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| 0 | Comments About several Tips - (Sometimes all of them) | 5 |
| 1 | Highside Dynamics - A detailed discussion of what happens and how to prevent it | 1 |
| 2 | Maiden Voyage - Getting it home from the dealership | 0 |
| 3 | What They Didn't Teach During The MSF Class - Shared experienced rider hints | 1 |
| 4 | Pre-ride Briefing For Your New Passenger - (S)he is the BOSS but you set the rules | 0 |
| 5 | Shock Absorbers Aren't - A detailed discussion of what they really do | 2 |
| 6 | Teaching The Newbie To Lean - Actually, helpful hints for all | 0 |
| 7 | Dumping A Bike Is No Sin - But ending up under it is | 0 |
| 8 | Excessive Front Tire Wear - A list of causes | 0 |
| 9 | Tire Pressure - More temperature sensitive than you might think | 0 |
| 10 | Tire Plugs - Apparently little known facts that are important | 0 |
| 11 | One Rule That Will Keep You Alive On City Streets - Intersection common sense | 3 |
| 12 | Motorcycle Officers Are Not The Best Examples - They have different realities than we do | 2 |
| 13 | The Buddy System - When your stator fails you can still ride it home | 0 |
| 14 | CB Help Channel - Certainly not 9, probably not 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Planning That Poker Run - Suggestions from one who's been there - Elaine Anthony | 0 |
| 16 | Riding Drag Is Anything But - For your most skilled/most experienced/best equipped | 0 |
| 17 | Closing The Door - Example of good lead/drag bike practice | 0 |
| 18 | Sunblock Can Kill You - Honest! Trust me! | 0 |
| 19 | Cooling Down In Very Hot Weather - Evaporation is everything | 0 |
| 20 | Cold Weather Starting - Because you have a wet clutch you need to know this | 0 |
| 21 | Protecting Those Numb Fingers - A surprising find in your first-aid kit | 0 |
| 22 | Leathers REALLY Are Worth The Price - 20+ times more effective than your jeans | 0 |
| 23 | Crash Bars - Believe it or not, they may be MORE dangerous than helpful | 1 |
| 24 | Peer Pressure Is Easy - You Aren't - Most of us can deal with it - but we don't argue with ourselves enough | 0 |
| 25 | Controlling Your Lane - Two wheels are enough to own a lane | 0 |
| 26 | Coffee - If You Need It, STOP - Drugs are no substitute for rest when you need it | 0 |
| 27 | Maintenance - Long Before Your Tour - Even the best 'wrench' makes mistakes | 0 |
| 28 | Helmets - Lethal or Life saving? - A 'Cause' or 'extremism'? | 11 |
| 29 | Braking Method - Depends On Speed | 1 |
| 30 | Taper Braking - Excellent article written by Hobby Hodson | 0 |
| 31 | You Only Hit That Car If You Don't Quite Stop In Time - Why braking skills are important | 0 |
| 32 | Stopping Distance And Time - The Math Is Simple | 0 |
| 33 | Riding With 'Colors' On The Street - Nonsense | 0 |
| 34 | Precautions While Traveling In An Armed Land - Starts and ends with courtesy | 1 |
| 35 | Hydroplaning Issues - What is it? What to do about it? Are they making new tires less safe? | 0 |
| 36 | Tips For Little Riders Of Big Bikes - Elaine Anthony | 0 |
| 37 | Higher-Octane Gasoline Is Cheaper Than A Top-End Engine Job - Only fractional pennies per mile | 2 |
| 38 | Doing 1,000 Miles in 24 hours - A self-correcting problem? | 4 |
| 39 | Handling Curves - A better line | 1 |
