Motorcycle Riding School/ How to practice

The key to riding better and faster is to participate in a motorcycle riding school and to use what you learn there
and incorporate it in your practice. Most people when they leave my motorcycle lessons leave with a better knowledge
and understanding of proper techniques, but they do not incorporate it into their practice. Most riders just want to ride
with their buddies and pound laps or just trail ride. Which is great because its fun but all you do is ingrain those bad
habits into your subconscious and make it harder to change. You will get faster and better from just riding but it will
take a while longer and you will eventually meet a plateau and not be able to go any faster. This is where the proper
fundamentals come in.

Any motorcycle course will go over the fundamentals of riding from proper body position, cornering,to doing a
wheelie. I would say that when you ride set up some practice drills, such as a figure eight or an oval. Use these
for your turn practice. When you work on these drills be sure to start out slow and mentally check off in your head
that you are doing everything properly. Am I using good braking control, am I carrying enough momentum, what about
the front brake am I using it entering the turn, am I in the right gear. Going over and over this will definately
incorporate into better lap times. If you can shave a quarter to half a second in every turn how mush does that add up?
The other thing is that you want to play close attention that you are doing it consistently. This is why you need to
start out slowly until you got all the motions down. Then when you apply speed to it little by little you will do
all the proper movements without thinking about it. This all will take time, but the reward is worth it. Remember
that you do not train today for a race on this sunday, you will see the benefits 20-30 days down the road. It is a process.
So be consistent and give it time and be confident in yourself. This type of motorcycle training will be very beneficial
to you more so than just pounding laps over and over as hard as you can. Work on the fundamentals. For more
information on motorcycle safety and motorcycle training go to www.rlafferty.com
Better riding could be a motorcycle course away.