Answering AS MANY Beginner Motorcycle Rider Questions as I can! (Experienced Rider) 

"Ride in 6 Gare" merch is now available. Go to www.yammienoobmerch.com and get entered to WIN our FREE motorcycles! Questions and timestamps below: 1:32 - How to get over fear of traffic? 2:17 - Is Grom a good beginner bike for short riders? 2:40 - How to get confident with speeds 3:09 - How much horsepower do I need? 3:47 - How to ride fast in 6 gare 4:00 - How do you lean in a curve in windy roads? 5:15 - Why did the Svartpilen 401 go down in price? Better than Duke 390? 6:10 - Why does the bike feel heavy in low speeds? 6:53 - How do I apply brakes smoothly? 8:15 - Will I drop my bike as a beginner? 9:12 - Gears are confusing and I panic while coming to a stop, help! 10:57 - Losing rear traction under downshifting - help 12:33 - Should I ride in sneakers? 13:25 - When are you not a beginner rider? 15:05 - I feel uncomfortable braking on the front without ABS, how do I improve? 16:03 - What, in your opinion, is the best beginner bike? 16:19 - When we're riding at 50-60 is it alright to hold the clutch or brake? 16:55 - Should I stick by myself or ride with a group after a month? 18:12 - How can I work on improving my abilities? 19:45 - Will people ever stop asking if supersports are good beginner bikes? 19:58 - What would be your first piece of advice for a track day noob? 21:08 - Is it possible to control knee down so you don't scrape? 22:39 - Can you go over rev-matching? 23:12 - Do I need to pull the clutch to use my front brake? 24:08 - I want to go to track but I'm worried about looking stupid 25:23 - Can you slow down without brakes? 25:56 - How should you stop with the gears? 27:00 - What should I learn most as a beginner rider? 27:34 - How do you get over the fear of looking stupid as a beginner rider? 28:25 - How to self-evaluate when you're ready for a second bike and what bike is right for you? 30:46 - Body position and proper cornering technique tips 31:47 - my dad won't buy me a busa - help 31:53 - Best way to start going to the track? 32:36 - Is it difficult to ride with a passenger? 33:39 - How do I start riding track in Texas? 34:31 - I'm only 5'5" and struggle to ride sportbikes, help! 35:10 - How much do YOU practice super slow speed stuff in parking lots? 36:12 - How do I get over the feeling of my tire slipping and getting rid of my chicken strips? 37:08 - Direction change and braking? 38:00 - How do I slide a bike? 39:15 - How do I get over riding nooners all the time? 39:30 - I only use the front brake, is this bad? 40:40 - How old were you when you attended your first track day? 40:48 - Is it safe to lean super aggressively on the street? 41:23 - Discord user shitpost

The question: My dad won't let me buy a Busa. The answer: get a new dad! And there it is, folks. All riding answers are found in getting rid of, destroying, crushing and killing anything that gets in your way to success! Ah, gotta love Papa Yam!

Yammie's life lesson. "Take it to a parking lot.....you'll be fine."

I have been watching you for couple of years now and I have liked your content. I just got my first bike and I am now a full squid. Thanks for inspiring me to get started

Still here waiting for that photo of Yammie at his last racing weekend to pop up 🙇🏻‍♂️