| 40 | Parking Skills And Considerations - Another fun and informative article by Hobby Hodson | 0 |
| 41 | Do You Really Know What's Dangerous About Riding In Fog? - Who'da thunk such a thing? | 0 |
| 42 | Synthetic Oils - Almost always better than petroleum based | 1 |
| 43 | Using Teflon® Additives - Not very smart | 0 |
| 44 | Trailer Hitch Fundamentals - Use those chains properly | 0 |
| 45 | What If You Drag A Peg? - If you act instinctively, you probabably won't recover | 0 |
| 46 | Overnight Parking - Sidestand or centerstand? Cover it or not? | 0 |
| 47 | Electrical Systems - Common sense advice | 0 |
| 48 | Counter-steering - Not the least bit as simple as it feels | 1 |
| 49 | First Things First - A life DOES depend on it | 3 |
| 50 | To Ride Or Not To Ride? - A crisis of confidence moment - Elaine Anthony | 0 |
| 51 | Three-wheeled Vehicles - A few sobering realities | 1 |
| 52 | Sidestands - What could possibly be said about these? | 0 |
| 53 | Some People Probably Should Not Be Riding Motorcycles - A curmudgeon's point of view | 5 |
| 54 | Providing Motorcycle Support/Escort Services - Liabilities, liabilities, liabilities | 0 |
| 55 | How To Handle A fall - Assuming it's inevitable | 9 |
| 56 | Most Fatal Accidents Are NOT "He Didn't See Me" Problems - Despite what you may believe | 2 |
| 57 | Group Riding - Our way | 0 |
| 58 | How To Ride Over That Thing In The Road - And survive the encounter | 0 |
| 59 | 18-Wheelers - Often make good 'riding buddies' | 0 |
| 60 | 'Under-steering' - Not The Same As 'Slow Steering' | 0 |
| 61 | Gassing Up? - Get OFF! | 5 |
| 62 | Group Riding - Rubber Band Effect | 1 |
| 63 | Accident Management - Helping your fellow rider by thinking ahead, being prepared - Elaine Anthony | 0 |
| 64 | Brakes - Their real job is NOT to STOP the bike - it is to SLOW the bike | 1 |
| 65 | Decreasing Radius Turns - May not have a decreasing radius | 0 |
| 66 | Steering - Your REAR wheel does it more often than not | 1 |
| 67 | Delta V - Affects all motorcycles, not just 'crotch rockets' | 0 |
| 68 | Doggone it! - How to handle charging animals - Elaine Anthony | 2 |
| 69 | Target fixation - Rather than let it lead you into trouble, use it | 0 |
| 70 | Elbows - Your biological shock absorbers | 0 |
| 71 | Lower back - A couple of ways to protect them | 0 |
| 72 | Joining A Group - Never while it is moving | 0 |
| 73 | Batteries - More than you ever wanted to know - Norm Keller | 0 |
| 74 | Weight Transfer - 1 - Exhaustive look at what it is, why it happens, and why you should care | 0 |
| 75 | Picking Up A Big Bike - by yourself! | 0 |
| 76 | Slip Angles - Beyond counter-steering | 0 |
| 77 | 128 Ways To Drop Your Bike - Confessions from those that have done it | 0 |
| 78 | Prime Directive - Never Run Into The Bike In Front Of You | 0 |
| 79 | Key Rings - Keep them short! | 0 |
| 80 | Swing Arms - Your anti-squat linkage | 0 |
| 81 | Brake Lever - Test it before you need it | 0 |
| 82 | Integrated Braking Lever - A marginal benefit that could save your life | 0 |
| 83 | Anti-lock Braking Systems (ABS) - Are NOT designed to help you stop faster! | 2 |
| 84 | There Is More To Traction Than Friction - Stick and Grip | 0 |
| 85 | 60,000 Mile Motorcycle Tires - Would you buy them? | 4 |
