First days: Living with a motorcycle: Difference between revisions
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You've taken the MSF class, bought your gear, and made the Big Purchase. There's a motorcycle in your life now, but how do you deal with it? This is a guide to those first few experiences on the bike that MSF didn't cover, and all the books seem to skip over. | You've taken the MSF class, bought your gear, and made the Big Purchase. There's a motorcycle in your life now, but how do you deal with it? This is a guide to those first few experiences on the bike that MSF didn't cover, and all the books seem to skip over. | ||
This is a general guide, and necessarily doesn't directly address your particular motorcycle. Your owner's handbook, which should have come with the bike, contains a lot of this same information | This is a general guide, and necessarily doesn't directly address your particular motorcycle. Your owner's handbook, which should have come with the bike, contains a lot of this same information and is an incredibly valuable reference as you get to know your bike. Please use it. | ||
This is also very specifically a guide for the first few days of new bike ownership. This advice doesn't necessarily apply to any more-advanced use such as touring, aggressive riding, racing, etc. | This is also very specifically a guide for the first few days of new bike ownership. This advice doesn't necessarily apply to any more-advanced use such as touring, aggressive riding, racing, etc. | ||
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