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Florida Motorcycle: Motorcycle Controls & Operation practice test
Throttle, clutch, both brakes, and shifting — the controls you must operate smoothly before the road test.
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1. What should your feet be doing while the motorcycle is under way?
Correct answer: Planted on the footrests near the controls, toes not pointing down
Dangling toes can catch the road or wedge between the pavement and the footrest, and feet kept near the controls can reach them without a search.
2. On a conventional motorcycle, which control works which brake?
Correct answer: The front is a hand lever you squeeze; the rear is a pedal you press down
Squeeze the hand lever for the front wheel and press the foot pedal for the rear, and use them together every time you slow or stop.
3. How far forward should you sit on the seat?
Correct answer: Far enough that your arms are slightly bent at the grips
Slightly bent arms let you press on the bars without stretching for them, and they let your torso hold you up instead of your grip on the handlebars.
4. How do you check the brake light properly during a pre-ride inspection?
Correct answer: Work each brake control separately and confirm the light comes on both times
The lever and the pedal can each carry their own switch, and a failure on one of them leaves the driver behind you with no warning half the time.
5. You roll the throttle open and then let go of it. What should it do?
Correct answer: Snap closed on its own
A throttle that does not return by itself is on its way to sticking open. Check it before you set off, along with a clutch that should feel tight and work smoothly.
6. What can go wrong if you shift into a lower gear while still traveling too fast for it?
Correct answer: The machine will lurch, and the rear tire can break loose
Dropping a gear at too high a road speed dumps engine braking into the rear tire. Slow down first, and let the clutch out smoothly and evenly.
7. Where should your right wrist start out when you take hold of the handgrips?
Correct answer: Flat
A flat wrist keeps you from feeding in more throttle than you meant to, which matters most when the motorcycle jolts over a bump.
8. What is the minimum equipment a street-legal motorcycle should carry?
Correct answer: Headlight, taillight and brake light, brakes front and rear, turn signals, a horn, and two mirrors
Those are the parts that let you stop, be seen, and tell other drivers what you are about to do — the basic kit before any accessory is added.
9. How should the mirrors be set before you start out?
Correct answer: So you take in the road behind, plus as much of the neighboring lane as they will show
Adjust them at a standstill, since fiddling with a mirror one-handed under way is awkward. A sliver of your own arm in the glass is normal; the road behind matters far more.
10. Your motorcycle has a fuel supply valve. Why check it before riding?
Correct answer: The engine may start on fuel still in the lines and then quit once they empty
You can pull away from the curb on the fuel left in the lines and then stall a block later in traffic, which is a poor place to discover the problem.
11. How should the handlebars sit in relation to your arms?
Correct answer: So your hands end up level with your elbows or lower
That geometry lets the right muscles do the steering instead of your shoulders, and precise inputs depend on it.
12. Before riding an unfamiliar motorcycle, which controls should you be able to find and work without looking down?
Correct answer: Turn signals, horn, headlight switch, fuel valve and engine cut-off switch
In an emergency there is no time to hunt for a switch. Locate them and operate them while parked, and learn the gear pattern at the same time.
Source: Florida Motorcycle Handbook — Get Familiar with the Motorcycle Controls
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