| 86 | First Aid Kits - Does yours need a check-up? - Elaine Anthony | 0 |
| 87 | Dry Rot - How to avoid it | 0 |
| 88 | '2-Second Rule' - Determined by road conditions | 0 |
| 89 | Hydroplaning Avoidance - Tire pressure | 0 |
| 90 | Attention Limits - Your radio can become one distraction too many | 0 |
| 91 | Locked Brakes - Sometimes this is the way to make the fastest stop | 1 |
| 92 | The Greatest Oxymoron Of Them All - "I dumped my bike to avoid a crash" | 0 |
| 93 | In Case It Isn't Obvious - Dumping a bike in order to 'avoid an accident' MAXIMIZES PAIN | 1 |
| 94 | Reading Gear Ratios - Determining speed potential | 0 |
| 95 | All Roads Are Not Alike - Tourers take note | 0 |
| 96 | Windscreens - Bigger may not be better at all | 0 |
| 97 | After The Accident - Even though they're standing doesn't mean they aren't hurt | 0 |
| 98 | Electrical Storms - Riding out from under them can be a big mistake | 0 |
| 99 | Group Riding Is NOT Simply Playing 'Follow The Leader' - A couple of examples | 0 |
| 100 | Sliding Rear Wheel - Brake Locked - Highside Likely | 0 |
| 101 | Sliding Rear Wheel - Brake NOT Locked - Highside NOT Likely | 0 |
| 102 | Loading That Trailer - The height of your Center Of Gravity is just as important as load distribution | 0 |
| 103 | The Shadow Knows - What evil lurks in the ... | 0 |
| 104 | Jump Starting Your Motorcycle - You can't kill a dead battery | 1 |
| 105 | A Bomb In Your Luggage - The odds are higher than you think | 0 |
| 106 | Center Of Gravity - How to calculate where it is | 0 |
| 107 | How To Handle A Motorcycling Crisis - Allan R. Kirk - New Zealand Motorcycle Safety Consultants | 0 |
| 108 | Wheel Traps - Grooves, curbs, gutters, edges, repaving differences | 0 |
| 109 | Road Construction - The pavement ends | 0 |
| 110 | Practice, Practice, Practice - 'Skill' is often no more than CONFIDENCE | 0 |
| 111 | Drowsy Drivers - Are less risky in city traffic than on country roads | 0 |
| 112 | New Tires - NEED to GROW before you stress them | 0 |
| 113 | Learning To Ride - Squeezing both levers gets you out of trouble | 0 |
| 114 | Left and Right Turns - Different risks, different realities | 0 |
| 115 | Covering Those Control Levers - A function of speed, not style | 3 |
| 116 | Motorcycle Goes Where You're Looking - Magic? Undiscovered Law Of Physics? Does It Really Work? | 0 |
| 117 | Before You Dismount - Six things to do | 0 |
| 118 | Panic Situations - Talking to yourself can keep you alive | 0 |
| 119 | Road Racing - Testing too many limits | 1 |
| 120 | Headaches and Other Pain - Getting rid of them could prove fatal! | 0 |
| 121 | Tire Additives - Miracle products or trouble waiting to happen? | 0 |
| 122 | Spokes may look good, but ... - (Tubeless vs tube-type tires) | 0 |
| 123 | The Odd Duck In The Group - is still part of the family | 0 |
| 124 | Fewer Daylight Hours? - Don't go down with the sun - Elaine Anthony | 0 |
| 125 | Heavier Bikes vs. Stopping Distance - You should know this before driving down the mountain | 0 |
| 126 | Highway Boards (Pegs) - Should be standard equipment | 0 |
| 127 | Gas Tank Locks - Subtle safety feature | 0 |
| 128 | Braking In A Curve - Of course you can | 0 |
| 129 | Dress For The Fall, Not The Ride - (But comfort is just as important) | 0 |
