I'm an old man, and I have owned a lot of motorcycles in my life. Some just corner better than others. In the 80s I had a GS1000L Suzuki that I could lay over so far the highway pegs would hit the pavement and cause sparks. But my Harleys are straight line motorcycles. They do not like curves, and I have to be careful to ride like an old man should, or I'll screw up. Cornering success has a lot to do with the motorcycle itself. Also, what condition your rear tire is in. A new tire corners better than a tire with a thousand miles on it.
You are using the front break to slow down, but during maintenance throttle there is no front brakes. Hence the front tire is not loaded. Shouldn't we keep the front brakes slightly on even during the maintenance phase to keep to the front tire loaded? From your other videos I got the impression to keep the front brakes on slightly till you don't see the exit. Once you see the exit you can gently release the front brakes and then slowly accelerate. Are we supposed to keep the front tire loaded till we dont see the exit? If so, then how do we keep it loaded during maintenance throttle without using the front brakes? Thank you very much for all the great videos.
Cornering forces also generate load. So we slow until we are happy. If we're happy we can use neutral throttle, and we can go back to the brakes whenever we need to - as long as we are smooth. It's really beneficial to have load on the tire as we transition from braking to cornring (as well as all the other benefits). I hope this helps
We never do anything abruptly. We slow until we are happy with our speed and direction. We ease off the brakes, and then we gently roll the throttle back on when we can see our exit and take away lean angle.
If such simple roads require instructions, I hope no one from the USA comes to Europe to ride a motorcycle in the Alps, you would be hopelessly overwhelmed.
i love entering a corner i have more troubles to get the max out of the corner exit. mostly to late on throttle but with entrance i can slide in and get the max speed into it i love breaking. the throttle for me is more difficult to get the max possible performance
C is great if you are short. If you are of average height, i.e. somewhere around 6'5", most bikes are just not made for you and you are stuck with B, for the most part.
The title is misleading. It should be "how to decrease confidence in your tires". I need help with the opposite. I am overly cautious and need to gain confidence in my tires. Please, do video on that subject.
I want to point out that you can use brake and throttle at the same time in case you are rev matching during down shifting . And You can add throttle at tunns if you are counter leaning (ofcourse not 100%).
in the first - thats not pushing the rear tire against the front - your not driving the rear into the front. in the second - You can, but thats extremely risky. Counterleaning requires even more lean, and uses up even more grip. When accelerating while artificially adding lean you can run out of grip very quickly.
@@CanyonChasers Counter leaning can reduce the chance of low siding because less lateral force and more vertical force is applied on the tyre because the center of mass is closer to the point of contact between tyre and load.
@adityasubhedar9556 nope. You are ignoring centripetal force and tire deformation. Lean equals risk. But lean is how we turn. The only times we want to use counter leaning is at low speeds when we have lots of grip. Outside of that specific scenario we mostly want to avoid it.
@@CanyonChasers context is very important in this case. You're right, when you lean with the bike the risk of crashing increases and you should not risk loosing the rear by using too much throttle.
The 2 most absolutest statements I can think of are still not 100% absolute: 1. never yank on the brakes…unless you are trying to skid slide and drift 2. Never use the front brake and throttle at the same time…unless during downshift revmatching and burnouts
@2:05 Strawman Falsehood. ALWAYS ALLWAYS lock a steelshanked-boot heal against the peg. also, that earlier shot of crapShoe w/duck-toe…wow…. wow u r danderous
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💯% Thank You for All That You Do! Over time I have watched several so called Safety and Instructional Videos and I even tried some of their “ We’ve been doing it like this for a long time ideas,” some were helpful and some were not! I have now watched many of Your Videos through time because I believe the more we know the better we will do, and I have concluded that You Seriously Know what You are talking about and really care that You are giving Your Best Advice to Riders new and fairly seasoned, and as You Know even fairly seasoned Riders have Developed Bad Habits through time of riding! So, I personally would like to Thank You for All That You Contribute to The Biking Community! I did just SUBSCRIBE! 👍
Great video and I appreciate the content. But the line you keep repeating - ‘Nature doesn’t repeat itself…’ try looking up fractals in nature. Thanks for helping us understand how to drive safer 🙏
Can you explain the up righting force a bike experiences with heavy rear brake and a slipping clutch in a very tight slow turn? I find I can go very slow in a very tight corner using this technique w/o feeling the bike wanting to drop. I need to get adjustable levers so I can closer control the all important friction point. The up righting force seems very strong, but I can figure out the dynamics how this works. Care to take that subject on?
You are simply using your friction zone, body, etc, to balance against centripital force. I go into this in more detail in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j8JEgkKMrcs.htmlsi=BwFoZj1F3sO_6Iyb
My wife and I both bought a Z125, comparable to the Grom. We rode it here and there. She even had hers customized with rear sets and anodized the rims, footpegs, levers etc. It was fun, but there's some pretty serious limitations out on the open road that made them less fun if I'm being honest. If you live someplace with 30 mph roads, that people *_actually_* do the speed limit, I think they would be fine. Around here, speed limit signs are ignored as much as BMW owners and turn signal levers. We ended up selling them, but we did okay on that end too.
Fabulous help, now looking for a video or someone to give me advice to help me on steep uphill turns that unexpectedly tighten mid turn, or start to level off. On a couple around here I have started to run wide, and closing off the throttle has not been enough. The best I can do so far is to keep the engine revs really high to maximise engine braking, and be very cautious on the entry speed on sharp uphill bends. Otherwise you are running wide and wondering what is worst, suddenly completely shutting off the throttle so you can then use the front brake, apply rear brake or counter steer. Bit late to be thinking about that then.
you definitely deserved the invite man, your coaching has improved our riding and took it to a whole new level. This is the best channel to learn about riding.
Finally someone mentioning what honda has done with the horn and signals position. All motorcycles for the past 100 years have agreed to that, but no, Honda just has yo be different. And not in a good or useful way. Random info: Grom's name in Europe is MSX and it costs 3.900$USD
Dave, you are MOST DEFINITELY not out of your league there! Your humility is quite admirable, though. I laughed myself to tears when you shared about canceling your turn signal instead of honking the horn. I about fell out of my chair. Sounds like me on my Gold Wing trying to enable the cruise control only to find out over and over again that the starter doesn't engage while riding, but it also doesn't engage the cruise control. My buddy had a Grom. He's an engineer and tricked out his Grom to get the best speed and performance out of it. He got it to top out at 84 MPH, and I believe he did some suspension work on it as well. He sold it after taking on a new job, but I suspect he'll get another one. For now, he bought himself a new Suzuki GSX-8R and has already modded it. He also brought it down to Traxxion Dynamics to have the suspension upgraded as well. It's a sweet ride!
I spent part of the second day on the Monkey bike and I too am very torn. The monkey bike is even more charming than the Grom, but the Grom handles a wee bit better. It's not an easy decision.
Awesome! I love them and would absolutely own one if not for being 6'4" and 300lb. Small is ok, but there's a point where you just can't really ride it.
Very true! You and I have opposite problems. There's an entire slew of really cool bikes that are just completely impractical for me to own. Last time I rode a KTM Adventure, I had to look for logs and curbs to stop next to so I could get my foot to the ground.
@@CanyonChasers hah in all seriousness, the KTM SA is a CHONKY boy. Even for me, while it was in no way too big, the bike is so wide it forces your legs uncomfortably far apart, making it's seat effectively much taller than it actually is. It feels *enormous* as a result, and is much harder to get your feet down than most bikes of its seat height.
