5 tips for new motorcycle riders

Maybe you’ve got decades-old experience from your youth, and maybe you don’t, but you’ve got a bike now and more questions than ever about riding it. Many aspects of motorcycling can only be learned through experience which leaves new riders at a disadvantage in the beginning.

There are some tips that every new rider should know as they begin their journey on two wheels, and this list is for them.

1. Riding A Motorcycle Isn’t About Comfort

Motorcycles have come a long way just in the last 30 years or so.

Baggers are everywhere now and include more than just touring bikes with the modern ADV bike (Adventure bike) and smaller-framed cruisers like Harley-Davidson’s Softail line.

While the comfort factor is higher on a Harley Street Glide than on say a Honda CBR1000RR or Yamaha R1, the human body can only take so much saddle time before it gets sore.

Choose Your Motorcycle Carefully

Obviously, the first step is to choose the right type of bike for the riding you want to do.

Sportbikes are great fun around town but rump-killers on long trips.

Cruisers can handle a little bit of both, local and long-distance, and can be customized to maximize one or the other.

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