is it hard to ride a motorcycle?

Answer 1

it isnt all that hard to get moving, but from there, things can get a bit complicated.
u have to shift like a manual tranny car. steering is reversed....u push the left bar to turn left instead of turning the bars to the left. this is called counter steering, and it's only effective at 20 mph or greater.
then there's a thing that's called situational awarness. this can get very complicated. its the ability to detect, prioritize, and keep track of any and all threats that are either inside, incoming, or just exiting ur airspace.

other complicated areas is the fact that, the bike will ALWAYS go to where u are looking. if u are focusing on the curb, the bike will go to it. if u look at the car ur trying to evade, u will wind up goin right into the car instead. then there's the ability to: detect a threat, stand the bike up, and clamp down hard on the brakes...to avoid a threat in the middle of a turn u just went into. if u try to just slam on the brakes, u will most definately go down. u will never get away with clampin down on the brakes hard when in a lean, neither will u get away with clampin down on the brakes in the middle of a swerve manuver....guarenteed u will go down.

the absolute hardest thing to master on a bike.......the ability to be able to use the brakes with 100% efficiency....overbraking 1 part and underbraking the other is a bad idea and is usually catastrophic in some cases. guarenteed to be bad if u ever lock up the front brake. can we say...superman over the bars?

take the msf course. what u dont know can get u seriously hurt

Answer 2

Many people say you have to learn to ride a bike first. You don't have to be able to ride a bicycle to learn how to ride a motorcycle.There are some things that you do with a bicycle that if you applied the same thing to riding a motorcyle you will wreck. Forget learning to ride a bicycle first. Here in PA they offer free motorcycle safety course and provide motorcycles for the course, They are 250's and most of them are Honda Shadows. These are good training cycles and are not very expensive. They start out teaching you the trip precheck through to avoiding hazzards on the road. We had 5 people in our class who have never driven a motorcycle, one of which never even been on a motorcycle before. Everybody passed the four day class and received their license. If you were wobbling it was probably your nervousness more than anything else. Try a smaller bike and work your way up until you become more experienced. However, if this will be your first bike buy used and pay cash, get the experience of riding before moving up to bigger and more expensive bikes. I have had friends who bought big bikes like Goldwings and rode only a few times then selling them at a loss because they weren't ready for a big bike. Nothing wrong with starting small and working up to bigger later on. In fact the smaller bike will normally sell quicker when you are ready to move up, then use the money for your next bike.

Answer 3

It's not really "hard," but it is dangerous.

Motorcycles are extremely powerful for their weight and you can get into trouble very quickly if you don't know what you're doing.

It's common for noobies who show up at a dealership with a learner's permit and no training to crash their new bike within 15 minutes. That doesn't really happen with cars, because if you get into trouble with a car, you can just hit the brakes and stop anywhere.

Doing that on a motorcycle will cause a crash, most of the time.

I strongly recommend you take an official safety class as a beginning rider. I did, and what I learned was extremely valuable. As a bonus, in California at least, graduating from an MSF class means you don't have to take the riding test at the DMV, which is notoriously difficult. Sometimes you get an insurance break, too.

Answer 4

No very similar to riding a bicycle. There is a major weight
difference and U must learn to use the clutch and the brakes
to stop & start. If U know anyone with a banged up dirt bike
they can probably teach U in about 1 hour how to ride. If learn
to ride a small one U can ride any of them, its all simply
practice and getting used to it. You would be well advised to
take a motorcycle saftey riding class after U learn, they can
fill you in with tons of good info & advice about riding on the
streets.

Answer 5

It is very strongly recommended you take an official safety class as a beginning rider. I did, i though I could ride until i took the class, it teaches alot!!. Sometimes you get a 35% or so discount off insurance.
Riding a motorcycle is not easy & its sometimes not for certain people.
You just need to take the class its a great deal!!

Answer 6

Not true. It is hard...until you learn. Motorcycles can be deadly! You need a special drivers license to drive one and there's a reason. Take motorcycle classes or at least practice on a friend's bike before you go into traffic on one.

Answer 7

No, it just takes time to do it right. Twisting the throttle does not make you a good rider, and it will take your entire life learning how to do it well.

Answer 8

It's one of the easiest and funniest things you'll ever do.Just get on and ride.These people who tell you it's hard must be a little challenged.You just need to watch around you and everything will be fine.

Answer 9

Not if you can ride a bicycle. Same thing, larger scale.

Answer 10

For most people, No.