10 Motorcycle Hacks & Tips For Beginner Bikers 

Adding to the pushing the bike backwards. If you’re pushing it this way, you have no way of braking. Solution: Leave it in gear & hold the clutch in to roll. Release the clutch to stop.🤙🏼

One minute of silence for every kickstand abused from now on, for the glorious chain lube moment.

I've been riding for more than 20 years and still learned something from this video (namely, the finger lickin' good tip).

Free hack/tip: Dig around your closet and find an extra luggage strap, guitar strap, or anything like that. Fold it up flat and tuck it in your riding bag or jacket pocket, and when you get off the bike, loop it through your chin bar or chin strap and boom. Instant carry strap for your bucket. You can wear it crossbody and stuff your gloves in it, take off your jacket and drape it over the helmet too. Simple and extremely effective. Personally, I use an old guitar strap and a neat carabiner and I just loop mine through the ratchet strap so the helmet hangs more level and less likely to drop a glove out. It's such a simple and easy hack, and takes up almost no space. Really worth it.

just a tip, dont leave the goggles on the helmet the strap will loosen and in a year or two you will have to buy new ones (tip from my racing life)

Beginner here,I've been learning alot from your contents💯💯

I've pushed my bike hundreds of klms oiling the damn chain, kickstand brilliant.

For the kickstand/chain lube trick: just use a piece of a wooden bar or something to place under the opposing side of the wingarm, that way you don't have to hold the weight of the bike and can easily do this alone

Another greasy hands tip: Soak your hands in liquid dish soap and let it dry before starting the work. It soaks into your hands and helps prevent grease, oil, dirt, etc from getting into all the little spaces in your hands. Mind you with Covid 19, most people have nitrile or latex gloves around the house now - I highly recommend those over anything else.

Me realising that I've left my gloves inside my helmet for the last 4 months 😐

Beginners will definitely benefit from these simple bike hacks. Great vid again, CC 👍🏻💯 Edit: Btw, something to add regarding the glove in helmet hack. If i carry my backpack, the helmet will go onto my backpack strap for BOTH my hands free to do my shopping 🖐😁🖐

Carrying gloves on you helmet while your out is ok untill you loose one of them..😂😂

Walking the bike: use the engine to walk the bike forward, it conserves energy. Also during U turns on slopes, reverse downhill and use the engine to go uphill. Always use the clutch as the main stopping mechanism while reversing downhill, the front brake has very little bite on those conditions.

I´m a 41 yr old new rider (duke 390) and your videos helped me a lot. Thanks for that!

My favorite one is parking the bike uphill, was usefull some days ago, thanks. 🔥 I watched it on another account, that's why I knew it and it was helpful. Watched it here too so I help out in some way 👍

Funny and helpful. I didn't know about the glove truck for smart phone screens.

The hack about licking the glove is great. I already tried it and it worked quite well. 👍

mate... your editing style is awesome ... jokes on spot :D ... awesome and helpfull content .. love every one of your vids :)

The lubing chain hack really helps!!! Thanks you!

Getting my Ninja 650 in the next couple weeks and your videos are both helpful and inspiring. Thanks for the great content!

Excellent video! I like the way you make these videos, full with funny jokes, love it :) keep on

Man, I really like your videos. I don't have my own bike yet, but your vids make me feel like I've got nothing to worry about

You should lubricate your chain on the inside of the chain, not on the outside as shown in the video. Keep aware that the spary doesn't get in contact with your tires or brakes.

The best hacks for beginners in 2021. Excellent tips!

Love your videos! Genuinely funny

Just found your channel and I’ve been getting into motorcycles as well. I enjoy your humor haha. Great quality videos! New subscriber here. :)

Awesome. Thank you.

lol love your humor amidst the rather valuable piece of advice.

Thanks for the detergent trick! Really usefull!

finger lciking?! after 20 years I learned something new Cheers mate

This was great!

Not sure if you have mentioned on a prior video but my favorite so far is when in a tight spot pulling the bike up onto its kickstand and pivoting it 180 degrees so it faces the other way and ride out.

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Keep doing videos ! You have something special!

