Beginner Sport Bike Riding & Training Tips
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New Sport Bike Rider Guide

Welcome to Sport Rider's New Rider Guide. Here you'll find sportbike riding tips, links, and road tests, all aimed at the novice sportbike rider.
Ask the Geek: Set Your Static Sag Ask the Geek: Set Your Static Sag
tech tip-how to set motorcycle suspension static sag
 
Advice for Novices Advice for Novices
Expanded from the Original Column. Much has been said and written about the recent and co...
 
The Common Denominator The Common Denominator
The irony in the name Sport Rider is, that while our primary emphasis is on riding, we ten...
 
Pace Yourself Pace Yourself
Two weeks ago a rider died when he and his bike tumbled off a cliff paralleling our favori...
 
Buying a Motorcycle Helmet Buying a Motorcycle Helmet
In examining our plethora of motorcycle helmets, we were quite surprised at the quality of...
 
2005 Kawasaki Z750S 2005 Kawasaki Z750S
Z750 NAKED BIKE MAKES ITS U.S. DEBUT Aggressive style and NINJA(r) performance for two-up,...
 
2005 Kawasaki ZZR600 2005 Kawasaki ZZR600
NEW ZZR(r)600 PROVIDES STYLE, COMFORT AND NINJA(r) PERFORMANCE The Kawasaki ZZR600 motorcy...
 
Yamaha FZ6 First Ride Yamaha FZ6 First Ride
This must be a global economy. After years of issuing lame excuses about why we don't get ...
 
Honda 599 First Ride Honda 599 First Ride
Five years ago, Honda decided to enter the "middleweight standard" market in Europe by sli...
 
Cult of Personality: 2003 Suzuki SV650 First Ride Cult of Personality: 2003 Suzuki SV650 First Ride
It's hard to define what actually gives a particular motorcycle cult-like status, but Suzu...
 
Speed Shift: Kawasaki EX500 Road Test Speed Shift: Kawasaki EX500 Road Test
With today's economy still barely climbing out of its late-'80s doldrums, the so-called bu...
 
Hands On: Installing a Steering Damper Hands On: Installing a Steering Damper
1. A steering damper is one of the first performance hardware accessories many riders inst...
 
Hands on: Chain Adjustment Hands on: Chain Adjustment
Sometimes the easiest maintenance chores are the ones most frequently overlooked. Case in ...
 
Riding Skills Series: Panic Stops Riding Skills Series: Panic Stops
1. Some of the most gut-wrenching moments while riding occur when something magically appe...
 
Wallflowers: Suzuki GSX600F and GSX750F Katanas Wallflowers: Suzuki GSX600F and GSX750F Katanas
Talk with any sport rider and it's likely he or she will be able to extol, chapter and ver...
Toyota Tacoma Research
Toyota Tacoma When shopping for a new car take a look at the Toyota Tacoma. The V6 standard engine in the Tacoma gives you 236 horsepower with an estimated 17 mpg. It comes with a standard Automatic transmission, and RWD drivetrain. You also might want to research the Mitsubishi Eclipse and the GMC Canyon.