Motorcycle Safety and Riding Tips

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation provides riders with tips which can keep your riding experience safe and fun. Some safety tips include:

• To be a safe rider, get to know your motorcycle and its owner’s manual well
• Always use both brakes at the same time to slow down

When turning:

• Slow down before you enter the turn; look as far ahead as possible through the turn
• Keep your feet on the pegs, and grip the gas tank with your knees
• Lean with the motorcycle; don’t try to sit perpendicular to the road while the motorcycle is leaning over
• Keep an even throttle through the turn, or even accelerate a little bit.

Use the SEE system

• Search around you for potential hazards
• Evaluate any possible hazards, such as turning cars, railroad tracks, etc.
• Execute the proper action to avoid the hazard

• Position your motorcycle where it can be seen. Don’t put yourself behind a large truck or ride in the blind spot of a vehicle near you. Get out there, take up a whole lane, make yourself seen.
• Out on the open road, with higher speeds, you should adjust your gap to three or four seconds or more, depending on your speed
• At intersections always check for traffic coming from the left and right and behind you

For complete motorcycle riding tips, visit www.msf-usa.org for more information. Information sourced from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation® with permission and also from the Dairyland Insurance website.