| 130 | Demo Rides - Can you admit your limits? | 0 |
| 131 | Your Bike Is Down - Stay with it | 0 |
| 132 | Support Your Wrist - To protect your thumb (and clutch) | 0 |
| 133 | Becoming An MSF Instructor - Is NOT a status thing | 0 |
| 134 | Yellow Is Red Or Green - (I'd rather be red than dead) | 1 |
| 135 | Passing Without Changing Lanes - (10 MPH can kill you) | 0 |
| 136 | Failing The MSF Class - Can save your life | 0 |
| 137 | Cigarette Lighter - An accessory that makes sense for all | 0 |
| 138 | Add $2 When You Change A Tire - and do it right | 0 |
| 139 | An Ugly Fact To Have To Deal With - Eyes Pop Out | 1 |
| 140 | Crosswinds - How to deal with them | 0 |
| 141 | Parents and Significant Others - The great intimidators | 0 |
| 142 | Standing On The Pegs - Does NOT Lower The Center Of Gravity | 1 |
| 143 | Truck-Related Tips for Highway Riding - Overtaking and Trucker-Tailgating - Elaine Anthony | 0 |
| 144 | Selecting That Helmet - Fullface Fit and Usage | 2 |
| 145 | Collaborative Group Riding - Ride Your Own Ride AND Respect The Others | 0 |
| 146 | Where Do Those Toes Belong? - Above The Levers | 0 |
| 147 | Surface Street Strategy - (Ticket Avoidance) | 0 |
| 148 | Stuck Signal Lights - Sensible Approaches - Elaine Anthony | 0 |
| 149 | Gasoline Can Be Trouble - Depending on when you buy it | 0 |
| 150 | Hearing Loss - Your helmet is inadequate defense | 0 |
| 151 | Speed - Does NOT Provide Stability | 0 |
| 152 | Reality Check - Let your helmet save your 'face' | 0 |
| 153 | Running Late - Take the car | 0 |
| 154 | Taking That Jacket Off - Unless the odds are worse | 0 |
| 155 | Off-Road Experience - Good or Bad? - Some thoughts | 0 |
| 156 | Animal Hazards - Swerve or Panic Stop? | 0 |
| 157 | Groin Injuries - By design? | 0 |
| 158 | Form vs. Function - Going through the motions | 0 |
| 159 | 'Caution-Warning-Danger' Signal - Proposed International Standard | 0 |
| 160 | Your First Passenger - Not your Lady - or Child | 0 |
| 162 | Intersection Escape Routes - Accelerate or Decelerate - NOT Swerve | 0 |
| 163 | Rake angle and Steering - Trail causes self correction | 0 |
| 164 | Speed bumps and RR crossings - Why they can dump a bike | 0 |
| 165 | Passengers are NOT helpless - Should something happen to the rider | 0 |
| 166 | Dragging Pegs - Are a SAFETY feature | 0 |
| 167 | The faster you go - The less you weigh | 0 |
| 168 | Must Practice Be Stressful? - Only if you are trying to get better | 0 |
| 169 | Lateral Acceleration - Amplifies a 'twitch' into a 'jolt' or a high-side | 0 |
| 170 | Beating The Odds - Requires that you behave ABNORMALLY | 0 |
| 171 | Helmet Laws - Evaluation of their Repeal in LA and KY | 0 |
| 172 | Control in a turn - Is it Balance or Trust when leaned over? | 0 |
| 173 | Slow Speed Shortest Radius Turns - A bit of Geometry | 0 |
| 174 | Braking is NOT a zero-sum game! - Weight transfer always occurs | 0 |
| 175 | Master chain link - retaining clip | 0 |
| 176 | Leadership - A function of Behavior | 0 |
| 177 | Squeezing Both Levers - Is Often Enough To Save It | 0 |
| 178 | Finding Neutral Is A Start-up Activity - (Leave it is gear) | 0 |
| 179 | Accelerating in a curve? - Well ... | 0 |
| 180 | Weight and Traction Management - (Excel Model included) | 0 |
