CHAPTER 10
In the Friction Zone
Learning to ride a motorcycle is a lot like learning to ride a bicycle. With both, you need a sense of balance and enough speed to stay upright as you travel down the road. But on a motorcycle, you must also learn to control the speed and power of a magnificent machine, something that happens largely in a place called the friction zone.
Susan Rzepka Orion, a writer and certified motorcycling instructor, points out that before you can make a motorcycle move smoothly, you have to “practice the fine art of clutch control” that happens in the friction zone: “the small wonder in the big world of motorcycling . . . where the clutch slips and the transmission grips, and partial power is transmitted to the rear wheel.” ...
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