5 DUMBEST Ways to Get Hurt on a Motorcycle 

Being an ex-ROSPA/DSA Motorcycle Training Instructor (here in the UK), I used to guide my trainees with FOUR BASIC concepts... YOU, YOUR BIKE, YOUR RIDING and WEATHER... 1 - YOU :- A - When buying a new helmet, IF you buy one that is COMFORTABLY a REAL SNUG FIT, DO NOT WORRY, as over time, IT WILL conform to YOUR head (that's another reason why buying second hand helmets is a NO NO (the main one is, you DON'T know if it's been dropped or been in an accident etc) B - Jackets, trousers (pants for you yanks lol) and boots, take a jumper/cardigan/thick top (for a jacket), or, thick jogging bottoms (for trousers/pants), or, thick socks (for boots) with you when buying gear, as, you want whatever particular garment to fit you COMFORTABLY ENOUGH to be the right size BUT capable for you to wear an extra layer underneath for the colder days. But in ALL cases, TRY to buy the BEST YOU CAN AFFORD (check reviews etc etc) as it could very well help prevent more injuries than necessary. ALSO... Leather is STILL king! (It's a second skin afterall) and if it's backed up by decent padding etc, then IT WILL serve you well... 2 - YOUR BIKE :- 'Look after your bike and it will look after you'... Meaning, DO check your tyre pressures and condition (they are the LAST contact between you/your bike and the tarmac). EVEN THE MOST BASIC maintenance WILL help keep you and your bike riding happily, so, oil/oil filter, air filter, spark plugs, chains & sprockets, control cables, battery, bulbs etc, keep them in good condition/working order, it is, after all, a right pain in the bum being stuck at the side of the road. However, there IS a biker 'bretheren' - 'Code' that you might find helpful as generally, bikers can be helpful when they see someone broken down... And IF you've been helped this way, TRY TO 'Pay it forward'... ** 3 - YOUR RIDING :- 'THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR PACE!' - Hairing around at stupid speeds around built up areas, city/town streets, school zones and such makes you look a d!ck and gives the rest of us an UNWANTED BAD NAME, we already have to battle against car drivers, truck/Bus etc drivers, the Police, and the Government, so, WHY ADD TO IT??? Quiet/clear country lanes? Maybe. Anywhere where there's less traffic? Yeah, maybe. HAVE FUN BUT DON'T GO NUTS! RIDE WITHIN YOUR OWN SKILL LIMITS! REMEMBER.... There's ONLY TWO LITTLE rubber contact patches between you and that painfully hard road surface, or a solid chuck of metal on 4 wheels, or a bone breaking tall tree etc etc etc... 4 - THE WEATHER :- Try, if you can, to ride IN ALL WEATHERS... As ANY 'Time served' biker will tell you (me personally - 35 years in Sunny, Cloudy, Rainy Hail, Snow Sh!t, Snot, the lot) WILL help you get a feel of how you and your bike 'Feels' in these conditions. Riding in adverse weather conditions DOES help you become a better rider overall, it hones your skills and reactions. Vitally, BE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT'S AROUND YOU... Other vehicles (over time you will hone your peripheral vision and visual awareness). The road, black tar strips, drain/man hole covers, wet leaves, frost/ black ice (sadly the latter a scarily hidden danger), camber, uneven road surfaces, and... Sadly more commonly nowadays, the absolutely diabolical way the roads are being maintained (here in the UK Councils/Road maintenace crews just do a CHEAP ASS JOB by dumping a load of sticky gravel down over vast areas of the roads and expect road users with their vehicles to 'Flatten it down' - BLOODY DANGEROUS as stone chips get flung up from car/truck tyres, so both a BIG RISK to motorcyclists and cyclists, AND, makes the riding 'Squirelly' if you come across a freshly dumped, ahem 😒 'Resurfacing job', and the road surface NEVER BLOODY LASTS THOUGH! 🤬🤬). But anyway, those are the basics I used to teach, and, I hoped each time with my trainees, that at least keeping some of that in mind helped them become safer and ultimately, happier riders (and hopefully LONG TERM too!). 👍 ** -Oh and one last thing... LET US PLEEEEAAAASE rid ourselves of this biking SNOBBERY! NO MATTER what you ride, Custom, Cruiser, Harley, BMW, Ducati, Race bike, Crosser, Street bike, Scooter, Vespa, WHATEVER... WE ARE ALL TWO WHEELERS, WE ALL have to battle against as described (other 4, 6 - 18 wheelers, Police and the Governments often oppressive, controlling ways... So, please, wave, nod, acknowledge your fellow biker no matter what they ride, and take the time to at least stop and ask "Are you alright?/Need a hand?" when another 2 wheeler as stuck at the side of the road, after all, you'd want help too if you were stuck wouldn't you? RIDE SAFE, RIDE FREE my fellow biker brothers and sisters!! 👍🙂 🦇😎🦇 🇬🇧

