[Herrick]

Just curious, why cant you ride it up the driveway?

She is a new rider with no riding experience. She made some threads before about how her work and home schedule didn't work with the available riding classes in her area. I have a slightly steep driveway. Getting my bike in and out of the driveway was challenging for me even though I took an MSF course. Just like Mils, I didn't even think about getting in and out of the driveway when I bought the bike.

Hi Mils. I think your best bet is trying to get used to the friction zone and walking the bike using a little throttle (while sitting on it). This was one of the first things they taught us at the MSF class. I would just have them deliver your bike at the front of the driveway parallel to the entrance so you'll be on level ground...hopefully. Practice friction zone & throttle control until you feel comfortable enough where you can walk the bike up the driveway.

Slowly let the clutch out without using any throttle until you feel the bike start to move then pull the clutch in. Just kinda rock back and forth. This is what they taught us in the MSF Beginner's Course. When you become comfortable with that, start adding a little throttle but don't let the clutch all the way out. There should be many videos on YouTube that can explain this process better than me.

I know just how you feel with this driveway situation. Good luck! It will get easier.

 

[Herrick]

If you can't ride it up a steep driveway, you really shouldn't ride at all...no command of the clutch and braking are just a recipe for disaster.

The last cycle I bought, from a lady, had a moon shot driveway into the garage. She was moving the bike in the garage, got the rear tire over the edge and the bike rolled out and into her husbands $70,000 Audi damaging both of them...that's why the bike was for sale...way out of her league....she said her husband had to ride it into the garage for her...oh my and she's out on the road?

I test road it, rolled into the driveway with speed that it made it half way up with no throttle, then just a bit of juice in first and rolled into the garage at 2mph...perfect landing...if you can't do that...you're really risking your life on the streets. [edit] lol...she was worried about me pulling it out and back into the garage...which is why she brought up letting her husband do it...I handed her my insurance card and told her if I scratch it, I'll pay for it.

Search Craigslist/Facebook marketplaces...so many nearly new bikes with sub 1000 miles..people buy them and then figure out they really don't know how to ride them.

Sorry to be blunt and discouraging, but I'm not going to encourage people to injure themselves.

Well yeah if someone's been riding for a while they should be able to pull in and out of a driveway but Mils has no riding experience. It's a bit too much to expect a brand new rider to have no apprehension about riding in and out of a driveway with an incline. I don't know of anyone who mastered clutch control before they even learned to ride. We all have to start somewhere.