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Techniques for driving a scooter for beginners?
I am learning driving a scooter but I find it difficult to cross speed breakers and take turns smoothly.
If you ride a scooter well please tell me how do you use the controls right from starting the scooter to stopping it!
A speed breaker is same as a speed bump.
10 Answers
- John RLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Speed breakers/bumps: Slow down, relax your arms and stand up. It is usually best to keep a constant throttle over the obstacle instead of coasting or braking. Do not brake over or through the bump, this will cause your wheels to fall into the hole or make the bump much worse. Standing allows your legs to act as shock absorbers. If you stay seated you will get bucked off or thrown forward. You want to use the same technique on all large bumps in the road, including pot holes.
Cornering: You want to lean with the bike. You want to do all of your braking before you enter the corner, coast into the corner and then accelerate as you are leaving the corner.
Start: Start the bike up and have at least one foot on the ground. Engage the clutch. Click the bike into gear. Slowly release the clutch while giving the bike some throttle (about 1/4). As the bike starts to move, increase the throttle slightly and release the clutch all the way. Put both feet on the foot pegs. Once the engine reaches about 4-5K rpm's, shift to the next gear. Continue until you reach the speed limit.
Stopping: When you want to come to a complete stop or even just slow down for a corner, the first thing you will do is let off on the throttle. Apply both front and rear brakes evenly, but not aggressively. Engage the clutch, downshift and release the clutch (you are using the engine to help brake). Continue until you have slowed down sufficiently or have come to a complete stop. Once stopped if you are going to be waiting for a long time. Put the bike into neutral and release the clutch - slowly to make sure you are actually in neutral.
Source(s): Riding and racing since 1973. - ccriderLv 78 years ago
Crossing "speed breakers" -- slow down as you approach the obstacle, then give it a little gas and lift up on the handlebars to bring the front wheel over the bump. Then raise yourself off the seat as the back wheel goes over the bump.
Taking turns smoothly...for low speed turns, use counterweighting. Keep your body upright, look through the turn, keep your hand steady on the throttle as you lean away from the direction of the turn. For high speed turns, slow as you approach the turn, look through the turn, press the handlebar away from the turn (countersteering), roll on the throttle.
Using the controls -- key in the ignition, press the engine cutoff switch to the "on" position, then the start/stop switch while holding the brake, usually on the left handlebar. Brakes are like a bicycle. To turn off the scooter, hit the engine cutoff switch, remove the key. You may want to turn the handlebars to the left "locked" position before removing the key. You also may want to bring the scooter up on its center stand.
- blanderswakeLv 68 years ago
Speed breaker - is that like a speed bump? On a large bump or rough railroad tracks, I would slow down quite a bit and stand up a little on the pegs or floorboard. That helped keep my butt and spine from hurting when my Honda Passport's suspension bottomed out.
For turning smoothly, a lot of people may give you complicated, confusing information on steering. Just turn like you're riding a bicycle. Braking should be done before you start to turn. Then, just lean into the turn. It's just like a bicycle and in my opinion you shouldn't overthink it.
Source(s): '82 Honda Passport '83 Honda CM450A - Ninja_ButlerLv 78 years ago
Speed bump: slow down stupid!
To make smooth turns, you must, must, must use the throttle. Exactly the same as a motorcycle, you have to provide constant power to the wheels to keep the scooter rolling; I bet you are easing off the throttle when you go round a corner; don't do that, approach the turn slowly but increase throttle ALL the way round the turn and don't let it off - and don't touch the brake.
Practice some low speed circles and figures-of-8 in an empty car park; you must use more throttle to keep the power going.
- Anonymous5 years ago
My neighbor does I think they are cute I want a pink one our town is very small only two miles long it would save a lot of gas. You should get one of those three wheelers they are fun to ride and great exercise and they have a basket and you could get a horn beep beep they are easy to ride! no training wheels needed! I do not like my neighbor he is a bonehead but he has like three scooters but only one behind he is a very strange man he has a car too but he rides his red scooter most!
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Source(s): www.walton.com - 8 years ago
Don't take driving as a work. Just feel the road. Be relaxed. You will surely enjoy the ride