Awesome video!!! Today is officially my first day riding. I picked up an '02 SV650 last night and have a MSF course scheduled for the 18th, but until then I am about to do probably 6000 laps around my neighborhood annoying my neighbors lol. EDIT: I just got home from my first time ever on a motorcycle. It was surprisingly intuitive. I stalled twice learning the clutch, then never stalled again. I don't have a parking lot nearby, so I just started pulling laps around the neighborhood and was surprised how manageable this 650 is even with the larger more torquey aftermarket sprocket the previous owner put on. I was so scared an intimidated by motorcycles, but it wasn't so bad. I actually was really confident and comfortable with the riding and operation of the bike, the thing I was struggling on was the lack of vision from the helmet, spatial awareness, forgetting my turn signals multiple times, and anxiety when a car was behind me, but in terms of actually operating the bike, it felt really good. I was smoothly upshifting, smoothly downshifting and blipping the throttle within 10 minutes of riding (I have been aggressively driving stick shift cars for the past 15 years every day, so shifting and rev matching is already ingrained in me), and I was able to downshift to first>come to a complete stop at a sign without putting even one foot down>smoothly pulling away after just a few laps. also, I DEFINITELY understand the argument now of if a SV650 is a good first bike. It was completely manageable even with the aftermarket sprocket and light enough where I feel comfortable, BUT.... I am almost 34 and think I am super responsible and even I was feeling the 21 year old me coming out after a few laps and had to reel it back and remind myself that I am brand new to this and don't want to squid across the street on day one. Just a half inch of throttle in second gear is more acceleration than I have ever felt in a car and the fact that there is still like 80% more throttle and 4k rps above what I was doing kinda terrified me and tempted me at the same time. I think if I got this bike when I was 21, I would already be in a tree. 33 year old boring me was even struggling to keep my testosterone in check hahahaha. This is already an addiction though. I came inside because my arms are tired (I know I am probably using them too much to support myself and should hug the tank more to prevent that), but I already wanna go back out. my wife is gonna hate me when I am out taking 2 hour pointless drives every day hahahaha.

It’s your favorite uncle yammie pube. BUSA boi himself has blessed us with another video and I have stopped my day to hear papa yam answer questions

experience - some people may have 10 years experience and some people may have 1 yr of experience repeated 10 times

Yammie, you are the future of our sport. So grateful young people like you are out there leading the way. Great job young man ! I love your videos .

I took the MSF course at harley and i had a blast! After not riding anything let alone a bicycle in 12+ years, It was a smart move taking the course and getting my confidence back. I would highly suggest that to any new rider, or like me have a little bit of experience but its been awhile. Worth it!

Best advice for any rider but especially beginners, is go get more training.. learning on your own is fine and everything but it can be so much better and you’ll learn quicker with some good instruction. Also it prevents you embedding bad habits in your riding.

Honestly “how to apply brakes smoothly” never really crossed my mind as a beginner rider, but I’m so glad I found this simple information

LEARN IN THE DIRT!! imo thats the best way to learn if you've never ridden a motorcycle. trust me falling in dirt and grass in field hurts alot less than on pavement. dirt bikes are lighter, cheaper (buy and fix), and not as fast. you can learn braking, clutching, gearing, cornering, everything. you can even go out right after it rains, and learn how react and handle a bike when the rear tire breaks loose. I promise if you know how to tear up a a wet hay field or go skipping through corn field rows wide open on a dirt bike, you're already a better rider than most of the riders on the street. I learned to ride dirt bikes when I was little and got bigger ones as I grew, I never touched a street bike until 2 years ago when I bought my friends older cbr600 when he got a new one. this was the first street bike I ever rode and spent about a month learning the bike. mostly just cornering, dirt bike you kick your heel into the dirt and pivot the bike around your leg where on a street bike you lean. I talked my friend whose been riding street bikes for 5+ years into going to track with me where I cooked his lap time by over 10 seconds.

Yammie please can you do a video for parents of young squidlets (17-19) that want to get into riding but their parents are skeptical. Just like some facts about risks and other beginner stuff etc... Thanks! Yours, the young squid Sam

Finally got my bike license a couple of days ago, life’s good!

Have had my R3 for a little more than a week, 850 miles on it so far, 1st oil change complete and have not stalled at all, but have dropped my bike once ): but still not to bad so far, all thanks to you buddy, Thanks.

Nice upload, had my 125 ninja (uk) just over a week and as a 38yrs old mum that has waited years for this, I’m loving this journey. Will take my DAS next year as we are now heading into winter. Don’t want to be on the L plates forever but happy taking my sweet time getting the skills.

