Parking Your Bike
Parking is probably the easiest thing to learn about riding.
Nevertheless, there are a great number of riders who are
violating it.
Parking is not a driving skill to master. However, if you take
it for granted, chances are, you may cause scatches, bumps or
traffic jam. The rule is so simple that you can even use your
common sense alone. Of course, you have to park where it is
legal and safe. You can be guided by the signs, signals, curb
markings, warnings and the likes.
There are important pointers that a rider must know about
parking and these are the following:
1.Place the transmission in first gear after shutting the engine
off. 2.Push the bike forward to accommodate the transmission.
3.Then, lock the front wheel. 4.Provide ample space for other
vehicles so as not to hit the motorcycle when they pull over.
5.Your bike may have side stand, center stand or both. However,
bikes are maneuvered from the left side of the driver thus, to
be comfortable dismounting can be done on the left side also.
6.Avoid parking your bike on a hill or an accelerated area.
7.Also avoid parking on a soft surface. Look for a harder
surface. If there are none, just insert a stone or piece of wood
under the bike's stand. If there is a center stand then use it
to avoid rolling of the bike. 8.Do not forget to bring the
ignition keys with you.
A lot of the riders are violating the rules just to show off or
brag about it. But there's no good in ending in jail or injuring
another person just for the sake of bragging about breaking the
rules. In the first place what is there to brag? Noone can take
pride on a wrong act simply because it is wrong.
The rules are simple but we complicate them. No matter what we
do, where we are, it is always good to go by the rules. You will
never regret it!