Get familiar with the motorcycle
Make sure you are completely familiar with the motorcycle before you
ride it on the street. If the cycle is borrowed:
• make all the checks you would on your own cycle.
• find out where everything is, particularly the turn signals, horn,
headlight switch, fuel control valve, and motor cut-off switch.
Make sure you can find and operate them without having to look
at them.
• check the controls. Learn the gear pattern. Work the throttle,
clutch, and brakes a few times before you take off. All controls
react a little differently.
• ride very cautiously until you know the way the motorcycle
handles. For instance, take turns slower and give yourself extra
stopping distance.
