Motorcycle Riding School/Corner Speed 4/nose wheelie

I would like to give some more information on corner speed and front brake control. While giving
motorcycle lessons and even in my own motorcycle training, I have found that learning to do nose wheelie properly is
very useful to learning better front brake control. Most of the time while teaching a
motorcycle riding school to young
kids, they want to learn two things how to do a wheelie and how to do a nose wheelie. These are very useful to learn better
bike control.

For those of you who do not know, a nose wheelie is done by applying the front brake and lifting the rear wheel
off the ground. Easier said then done for most, but it can be learned by anyone at any skill level. First I would find a
flat open surface. Accelerate in first gear, let off the throttle and apply the front brake smoothly the once the front wheel
becomes to slow , now lock up the front brake and pull up with your legs while grabbing against the sides of the motorcycle
and pulling up with your legs. The same as you bunny hop a bicycle. Be patient this will take some time. To add some more
lift to the rear wheel you will need some added momentum. To add momentum, you will need to add more throttle. So try this,
accelerate smoothly and give an added blip of the throttle right before you pull in the front brake. Then pull up with your
legs with your knees locked against the bike, and push up in a rolling forward motion against the handlebars.

This as said before is a great way for you to learn better front brake control, while it is also cool to amuse your
buddies. Remember to apply front brake with either your middle finger or pointer finger or both. I prefer the use of one
finger to be sure that I still maintain better control of the motorcycle. For more on my
motorcycle course, and
motorcycle safety go to www.rlafferty.com
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