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10 Tips For Solo Motorcycle Touring - RM Motors

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Here are some of the things we’ve learned, which we hope will be helpful.   1) “Flight Plan” with friends and relatives :- it’s a good idea to give friends and family an idea of where you’ll end up every day, and when you’ll be checking in. At the least, this will give your loved ones a sense of ease about you riding alone. 2)   Start early, finish early :-   It’s an incredible feeling watching the world wake up from the seat of a motorcycle, and if you’re planning to do big miles, the earlier you start, the earlier you can finish.   3) Earplugs:- Always wear earplugs, not just to protect your hearing, but to dramatically reduce fatigue. Helmets are noisy places, especially at higher speeds on bikes without big windscreens. Your brain tries really hard to process all the wind noise and determine if there’s anything important in there it needs to hear, which is an ongoing mental strain. 4)   Use technology to regulate your body temperature :- There h...

RIDING TIPS - RM MOTORS

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Be Ready: mind, body, and bike There are three ways riders should ready themselves for a ride. Be smooth It takes plenty of concentration, but smooth control of your ride has plenty of specific benefits. Before proceeding through any intersection Check left, check front, check right, then check left again.   Check your rear view mirror before you slow your speed Too often, what is out of sight is out of mind. Practice The very best time to practice these habits is every time you go out for a ride.   Be Safe, Ride Safe !!

10 best things that save the day for Motorcycle Riders - RM Motors

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1. Brain :- To put it out bluntly, Never ride without your brain. Brainless riders are vastly overrepresented in motorcycle accident studies, with the majority of single-vehicle accidents coming as the result of brainless motorcycle operation. 2. Helmet :-  It is strange that just how much and just how many times we have to go around telling people about the benefits helmets provide. Helmets protect you from many things other than just the bangs on the noggin that we associate with their primary purpose. 3. Riding Gloves :- By riding gloves we mean the ones which cover your hand and wrist in all the safety there can be, not the gym friendly finger cut out ones . 4. Eye Protection :- Day in day out we have to bear the profoundly non-sensible debates of why people would not like to wear helmets, and trust us when we say, we could argue all day about helmets and whether they should be required and those of you in the anti-helmet camp would still be wrong. 5. Armo...