I crashed my bike in a turn due to sand on the road about a week ago. It was due to target fixation and bad throttle control. I saw that sand and couldn't look away and obviously then went directly towards it. Watched this video and realized i've been riding all wrong the entire time. Goddamn, thank you to whatever legends who made this video
"It looks like I'm going to need a new copy" Implies that you are never done learning from the basics and you will always be working on these things. I watched this video back when it was new and re watching it now gives me a few things to work on my next ride.
Tyres on a motorcycle are sections of a cone. If you tip a cone in, it turns in that direction. If I understand physics properly, your bike is LITERALLY ‘falling’ as it initiates the turn.
It's good to know all the 3 or 4 styles. Keith's style works well for sweepers and fast open corners, but in a series of tight corners, you have to be trail braking, in between you may have to hook it in Crafar style. Definitely gets you thinking about it in any case and the best place to start.
Good info from the TOTW series and first started reading in early 90s. Miss those days at Newcombs.... We would have never guessed Newcombs turned into its present condition.
That English voice-over sounds very much like Paul Putner. He could've given Richard Herring few tips about motorcycling... (I'm aware that this is quite an obscure reference but one day, someone will get it. I'll wait.)
I'm not disputing what they present in this video - however, all these types of videos get one thing terribly wrong......they fail to explain that racing techniques do not translate to the road - especially cornering. If you try to use racing lines on the public highway, you will come to grief eventually - they are two entirely different disciplines and roads are not race tracks (except for two weeks in June at the Isle of Man and a few other famous places when roads are closed for competition) - the roads present countless hazards that a racer never has to deal with and advanced riding for the road requires a completely separate and very different approach. I don't say this to be critical of the topics discussed in this video or to deny their accuracy but they insist on mixing road and track footage without any distinction or discussion of the very important differences. I could go on for hours, but just to qualify what I'm saying, I taught hundreds of riders riders at everything from learner to advanced level over the course of 30+ years and have myself benefited from thousands of hours of training delivered by some of the best road motorcyclists in the world - Police Class 1 riders. I've covered hundreds of thousands of miles on two wheels in all weathers and across several continents in the course of my lifetime. Almost all without a scratch although I admit I binned it at Cadwell Park once, fell victim to a diesel spill on a roundabout and was once punted off unceremoniously by a young boy racer in a Ford Escort on a dual carriageway when he decided to switch lanes when I was right alongside him. None of these resulted in injury - the boy racer lost his licence for a year though, hope he learned his lesson. There are a lot of videos out there dealing with advanced road riding techniques but very few of them are comprehensive enough and many are just downright sloppy, misleading and inaccurate. One of the best videos I ever watched on the topic was an independent VHS video called "Taming the Beast" made by a UK advanced riding instructor named Colin Fenton who had a company named Shire Training Services back in the 1990's. Sadly Colin passed away many years ago and although I believe his widow did continue selling the video and book for while on Ebay, I've not seen a copy of it in a long time. It's a shame, because it was extremely well done and his coverage of cornering techniques was exemplary and very well filmed indeed, making it extremely simple to understand. Anyway, if you ever come across it anywhere, watch it and it will change your riding forever. Failing that, in the UK there is plenty of access to Advanced Riding courses through organizations like the IAM and RoSPA - taking one of their tests under the watchful gaze of a police class one motorcyclist is an experience every road rider should have and will certainly make you a better, safer and yes, faster road rider. If you're more interested in the track, well, there are an abundance of good racing schools and track day experiences nowadays with famous racers old and new so if that's what you want to learn there are opportunities galore. Just remember where you are when you leave the track and get on the road to ride home. My riding days are behind me but to all you road bikers out there, remember - "It's not how fast you go, it's how you go fast".
I get this video and I loved it I learn a lot from watching it. But you cannot expect that everybody that own a motorcycle will ride it like Rossi. I mean not every Ferrari, Corvette or Lambo you see on the street is ridden by a guy with the talents of Alonso or Hamilton. Also comparing a MotoGP driver pushing an extreme machine to its limits on a racetrack is not the same a regular person driving a normal bike on the streets. Is like saying because you can fly a kite you are ready to fly into combat an F-22. Comparing a pro to a normal person is one of the dumbest things you can do. Never compare yourself to a pro. Accept that you cannot drive a bike like Rossi or play guitar like Eddie or play basketball like LeBron or fight like Canelo.
This is basically specially for sport bikes, and it’s not showing you to ride as fast as humanly possible on the street. These tips apply to a normal spirited pace
This project was filmed by my best friend Joe's dad - and Keith was at their house often. I was one of the extras in the classroom. I can remember we were all forgetting our one liners and had to do likely 5-10 takes each, and it still came our cringey. Funny because shortly after that scene you can hear one of them say "i wish my parents took me to the track at 10, id be a world champion by now" referring to a then 12 year old Joe Roberts - who is now riding under MotoGP. Me and Joe grew up in the same neighborhood and its wild to see how he never stopped riding and where hes at today. Keen eyes can also spot a young Finn Roberts, a now netflix actor known for his role on Riverdale alongside their brother Pascal. Miss those roberts brothers.
