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[[Category:Riding Techniques]]
[[Category:Riding Techniques]]
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Of all the things we do here at N250RC, encouraging rider training is one of the most important. Rider education is the single best mod because what you learn transfers from one bike to another. The basic lessons do not change from bike to bike, only the application in context. Whenever you switch to another bike, there is always a period where you are becoming familiar with that bike's intricacies, but the core concepts do not change. 
====General techniques====
[[Basic Controls]]
[[Basic Controls]]


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[[Riding The Pace]]
[[Riding The Pace]]
[[Ninja 250 Rider's bookshelf]]


[[Accelerating, changing gears]]
[[Accelerating, changing gears]]


[[Can I ride my bike home if the clutch cable breaks?]]
[[Approaching an intersection]]


[[Riding in the rain]]
[[Riding in the rain]]
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[[Picking up the bike when it falls over]]
[[Picking up the bike when it falls over]]


Total Motorcycle's [http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/school.htm Beginner's Guide to Motorcycling]  
[[Can I ride my bike home if the clutch cable breaks?]]
 
====Turning and leaning====
 
[[Turning a motorcycle]]
 
[[Looking through the curve]]  


[http://www.ridemyown.com/articles/safety/BTB-tipstricks.shtml Safety Tips, Tricks, & Techniques] by Jerry Palladino
[[Countersteering]]  


[http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/howto/122_0608_50_ways/ 50 Ways to Save Your Life] Motorcyclist Magazine
[[Shifting body weight for a turn]]


[http://foreven.com/trackdod/NoviceGuide Learn to Ride Faster] Preparation for track riding
[[Staying light on the bars]]  


'''Turning and leaning'''
[[Entering a turn too fast]]


*[[Speed control]]
[[Scraping Pegs]]  


*[[Looking through the curve]]  
[[Dealing with crosswinds]]  


*[[Countersteering]]  
[[Maximum lean angles]]  


*[[Countersteering 2]]  
[[Going around a cloverleaf]]


*[[Staying "light on the bars"]]  
[[Braking while downshifting/Blipping the throttle]]


*[[Scraping Pegs]]  
[[Dragging a knee]]  


*[[Dealing with crosswinds]]  
[[Losing traction]]


*[[Maximum lean angles]]
====Braking====


*[[Going around a cloverleaf]]
[[Using front and rear brake]]  


*[[Braking while downshifting/Blipping the throttle]]
[[Maximum braking]]  


*[[Entering a turn too fast]]  
[[Trail Braking]]  


*[[Dragging a knee]]  
[[Stopping in traffic]]


*[[Losing traction]]
====Articles & books====


'''Braking'''
[[Ninja 250 Rider's bookshelf]]


*[[Using front and rear brake]]  
Total Motorcycle's [http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/school.htm Beginner's Guide to Motorcycling]  


*[[Maximum braking]]  
[http://www.ridemyown.com/articles/safety/BTB-tipstricks.shtml Safety Tips, Tricks, & Techniques] by Jerry Palladino


*[[Trail Braking]]  
[http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/howto/122_0608_50_ways/ 50 Ways to Save Your Life] Motorcyclist Magazine


*[[Stopping in traffic]]
[http://foreven.com/trackdod/NoviceGuide Learn to Ride Faster] Preparation for track riding