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<blockquote data-quote="wfooshee" data-source="post: 732961" data-attributes="member: 6354"><p>Clutch is always the first thing I show a new rider. Granted, his ATV experience should have made him aware, but I always tell a new rider that if they're not comfortable with what's happening, just sit up (no lean!) straighten up and squeeze both levers. They don't have to remember which is which, and a real n00b probably won't, but they can usually handle "both."</p><p></p><p>Almost all of those "first ride" disasters you see on youtube would have been avoided with "squeeze both levers."</p><p></p><p>My familiy situation was different. My kid got the fever, found a bike, asked me to come with him to look at it. It was junk, scored rotors and worn pads up front, no pressure in the rear brake, and I told him not to buy it. What I said was, "This is junk. Run away." What he heard was "You ain't gittin' no motorcycle" so he bought it anyway to show me who's boss.</p><p></p><p>I actually wasn't riding at the time, never having had my own bike and having only occasional opportunities with friends' bikes, so we never had the "Here's how you do it" day. We've since had several chances to ride together for an hour or a day, but that was one of the most expensive starter bikes I ever heard of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wfooshee, post: 732961, member: 6354"] Clutch is always the first thing I show a new rider. Granted, his ATV experience should have made him aware, but I always tell a new rider that if they're not comfortable with what's happening, just sit up (no lean!) straighten up and squeeze both levers. They don't have to remember which is which, and a real n00b probably won't, but they can usually handle "both." Almost all of those "first ride" disasters you see on youtube would have been avoided with "squeeze both levers." My familiy situation was different. My kid got the fever, found a bike, asked me to come with him to look at it. It was junk, scored rotors and worn pads up front, no pressure in the rear brake, and I told him not to buy it. What I said was, "This is junk. Run away." What he heard was "You ain't gittin' no motorcycle" so he bought it anyway to show me who's boss. I actually wasn't riding at the time, never having had my own bike and having only occasional opportunities with friends' bikes, so we never had the "Here's how you do it" day. We've since had several chances to ride together for an hour or a day, but that was one of the most expensive starter bikes I ever heard of. [/QUOTE]
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