Learning to take turns on a motorcycle
Of course, if you learn to ride a motorcycle, you must also practice cornering. With simple exercises you can do it very quickly.
Many beginners have great difficulty cornering a motorcycle. Curving is particularly fascinating for motorcycle fans. With a little practice, however, you can learn how to drive safely around bends.
Learn cornering exercises on a motorcycle
In order to learn to turn a motorcycle, you should find a free space, such as an unused parking lot. In no case should your exercises be fluent Road traffic do.
- First, go a little straight ahead and then go in a circle at a low speed. You drive this circle several times and increase the speed continuously.
- During this exercise, you will feel that you have to lean harder into the curve at a higher speed. With a little practice, however, you will get a feel for it relatively quickly.
- Then do the same exercise, but the other way around. Almost every motorcyclist has a side that suits them better.
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To illustrate this, you can also draw a line with chalk across the rear tire. This will tell you afterwards which side you can lean more towards.
Another exercise to get more confident
After you've completed the first exercise on your motorcycle, you can move on to a slightly more difficult exercise.
- In this exercise, not only do you drive in circles, you should drive a figure eight. In this exercise, you will learn to alternate between left and right turns.
- You have to keep the motorcycle upright between changes of direction.
- Even when learning to drive a figure eight, you should start slowly at first and only increase your speed slightly later.
You will likely find the cornering exercises pretty boring to you soon. But that shouldn't stop you from continuing to learn. You will only enjoy driving a lot later if you have good control of your motorcycle in the bends.