😅 look...you're not wrong.

@AntiParallali literally came here to see if someone caught this🤣🤣 Obviously an intentional mistake to test us all🤣🤣❤️❤️ 🏍

clear shields is only way= wear shades if you need them /i keep glasses in my tool bag- sun rise or set can be pull over and gear up lol

Get a helmet that has a internal built in flick down sun visor great for those days it doesn’t know if it wants to be sunny or cloudy. And if you live anywhere where foggy visor is a remote issue. a pin lock visor is a wonderful thing.

Postdoc on 2 wheels 😆

Good point!

Not always, I often ride in the centre for better traction, maybe it's just our roads, but the wheel tracks often have tar bleed through them and get super slippery when wet, the centre still has the chip visible and unless it's a very slow piece of road the odd oil drip at 100kmph is not an issue, you're probably right if you're riding in the city where cars stop at lights, there's more oil. Trick is to adjust your riding to whatever road you're on, I take gravel roads wherever I can.

Also dont forget if it just starts raining all the oil and gunk get super slick. If you can pull over for a bit and wait.

I switch between both sides of the lane depending on what the hazards are. If I’m worried about a car passing another car I’ll be on the far side of the lane, in the US that’s the right side of the lane. If I’m concerned about a road or a vehicle merging I’ll get closer to the center of road, in the US that’s the left side. Moving between the sides also helps with visibility too.

@andydragon69 road conditions are constantly changing. Your key here is "Can be unsafe" any part of the road can be unsafe depending on a plethora of things depending on where you're at. Always scan ahead and adjust lines accordingly (:

Dark visor at night 😅😅😅 hehe guilty 🙋‍♀️

@@AntiParallali Shame on you Bahahah

@@AntiParallali Don't hide your beauty or brains away. I can, as a fat old man

@@AntiParallali I was guilty of that for over a decade myself but far too many close calls with the deer in western Pa convinced me to finally buy a transition visor.

I definitely do this, I don't even notice half the time bc it just feels so natural...like gesticulating when you're talking 🥲

If you're aware of your surroundings there is nothing wrong with doing this. Nice to have a break on a sportsbike when you do it.

How aware are you really when vlogging? ​@@ScarletReflections

@@TheMike1731 So’s the stealth matt-black ninja wear. Why? I was told that the highest bit of you is the most visible especially in traffic. So a light and coloured helmet for me. What on earth is “cool” about a matt-black helmet? Is it a sign of Isis membership or more drab unsafe puritanical miserable austerity? My theory is the bloggers get them for free. Like the fox that lost it’s tail, no colour, and you’re dressing in an appropriate fashion for your funeral. If it’s only black that you wear and you ride then you’ll see all those road workers In fluorescent helmets and vests, pah! Look what unfashionable idiots and loosers they are, is what the expert blogger thinks as they gesticulate with their hands off the controls. Working on the road all day and they still haven’t got the message yet, wear some stealthy ninja matt-black you dummies! I have to question if the purpose of bloggers wearing this matt-black wear is to blend in with all the cheap black plastic on the bikes? There was another thing i was told, never take your hand off the clutch, i know two strokes aren’t as common but it’s still good practice.

I love it!

@@AntiParallali Sunset rides are the best.

I had a low side at 70mph in a bend. I was wearing full alpinestars leathers at the time and only came away with a small cut on my hand. Gear makes more of a difference than what you're making out here.

