His line is incredibly clean, never saw someone ride that smooth. He never blindly cuts into the other line or leans into it, always approaches turns at the right speed to dodge a cyclist around it and on top scraps the cases. This really is perfection I guess...
Je suis d'accord, mon poucentage monterait à 9 chances sur 10.. Pour que son ancienne bécane fut bleue.. Les vieux étaient du genre " joueurs"😂😂😂. @@guerriosPG
Cormet de Roselend, one of the funniest roads in the french Alps. The guy seems to know well the road, no hesitation even without sightseeing of the second part of the turns. I drive a GS1200 and, when I got it, my buddies said to me "hey, you have improved your driving skill". This bike has such a perfect suspension design that you can apply the brake in the middle of a turn, if you are surprised, without any loss of trajectory. When you have understood that, you can enter the turns 5 or 10 km/h higher than other bikes with traditional suspensions.
Beautiful lines. This has a professional touch. He does a lot of moves I've seen the police do. Race track instructors would ride differently - he does more of pushing the bike into turns, rather than hanging off.
@@DakarBlues You are countersteering whether you hang off or ride straight up. The faster you ride the quicker your steering inputs have to be to get the correct lean and radius for the turn. You have to be on your A game to ride fast on a road like that.
I bought the very same model - a 1250 GS Rallye from 2022 - a few weeks ago and since then I lost a lot of respect for everyone driving such bikes. It's so easy to handle, it's like riding a bicycle. Still it's really fun to ride, but yeah, riding my GSX-R from 2008 is really difficult compared to a GS.
Wherever you are, it is always a good idea to let the 'local' rider lead......he's familiar with the roads he knows. Less risk & more fun following. Respect to the older guy.
Very few motorbike riders know to take turns using the "security trajectory" (exterior-exterior-interior) like he does, most bikers look at moto GP and think the "race trajectory" (exterior-interior-exterior) is the best suited on the road. He is likely to be a retired cop, or he must have taken some good training (the cops also regularly give free trainings to motorcyclists as part of the "prevention" mission)
Faith in bikers restored, after I watched some recent videos from Stelvio.^^ Having a local rider like him ahead is always a great chance to learn. Appreciated, if they share their skills in the way he does... :)
i'm not such an experienced rider , but own an old R1100r and it just seems to me you could take a lot of these corners staying in second gear and some others in 3rd without passing the first thats what these bike are made for , lot of torque . would make the rythme different . but thanks nice ride
I know! If I would have knew before that I would meet this guy and film this cool trip I would have. But I did 3500km in a few days so the comfort was important on this trip.
Nice technique, but won't he lose his socks through the holes scraped in his panniers? If this guy ain't got time to smell the roses, he needs to enter the Oliver's Mount road races at Scarborough. Same road width, road surface, elevations and shrubbery.
2nd gear for them switchbacks, it's what this bike is all about. Noticed the bike twitching a lot from 1st to 2nd. You did well to stay with him, he's a great rider
I was in the alps once on my fjr1300 riding steadily and over taken by 2 red bikes super Moto looking. I thought I d give chase - only ever saw their back wheel. Locals defo. Small bikes but couldn’t catch them
I came upon this awesome video while researching how to get confident taking corners. I can see the rider in front was counter steering, brilliantly so. I thought your ride was extremely technical and showed a lot of confidence and planning without hesitation. Can I ask you if your preference was to lean into the curve of counter lean?
Hi Steve, thanks for the comment! Generally I like to counter lean in the slower corners and lean into the curve on high speed corners. On a road like the one in the video, counter leaning was probably the best for most corners. If you are looking for some more riding tips, you can also watch some other video’s on my channel, I have a few vids with riding tips and tricks. Thanks for watching!
It’s called a quick shifter. You only need the clutch to start. Once you are riding you can shift up and down without using the clutch. There is a sensor on the shift lever that senses pressure. So when you put pressure on the shift lever your ignition is cut for x amount of time and the gearbox will shift. Works brilliantly, specially in higher rpm’s.
@@bendenisereedy7865 Exactly. And the downshifting is an automated blip of the throttle (bike with a ride by wire throttle can have this implemented together with the quickshifter)
Suggestion: Position the camera so that the image is not filtered through the windshield. You know how to ride a motorcycle and above all, you know how to curve and use the entire tire (no chicken stripes at all). Beautiful road and excellent curves.
Thanks for the tips and the kind words! Camera position on the GS is always a bit of a compromise because I don’t wanna have it on top of the helmet because if the wind drag. It’s a shame that RU-vid compressed this video to this bad quality for some reason… if the video quality was a bit better it would have been nicer to watch.. I’m still learning so please forgive me :)
I've never noticed that this attachment of the upper windshield dances so around the focal point of the line of sight. Lucky the person who can totally ignore this in real life.
Very cool video to watch. I didn't see any clutching at all, maybe you were using quickshifter. Personally that attachment you have on top of your windscreen would drive me nuts. It's right in the line of vision. I'd rather have the wind buffeting!
Indeed, I was using the quick shifter. The wind deflector is not in my line of sight, it’s because the camera is mounted lower then my eyes. I look over instead of through it. If I didn’t need it I for sure wouldn’t use it because I too think it’s kind of ugly…
@@ChasingCurves.…they make larger windshields that will solve the ugliness problem. I just replaced mine with a Madstad and it look awesome. Like it came off factory floor. Thats too nice a bike, and too expensive to have crap hanging off it like that
When you want, you can come to italian appennines between emilia romagna, liguria and tuscany. There aren't ten meters straight and there are also a lot of riders, some more crazy than him :D Italian alps are better for landscape, but appennines are over the top for bike rides
I did a few trainings with a guy who trained the motorcycle cops and they specifically tell you to not move, and in slow corners counter balance. So basically the complete opposite of track riding or fast riding on the road. On small roads like this this riding style is for sure safer/quicker. On very big, track style roads hanging off might be quicker/safer. Probably also has to do with type of bike. I can imagine on a sports bike you aren’t going to ride like we do. I can only highly recommend you to do a advanced training, it’s big fun and you will learn a lot in a very short time. Enjoy chasing the curves mate!
Yes. And he's scratching the cases a few times. This isn't the fastest possible way of riding. He does a lot of counter balancing, pushing the bike away from him, into corners. It's what the police are doing a lot.
@@ChasingCurves. well - I also did some trainings - with real racers - and they all hang of to be the fastest - as well as other curve technic… might not look so nice, but they were always way faster than me ;)
I was using the Metzeler M9 RR’s. Not very long lasting (6000km’s) but loads of grip in all situations. The guy in front was riding with the stock Anakees.
Late apex, wide in, tight out, gives room on the exit. Savest way. If you hit the apex in the middle you can run wide at exit, with all the risks. This goes for left and right.
The fact that you were able to close the gap means you are the quicker one. Some of his choices to pass and his corner entries were somewhat questionable. The roads are not your own private race track. The GS has always been a quick machine, stout chassis and plenty of well controlled suspension.
No doubting he's a skilled rider with experience but whats the rush?,especially in that stunning environment. I also question some of the lines taken.. some straightlining and corner cutting puts you in a more dangerous zone... As the great Barry Sheene used to say to new riders .. " this is not a racetrack, ride with imagination" .. other bikes go quick too .. and even the opposite way.
3 things 1) Got to wash the wind screen, i am not fully satisfied looking at the old geezer carving the road. 2) Get a 4k action camera, maybe the dude got sparks when he scraped the road 3) Asked for his contact so that you guys can do it again. Enjoyed the video Cheers