Very helpful video...you’re the first person I’ve heard mention that “overblipping” over “underblipping” detail when rev matching. Thanks for all your videos man. They’re great!

The best tip ever given to me was from you Yammie to look ahead thank you for that it made me better and more confident rider especially on corners it works like magic. You probably get that a lot but you are the best youtuber out there. Keep it up 🖖

For learning when to shift I recommend playing a racing game and getting used to hearing the engine and not looking at the RPM. That's what I did and it worked flawlessly and I have never been able to drive a manual before then.

I’m excited to see the svartpilen content. I’m taking the course in a couple of weeks and am most likely going to be getting the svartpilen as my first bike. :)

Great advice. Especially the pillion bit, always get your pillion to jump off if you're not confident getting out of, or into a parking spot, or moving into position to take off, it's just safer for both of you and your bike.

The physics are: Gyroscopic precession. When a force us applied to a rotating object the maximum effect will be felt 90° later in the plane of rotation. Riding upright, turn bars to the right, the front of the tire goes right, the rear goes left. The maximum force will be 90° later, at top and bottom of wheel, pushing wheel over to the left causing the motorcycle to lean left. That's counter steering.

Jesus that Daytona looks incredible with the fairings!!

Yam. These are good. I’m not a beginner, but i like how well you answer these with zero pretension. Solid.

i had a street bike a few years ago and rode it everywhere but had to sell it when my car broke down and i needed to get a new one, just recently got another bike after having some more disposable income and im loving it. luckily i have tons of experience with manual transmissions in cars and my dad had me riding dirt bikes since i was able to walk so im very comfortable with the controls but i do enjoy these videos that are targeted towards people who are less comfortable riding bikes in traffic and on public roads. its super helpful to have some more experienced street riders input on best practices to avoid becoming a pancake. biggest thing for me was getting out of the off road mindset and learning that i can’t just pin the throttle whenever there’s a straight and i have to be vigilant about where other drivers are and what they are likely to do. thanks yam!

Started with a vento 250 and hopefully come out with a z900rs this week 😊

Don't need "big". 300 - 500 is just fine. All the speed, all the fun Learn and keep.

Started watching this channel 2 years ago. Finally got my MSF waiver. Scheduling a permit test in this day and age is a nightmare. I am so excited to enter the motorcycle world.

More videos like this please 🙏🏽. I love interactions like this. It really shows how invested you are into your audience🙌🏻👑❤️

I’ve asked so many times please don’t do this to me my homework schedule is ruined

Been watching a tonne of your videos. I bought a used 2016 R3 after taking a brand new mt03 for a test ride and not liking how it belted me around at highway speed here in New Zealand. Which first off I needed a learner motorcycle license. But your videos have been awesome to watch over the past few months and I’m now officially a Baby Yam.

Brand new rider, have bike, still need license. Been watching you for years. Thanks for all your fun and knowledge.

Good stuff Yammie. I am an experienced rider and would have benefitted from content like this when I was a noob. Of course the internet and RU-vid did not exist back then :)

You holding that drink makes me want to get a coffee

This information is amazingly useful and exceptionally well-explained. You are so knowledgeable! Thank you.

While watching this I signed up for classes to help get my license and u have helped me in every way and in one month I’ll have my ninja 650 2021 thank u for all that You’ve done

Yammie has great insight on the group ride subject.

The advice I got which came into play more than once is: When dealing with large animals Brake, If you can't stop, avoid but if you aren't sure if you can avoid stay straight and Brake until just before impact brace and hope for the best. You don't want to hit with your handlebars cocked. I've killed a Deer and bumped a couple of dogs at low speed (no injuries).Never fell.

Thank you papa yam. I needed a good heartfelt talk. Can't wait to start my 2nd season here in WI in another month or so.

