on how to pull away from a standstill turning, rather than straying too far into (potentially) harm's way.
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- 24 June 2011
