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REQUIRED RIDING SKILLS AND PRACTICE EXERCISES
Tips for Additional Practice
– Practice checking your mirrors be-
fore braking hard.
7) Weaves
Purpose
– Get more experience with the vehi-
cle handling and rider position.
Directions
6 m (20 ft) Weave
1. Weave between every marker/
intersection of every other parking
spot. Do not use throttle — stay in
the friction zone.
2. Lean into each turn and turn the
handlebar in the direction you want
to go by pulling and pushing the
grips.
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12 m (40 ft) Weave
Once you’re comfortable, try doing
12 m (40 ft) weaves between every
other cone/every fourth parking space.
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Tips for Additional Practice
– You can gradually increase
speed as you get comfort-
able to 16 km/h - 19 km/h
(10 MPH - 12 MPH) for the weaves,
but slow down for the U-turns at the
ends.
8) Shifting
When riding, you must change gears
to match the engine speed with road
speed.
Purpose
– Become familiar with the foot mo-
tions needed to shift gears.
– Learn to upshift and downshift.
Directions
This exercise is similar to what you did
before, except now you will be upshift-
ing on the straightaways, then coming
to a stop at the end of each straight-
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