Revision question · Safety and your motorcycle

What's the best way to stop a motorcycle and sidecar outfit rolling away if you park it on a hill?

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Leave it in neutral

Put the rear wheel on the pavement

Leave it in a low gear

Park very close to another vehicle

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Leave it in a low gearThis was the right answer

To make sure a sidecar outfit doesn’t roll away after you've parked it, you should leave it in a low gear and wedge it against the kerb or place a block behind the wheel.

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Prevent a parked sidecar outfit rollingReviewed guidance summary · This original Ural instructional manual is mirrored by the US Sidecar Association; only its vehicle-neutral parking precaution is used, not its right-sidecar cornering instructions.

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