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Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section 2.5 – Seat Heights

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section 2.5: Motorcycle Seat Heights Some of the most asked questions from new riders are: “Will the motorcycle fit me?” and “Is the bike too tall or short for me? ”Since we are all built […]
2019 Moto Guzzi Eldorado
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Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section Two

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section Two: Choosing Your Ride and not someone else’s.   It is too easy to get caught up in what is wrong for you and it takes time to find out what is right for […]
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Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section Three

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section Three: Basic Styles of Motorcycles So many different bikes to choose from, where do you start? Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Harley, Triumph, BMW, they all make the right bike for you, and this section […]
2023 Harley-Davidson Fat Bob 114
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Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section 6.75

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section Six ¾: The Engine Wars – How Loud Do You Want Your Motorcycle To Be? So, how LOUD do you want your motorcycle to be? Do you want to wake up the neighbors, draw […]
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Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section 6.5

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section Six ½: The Engine Wars – Single vs. Twin vs. V-Twin vs. In-line Four No matter what motorcycle you ride, you’ll hear it: “My bike is faster / has more horsepower / more torque […]
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Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section 7

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section Seven: Motorcycle Tests and Quizzes Where to go, where to start to optimize your riding skills and not miss anything. Here’s how I started, maybe it might be the way for you too. This […]
2023 Indian Challenger RR
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Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section Six

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section Six: The Soul of a Bike – The Engine Where to go, where to start to optimize your riding skills and not miss anything. Here’s how I began, maybe it will work for you […]
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Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section 1.5 Insurance

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section 1.5: Motorcycle Insurance Motorcycle insurance can be hard to understand and can range from very inexpensive to very costly.A common mistake is buying a motorcycle only to discover that insurance is either extremely expensive […]
Beginner's Guide

Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section One

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section One: The First Steps Welcome to the World of Motorcycling! This eBook is dedicated to you, the aspiring motorcycle rider. Before you strap on your helmet and ride off into the sunset for the […]
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Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section Nine

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section Nine: Survivability – Cars Versus Motorcycles Cars are bigger, heavier, made of more metal, hit harder, have no brains and simply do not play fair. Cars versus motorcycles, an automatic defeat? Maybe not… The […]
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Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section 5.5

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section 5.5: Counter Steering, Push Steering the Easy Way One of the most important new skills a rider learns is how to counter steer (or push steer) correctly and with confidence. Some riders struggle with […]
2020 Indian Springfield Dark Horse 2-up review
Beginner's Guide

Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section Four

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section Four: Motorcycle Gear and Gearing Up Gear, gear, gear. I’m gonna have to write something here! 25 Pages of information is below, more than you’ll find elsewhere, and free too, so fill up and […]
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Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Section Five

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Section Five: Routes and Lessons – Learning to Ride Where to go, where to start to optimize your riding skills and not miss anything. Here’s how I started, maybe it will work for you too. […]
Beginner's Guide

Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Appendix 1

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Appendix One: School of Hard Knocks A Lesson I Learned the Hard Way “There comes a time, in everyone’s life, where you find yourself on the hard road. How you choose to leave is your […]
Beginner's Guide

Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycling: Appendix 2

Sep 21, 2016 Michael Le Pard
Appendix Two: New Rider Stories First Ride Stories We all started somewhere. Be it on a farm, in a parking lot, a back alley or side street. These are the stories of two riders to […]

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