I made a helmet stand from your video and it works great!

cant believe you removed the motorex off the engine cover and replaced it with liqui moly :)) you re the best!

Well...8 years of riding experience has taught me all that(the hard way😂), but can be real helpful for beginners.👍

When i go shopping i put the helmet strap around 1 of my backpack's arms and lock it in there so I can have both hands and have the gloves on the helmet with the visor closed

I use the car jack to lift the wheels for cleaning/maintenance. In the front is easier to lift in gear and with handlebars turn to the left!

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thank you for the video i love it

When I had a cruiser I wasn’t able to use a motorcycle lift or paddock stands to lift rear end. So I used a ratchet strap and a car Jack. One hook wrapped around the left fork. The other hooked to kickstand while down. Tighten just enough so the kickstand can’t move. Then I used a car Jack and lifted from the opposite side on a sturdy part of frame. Lifted the bike just enough to get the rear tire off the ground so I could do rear maintenance.

Love your video bro

I put a car jack under the swing arm, opposite the kickstand side. This raises the rear wheel and makes it accessible to lube and clean the chain. Besure sure to have a cloth in-between so you don't damage or scratch your swing arm.

I'm not a beginner but always enjoy your content. My partner got a Duke 390 about the same time as you, did you know there is a hidden grab indent handle under the side seat fairing for when pushing backwards?

Love your humor bro... all the way from down under

In November my humerus bone was shattered leaving me with 2 metal plates and 18 screws I had 6cm of my bone taken out so I'm 6cm shorter on my ,left arm. Also the 2 metal plates bend around my elbow limiting how straight I can get my arm. Still awaiting further surgery .... but I WILL be back on my bike ONE DAY soon I hope... watching videos like this, just simple tips and tricks make me so excited to get riding again 🤣🙏

Awesome vid

Good info 👍

To lube the chain you can also lift the right side of the swingarm using the kickstand and put a piece of wood under the right side, just be careful not to lift it to much

@7:09 you could use a trail stand or an block of wood or other material to place under the right footpeg holder and you basicly have a centerstand fieldcrafted [tough make shure your front brake is on by tighten it with rope, zippty or valcro band]

Thank You

thank you!

good info!!

The first beginner tips vid. wich is acutally good all the way

Yeaaah chain lubrication on the outer side is very good thing! You have to do that! 🤣 cheers :)

Since I've started riding I learnt a few tricks to ease my life: *glasses cleaning wipes* I buy them in bulk as they are cheap an effective. I stuck them everywhere from my backpacks to my documents. They cost next to nothing and are perfect to wipe your visor, googles, phone, headlamp or even hands or inside of your helmet as they contain alcohol so they kill germs and smell nice. *Little bicycle tool kit* again something cheap and handy. They cost just around one or two pounds and work on almost all screws on your motorbike. Heck, bike is a bike. It's cheap I take it :) *Strapping helmet to belt loop* works best on micrometric straps and on beltloopy pants :) Sometimes I use tensioner strap from my jacket but I prefer to use the belt loop. This works best if you need to carry second helmet for a short ride or you go on a short walk as helmet will pull your pants and wiggle around. All in all useful but not always

I love this

My bike weights 250kg with no luggages, so good luck lifting that up on the kickstand for lubing the chain... The old ZX6R I used to have was a breeze to pivot in the stand, even to turn it around... the Hayabusa, not so much.

You can use car jack stand on one side for putting up your bike on side stand for lubing the chains insted of picking it up😁.

Time to clean my gloves. Another option is getting some graphite power (or crushed pencil lead), some pva glue (preferably clear-drying), mixing the two together and painting the tips of your glove fingers. It's a little stiffer but flexible enough and works okay.

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Lol, The Doctor number being 46 is a great touch!

Graphite powder and water or graphite lube on the tip of a glove finger works to activate touch screens. You can usually find it where they make keys or sell locks.

