How To Do Slow Speed Maneuvering And Turning on Motorcycles 

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I still learn even after 50 years of riding

Me too! And it was quick! On a road and coming to a stop I’ve done a thousand times. Hit that front brake and a low stop in road and next thing I knew I was off bike on road. I was fine but really red in the face. I instantly knew what I had done. Grabbed that front brake! Lol lesson learned!

Yup.... laid my bike down in a parking lot once. A car just backed up as I was on the slow turn, and there went the bike down.

@@adamsandoval dragging the rear brake is good on slow speeds don’t do it at high speed turns.Hand brake up to the apex in that situation ride safe brother! Just curious why you chose Mrs Ashley’s bike for the vidja haha stay stubborn 🤙🏻🤟🏻

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@@adamsandoval, Exactly

@Rick Ashford ... I'd like to thank you on two levels. 1) Male motorcyclists or bikers, if you will, have a reputation as being sexist. So thank you for your propping up of your wife's riding skills. AND... 2) That she taught you something. Thanks again. Keep the rubber side down and the shiny side up.

@@TheScrumdown, I don't know who thinks of them as sexist. That's not true, as a blanket statement, of course. People are people, in any group.

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its not hard or complicated take the MSF beginners course, you will master the front brake in about 4 HOURS

@@kenwittlief255 I've been riding over forty years now. I'm pretty sure I have it down to a science.

@@kenwittlief255 I'm a newer rider and I took our MSF course. I would not say we "mastered" anything in that course except how to go 5 to 10 mph in a straight line in an empty parking lot. These slow speed moves are tough for me and just declaring it not hard hasn't resolved it for me. I may re-take the MSF course now that I have some experience under my belt but I don't recall a ton of emphasis on this topic.

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I hope I"m still riding 2 wheels at 72. Nice!!

Head and shoulders toward where you want to go. Doing that makes it easier to rotate your rump half off the seat while counter balancing.

What brand is it ?

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Will do!

The important thing is you’re back in the saddle!

How’s that ill gotten knife Harold??

I'll bet she does by sundown today!!

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Probably filling gas 😉😉

I was thinking the same thing!

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Been there, dropped it.

you should use both brakes when you stop and the bike must ALWAYS be going straight when you stop - and keep your head up looking straight ahead

Good idea! Practicing never hurts anyone

I agree. I'm an MSF instructor and some of the info is questionable, but it's great that riders are being encouraged to practice.

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feathering means using a light and delicate touch - it does not mean pulsing on and off it IS necessary to ride the clutch in the friction zone and adjust the amount of pull by making slight adjustments to the PRESSURE you are putting on the clutch lever practice this with the bike stationary, both feet on the ground, handlebars straight, little or no throttle - and 'feather' the clutch out in 1st gear till you feel the bike just pulling against your feet on the pavement... apply more pressure and the pull stops, bike moves back a few inches... less pressure and the bike pulls forward....repeat - feel how the pressure on the clutch level alters the pull on the bike It helps to think of the clutch lever as directional, when you put less pressure on the lever i t moves forward and the bike pulls forward when you put MORE pressure on the lever (towards you) the bike slows down forwards backwards forwards backwards.... do the same in the turn to apply more pull, or let the bike slow down riding your foot on the rear brake makes the effect more pronounced when the bike is moving, when you put more pressure on the clutch lever the bike slows down faster because you are dragging the rear brake

@@kenwittlief255 To me feathering does mean in adding more or less. Which can work but also be disasterous for a newbie that accidentally comes out of the friction zone. Better when learning to keep it consistently held in the zone to make one less variable you have to think about when trying to learn IMO.

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Thats an excellent idea!

you dont need to ride in a parking lot to practice riding slow everytime you need to stop, if there is no one behind you, slow down short of the intersection and then creep up at 1 to 2 mph, keeping the bike straight, and looking straight ahead till you stop same thing with taking a corner- if there is no traffic behind you, take it at a slower pace

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You're not the only one. When I find myself tensing up for any reason, the bike is harder to negotiate. Good point!

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@@adamsandoval just very light pressure on the front break at slow speed is all you need does better than the back break the back break is pulling the back tire with the momentum and the front tire is being pushed you do need to know what you are doing but the front break does work better

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@@adamsandoval Brother, those other drivers were probably thinking, he's got more money then brains to crash a show bike and to be laughing like that!!😂🤣😁