@@ScarletReflections agreed, you see the GP riders crashing at 150mph and walking away

@@ScarletReflections but you were injured none the less. If your leg was caught under the bike during the slide, it would have been crushed, deformed or had bone breaks. If not in an area that allowed a grassy roll away or flat road shoulder, such as a curve over a cliff or river...the slide would have been only the beginning of the impacts. The gear you failed to use that day was competent riding...as you dropped the bike going 70 in a curve. If this was on a public road and not a track YOU were the missing key piece of the gear....doesn't matter the circumstance you protest to, you laid her down because the bike was going too fast in a curve. "Ride Logically".

@@ScarletReflections and I wear full normal riding gear every time I ride. I just don't tempt collisions because I think I'm protected....because that's only partial protection.

@@Drobium77 That’s show biz. It took me over 24 hours to realise I’d broken my knee (and i still couldn’t believe it), and later on it was two weeks before I noticed i’d broken all the toes on my right foot except for the big toe. You should check wriggling toes and fingers before you get up, I didn’t! I’m not brave, it’s just i’d heard of others screaming in pain while breaking their leg and so was seriously convinced it couldn’t be broken because it only hurt when i touched it.

Haha yeah I went to science school or something 😂

That guy from Alabama (I think)? I took all the experience from his camping videos for my first motorcycle camping trip and it worked great. He said he had AlpineStars for boots but didn't wear them. And the boots he was wearing I would previously have thought were fine, except they weren't because there was no ability to retain the boot onto his foot. He did a lot of things wrong. Not using his full-face helmet, not properly packing his bags, not wearing proper boots, speeding, possible removal of his fender (not sure). But he's an adult and can choose those options.

Finishing my PhD haha

Oh nool 😭 that's gotta be the worst feeling

@@AntiParallali He had a hole in his leg he was wearing shorts. I could not find the clip in his Instagram.

@@AntiParallali I saw a young gal and her friends were doing wheelies.. She was making a U-Turn and another bike hit her doing 80 MPH or more.. She lost her leg but she still rides.

@@AntiParallali This is the same guy, No shirt and shorts. I would never try that. ru-vid.comFHPuWEfkUGE?feature=share

I'll have to do an updated Motovlog setup but it's really almost the same as this video except I have the Hero 11 now, and the original Hero Session on my bike I replaced with the DJI to test it out for a while. Mic wise I'm still using the same movo mic ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BCeyvBMi-C8.html

@@AntiParallali Cool, thanks for the info. I ripped off your set-up back during a previous video with the Movo Mic. It has worked great. Thank you for that! I had so many issues though with GoPro and the Media Mod, that I'm trying the Ace Pro with their mic adapter. Also playing around with the wireless pairing of the Ace Pro to the Packtalk Edge but that has issues. Can't really pair your phone and the Ace Pro at the same time so not great. But the mic adapter has worked better for me than the GP Media Mod set up where I would constantly lose audio. Safe riding!

I have pretty much the same thoughts as that video. We're going through a heat wave in PA right now and I can't wear thst thing, its so hot! Cuts off so much airflow to the chest and shoulders... that's my main drawback with it.

@@AntiParallali Totally understand, same here in SC. Thanks for your input.

Facts! ...I am getting a bright red jacket from REV'IT soon I think 😆😆

Drivers now are much MUCH worse than they used to be. Better to be prepared.

I switch to a light summer jacket! It happened to me.once in Orlando, I was riding with Shadetree but inly brought my heavy leathers and it was so hot I took the jacket off and wore a tshirt :/ ...when I came back to PA I bought summer gear

@@klchristian1522 i do. I have leather armored jacket, gauntlets and cordite armored trousers Sept to April. Ventilated textile touring jacket May to Aug. Georgia gets to 100F

Anything I say eh? Okay! Wear your gear, don't do drugs, and eat your vegetables hahaha

@@AntiParallali Okay. Drugs are fun. Veggies are tasty. lol

Those are some good top 5s!

I wear a leather jacket with armor on my sport bike. It does match my bike, both are black, but I chose a white helmet for some visibility.

Cool. I just think too many riders, especially the under 35 ers put too much faith in marketing materials for non leather jackets and reinforced pants. I see adventure guys talking up their boomer suits and I'm like bro it's better than a t-shirt but I wouldn't want to slide in that

@@sean5278 I'm older than 35 too. Shh! 👍

But did I get hurt doing it? 🤔😎 In the wise words of the great philosopher Snoop Dogg "Do as I say, not as I do."