THINKING LIKE A BIKER
You’ve got a busy morning, beginning with a 9am dental appointment, then coffee with a friend. Just as you are heading out to your motorcycle, you remember that you’ve not paid your children’s school fees and the pressure from the school management. You also remember that Cable TV subscription has just expired and needs to be renewed. Your wife sparked up an argument regarding a strange text message that she found on your phone last night.....
While riding to your appointment, you think of all the bills. You’re having trouble paying attention to the road.
What choice would you make?
1. Focus on your riding?
2. Focus on the argument?
Alertness and concentration
When you’re riding, you need to be alert and give your full concentration to the task. Fatigue or illness can make you less alert. Being cold and wet can be distracting. Drugs, alcohol and even prescription and some over-the-counter medications can affect your focus and balance. Strong emotions like anger or distress can make you lose concentration. All it takes to cause a crash is a few seconds when you’re not paying attention.
Physical Condition
Riding is physically demanding. Here are some things to consider before you learn to ride:
•Coordination
You’ll need good coordination to keep a bike upright and balanced while operating several controls at the same time. This is easier for some people than for others. How’s your coordination?
•Strength and endurance Riding a motorcycle is demanding. It takes strength to push a bike. You need endurance to take the strain that riding puts on the arms and upper body. You may ride in difficult weather conditions.
•Eyesight - your eyes will take in about 80% of the information in the riding scene. You need to have sharp eyesight and good peripheral vision. Should you have your vision checked by a specialist to see if you need to wear glasses or contact lenses?
•Health- some health problems, such as back injury or heart condition, may prevent you from riding or make riding dangerous for you. Seasonal allergies may also affect your riding ability to ride safely. Are you healthy enough to ride? Should you check with your doctor?
Thanks for reading... Please remember to drop your comments/suggestions on riding defensively
@bikersacademy 2020
You’ve got a busy morning, beginning with a 9am dental appointment, then coffee with a friend. Just as you are heading out to your motorcycle, you remember that you’ve not paid your children’s school fees and the pressure from the school management. You also remember that Cable TV subscription has just expired and needs to be renewed. Your wife sparked up an argument regarding a strange text message that she found on your phone last night.....
While riding to your appointment, you think of all the bills. You’re having trouble paying attention to the road.
What choice would you make?
1. Focus on your riding?
2. Focus on the argument?
Alertness and concentration
When you’re riding, you need to be alert and give your full concentration to the task. Fatigue or illness can make you less alert. Being cold and wet can be distracting. Drugs, alcohol and even prescription and some over-the-counter medications can affect your focus and balance. Strong emotions like anger or distress can make you lose concentration. All it takes to cause a crash is a few seconds when you’re not paying attention.
Physical Condition
Riding is physically demanding. Here are some things to consider before you learn to ride:
•Coordination
You’ll need good coordination to keep a bike upright and balanced while operating several controls at the same time. This is easier for some people than for others. How’s your coordination?
•Strength and endurance Riding a motorcycle is demanding. It takes strength to push a bike. You need endurance to take the strain that riding puts on the arms and upper body. You may ride in difficult weather conditions.
•Eyesight - your eyes will take in about 80% of the information in the riding scene. You need to have sharp eyesight and good peripheral vision. Should you have your vision checked by a specialist to see if you need to wear glasses or contact lenses?
•Health- some health problems, such as back injury or heart condition, may prevent you from riding or make riding dangerous for you. Seasonal allergies may also affect your riding ability to ride safely. Are you healthy enough to ride? Should you check with your doctor?
Thanks for reading... Please remember to drop your comments/suggestions on riding defensively
@bikersacademy 2020
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