Riding advice
Whether you’re about to start learning to ride, you’re fresh in the saddle, or you’re an experienced motorcycle rider, none of us ever stop learning. Bennetts BikeSocial has some of the most valuable tips and advice for becoming an even better rider, with experts including the most advanced riding instructors, serving and retired police officers and even top motorcycle racers to help you get more from motorcycling. Riding safer doesn’t have to mean riding slower, and it certainly doesn’t mean having less fun: the more naturally you can control a motorcycle, the more you’ll enjoy it…
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- Biking tips
Rider skills: How to talk yourself faster
How talking to yourself might actually make you ride better
By BikeSocial03/09/2018 - Biking tips
Rider skills: How to ride the perfect corner
If hitting your cornering sweet-spot doesn’t happen every time, try these simple tips
By BikeSocial30/08/2018 - Biking tips
Riding skills: Why some of us ride like idiots
Most of us have experienced the red mist descending and the consequent idiotic - and usually dangerous - riding. Here's how to stop it
By BikeSocial28/08/2018 - Biking tips
Rider skills: Are there times I should not ride?
Feeling grumpy? Or has the slowest rider in the group just overtaken you? Probably best leave the bike alone for now....
By BikeSocial07/08/2018 - Biking tips
Rider skills: How to stay focused
Dawdling along in a line of traffic with your brain in neutral is easy in a car, but on a bike you can't afford to zone out. Here's how to stay alert
By BikeSocial30/07/2018 - Biking tips
Rider skills: Why do I get my corner speeds all wrong?
Judging corner speed
By BikeSocial23/07/2018 - Biking tips
Rider skills: Why do I keep running wide?
It's terrifying, dangerous and can ruin your day even if you get away with it. So why does it happen and how can you fix it?
By BikeSocial25/06/2018 - Biking tips
Riding skills: Why can riding in groups be so dangerous?
It's the time of year to head to the coast with a group of mates but beware: Group riding can be perilous...
By Gary Baldwin18/06/2018 - Biking tips
Rider skills: is it ok to do wheelies?
Should we carry on with wheelies when we're old enough to know better?
By Gary Baldwin04/06/2018 - New Riders & Training
New rider skills: The bike buying checklist
Take this with you when you go looking at a bike and get your cynical mate to fill it in.
By Steve Rose17/05/2018
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