Regarding the "how much hp" question, I think our German "stepped license system" is a pretty good rule of thumb for that... At 16 years, you can start with 125cc up to 15hp (0.1 hp/kg ratio)... then with 18 you can enter "the big ones" which are restricted to 48hp (0.2 hp/kg) and after a couple years in the 48hp class you can get the open license and ride what you want... So I´d say you were pretty spot on with your 50hp recommendation :)

When I first dropped my Scooter, I was doing a U-turn the opposite way to what I was taught as to get onto the pavement and took it a little too sharp. I got home thinking my dad was gonna kill me because I had bought it the day before as an ex-demo so it only had about 100 miles on the clock. First thing he did was laugh, second thing he did was say “if you haven’t dropped a bike, you aren’t a real biker”. In sixish months of riding I haven’t dropped it since, but I have dropped her in a ditch doing a U-turn on a tight road, broken the gear shifter on my cruiser causing me to ride in first gear home, broken the gear shifter and had to push the bike up a steep hill to the nearest car park , fallen off of my dad’s Divvy in an accidental pillion power wheelie as well as accidentally caused a 3 bike domino effect in the garage. Whoops! At least I know how to not massively break myself when something happens on the bike. The more unique mistakes you make, the more you learn what not to do.

I learned how to ride over the last few days. I purchased a 1985 yamah virago 1000 from an impound yard, it hadn't ran in 20 years. I can drive stick, and I've rode banshee's before. But this was my first two wheeled experience. And I gotta say it's extremely satisfying, just going around the neighborhood at 25 mph. The bike does alot of the work, it was insanely intuitive leaning into a curve. The transmission is stupidly gratifying, being able to just click through the gears is bliss. Now, I am not telling anyone to go get a 1000 cc bike and figure it out. But so far, it's working out for me

Great video. As a lifetime Ryder I found your advice spot-on. Best how-to video I've seen

I’m about half way through, but I have to make sure to comment because as a complete beginner (literally only 6 hours on a bike, desperately needing to get close to matching 3 1/2 decades of four wheeled experience) this is super informative, helpful and confidence inspiring. Thank you!

You should do more of these. Love the content. I’m having trouble deciding when I should use my rear brake. A lot of youtubers I watch don’t even touch the rear brake but idk if that’s how I should learn.

“No fastest lap on your local street” *laughs in initial d*

yam we need an isle of man tt video expeditiously

“I drop bike all the time.” - thanks for this 😜 Now I feel just fine

papa yams: talks about rev matching when downshifting me: just slaps down a gear at 0 throttle and hopes for the best

I always miss the "submit your questions" stuff. Great insight, regardless!

For the Breaking, tip for understanding: Your front suspension have to be compressed from the preload from braking and more weight on the wheel=more grip=you can pull harder (Progressive braking!) And Downshifting Usefull for a car too (i mean rewmatched downshift)

You are the motorcycle content I consume and crave. We street shinobi watch from the shadows, concealing our presence but see all. Ps. 08 ninja 250 noob

my local track is the Nürburgring its so much fun watching the people who thing they can ride or drive like the pros when they open the track to the public.

Another great video with tons of great info. With regards to 2-up and slow speed maneuvers, I’ve been watching some really helpful videos from Jerry Palladiino. He covers slow maneuvers almost exclusively. Has helped me out a bunch as Yam has. In fact I’m taking Jerry’s course in July. Always want to get better!

I know that most people won't agree with me on this but it has help me a ton on understanding driving, riding, and just walking. It's balance control, you won't believe how many people don't practice this and improve their balance control in their life. Hey you should do ride stimulators where are actually on a motorcycle to control and play the simulator(s) It's great for practice riding without being outside.

Me and my brother have only just begun the motorcycle journey and I love it and we are already looking to start the track next year.

You're Becoming a Well Informed and Capable RU-vidr. Yammie,,And Obviously your Riding Skills have Greatly improved Due to Track Riding..Nice Bikes Too..

