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• Keep the load low and distribute the load
evenly. An uneven load can cause the
motorcycle to drift to one side.
Carrying excess load on your motorcycle can
cause an accident or crash resulting in severe
injury or even death to the motorcycle operator,
passenger or bystander.
To carry passengers safely, you must instruct
the passenger before you start to:
• Wear a helmet.
• Get on the motorcycle after you have
started the engine.
• Sit as far forward as possible without
crowding the driver.
• Hold firmly to your waist, hips, belt or
passenger handles.
• Keep both feet on the pegs at all time,
even when the motorcycle is stopped.
• Keep legs away from hot and moving parts.
• Stay directly behind you, leaning as you lean.
• Avoid any unnecessary motion.
To drive with a passenger safely, you must:
• Go slower.
• Start slowing earlier as you approach a stop.
• Maintain a larger cushion of space ahead
and to the sides.
• Wait for larger gaps when you want to
cross, enter or merge into traffic.
Gasoline is highly flammable and exhaust
fumes are poisonous:
• Turn off engine before refueling.
• Do not spill any gasoline on the engine,
exhaust system or the plastic parts.
• Do not refuel while smoking or near any
open flame.
• Do not operate your motorcycle in a
GASOLINE AND EXHAUST FUMES
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