You should lean into a turn at speeds starting at
- 10 km/h. ✓
- 40 km/h.
- 5 km/h.
- None of the above
Answer: A. 10 km/h.
You should lean into a turn at speeds starting at 10 km/h.
Why this is the answer
The handbook uses 10 km/h as the dividing line between slow-speed handling and normal riding. At speeds up to 10 km/h, the motorcycle is unsteady and you steer with the handlebars while keeping your body upright to counterbalance. Once you get over 10 km/h, the bike feels steadier, and at those speeds it must lean to make a turn. The bank answer of 10 km/h marks the point where that lean rule begins.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 40 km/h. — Waiting until 40 km/h is far later than the handbook's dividing speed; the lean rule already applies once you are over 10 km/h.
- C. 5 km/h. — At 5 km/h the handbook describes slow, unsteady riding where you turn the handlebars and counterbalance rather than apply the normal lean rule.
- D. None of the above — The handbook gives 10 km/h as the dividing speed, so this is not a case where none of the listed speeds fit.
Remember it
Picture 10 km/h as the switch: below it, balance and turn the bars; above it, lean.
Official handbook: ICBC Learn to Ride Smart, Chapter 6: see-think-do – do, p. 79