Yes absolutely. I come from a competitive motocross backround. And what you just said becomes amplified by a huge factor when it comes to getting arm pump.. I allwayse loved the photos of james stewart in the middle of the "bubba scrub" with what looked like only two fingers holding on with each hand. And the pinkys up! I realized the door knov technuiqe watching him heat his bike up wile on the starting line. Its finessfull as fuck
It’s amazing to see just how much braking power can be applied so late into the lean angle/turn. Couple of the turns he was pretty much on the brakes all the way up to the apex. Great display of skilled riding and control 👍
Interesting to see he's still got a handful of brake at some of the apexs with the bar end inches of the tarmac. Obviously not on the same rubber I ride to work on.
I respect the guys who invented the technologeis like slipper clutch, abs, ride by wire which all made this monsterous machines quite easier to ride...
You can see how he gets lighter on the bars as he feeds in power in the big long turns and holding the brake in turns witch takes a lot skill and feel.
Was told I should change my grip for braking/trail breaking and couldn’t find an example of a professional manipulating the gas and break lever the same way it’s comfortable for me to, until now. If it’s good enough for Jack Miller then it’ll be fine for me.
@@graemesydney38 he clearly has one finger stuck between brake lever and throttle. Only 3 fingers for braking. I find this counter intuitive because he is limiting how much he can pull the lever.
@@SaqibKhaliq the way the front brake on these motorcycles are set up, you usually get maximum braking and would lock up before the lever touches the finger you still have on the throttle
Like Wayne Rainey said,"I can't believe they come out of the corner,wind it to full-throttle,and let the electronics do all the work.!!" I agree. Stoner wanted all that shit removed.It's one of the reasons he left the sport. He also said he was born too late.He much would have preferred to ride a 500 in the golden-era. It's a shame.
It's a shame? You must not race motorcycles yourself. All the modern aids have not only allowed lap times to decrease due to being able to manage the extraordinary amounts of horsepower, but the number of serious injuries and deaths has dramatically decreased as a result too.
@@dancarlos1216 spoken like another person who has never raced motorcycles or even ridden a high performance one in general. Look up Petrucci's crash from this weekend and tell me the electronics do everything.
Notice how the throttle is never rotated forward. When he wants to slow he just relaxes his grip, the throttle snaps shut and at the same time reaches for the brake.
It's a mechanism that basically locks and unlocks neutral. You can't shift to neutral unless you push it and I think it automatically "locks" again once you shift out of neutral.
asdfghjkl zxcvbnm I was unaware of that, but makes sense. In that case without a neutral lockout you would be even more susceptible to a false neutral when going down into 1st for the really slow corners. Cheers
It’s not the rear brake lever (that’s on the left hand side), it’s a torque lever to allow the bike to be put in neutral when going into the pits, and not accidentally hit neutral when kicking down whilst racing … 😎
I think it's the rear brake, sometimes it can be useful to use it in corners to adjust the traiectory, but if you are turning right your foot is on toe
When I ride I mostly brake with my middle finger (strongest and longest finger on our hand), and when I need more pressure index finger as well. Jack has his style. Be interesting to see which riders do what …
There's a device called quickshifter that electronically closes the gas, allowing the transmission to change gears without disengaging the clutch pulling the lever. Nowadays many road bikes come standard with this device. There is also the "blipper" which does the same job for downshifts. Obviously in MotoGP every bike has both devices
Rear break some corners can't break using the foot break because it's too stop or can't even brake at some point so Moto GP bikes have rear lever break at the throttle
That is legit the strangest braking technique I've ever seen. Some use the index, some use the index and middle, some use the index middle and ring, and some use all 4, but not this guy. He leaves the index underneath the lever still holding the throttle and uses middle and ring to pull the brake. Wild.
Hey man, I just saw a video by Simon Crafar in which he explained that it's a lever they press to go into neutral. A motoGP bike doesn't have 1 N 2 3 4 5 6 gearbox but N 1 2 3 4 5 6. Thumb brake is on the left side of the handlebar.
@@nurfaidhisadiq6525 you are right. If the rider has a thumb brake it will be on the left. He has no fingers left on his right hand to also work a thumb brake.
La course de la poignée de frein est incroyablement courte. Je tourne sur circuit et j ai déjà des poignées réglées très serrées, mais la c est dingue, la course n est qu d un demi centimètre. Les durites doivent être en carbon, c est pas possible autrement. Et franchement le passage au shifter et les boîtes assistées enlèvent beaucoup du travail des mains. C est dommage. La meme camera il y a 10 ans et ça aurait été bien plus intéressant à regarder.
he holds the handle pretty loose. ive never driven a bike in my life but how does he fight against the g-force, shouldnt that push him off the bike if he accelerates?
Mr. Krabs the rear seat pad helps them hold them in place during acceleration. And they grip the tank with their legs under heavy braking to reduce strain and fatigue on the arms. Most gp riders have the tank and seat unit specifically made to measure for their size and style of riding.
And the most important part is to have a light grip on the handlebars. A motorcycle is designed to be stable and wants to go straight. If you grip the handlebars to tight you are forcing the bike to do things it does not want to and a tank slapper or highsider could be the result.
I can still remember the days when the only thing attached to clips ons were Front brake/Clutch levers, twist grip and a kill switch..... I man with 6 fingers would be a real "Alien" with that advantage.. 🤔🤡
