Advice for beginners.

Solo riding:

Wheel breakes: On good roads in dry conditions, both breakes can be used with gread advantages but on slippery- or gravel roads, the front break should be used with outmost care due to the risk of skidding.

Ensure yourself by riding very slowly (both legs ready to steady against the ground), how easy the front wheel can be locked up and brought to a skid on slippery or gravel roads. Once you experienced this, you will always use the front break with outmost care on these roads.

Steering breake: On solo machines the steering break is lightly applied to prevent bad roads to affect the steering.

It must be firmly noted that the steering break must only be very lightly tightened on a solo machine.

If the steering break is to firmly tightened, the machine 'sails' and you can loose control over it.

Central stand: When you are to put the machine on its stand, this is done most easy by:

1. Stand on the left side of the machine.
2. Hold the stand down with the left foot.
3. Put your right hand under the saddle nose and the left on the handle bar.
4. Pull the machine up on the stand in one brisk go.

In case of parking in soft terrain, you must put something solid under the stand feet or the stand will sink and the machine fall over.

Sidecar riding

Sidecar riding has nothing in common with solo riding. The first time you ride a sidecar machine (right mounted sidecar) it seems to be impossible to turn to the right - and you often end up somewhere else than where you intended to go.

There is a great moment of danger in this and it is adviceable to practise in a safe area until you are confident with right turns.

Side car riding is a wast field, but please note the following:

1. Turning right: Decrese the speed of the vehicle before the turn. Accelerate in the turn. The rear wheel will now push the vehicle and support the turn to the right.
2. Turning left: By the left turn the speed is decrease before or/and in the turn. This will give the rear wheel a slight breaking effect and support the turn to the left.
3. U-turns: The turning radius is smallest when you turn to the right.
4. Breaking: The front break is advantagous in all weather conditions.
5. Acceleration: Never ride the motorcycle all out. You are in a safer position if you have a surplus of power in a dangerous situation.
6. The steering break prevents shimmying. Convince yourself through slow riding what effect the steering break has.
7. Parking on a hill. Put the machine in 1:st gear. Put a rock or something similar or turn the front wheel sharply against an obstacle.