Is it difficult to learn how to ride a motorcycle?

I always tell people that if they are thinking about buying a motorcycle to save on gas, they better think again. While they do get good gas mileage, it is also offset by additional cost such as maintenance and tires. You replace motorcycle tires much more often then you do on a car. Plus, I can't remember any time that I jumped in my truck and drove it 100-150 miles on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon just for the fun of it. Something I do nearly every weekend on the bike. In regards to learning how to ride a motorcycle, if you can drive a stick and ride a bicycle you are about 80% there. I taught myself nearly 35 years ago.

I always tell people that if they are thinking about buying a motorcycle to save on gas, they better think again. While they do get good gas mileage, it is also offset by additional cost such as maintenance and tires. You replace motorcycle tires much more often then you do on a car. Plus, I can't remember any time that I jumped in my truck and drove it 100-150 miles on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon just for the fun of it. Something I do nearly every weekend on the bike. In regards to learning how to ride a motorcycle, if you can drive a stick and ride a bicycle you are about 80% there. I taught myself nearly 35 years ago.

no its very easy once u get the hang of it if u can drive manual on a car its the same procuder

take some lessons b 4 u buy then u will know if it's for u. Good luck buy some good leathers or gortex too.

no its very easy once u get the hang of it if u can drive manual on a car its the same procuder

if you can ride a pedal bike,you can learn a m/c if you think you will save gas money ,you won't by the time you keep up with maintenance buy the bike,taxes,registration you will never get your money back for the difference in gas money you get a bike to enjoy,but,you will not save any money with commuting with one.

Piece of cake... We have a half day course in the UK for people to get the basics....before going out on the roads... Compulsory Basic Training or CBT...within 40 minuets the group are lead out onto the road following a trainer with headsets on. We start out on 125cc till we pass the proper test and one of those can get up to 70mph at a push. Why not think about an automatic scooter... even chimps ride those as the circus. The go up to 600cc these days...faster than a Harley and half the gas. even got somewhere to stash your shopping or helmet.

It's pretty easy but pretty dangerous... You use your left finger lever for the clutch, and right finger lever for the front brake. Your left foot goes through the gears, its different on different bikes - mine was 1 step down = 1st, half a step up neutral, then keep stepping up to go through the gears. Your right foot operates the rear brake. To accelerate you twist your right handlebar grip. Why not get your provisional, have a go and see how you fare? Balancing is easy at speed but hard when you're crawling. I would get something light, and not too powerful to learn on. Try to only go out when it's quiet and watch out when you jump back in a car - suddenly you find yourself pasing very close to parked cars when you go past them - because you get used to being where you would be on a bike. I would try and keep a car for the bad weather too, motorbikes are lethal in the snow and can be very tricky even in the wet.

Riding one isn't all that super complicated. My cousins taught me how, via their XR100 dirt bike, way back when (c. 1981). Their method was simple: here is what you do (verbal). Now go. I learned fast. The devil is in the details: soon you'll have the fundamentals sorted. I relearned all of it in 1987, with my first non-scooter or moped (GpZ550). The trick is then to become skilled, without suffering a serious wreck. At your age, you're wise enough to take it in increments. You'll have it figured out quickly enough. I cannot stress strongly enough, however, the benefits to new riders of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's New Rider's Course. A weekend in a closed course parking lot with small bikes, teaching fundamentals, with plenty of hands-on. Most towns in the U.S. offer these courses at least monthly. They often fill fast, would consider signing up forthwith for something in the spring. Good luck!