QUICK TIP: If you don’t like walking your bike backwards out of parking spots… When you pull into a spot, get off and lean the bike towards you like he does in this video to lube his chain, only get the both tires off the ground and spin the bike on the kickstand 180degrees towards the front of the bike and boom now you’re ready to ride out of the spot and it only took 2-4 seconds. I’ve done this on sport bikes, dual sports, and dirt bikes. The easiest was on the heavier sport bikes.

for the chain, if you have one use the centre stand and lean it on the front wheel

I just learnt about the chain lubing on the side stand trick as my bike doesn't have a centre stand.

niceee i want more !!! wowww

Wahaha it's so entertaining

Good Video bro👍🏻

The lubing of the chain you can also do with a pair of jack stand and solid bolts that fit where you would have the spools, poor man's spools and then just take me out job done

I would love to see someone try half of these tips with a 360 kg Harley

I always put my glove into my helmet... but I make sure to pull the chin straps down underneath them to help hold them in a little more.

0:52 I just strap my helmet around my backpack's shoulder straps and let it dangle, free hands for shopping, even handy for putting small things into it and 7:00 you can also just prop the bike up on a wooden block or something under the opposite side footrest or frame/swingarm, just enough to clear the rear wheel off the ground.

Flip rear footpeg on the right...and you have a spot for a jackstand...then a few block under kickstand.. Rear wheel off ground and bike stable.

Hack videos are great....

One good hack a friend told me is, if you have a main stand or a paddock stand when cleaning your chain and lubing it. Put it in gear, saves having to move the wheel yourself by hand, also helps with cleaning

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It was hilarious script and amazing hack staffs 👍👍 love from India ❤️❤️❤️ do upload videos 👍👍👍 btw, my fav. Part was the The Doctor 46 😂😂

coffee grounds works really good as a hand cleaner :)

Currently binge-watching lol

1) You can buy gloves that have a print to the fingers, thus you can use your smart devices. 2) Also, there is an option to smartphones almost 3 years now that enables the touch screen to work with gloves.

Any hacks for changing the fork seals or lifting the front end up to change it.. I don't have a bike lift and need to change my seals rather myself then pay a shop!

3:20 as though this works great on 4 strokes, it does t really work with 2 strokes as it is very easy to crank the engine. But that’s why I got a front brake lock

I love my Suzuki c50. No chain or belt to worry about. Shaft drive ftw.

I really love your videos; I often watch them and enjoy them even if I ride motorbikes since '90s Anyhow... when you will be travelling to Italy I would love to offer you a cold beer and see you perform your side stand trick and lube my 250Kgs CBR XX chain ;) and... please note that the lube is to be placed in the inner side of the chain so that the centrifuge force will push it in the chain and not out of the chain (and on your clothes!) Cheers from Italy!

6:55 just put a Stick/Wood under ther Right side so ist cant tip over and you dont have to hold it. I myself use ist all the time . Nice Video 👍🏼

As a rider I'm not sure why I watched the whole video.. But I will leave a like anyways. Also, nice beginner hack. I use my pocketwatch pocket on my pants to put my key in. Perfect size and easy to take out.

Nice video man. Was trying to find the gloves you're wearing, like that style. Can anyone help me find them?

I have a honda CB 350 . It has a centre stand so lubing is easy .

one alternative to the glove issue, what i usually do when i try to use my phone without having to take the gloves off, what i do instead is only take off the thumb portion of the glove on my dominant hand, easy to take off and put back on. Though, this only works if your gloves allow it, and if you are a one handed phone user. over all, i think its better than yanking my hand off with the glove.

To wash oily hands you can use laundry detergent and cooking oil. The oil will ease the grease while the detergent is rubbing your hand. In my case I use cheap work gloves with nitrile coating to avoid that process, specially trying to clean black grease nails...

Good stuff, my gloves go in pocket or gets left with bike, I've dropped gloves out of helmet before

You forget that painting stripes on the bike make it faster, this is a must .

You can also use Double stand/Centre stand to lube the chain.

When I put lube on my chains I do the same thing (lifting the bike) but I'm using my other foot to rotate the rear wheel lmao

You can also use baking powder (baking soda) and dishwasher detergent to wash your hands :)

for light groceries, the helmet can be used also as a shopping basket

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