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2015 Training Manual Copyright © 2015 by T revor Dech (Owner of Too Cool Motorcycle School Inc.) All rights reserved. This manual is provided to our students as a part of our Basic Motorcycle Course. Its contents are the property of Too Cool Motorcycle School Inc. and are not to be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted without permission. Publish Date: Jan 10, 2015 Version: 2.6 Training: McMahon Stadium, South East Lot Classroom: Dalhousie Community Centre Phone: 403-202-0099 Website: www.toocoolmotorcycleschool.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Too Cool Motorcycle School Training Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE ..................................................................................1 TYPES OF MOTORCYCLES ..........................................................................1 OFF-ROAD MOTORCYCLES .................................................................................................1 TRAIL ......................................................................................................................1 ENDURO...................................................................................................................2 MOTOCROSS ............................................................................................................2 TRIALS.....................................................................................................................2 DUAL PURPOSE.........................................................................................................2 ROAD BIKES .....................................................................................................................3 CRUISERS ................................................................................................................3 SPORTBIKES.............................................................................................................6 TOURING BIKES........................................................................................................9 SPORT-TOURING .................................................................................................... 10 STANDARDS ........................................................................................................... 11 PROTECTIVE GEAR...................................................................................13 HELMETS........................................................................................................................ 14 HELMET TYPES ....................................................................................................... 14 PARTS OF A HELMET ............................................................................................... 16 HELMET FIT............................................................................................................ 17 HELMET PRECAUTIONS............................................................................................ 18 EYE PROTECTION ........................................................................................................... 18 JACKETS/PANTS/SUITS.................................................................................................... 19 GLOVES.......................................................................................................................... 21 BOOTS........................................................................................................................... 22 BACK PROTECTORS......................................................................................................... 23 RAIN GEAR..................................................................................................................... 23 ELECTRIC VESTS/HEATED GRIPS ...................................................................................... 24 EAR PROTECTION ........................................................................................................... 24 PART TWO ...............................................................................26 MOTORCYCLE CONTROLS AND INSTRUMENTS .......................................26 MULTI-POINT INSPECTION .....................................................................30 PART THREE ............................................................................33 STARTING THE MOTORCYCLE: ‘FINECCS’................................................33 MOVING OFF ............................................................................................35 SLOW RIDING ..........................................................................................38 STOPPING ................................................................................................40 SLOW TURNS............................................................................................42 SHIFTING GEARS .....................................................................................45 HAND SIGNALS AND ELECTRIC SIGNALS................................................51 PARKING ..................................................................................................53 TABLE OF CONTENTS Too Cool Motorcycle School Training Manual PART FOUR ..............................................................................56 ACCELERATION ........................................................................................56 EMERGENCY BRAKING.............................................................................59 MOTORCYCLE BRAKING SYSTEMS..................................................................................... 59 COMBINED SYSTEMS AND ABS ......................................................................................... 60 TRACTION: Surfaces, Friction, and Weight Transfers ........................................................... 61 EMERGENCY BRAKING SEQUENCE .................................................................................... 65 OPTIMUM CONTROLLED BRAKING .................................................................................... 67 BRAKING IN ADVERSE CONDITIONS ................................................................................. 71 BRAKING IN A CURVE...................................................................................................... 72 COLLISION AVOIDANCE (EMERGENCY SWERVE) ...................................74 UNAVOIDABLE OBJECTS ..........................................................................76 TIRES........................................................................................................77 HIGHER SPEED CORNERS ........................................................................81 CAMBER THRUST AND COUNTERSTEERING ....................................................................... 83 COMPONENTS OF A CORNER............................................................................................ 85 TROUBLESHOOTING HIGHER SPEED CORNERS: ‘SLLRR’...................................................... 86 TYPES OF CORNERS AND LINES ..............................................................93 CHANGING LINES MIDCORNER...............................................................97 PASSING.................................................................................................100 PART FIVE .............................................................................105 BIG TRUCKS ...........................................................................................105 CRESTS ...................................................................................................106 ANIMALS ................................................................................................106 INSECTS .................................................................................................108 ADVERSITY: CHALLENGING WEATHER AND SURFACES .......................108 ADVERSITY: CHALLENGING WEATHER AND SURFACES .......................109 RAIN............................................................................................................................ 109 SWELTERING HEAT ....................................................................................................... 111 AND THE WIND BEGAN TO HOWL................................................................................... 112 SAND AND GRAVEL ....................................................................................................... 113 SPILLS ......................................................................................................................... 114 GROOVED PAVEMENT, TEXAS GATES, RAILROAD CROSSINGS ........................................... 115 AND NOW IT’S DARK ..................................................................................................... 115 GROUP RIDING ......................................................................................117 TOURING: LONG DISTANCE RIDING .....................................................122 TOOL KIT ..................................................................................................................... 124 PASSENGERS..........................................................................................125 INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER TRAFFIC HAZARDS.................................126 VEHICLES TURNING LEFT .............................................................................................. 127 VEHICLES RUNNING RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS ......................................................... 129 VEHICLES CROSSING THE CENTRE LINE.........................................................................
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