The Motorcycle Mentor Podcast

In this session of the Motorcycle Mentor Podcast, I share 5 things I've learned about beginner riders since I started MotorcycleMentor.com. I bet you can't guess what they are.

I've heard from hundreds of beginning riders over the past few years. Do beginner riders experience similar feelings, struggles, and emotions during their first year? Find out in this podcast.

In addition, I'll tell you how to handle Harley riders, how to find the best riders to ask questions, and why the Kawasaki Ninja 250R isn't the best beginner motorcycle for most new riders. I bet you haven't heard that before.

• Do beginner riders face similar struggles, feelings, and doubts during their first year?
• Is the Kawasaki Ninja 250R the best beginner motorcycle?
• Can you reduce your risks on a motorcycle to the same as riding in a car?
• How to handle ranting Harley riders.
• Helping a broken-down motorcyclist while traveling with my family in our minivan.

• Best beginner motorcycle — from a motorcycle instructor's perspective (tips from Pete)
• How to overcome fear when learning to ride a motorcycle (more about riding with fear)

You can also leave me a voice mail message. I might play your voice mail question during an upcoming podcast.

And lastly, if you haven't already done so, would you take a minute to leave a quick rating and review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below. It would be extremely helpful for the show and I'm aiming for 100 5-star ratings before the end of the year. That would be awesome for a motorcycle-related podcast.

In this first session of the Motorcycle Mentor Podcast, I explain who I am and why I started MotorcycleMentor.com. I also introduce my motorcycle mentors, Fred and Pete.

I started MotorcycleMentor.com in 2005. To say the site has gone through several iterations would be a gross understatement. In the early days, I spent too much time making the site look pretty, instead of focusing on making it valuable. I failed miserably getting the content that my mentors and others had written for me onto the site.

I was embarrassed. To get rid of the knot in my stomach, I sold MotorcycleMentor.com in 2011. But in 2013 I bought it back! Have you ever failed to complete something you KNEW you were supposed to finish? This was the case for me. I explain more in this podcast.

• Who is David Mixson?
• How I got started riding a motorcycle.
• How I found my motorcycle mentors.
• Why I started MotorcycleMentor.com.
• Why I sold MotorcycleMentor.com, then bought it back 2 years later.

• About MotorcycleMentor (more about the site)
• David Mixson (more about me)
• Fred Applegate (more about my motorcycle mentor Fred)
• Pete Tamblyn (more about my motorcycle mentor Pete)

You can also leave me a voice mail message. I might play your voice mail question during an upcoming podcast.

And lastly, if you haven't already done so, would you take a minute to leave a quick rating and review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below. It would be extremely helpful for the show and I'm aiming for 100 5-star ratings before the end of the year. That would be awesome for a motorcycle-related podcast.