300cc vs 1000cc On The Track! 

What an amazing day! Love my new leathers, boots & gloves with Skittles. Felt awesome all day, even after the first session. All that dirt training game me so much confidence on the bike. Was awesome having a few of my buddies there including my buddy Mike who's my mechanic who built Skittles. Can't wait to take it back to Apex and see how I do there too...weekly track days will continue!! Going to the 2-day Champ School next week at Streets of Willow Springs! :)

The first bike you passed is a 2016 Ducati 959 Panigale. It has 157hp / 79 lbs torque

Mind blowing how people don't realize on a 300 bike you're still going FAST AF

the best thing about smaller cc bikes is they give you a lot more “fudge factor” on the exits with the throttle so you can really concentrate on everything else being smooth.

Lol..My first track day was at Chuckwalla years ago. Some guy on a 300 in pink leathers was kicking everyone's butt. So cool to see him pass the big bikes.

Ridin' like a boss. Unlike the usual "those that can't do it teach it" you my man made that bike look like it's just an extension of you. Skills over CC's

Love how you always focus on the rider, learning and developing. Such a refreshing reminder that the guy on the $30K bike beside you isn’t necessarily a better rider. Your videos have been a key aspect in keeping me in check from day 1 before even buying a bike. Keep it up.

Great video!! made me love my CBR 250r even more💕it's my first bike and couldn't be happier with it. You should ride what you can handle, no need for arrogance and liter bike show-offs.

Software first, hardware later, always! Thank you for inspiring us to overcome our fears and limitations through practice and better understanding of riding technique. Cheers from a Brazilian fan in Korea.

Exactly, just proves that the size of the bike doesn’t matter all that much. It’s all about the skill of the rider, and their technique. Can’t wait to see more of the BMW you just got! I love that bike. It’s a really similar engine to one of my own bikes. 300cc are so underrated, and I agree ridding smaller size bikes is a great way to truly learn how to be a much more skilled rider.

This man literally proves how to royally screw big ass wheels with a motorbike... The insights to be gained are awesome..

300cc in America is 125cc in Europe :DD As a european, we can't legally get a liter bike till the age of 24 but there is an exceptin: if you start like me you are allwoed at the age of 15 to ride a 50cc bike, then with 16 to ride a 125cc (which I currently do) and at 18 max. 48 HP. Then with 20 you are allowed to drive every bike out there. We are also obligated to get a medical course before you can get any license (life saving actions) Greetings (btw Ive learned a lot from you vids and

6:05 - now that is the type of arrogance I wish to achieve with my bike one day. You absolutely killed it brother.

I love watching this over and over again sometimes because these aren't just people on their first track day . You are in a group where you are to freely pass meaning you are in the upper groups and have to earn your place

50 this year and stlll love my ninja 300

riding a 300 cc also.. passing some ducatis on corners... so much fun! Not thinking in upgrade so soon!

This makes me feel so much better about owning a 500cc I have been getting jelly with all these bikes doing wheelies and going fast. Now that I can tell what a smaller displacement could do. I’m much happier about going to a track without upgrading first.

Awesome job man. Im glad to see that you are having fun. Im sure helping all of us become better riders takes a lot of work and probably isn't so much fun on some occasions.

You answered my question. No tire warmers 👌! Saw alot of Ducatis and maybe an MV Agusta in the mix you were schooling in the corners.

Loving that pillion cam, it's awesome to see how you manage your setups into each corner, how you plan ahead.

Man, I love you. Thanks to your videos, I have saved a buttload of money on buying a new bike. I still have my r3 "beginner" bike, and I just keep practicing and getting better. It's awesome how much room there is for improvement on the 300. To me that's the fun part.

It's interesting how early you set up the body position before a bend. You're always either one side or the other, almost never central.

Technique and skill is a factor. Another factor is those liter bikes are more expensive meaning those riders are possibly/probably less likely to ride to the edge of their ability especially in corners where there's the most lean angle and risk, many of those bikes aren't leaned over that far. But yeah a lighter bike through the corner is going to kill it. You inspired me to get a small cc track bike and learn the craft and not take unnecessary risks on the streets - bought a 2014 ninja 300... I've had the Z version of this bike so it's familiar.

This is so true. Superb video. Going to do some track days and made the decision on using a RC390 instead of my GSXR1000. Makes so much sense.

so happy you got something out of the dirt stuff, I haven’t ridden a 2 wheel machine yet that hasn’t taught me something.

