MSF MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION LATEST
EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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✔✔What is the friction zone? - ✔✔The friction zone is a small area in the travel of the
clutch lever that controls the connection between the engine and the rear wheel.
✔✔Fully squeezing in the clutch, - ✔✔removes power from the rear wheel.
✔✔If you lose control of the motorcycle and want to stop, - ✔✔you should squeeze in
the clutch lever fully and use the brakes as needed.
✔✔You back should be - ✔✔Back straight and head and eyes up
✔✔You hands should be - ✔✔Fingers around the throttle with your wrist flat
✔✔Your feet should be, - ✔✔on the footrests and near the controls
✔✔Knees and elbows - ✔✔Should be comfortably in
✔✔your arms should be - ✔✔relaxed and bent.
, ✔✔As you are learning to ride, keep your left fingers over the, - ✔✔clutch lever. This is
so you can readily remove power from the rear wheel and stop.
✔✔To Roll on the throttle means to - ✔✔Roll (on throttle) means using the throttle to
maintain or slightly increase speed.
✔✔A good cornering strategy for turning is - ✔✔Search-Setup-Smooth.
Search while approaching and going through a turn, looking for key information about
the turn and potential hazards.
Setup for the turn by adjusting your speed and position as necessary.
Be Smooth as you operate the controls through the curve.
✔✔Counter weighting - ✔✔Allowing the motorcycle to lean independently of your body.
✔✔Squaring the handlebars means to - ✔✔Center the steering.
✔✔The 3-step process to up-shifting. - ✔✔Roll off the throttle as you squeeze the clutch
lever
Lift the shift lever firmly as far as it will go, then release it to allow it to reset
Ease out the clutch lever and roll on the throttle smoothly to match engine and road
speed
✔✔The 3-step process to downshifting. - ✔✔Roll off the throttle as you squeeze in the
clutch lever
Press the shift lever down firmly then release it to allow it to reset
Ease out the clutch lever as you roll on the throttle. If you roll on the throttle slightly as
you ease out the clutch lever, you can help engine speed come up to road speed
making the downshift process smoother.
✔✔Engine braking. - ✔✔Shifting to a lower gear and easing out the clutch lever has an
effect similar to using the brakes.
✔✔To use engine breaking, - ✔✔shift down one gear at a time and ease out the clutch
lever through the friction zone between each downshift.
✔✔It is possible to shift down more than ________________________ when the clutch
lever is squeezed. This can be done when coming to a complete stop. - ✔✔one gear at
a time
✔✔A throttle blip, - ✔✔a quick roll on of the throttle before easing out the clutch lever
✔✔You can ______________________ at a complete stop - ✔✔downshift multiple
gears
EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
A+
✔✔What is the friction zone? - ✔✔The friction zone is a small area in the travel of the
clutch lever that controls the connection between the engine and the rear wheel.
✔✔Fully squeezing in the clutch, - ✔✔removes power from the rear wheel.
✔✔If you lose control of the motorcycle and want to stop, - ✔✔you should squeeze in
the clutch lever fully and use the brakes as needed.
✔✔You back should be - ✔✔Back straight and head and eyes up
✔✔You hands should be - ✔✔Fingers around the throttle with your wrist flat
✔✔Your feet should be, - ✔✔on the footrests and near the controls
✔✔Knees and elbows - ✔✔Should be comfortably in
✔✔your arms should be - ✔✔relaxed and bent.
, ✔✔As you are learning to ride, keep your left fingers over the, - ✔✔clutch lever. This is
so you can readily remove power from the rear wheel and stop.
✔✔To Roll on the throttle means to - ✔✔Roll (on throttle) means using the throttle to
maintain or slightly increase speed.
✔✔A good cornering strategy for turning is - ✔✔Search-Setup-Smooth.
Search while approaching and going through a turn, looking for key information about
the turn and potential hazards.
Setup for the turn by adjusting your speed and position as necessary.
Be Smooth as you operate the controls through the curve.
✔✔Counter weighting - ✔✔Allowing the motorcycle to lean independently of your body.
✔✔Squaring the handlebars means to - ✔✔Center the steering.
✔✔The 3-step process to up-shifting. - ✔✔Roll off the throttle as you squeeze the clutch
lever
Lift the shift lever firmly as far as it will go, then release it to allow it to reset
Ease out the clutch lever and roll on the throttle smoothly to match engine and road
speed
✔✔The 3-step process to downshifting. - ✔✔Roll off the throttle as you squeeze in the
clutch lever
Press the shift lever down firmly then release it to allow it to reset
Ease out the clutch lever as you roll on the throttle. If you roll on the throttle slightly as
you ease out the clutch lever, you can help engine speed come up to road speed
making the downshift process smoother.
✔✔Engine braking. - ✔✔Shifting to a lower gear and easing out the clutch lever has an
effect similar to using the brakes.
✔✔To use engine breaking, - ✔✔shift down one gear at a time and ease out the clutch
lever through the friction zone between each downshift.
✔✔It is possible to shift down more than ________________________ when the clutch
lever is squeezed. This can be done when coming to a complete stop. - ✔✔one gear at
a time
✔✔A throttle blip, - ✔✔a quick roll on of the throttle before easing out the clutch lever
✔✔You can ______________________ at a complete stop - ✔✔downshift multiple
gears