I’ve had my bike licence for 10 years. I’m now on my third bike - CBR250R, GSX-R600, M109R. I still feel like a beginner. I don’t do a lot of k’s (translation: miles) and I’m lucky if I get to ride once a month these days. I really enjoy my M109 and have made it own with mods, I ride well within my skill level in good conditions only. If I never progress beyond beginner, that’s totally ok because I’m enjoying myself.

The question @ 9:12 about downshifting. You forgot to talk about knowing the max speed of each gear. Having the knowledge of the max speed of each gear. Go out and find out how fast you can go in each gear and make a mental note of it so when you need to down shift and you're going 45 you know you shouldn't go past said gear. That how i learned i can go down to 1st IF I rev match while doing 60mph.

Never dropped mine (almost did ) 😶 watch me drop it today

There is always something new to learn. Today I put on a headlamp and examined the internals of the frame and discovered a pretty intense spider web just behind the engine in a nook on the frame. Crazy! And I ride it every week!

Sooo you're not actually a yanmie 'noob ' anymore?

Thank you so much for making this video. I have been riding for 12 years and still learned something. Great advice to keep working on building your skill. Only wish I had a track closer to me. Love love your channel!

Throttle matching via blips is a more advanced technique maybe reserved for those above the title of noob.. so I'd advise the clutch lever as a scalpel, rather than a switch.. if you're losing traction on down shifts the best advice I'd give the noob, is to release the clutch lever slower. Ie, be the the slipper clutch.. this allows the engine to slow gradually and meet up with the wheel speed and not break traction. We slip the clutch to accelerate, so it's perfectly acceptable to slip the clutch on deceleration all the same..

6:10 the answer is Gyroscopic force (as you stated) along with Centripetal force. Think of centripetal force as the force that acts on a given body moving in a circular path, much like a race car on a track. As the car takes on an angled curve on the track it must maintain a certain speed to stay in that curve or it slides down... the same principle applies to the bike and why it feels heavy when you slow down and don't maintain your speed in the curve. The bike becomes heavier as you lose speed and momentum and starts to fall because of gravity :)

One of my most embarrassing moments. I finally decided to go to the bike night. One of the local shops invites me to park next to their primo bikes. I put my stand down about 80% rather than 100% by accident. The bike slowy inched forward and I fell over in slow motion in front of 100s of people and my buddies. Was actually thankful my buddies were there. They quickly picked the bike and me up lol. I was up quicker than I went down. Bike friends are the best!!!

I've been slowly catching up on all your videos, and I'm realizing how much goes into it...but also how my dad who has been riding longer than I've been alive, has less confidence in himself and his bike than I do, as a total beginner. (He refuses to go on the highway, takes surface streets to his office and all, or takes his truck for everything further than the grocery store)

So much Truth in this video. Don't treat motorcycle journey as a race. Just enjoy the ride!

I've been waiting the whole video for the phone to fall. Lucky Yammie delivered 🤘

Yamster: Doin' a dual sport 2nd bike thing but putting street tires on it. To really be good at low speed maneuvers you need a very stable friction point and throttle control WHILE turning the handlebars. I had to re-route and adjust the heck out of both cables. Any constriction or cable bend change during handlebar movement is suspect. The throttle especially. I had to up the return spring tension and adjust the base idle speed (At the throttle body!) a couple hundred RPM to get really good base Idle torque. That helped, at least I have a base engine torque to slip the clutch off of. Maintaining precise throttle control while turning the handlebars is a skill that needs to be practiced, for clutch friction point, less precision required. Second issue is dual sport stock tires. New to Long stroke DSport suspensions and wheel geometry which could greatly affect road lean handling/stability, but tires highly suspect. DSport tires are "All Over The Place" when leaning into curves, hunting for a stable line. Very annoying on the street, nothing like my XSR9. That slight chatter at speed is annoying. So far dropped it twice in the parking lot with front tire sliding on rather minor sand on the pavement. Bark Busters saved the clutch lever the second time. Driving home w/o a clutch lever is a challenge! Third Question: Doing very slow speed Parking Lot maneuvers on this DSport. Using the rear brake of course, but theorizing the Front Brake would be much more effective. The rear wheel pushing into an off center axis front wheel being braked must push the bike up more than the real wheel brake. Problem is Controlling Front Brake and Precise Throttle with my Right Hand! Comments? Has anyone perfected this technique? Might be easier to swap the Clutch and Brake Levers instead OR maybe moving the front brake to right foot pedal(?), but that's a total relearn.