You're an amazing rider and teacher man! Hope I can become as good as you someday. Currently a super noobie rider on a '99 Cbr600. Sometimes wish I started a bit lower in cc's because the learning curve is pretty steep! But I'll keep practicing and trying to improve wherever I can. You're a great inspiration to me, keep up the great work! (P.s. wish i had such beautiful roads and tracks near me, netherlands sucks for windy roads 😅)

man you got some serious skills bro, one of a kind

I ride my 2018 cbr1000rr on track I gave up the street after my first track day last June. I am by no means fast on my bike on track but I honestly think that I enjoy the track for the fun and the safety aspect. I have too many injuries to risk falling off the bike and needing surgeries again. I would step down to a 600 if I were to take it serious and decide to race. I don’t push very hard I do just enough to have fun.

The people who disliked this video were probably those you passed riding their liter bikes lol

This is mental, you beat your time from a litre bike with a 300cc?? Love it, the skills of a rider is way more important than the bike

Amazing insight ! I'm not ready yet to do that step down, but I'll keep it in mind. And I'm definitly hot to take dirt course. Thanks for sharing , and inpressive riding !

Nice riding! Very true on the small cc bikes. Nothing beats passing a liter bike in the corner. I just built a Ninja 250r this past winter. About 1 month out from its first track day.

This is why you have moto3, moto2, MotoGP Moto3 maintaining speed is critical and the riders use the skills as they progress, the riders who depend on HP only fall off a lot more in the larger classes. When it’s wet the skills show even more. Also lots of riders in the MotoGP classes dirt bike away from the track to pick up skills and confidence when traction is limited

I've just recently discovered your channel and I'm glad I did. Thanks for your videos, they are entertaining and also help a lot :)

And this is exactly why I bought a sv650 track bike

Looked like alot of fun. Thanks for sharing

Smol bike, fast ride 👊

Everybody dumping on the big bikes... as long as the riders had a smile on their face, all is good.

Thank you for being different than all the others Vloggers on You Tube by proving to everyone that its the rider and not the size of the bike, the loud pipes, the see-through glass clutch covers and carbon fiber parts that make the difference.

I remember 20+ years ago at track days on my ZXR250 overtaking everyone on bigger bikes. It was only on the main straight I’d lose.

In MOST things, size doesn't matter. The operator and superior skills is what wins! Put a new driver in an F1 car and a skilled driver in a Prius and see who does better at LeMans!! Great video SenSei!!! 👏🙌🤙👌👍🖖✌👋🙂

I would love more of these videos how you beat bigger Cc bikes

Skittles out there crushing it

LOL 🤣 I can't help to think are you farting lol sorry couldn't help to share that 😂 great video I've been seeking to get my first sports bike CBR 600rr been SOMETHING I've been looking at and so far everyone has been giving high awes for the bike. Needed to see this video AWESOME ADVICE on this video as well

Man, nice riding skills, and those pictures look really dope. I myself am considering moving to another country where they have tracks, just to be able to go to tracks. I would absolutely love doing track days, but over here in Switzerland those are forbidden. Really sucks.

Watching this is awesome. It always comes down to the person's ability. Bravo!

Glad you had fun. Very few people will be able to develop their skills from beginner to advanced on a high cc sports bike, they leave very little room for error. In the late 80s when I first started riding bikes me and a friend bought bikes, he went for a gzp900r and I had a new at the time imported cbr250rr 4 cylinder. Neither of us could ride very good but he was so slow on the big bike I always had to take the lead, he was not confident and more afraid of the excess of power and his lack of ability in controlling it where on the little bike i was full throttle all the while and it was much easier to recover from. A couple of years later and we both spent the summer at race school and he was uncatchable after that and I had to buy a bigger bike to keep up. But it is so obvious to me having been there that so many buy a powerful sports bike but lack the required skills to properly get the most from it and end up slower than they would on a smaller bike. They are also at a higher risk of crashing as the margin of error is so small, especially on modern sports bikes. A smaller bike is always a great place to start but a proper race school cannot be overlooked as you will be able to safely learn how to control any bike and your overall speed and control will improve.

That red bike you passed was a 959 Panigale

You look happy, enthusiastic...that's the reason motorcycles are made for: to help us to better enjoy our lives!

Every day is a school day.........however, lets be fair. There are many factors here that you need to consider, these are a few, and just the way I see it. 1. A very experienced rider pitched against the average Joe who just wants to take his bike for a blast. 2. Someone who has a lot more fear of throwing his $20k sports bike into the gravel than someone on a $5 commuter. 3. The 300 was on sticky tyres, what were the sports bikes on.

ive learned so much from you man, I wish I could hire you as a private coach!

Nice work! Got a track day from my son as a birthday present, but I'm actually a dirt bike rider, I've been riding motocross bikes since I was 10 and now I'm 60 and ride mostly adventure bikes. So those track days do give me stress.

