[TimperleySaint]

Learning To Ride A Bike : Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:45 pm  

And by bike I mean a motorbike. I've never been on anything other than a scooter in Thailand, and really fancy learning how to ride a proper bike but have no idea how to get started - so wondered if there are any bikers on here to give any tips?

Re: Learning To Ride A Bike : Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:58 pm  

Mike Oxlong wrote:

And by bike I mean a motorbike. I've never been on anything other than a scooter in Thailand, and really fancy learning how to ride a proper bike but have no idea how to get started - so wondered if there are any bikers on here to give any tips?

Did Beckham biking in the Amazon get your juices flowing?

Re: Learning To Ride A Bike : Tue Jun 10, 2014 8:27 pm  

Mike Oxlong wrote:

And by bike I mean a motorbike. I've never been on anything other than a scooter in Thailand, and really fancy learning how to ride a proper bike but have no idea how to get started - so wondered if there are any bikers on here to give any tips?

Well, I'm not a biker but I'll give you the easy, first tips about getting started. First get or borrow a motorcycle. Then sit on it and put your hands on the handle-bars. Over to the bikers now....

[TimperleySaint]

Re: Learning To Ride A Bike : Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:42 am  

Is it like learning to drive a car, in that you have to have lessons before you can get out on the road properly? As you see lots of single riders out there with "L" plates on.

Re: Learning To Ride A Bike : Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:04 am  

Bike licence laws have changed a few times, and depends (somewhat, on if/when you'd passed a car licence): https://www.gov.uk/ride-motorcycle-mope ... quirements Yes, you are best off getting lessons, they are often group sessions, with an instructor, and different companies will either run them over a series of weekends, or as a compressed (intensive) week.

Bike licence laws have changed a few times, and depends (somewhat, on if/when you'd passed a car licence): https://www.gov.uk/ride-motorcycle-mope ... quirements Yes, you are best off getting lessons, they are often group sessions, with an instructor, and different companies will either run them over a series of weekends, or as a compressed (intensive) week.

[Pemps]

Re: Learning To Ride A Bike : Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:17 pm  

Dally wrote:

Well, I'm not a biker but I'll give you the easy, first tips about getting started. First get or borrow a motorcycle. Then sit on it and put your hands on the handle-bars. Over to the bikers now....

Don't forget to make revving noises