Roadsafe Motorcycle Riding Techniques

SAFETY TIP: Winter riding brings its own unique challenges: Focus on being even more smooth with your riding. Keeping your knees gripping the tank and your arms relaxed, head and eyes looking up and forward will help if you do lose traction. Keen to refresh yourself with some more tips for riding safely in winter? Click here: https://roadsafe.arlo.co/w/support/

LEARNER COURSES
Thinking about getting your motorcycle licence?
Haven't ridden in ages and need a refresher?
Then we have a course for you. Find out more on our website about our Learn to Ride and Basic Handling Skills courses: https://roadsafe.arlo.co/w/courses/cat-3-learner/
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Before every ride, check your tyres.
Not because it’s a rule.
Because they decide how your bike will behave today.
Grip.
Braking.
Cornering.
Stability on wet seal or loose chip.
In NZ conditions, tyre pressure and tread matter more than most riders realise. A few PSI low can change how the bike turns. Worn tread can mean less grip when you hit that damp patch in a shaded corner.
Take one minute:
• Check pressure (cold)
• Look at tread depth
• Scan for cuts, nails, bulges
Two tyres. That’s your margin.
Make it part of your start-up routine — every ride.

Think back to the last time that you attended a Ride Forever course. What information do you recall from your 8 hours of training?
As time passes we lose a lot of the knowledge that we have gained. Keeping this knowledge top of mind, and putting it into practice, is key to keeping yourself safer on our roads.
We recommend that everyone dedicates a day a year (minimum) to attending a Ride Forever course to continually refresh their skills and their knowledge. Because lets not forget 👉 Riding Forever means Learning Forever.
Enrol today: https://roadsafe.arlo.co/w/courses/cat-2-ride-forever/