Just bought my first bike!!

“Why does my bike feel heavy at slow speeds?” Gyroscopic forces... yes! 100%. Though part of that answer might be steering head angle.... The “chopper” like forward ness of the front tire will feel really heavy at slow speeds (specially in slow turns) vs the upright stance of a sport bike.... suggestion; try different frames with different “geometry”... with in your means, of course.... great content and advice. Thanks Yammie.

I have been watching your content for a bit and now have my first bike!

For those on a shoestring budget the Caberg Duke 2 is a good helmet. It’s a full-face flip up helmet and has a 5 Sharp rating (uk)/ ECE 22.05. Cost wise it’s about £110.

Perfect timing! I just bought my first bike, Triumph Street Twin! I originally went out to buy a Z650 but somehow ended up with a Street Twin..couldn't be more excited though!

Thanks I will be a new rider soon Need all the instruction I can get

Been watching your channel for a while and bought a rebel 500 to start out on. Thanks for the advice man!

My Father had a 1950 Harley 61 cu. inch (1000 cc) Police bike and he would take me for rides when I was 4 years old and from that I was a motorcycle guy from then on . After that I was allways borrowing bikes from every one I met who had one . at seven years old I became the mechanic I am today . I was so little in those days and cars were high off the ground and i could put a starter on a car with out a jack ! well because I could fix motorcycles I got to test drive them . The Honda 50 cc had just came out and I got to ride lots of them ! starting with Honda 50s Suzuki 80s Honda 90s triumph 200 cub the Honda dream and the other 305 s ( street and scramblers) finally got the Yamaha twins which was finally fast enough !! Chasing speed was an obsession ! The progression was gradual and I rode alot and aggressively ! Raced a yamaha 250 for about 5 years ! Got a job test driving New Nortons and Moto Guzzi's ! I just gave away My Honda 350 and sold my 1982 Yamaha Seca 750 and have just now Inherited a Kawasaki 1000 cc Chips Bike ( California Highway Patrol bike , it still has its siren and blue rotating Beacon ! Thank you for your shows !

Only thing that was little difficult for me at the beginning was rev matching (while i was practising it), if i didnt concentrate on it, i would somethimes blip throttle between 2nd to 3rd, 3rd to 4th instead 3rd to 2nd etc...luckilly i dont do that anymore :'D

The first time I dropped my motorcycle was three days after I got my permit and was riding with a buddy. Took a curve and the next curve was covered in gravel, a combination of bad brakes, beginner awareness, and the poor decision of driving confidently on roads I did not know left me still going 20mph when I hit the gravel. Two options were straight into a wall or 100% lowside on the curve. Took the lowside, and to my chagrin the bike didn't get a single scratch anywhere except a scuff on the bottom faring and muffler. I also took no damage whatsoever. Buddy said to take it as a free lesson on awareness and why to keep your bike maintained. Never will forget that. Second time I dropped my bike I was trying to get it on the center stand and it slipped LOL.

Thanks for answering my question Papa Yam, you are the BEST

I wish you would link your videos as you mention them. That's my only suggestion, love the content! Thanks!

