Hello Guys,
Here I am trying to discuss top 10 Mistakes made by most of the bikers in India(atleast whom I seen). Well first thing I wound like to clear is, What is writen in this review is not my own, I found things while surfing the net. I myself is not auto consultant but I always like to share if I find something which I feel can be useful to others. Comments will be welcomed.
1. Wear Helment
Whatever you do in the life, Safety comes first I seen often that people don’t like to wear helment, here in Gujarat Helmet law just came but when people fill that Policeman won’t be on road they avoid to wear helment. We get life only once so let’s live it completely so we don’t regret at our last breath "God, I would have wear Helment." because than we won’t be able to do anything except seeing world last time
2. Breaking
Many bikers think that rear break should be applied first and than the front break but fact is that both breaks should be applied simultaniously, always keep habit of applying front break with rear break so when you suddenly need front break you are already habitual to it. Applying only one break hard in panic situation will end up with locking of the wheel and you laying on road.
3. Rear Mirrors
They look like Donkey’s Ear. RIGHT? but keep in mind that they are life savers. Donkey live much more than racehorce, Life is important, nothing else.
4. Clutch
Most of people would agree that they use cluth to be in neutral gear, while moving fast if they want to slow down, they keep clutch applied that makes clutch plates wear out earlier. to slow down you don’t need clutch you need break, bike can go as slow as we are walking in first gear so why apply clutch? only use of clutch while riding is to change gear to stop or slow down its accelator and break.
5. Puncture: The puncture on a moving two wheeler is not necessarily dangerous, but a panic attack definitely is. Try to keep the bike vertical. The wheel with the puncture will tend to move sideways. Use your handlebar to counteract this turn. If your bike tilts to the side, it will be very difficult to prevent a fall, so use your handlbar to keep the bike from turning or tilting.
Try to continue riding in a straight line. Don’t think of turning the bike to the side of the road. If you try that at high speed with a puncture, you’ll have a nasty fall. Instead, try to keep going in a straight line. Once your speed is low enough for you to handle the bike easily, you can head towards the side of the road. Glance at the rear-view mirrors to make sure you’re not stepping in someone else’s way.
Don’t apply the brakes because the results might be unpredictable. Just let go of the throttle and let the bike slow down on its own. With a punctured tyre, there will be more friction and the bike will slow down quite well without brakes. Keeping your mind off the brakes will also allow you to concentrate better on keeping the bike vertical.
Once you’re slow enough, move to the side of the road. If your speed is low enough for you to put down your feet, apply the brakes to stop and balance your bike the usual way.
*6. Gear Changing
*Reduce your accelerator, pull in the clutch. Shift with a firm motion of your toe(or heel) and release the clutch as you rev the throttle. If you’re doing this properly, there will be no jerks. If there is Jerk, you did it wrong. If you need to change your speed, shift to lower gears as appropriate. Downshift if you need to accelerate before you shift to a higher gear.
7. Driving on Downslope:
Most common mistake bikers or any vehicle drivers do is put their vehicle in Neutral gear and let the vehicle move on downslope, this is very dangerous, at one point it will be so fast that you won’t be able to handle when you get someone suddenly infront of you. rather drive as you are going up on the slope, keep in appropriate gear and handle the speed with accelater, this way it won’t start moving so fast and stay in your control, don’t think of saving 20-50 rupees petrol as life is priceless. isn’t it?
8. Keep Distance
Try to keep distance from the vehicle moving ahead, specially don’t drive to close to bus / truck kind of big vehicles. two dangerous situations can take place
If that breaks suddenly you’ll be helpless
If any hazzard comes than you won’t have time to take turn and survive as it comes suddenly in front of you so safe way is keep reasonable distance from big vehicles.
I will update this if I find anything for informative and post here. Thanks.
Manoj Soni