TEAM Arizona Riding Tip: Top 10 Motorcycling Must Do’s for 2015

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Last Updated: June 3rd, 2022

This recent Holiday Season we took a moment to reflect on the previous year and to prepare for the upcoming year.  Folks, 2015 looks great.  Why?  We decided to compile a list of the Top 10 Motorcycling Must Do’s for 2015 and promise to give it our best shot to complete them all!  Will you join us in that endeavor?

10.  Watch a Motorcycle Movie

On Any Sunday TucsonThere are a lot of great titles available for viewing.  We are particularly excited about our EXCLUSIVE movie events for On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter (Phoenix or Tucson).  If you can’t make one of those, may we recommend one of the following?

  • On Any Sunday (the original)
  • Why We Ride
  • The World’s Fastest Indian
  • Long Way Round
  • Easy Rider
  • Closer to the Edge
  • Faster
  • Cycles South

This list is just the tip of the iceberg, so grab some popcorn and start watching!

9.  Commute on Your Motorcycle For An Entire Week

Sound simple enough, right?  For those of us with button down, white collar jobs, making this commitment may take some planning, effort, and a bit of explaining to our fellow co-workers.  It will all be worth it; especially if you get to use the HOV!

For the rest of us?  Keep on, keepin’ on!

8.  Join the American Motorcyclist Association

Join AMANo group in America works harder to protect your rights as a motorcyclist.  Your membership not only supports their efforts, but will net you some OUTSTANDING benefits as a motorcyclist.  CLICK HERE TO JOIN!

7.  Take A Rider Training Course

Did you really think we’d make a TOP TEN list without this?  Yes, even RiderCoaches need to take training on an on-going basis; in fact, it is a requirement by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.

So, when was the last time you practiced swerving to avoid a hazard?  Emergency braking?  If it has been more than a couple years, may we recommend the Confident RiderCourse?

Have you been riding for several years?  Do you put 3-5000 miles on your motorcycle per year?  The Advanced Riding Techniques course might be right for you!

Do you want to have complete mastery of your machine?  The Total Control Advanced Riding Clinic is right up your alley.

Regardless of your skill level, type of motorcycle, or riding experience, make it your mission to advance your skills this year.

6.  Ride a Motorcycle That is New to YOU!

Indian ScoutWe can’t thank motorcycle manufacturers enough for the depth and breadth of motorcycles available today.  If you can’t find one that works well for you, then you’re not looking hard enough!

Our recommendation?  Get out and ride as many as you can.  How?  Local dealerships often have demo motorcycles available for you to try out.  Major events often bring manufacturer demo trucks.  Arizona Bike Week is a popular place to try a motorcycle that is new to you.

Who wouldn’t love gaining experience on a motorcycle that you don’t have to maintain or gas up?!

5.  Go to a Motorcycle Specific Event

Don’t be shy!  Get out and mingle with the rest of the two-wheeled lovers.  There are plenty of opportunities to gawk, drool, and bask in the greatness that is motorcycling.  If you’re not sure where to go, you can also check our EVENTS page on our web site.  Otherwise, here’s a short list (can you name any more?):

There are great resources on the web, like the Phoenix Bike Nights app, that can keep you in touch with all the latest and greatest events that will be popping up around Arizona.

4.  Read a Motorcycle Based Book

Lee Parks Total ControlReading.  Does anybody do it anymore?  We do and think there are some great reads awaiting you should you decide to pick up on or two from this list:

  • TRAINING BASED
  • FUN BASED
    • Jupiters Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph
    • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
    • Leanings

There are a ton of motorcycle oriented books to read; these are just a few of our favorites.  On our list?  One Man Caravan by Robert Fulton.

3.  Plan and Ride a Day Trip to Somewhere You’ve Never Been

We like to refer to these days as “squiggly line on a map day”.  Pick an area of the state where you’ve never been, find the most convoluted, twisted route, and make it happen!

2.  Tell Someone about Rider Training; It May Save Their Life

We do our best to make sure people are informed and know about our services.  Ultimately, the most powerful way to spread the message is for YOU to share your experience with those folks looking to start a new life on two wheels.  Will you make it a point to help us spread the word about the benefits of rider training?

Coronado Trail1.  Ride the Coronado Trail

Does perfection exist?  We know it doesn’t, but we’re almost fooled when we tip our motorcycles into the first curve of 150 miles of pure bliss.  We have to physically remove the smiles from our face.  And when we do?  We ride it AGAIN!

HAPPY 2015

So that’s it folks.  That’s our Must Do List for 2015.  Would you add anything?  Subtract anything?  Let us know why; join the discussion on our Facebook page.  Have a happy, safe 2015!