Is it easier to learn how ride a motorcycle or learn how to drive a stick shift car?

Answer 1

both have their pluses and minuses.

I can do both now. For me, it was almost easier to operate the motorcycle. But with the motorcycle, there is more risks should you have an accident.

But the concept of operating a manual shift vehicle isn't quite the same other than you need the clutch in when you stop or shift and you'll need to learn the friction point.

Some states offer a free motorcycle safety program (which is what i did) and that helped a lot. They even let you use their motorcycles. They're very small bikes.

Answer 2

The mechanics and principles are absolutely identical. On a motorcycle you operate the clutch and throttle with your hands and shift with your foot. In a car, you will be operating the clutch and throttle with your feet and shifting with your hand. The only thing you will have to adjust to is the new locations of the controls. I had been driving a stick for years when i rode a motorcycle for the first time and i took off for the first time on a motorcycle effortlessly from a resting position up to about 75mph in 6th gear and then back down to a crawl without putting any conscious thought or effort into shifting. Ive been riding a bike of my own ever since and have never stalled or over-revved it. If you start learning how to operate a manual transmission on a motorcycle, you may still have issues driving a stick shift car, but not because they behave differently, just because youre still learning to operate a manual transmission.

Answer 3

It is easier to learn a stick shift car since you are only adding skills onto something you have already mastered. All you are doing with a stick is getting it in the right gear all the other driving stuff is the same as an automatic car. When it comes to motorcycles it is a completely different driving experience. You have to learn how to lean with a turn, how to break since you have two breaks and how to be aware of certain situations since it reacts with a bike more(wind, best position in a lane for different situations, other cars,ect ect...)
All of that being said do both. Both are much more enjoyable ways to expereince driving.

Answer 4

Stick shift is much easier, since you can see what you're doing while learning - and you won't fall over if you get it wrong! And since both use a manual transmission, you'll still have to learn how a clutch works. The only thing easier on a bike is that you can't esily get the wrong gear, since there isn't a neutral except between 1st and 2nd gears. However, if you forget to downshift back to 2nd before stopping, you'll be stuck in the wrong gear when trying to get started again - motorbikes don't like to shift through multiple gears when they're not moving.

Good luck!

Answer 5

A stick shift car is easier because of the unstable nature of the cycle combined with having to watch out for cars and trucks that seem to be blind when it comes to cycles and scooters.

Please for your safety take a motorcycle safety class if you want to learn how to operate a cycle or scooter, the life you will save will be your own.

Answer 6

its easier to learn how to drive a stick shift car because you don't have to worry about falling over and keeping your balance.

That said, the two are related only in concept. You can learn to drive one without knowing how to drive the other.

Please take a motorcycle safety foundation course to learn how to drive the bike. It is well worth it.

Answer 7

As others have said, they really are not that comparable. Its like comparing a train and a plane. Both are transportation but each has a different skill set.

The road rules are the same, but control locations are different, (for example you shift with the top and bottom of your foot and break with your other foot and/or hand, the same hand also controls your speed.. and so on).

Muscle memory kicks in after you learn... just like with a car, but attention is more demanding for a MC.

The only way you are going to find out is to try it. Find someone or someplace that will rent or loan you a small bike (one you can pick up easily because you are going to lay it over at least once - dont worry.. small bike, slow speed.. parking lot.. you will just embarassed not hurt), try it and YOU decide.

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Answer 8

The motorcycle will be a stick.....If your learning to shift & balance it may take a while.

Answer 9

I don't know... is it easier for you to eat a steak dinner or is it easier for you to eat a pasta dinner? They're two completely different things with two completely different sets of skill required to do it well. All things considered, the skills to ride a motorcycle well and safely, are considerably more numerous than to drive a manual shift car.

Answer 10

I would say its easier to learn with a manual transmission car. Two wheels or four, its just learning to coordinate the accelerator, clutch, and shifter.