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7 Tactics to Maintain Control
While it’s great to understand that you’ve got unlimited power, learning how to manage it to maintain control is what keeps you on the road. A new rider hasn’t yet mastered the skills or confidence to manage a big, powerful motorcycle. Riding beyond his skills in an attempt to do so will land him [...]
9 Ways to Manage Power through Balance
Controlling your motorcycle and maintaining balance, has much to do with how you position your own center of gravity (COG) relative to that of the motorcycle. Sudden transfers of weight or an unevenly distributed load can throw you off balance and have you greeting the pavement. Balancing your workload and personal responsibilities, prioritizing your activities [...]
9 Applications for Throttle Control
A motorcycle’s throttle is the device that controls the flow of fuel and air into the engine, thereby controlling the power. Understanding throttle control means understanding power. Your throttle is your friend. Lose your nerve and ease off on the throttle inappropriately and you’ll go down. It’s needed for momentum, forward direction, getting through rough [...]
9 Ways to Stay in Control
With moments of exception best left to experts, successful motorcycle travel literally requires staying connected with the ground – with both tires. That means making choices to stay in control at all times. Choosing to be grounded and in control of our actions, whether on our motor cycles or in life, maintains perspective, momentum and [...]
9 Inputs that Help Maintain Control
Whether we’re cruising down a country road or traveling our life’s Road, we’re surrounded by guidance that helps us maintain control and arrive safely. Ultimately we’re in the driver’s seat. While the information on which we base decisions is rarely complete, being as objective as possible usually leads to the best decisions. A motorcycle [...]
Life Lessons from Motorcycles: 7 Keys for Control
Control: 7 Key Lessons from Motorcycles Control can be used to describe anything from being in control, to being at the controls, responding to controls and controlling. Motorcycles teach us 7 aspects of control. Objectivity. Motorcycle: A motorcycle responds to direction based on fact. It doesn’t interpret, inject emotion or argue. Inputs that affect performance [...]
Women and Motorcycles: Cheryl DiLeo Speaks
Women Riders Speak is an interview series with female motorcyclists. Through their stories, they illustrate the transformative role motorcycling has played in their life. Barely five feet tall, Cheryl, a management and program analyst for the Department of Defense, Navy Branch, knew that by far her most challenging obstacle was going to be her height. [...]
Women and Motorcycles:Judy Fachko Speaks
Women Riders Speak is an interview series with female motorcyclists. Through their stories, they illustrate the transformative role motorcycling has played in their life. Facing financial difficulties, Judy had to make the agonizing decision to sell the first bike she’d customized to suit her perfectly over five years. But life has a wonderful way about it. Four [...]
Five Ways Surrender Increases Personal Power
Surrender. Let go. While it may seem counterintuitive, it’s the most direct route to awareness, creativity and expression of self. Contrary to its simplistic sound, it’s one of life’s hardest lessons. And it’s a practice I’ve vowed to refine this year. Much as we like to think we can control our destiny, there are many [...]
