04-06-2015, 12:44 PM
I have rarely used the knees on the tank grip but hear this advise from time to time.
For riders coming back to the bike, especially riders around my age (just this side of geezer) and never took a motorcycle safety class (because they simply did not have them back then) I highly recommend them this time around. Mainly because you don't know what you don't know and they make you practice things you would not have thought of. Plus it gives you a chance to mess up in a controlled environment instead of on the road where it could kill you. Or worse, hurt the bike.
Keith Code has some vids on youtube that are pearls of wisdom too.
For riders coming back to the bike, especially riders around my age (just this side of geezer) and never took a motorcycle safety class (because they simply did not have them back then) I highly recommend them this time around. Mainly because you don't know what you don't know and they make you practice things you would not have thought of. Plus it gives you a chance to mess up in a controlled environment instead of on the road where it could kill you. Or worse, hurt the bike.
Keith Code has some vids on youtube that are pearls of wisdom too.