| 181 | Preemptive Learning - Before you need it | 0 |
| 182 | Fear Can Kill You - Turn it into RESPECT | 0 |
| 183 | Why Counter-Steering Begins At - About 6 MPH | 0 |
| 184 | Group Riding Lane Changes - Orchestrating A Safer Ride | 0 |
| 185 | Bungee Cords - Are DANGEROUS! | 0 |
| 186 | The Third Gyroscope - Adds stability | 0 |
| 187 | Trail - The Righting Effect | 0 |
| 188 | Weight Transfer - 2 - What, How, Why, and More | 0 |
| 189 | Counter-steering Is Only - Half Of The Story | 0 |
| 190 | Tank-slappers - Harmonics At Work | 0 |
| 191 | REACTING! - WILL save your life | 0 |
| 192 | Rear Tire 'Chirps' - When Hard Braking Or Downshifting | 0 |
| 193 | CPR - Must You Do It? | 0 |
| 194 | Parking Lot Practice - (Using Target Fixation) | 0 |
| 195 | Centrifugal Force - Causes counter-steering, not gyroscopics! | 0 |
| 196 | Counter-steering - An exercise in feedback management | 0 |
| 197 | Adding A Passenger - After 6 months of experience you are still NOT ready | 0 |
| 198 | Listen To That Inner Voice - Some call it 'intuition' | 0 |
| 199 | Cornering In The Rain - (Traction and Hydroplaning) | 0 |
| 200 | Panic Swerves - A very poor 'choice' | 0 |
| 201 | Filing a 'Flight Plan' - Very savvy self-defense | 0 |
| 202 | Intersection Turns - ONE LANE AT A TIME! | 0 |
| 203 | Leaning/Turning are NOT Equivalent - Push Right - GO Right | 0 |
| 204 | Riding in Wet Weather - Some lessons learned | 0 |
| 205 | Paying Attention is NOT ... the Same as Being Alert/Aware | 0 |
| 206 | Ride Your Own Ride (Playing the odds) | 0 |
| 207 | Center of Gravity Weight and Mass are NOT the same! | 0 |
| 208 | Skill Development Make It FUN! | 0 |
| 209 | If you can do a stoppie ... you CANNOT stop as fast as others | 0 |
| 210 | Highway group riding 'rules' ... never trump safety | 0 |
| 211 | Keeping Your Rear Tire on the Ground is Tough to Do | 0 |
| 212 | Rider Education DEATHS on the Rise! (Two easy 'fixes') | 0 |
| 213 | Emergency Braking Practice Speed 30 MPH is as Realistic as is 60 MPH | 0 |
| 214 | How to Save it if you do a Stoppie EASE OFF THE BRAKE | 0 |
| 215 | CB or Helmet to Helmet Intercom? Safety Perspective | 0 |
| 216 | Downshifting While Braking (MSF teaches an unsafe practice) | 0 |
| 217 | Your Motorcycle CANNOT Fall Down (At any speed greater than 10 MPH) | 0 |
| 218 | All Riders Are Retreads (If they have ridden a motorcycle at least twice) | 0 |
| 219 | 'Traction Pie' Dumbness personified | 0 |
| 220 | Cruise Control NEVER when the road is wet! | 0 |
| 221 | Performance is all about TORQUE (Not Horsepower) | 0 |
| 222 | Moving from Scooters to Motorcycles Gaining a new Safety Feature | 0 |
| 223 | Chains Efficient but NOT Trouble Free | 0 |
| 224 | Rider Education ala MSF ... is NOT About SAFETY! | 0 |
| 225 | Newbie Attending Rider Training Preparation and other considerations | 0 |
| 226 | "I laid it down" is a crock (More charitably, it is an excuse) | 0 |
| 227 | Guns Aren't Dangerous You are | 0 |
| 228 | Visual Conflict of Interest Especially when Accelerating | 0 |
| 229 | Conspicuity Don't give them the excuse | 0 |
| 230 | Learning to 'Threshold brake' Requires great care! | 0 |
| 231 | Advisory 'SPEED LIMIT' Signs What they are and what they mean | 0 |
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