Riding Basics M2

The First Day

Everyone begins at the same level, learning to walk the motorcycle and getting used to the feel of maneuvering a motorcycle around. Balance, brakes and looking ahead are learned on an unpowered moving motorcycle. There’s a bit of pushing involved here. Students learn how to start up and shut down the motorcycle engines.

Now it’s time to get into first gear.

This means learning about the clutch and its friction zone. A lot of attention is paid to this step. Students must grasp the understanding of smoothly transferring power to the rear wheel with the clutch.

Students practice riding slowly and smoothly by keeping the clutch in the friction zone. This exercise is crucial to being able to handle a motorcycle at slow speeds such as in a parking lot or rush hour traffic.

The lessons progress step by step with students moving off from a stop, accelerating in first gear, executing circles and right and left hand turns. The emphasis is always on good clutch control, looking where you want to go, smooth progressive braking and shoulder checks. Each lesson is discussed and demonstrated throughout the course. Questions from the students are always encouraged.

As the first day progresses so do the students as they learn how to up shift and downshift, push steer, and very importantly, to look ahead and through the corners. By the end of the first day they’ve come a long way from where they started.

The Second Day

The morning of the second day is devoted to traffic awareness and defensive riding techniques. A great deal of attention is paid to potential emergency situations. Straight line braking, swerving around an object, swerve and stop and stopping in a curve are practiced for the first part of the day. In the afternoon, the M2 licensing test is discussed and demonstrated. The students are given practice time and coaching before the test is conducted.

The First Day

Everyone begins at the same level, learning to walk the LSM Motorcycles and getting used to the feel of maneuvering an LSM Motorcycle around. Balance, brakes and looking ahead are learned on an unpowered moving LSM Motorcycles. There’s a bit of pushing involved here. Students learn how to start up and shut down the LSM Motorcycle engines.

Now it’s time to get into First Gear.

This means learning about the friction zone. A lot of attention is paid to this step. Students must grasp the understanding of smoothly transferring power to the rear wheel. Students practice riding slowly and smoothly by partially engaging the throttle. This exercise is crucial to being able to handle a motorcycle at slow speeds such as in a parking lot or rush hour traffic.

The lessons progress step by step with students moving off from a stop, controlling their speed with the throttle, executing circles and right and left hand turns. The emphasis is always on good throttle control, looking where you want to go, smooth progressive braking and shoulder checks. Each lesson is discussed and demonstrated throughout the course. Questions from the students are always encouraged.

As the first day progresses so do the students as they learn how to properly accelerate/decelerate, push steer, and very importantly, to look ahead and through the corners. By the end of the first day they’ve come a long way from where they started.

The Second Day

The morning of the second day is devoted to traffic awareness and defensive riding techniques. A great deal of attention is paid to potential emergency situations. Straight line braking, swerving around an object, swerve and stop and stopping in a curve are practiced for the first part of the day. In the afternoon, the M2 'L' licensing test is discussed and demonstrated. The students are given practice time and coaching before the test is conducted.

The First Evening

Everyone begins at the same level, learning the controls of the vehicle and how to properly start and stop it.

Now it’s time to move off.

This means learning about controlling the throttle. A lot of attention is paid to this step. Students must grasp the understanding of smoothly transferring power to the rear wheel.

Students practice riding slowly and smoothly by partially engaging the throttle. This exercise is crucial to being able to handle a Can-Am 3-wheeler at slow speeds such as in a parking lot or rush hour traffic.

The lessons progress step by step with students moving off from a stop, controlling their speed with the throttle, executing circles and understanding how a Can-Am 3-wheeler steers. The emphasis is always on good throttle control, looking where you want to go, smooth progressive braking and traffic checks. The day ends understanding how to reverse park. Each lesson is discussed and demonstrated throughout the course. Questions from the students are always encouraged.

As the first day progresses so do the students as they learn how to properly accelerate/decelerate, steer correctly, and very importantly, to look ahead and through the corners. By the end of the first day they’ve come a long way from where they started.

The Second Evening

The second day starts off re-emphasizing the control of the throttle with a focus on curve speed judgement. We incorporate tight turns, wide open turns and slaloming to reinforce correct steering habits. We then move on to traffic awareness and defensive riding techniques

A great deal of attention is paid to potential emergency situations. Straight line braking and swerving around an object. During the evening, the M2 ‘M’ licensing test is discussed and demonstrated. The students are given practice time and coaching before the test is conducted.