Legendary, take a bow, subscribed !!

Looks like ill be getting a 300 for the track!

Great idea going with something smaller. I might get a 2-stroke 250cc for track days, gotta get the skillz to pay tha billz

Fast Eddie, can you do a video series on track days? Like help us pick out a good track bike, go over techniques for the track, and suggest mods our big inner track bikes? Thanks FE!!

Sunny weather, beautiful race track....That is a perfect day! ✌️

absolutely smashed it man you looked like a pro nice one

5:59 you are welcome boys and girls. ✌

Would love to see a video on how/if you tweak your riding for low capacity bikes. For example - if in corner that you can take flat out, do you use a little brake to get the turn set up - or do you just just use the grip, take a smoother line, and run it on a constant throttle?

You roasted that track!

Suzuki SV650 owner, and I always get guys trying to buy my bike so they can hit the track. Now I know why..

I love my 2016 cbr300r!!!! So much fun to ride

looking good in those corners - great counter steering technique - nice job

Great video man!!!

The SV 650 was always a good lightweight track day tool.

THIS WAS SO GREAT YOU FOREVER BE THE BEST TO ME JUST PURE RAW BEAST MODE!!!

Bad ass. New subscriber here. And current honda cb300r owner. Thank you for the knowledge

You just smoked them in the corner 🙂

Counter steering is great to see and understand thanks

Impressive and amazing skills 👌👌 Also Reminds of how i use to overtake riders while playing motogp on my computer in my school days😁.

Small CC bikes are so much more fun!

Wish we could have people like you hosting classes in South Africa. We only have this one very angry old retired traffic cop that's screams at you for 5 hours straight... he is a good guy but my spirit is a bit broken after seeing him XD

Nice video, nice skills! However, if you think that with a bigger bike you will be able to do the same, you are making a mistake. Moto3 bikes are faster in corner entry and inside a corner than a Moto GP bikes, but they are slower overall because of the less power. There are a few reasons for that, for example smaller tires, much less power and much less weight you have to manage. With a 600 or 1000 cc bike you will have to have a different approach, you won't be able to dive in the corners like that and keep the throttle open for so much time, you will have to "point and shoot". Having said that, this is a good topic for a next video! Thumbs up!

Thank you for posting this! i’ll be taking my cbr250 to Chuckwalla in April and it will be my first time at the track! ☺️🙌🏼 Do you have any books that you recommend to read up on to get ready for the track? I bought your recommended book awhile back for street riding btw and found it super helpful! I believe it’s called total control for street riding techniques. Any recommendations are appreciated! Thank you! 🏍💨

Look at it this way, the straightaways are there to connect the turns instead of the turns being there to connect the straightaways.

Looking good on the track F.E.!! 😎💪🤙

Amazing set of gonads! at 67, I'll just stick to the public roadways. I enjoyed the ride. The smile on your face tells it all.

Wow great job what a friggen blast !

You know what sucks ABOUT Sub 500Cc in USA is that there's so Many 4 cylinder sub 500 bikes in the world yet we don't import them from Japan. Like the Suzuki GSR400 (🤣YES GUYS GSR NOT GSXR don't get triggered)

You bought the tech air system it looks like? Man best purchase i ever made gear wise. Never had it deploy but boy the peace of mind is better with it for me anyway.

I see the champ skill.... never sit in the middle of the seat!

First bike you passed was a Ducati Panigale

Looking great keep up the good work 🏍🏍🏍

That looks like FUN!

Remembers me the time I raced against a bunch of Yamaha TZ350 with my old Bultaco Metralla 250 air cooled street bike... :-P

Kinda just looks like they're out there for fun and cruising along.

They were well pissed off at the corners:-)

More videos like this Awesome video

Awesome Eddie! Which rider group were you in that day?

Fly pass the guy on the R1 excellent

Nice ADVICE amor dirt bike course I'll have to check it out

Great video!

This is a lot like car track people telling new guys to get a miata. I guess it depends on what acceleration you enjoy, in the straights or in the corners

When Ducati becomes DUCK-ATI 😁

Haha.. All those riders on their 1000cc motorcycles were getting passed by a 400cc motorcycle.

Light weight bikes are the best track toys👍❤️ KTM RC390

Thats an awesome day at chuka! More smile per mile~what group are you in lol? it would be so amazing you are passing people in the corner if you are in group A!

Love that sound🔥😎

Just out of curiosity, why the new leather alpinestars suit over the Dainese? The Dainese looked brand new. Is it due to the alpinestars having a better air bag if you choose to buy it?