Great upload, really informative. Answers to some questions I was just to dumb or shy to ask!? More of this content plz.

front breaking slipping varies on the tyre condition, the road surface and the hand pressure you apply, it is not static, you need loads of practice, but please try learning in low speeds, full geared, near home or hospital :)

6:31 theoretical physicist here that is called the bicycle effect it's when two gyroscopes counteract each other and make the two gyroscopes want to stay in a straight line i.e. feel light and no one knows why really we just know the what and how it's one of the biggest mysteries in physics I'm not an expert on the subject but MIT is doing research on it and I believe Harvard used too as well it's really quite fascinating stuff Edit: it's funny to think that scientists don't know why bicycles/motorcycles work you would think that it would be an incredibly simple answer for something so innocuous but it's not it just go's to show humans aren't that smart but we're trying our best to get smarter

"see this photo here that i did at my last racing weekend." WHERE IS IT YAMMIE? WHERE IS THE PHOTO?!

you should be coasting on the back brake on any turn that doesnt require a deep lean. It doesnt preload the front and cause rocking.

Bro I know this is a year old but I definitely feel you on the semi-trucks thing. Had an FZ6 fazer for a couple years and never got over it, have a monster now and still a little sketched about them sometimes.

I love how there was no photo

The law of angular momentum: a spinning body is more stable the faster it spins. The faster you go the more upright the wheels want to stay giving you more stability. Feel free the use that next time you get pulled over for speeding

WTF is a slipper clutch...Is a question I've been meaning to ask...So thanks! 👍 While approaching a Mini roundabout, I thought I was in 3rd gear on my lil baby Yam MT-125 & dropped to 2nd to go straight across it when my back wheel locked up & started to skid on me & turns out I was in 2nd gear to begin with...So actually dropped to 1st at around 20mph!!! 😂 Quick clutch snatch saved me thankfully...Oh & only riding for 2 weeks now on my CBT here in Scotland! 👍☔🙂

I had probably one of the most unconventional progressions through bikes: 1st bike Shadow Sabre 1100, 2nd Yamaha R1, 3rd Ducati Multistrada 1200. Still have the R1 and Multistrada

"thought some dude was behind me it was crazy'' has me dying bro thanks for the informative video

I’ve been riding for years and 10000s of thousands of miles and it’s always been true once you think you can ride a bike it’ll be riding you meaning always respect your bike always know it’s allowing you the please of taking you safety be careful be safe be aware you’ll be alive

If I were stopping at light, I would bring it to Neutral. I feel holding the clutch is unnecessary stress on the clutch.

For short people, Doodle on a bike raised her bike and does the left foot down. Sounds like she isn't dropping as often as at the press release.

Main thing I'd recommend to all beginner riders, is to take reference from instructors and not build bad habits when you ride. You can easily get along with many mistakes because they only reveal themselves as mistakes once you find yourself in a hazardous situation. That's why you have a whole heap of beginners who started on a supersport and claim it to be perfectly viable. In the end you put your life at the hand of fate, NOT your actual riding skill and development. If you can't take actual practice courses, then try to look at online videos of instructors, there are plenty good ones out there - and then try it out for yourself either on parking lots, or just keep the instructors' words in mind on your daily rides. In the beginning it's all about testing what you believe to be your limits, because that's where you learn. That's also the reason why a supersport will never be a good bike, because in order to actually test the limits, you will be wayyy outside your riding skill zone and you will often not learn anything about how to handle hazardous situations or emergency maneuvers and practice it in a safe manner. I'd also recommend that after you get comfortable with your bike (probably after half a year of riding), you should seek out rides that are more outside your comfort zone. Try to ride more in the rain, ride on unfamiliar roads, test yourself and how you respond to riding in unknown environments where you have to look out for many more factors than what you're used to. This will further teach you the areas you might need to work on, especially your attention to riding- and road conditions and flow of traffic, as well as looking further ahead. If you have a daily commute and a well known area you always ride in, you can easily get too comfortable and your predictions of your surroundings will come more from basic experience rather than actual real-time observance. In other words, you should always try to ride proactively, not reactively.

Really cool and informative video ,lots of great info here 👍 😀

Experienced riders the more power you dare to have do it. For noobs on the road for the lean counter steer push right to go left push left to go right.