Top tips....... 
  Top tips ! 
 
 
 
 20. The two most useless things to a rider are the braking distance 
 behind you and nine-tenth of a second ago. 
 
 19. Remember, gravity and centrifugal force are not just a good 
 ideas. They're laws and are not subject to appeal. 
 
 18. Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed. 
 
 17. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the 
 experience usually comes from bad judgment. 
 
 16. In the ongoing battle between objects made of metal, rubber and 
 fibreglass going 100+ miles per hour and the ground going zero miles 
 per hour, the ground has yet to lose. Same holds for cars, large 
 trucks, and animals taller than you. Draws don't count. 
 
 15. If all you can see in your mirrors is sparks and all you can 
 hear is screaming from your passenger, things may not be as they 
 should be. 
 
 14. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of 
 experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you 
 empty the bag of luck. 
 
 13. There are two simple rules for riding smoothly and fast in snow 
 and on ice. Unfortunately no one knows what they are. 
 
 12. Always try to keep the number of times you put your sidestand 
 down equal to the number of times you put the sidestand up. 
 
 11. Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't get 
 to three seconds earlier. 
 
 10. You know you've left the sidestand down when all left turn are 
 Bat-turns. You know you've left the centerstand down when your in 
 1st gear at 4000 rpm going nowhere. 
 
 9. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to 
 make all of them yourself. 
 
 8. When in doubt slow down. No one has ever hit something too slow. 
 
 7. The rear wheel is just a big fan on back of the bike used to keep 
 the rider cool and his/her butt relaxed. If going into a corner too 
 fast, slamming on the rear brake causes the "fan" to abruptly stop. 
 When this happens you can actually see the rider start sweating and 
 his/her butt become tense. 
 
 6. The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire 
 
 5. It's always better to be on the sidelines wishing you were on the 
 track than on the track wishing you were on the sidelines. 
 
 4. Riding isn't dangerous. Crashing is dangerous. 
 
 3. If you push the bars left, the bike goes left. If you push the 
 bars right, the bike goes right. That is, unless you continue 
 pushing the bars all the way, then the bike will go down. 
 
 2. Every ride is optional 
 
 1. A 'good' ride is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' ride 
 is one after which you can use the bike again.