How To QUICKLY STOP Your Motorcycle 

Brother, this video saved my life, I saw it and the other ones long time ago and started practice, couple days ago I was so close to a disaster but thanks to this technique I get out of it safe, thank you man.

Too much rear has been my bad habit. These videos are a great help to realize my errors. My last accident was a braking emergency on the freeway. I went down before I impacted another vehicle. I think I went down because I looked down and that saved me from smashing into a car who stopped on the freeway because a big spool flew off a trailer. Full gear, no injuries. Broken clutch lever and a scratched windshield. It could have been much worse

You are helping me so much! I am spreading the word about you as much as I can

Quality content! I just started riding and your videos have significantly helped make things much easier. You deserve way more subs!!!

Love," Make sure stupid is actually stopping". This tip has saved me twice having an escape path and making sure stupid is stopping...thanks

I new and could do these technics 35 years ago quit riding for about 15 years went out and bought twice as heavy and now I'm seeing that I really need to practice practice practice I've been watching ride like a pro also between you both I'm back on the right path thanks for your videos I especially like your ones on trail breaking

Great lesson. As they say, braking is the most important part to learn in biking. Thank you very much

Have a problem looking down and stumbling ..thank you sir!!!

This video just saved my life, literally. I hadn't been on a bike in 20+ years and once I started riding again about a year ago, I watched this video (subsequently subscribed and watched a lot of your videos) and made a habit to practice short, panic stops. Well, this morning on my way to work, a young girl stopped very suddenly in front of me. I was able to squeeze the brake without grabbing it and manage the foot brake without high siding. Not enough distance, (my fault most likely) so I still hit her, but am definitely alive and not all busted up. Thanks.

Heh brother, I just went for my first ride on my Suzuki boulevard 1500, and just want to say your vids have been invaluable in giving me confidence and inspiration as I practised the techniques. I haven't ridden since my teens, apart from an e'bicycle, which helped, but Your advice and steady teaching method continues to be really helpful. Thank you and God bless you and your family always.

Today, I was riding in the right, slow lane, and a car was in the left lane. All of sudden I see the car making a last-minute change into the right lane, making me swerve and to emergency brake. Still managed to drop my bike and I having minor cuts and bruises. However, as you advocate all the time here, I was wearing my full gear - armoured jacket, gloves, riding boots, and full-face helmet. Even though the bike dropped, it suffered very little damage. With the help of some "Good Samaritans" who just happened to own a bike repair shop, they fixed the minor repairs on my bike such as my handlebars were slightly bent and they straightened them for me along with adjusting my headlight and turn signals. They are really amazing people who are U.S. Military Veterans such as myself. Shout out to Thunder Alley Dundee in Clovis, New Mexico. I appreciate everything they have done for me.

Great videos by MotoJitsu, which I just have to put into practice now - as advised. Thanks for sharing bud, and as others have said - you really are a great Trainer, making it so clear for all learning styles. Thanks for making/sharing your excellent tips!!

I had to stop fast this weekend to avoid crashing into a person and I stalled. Not the end of the world except I was middle of a railway crossing and there was train coming pretty close! I'm still here which means I managed to start my bike and get out of the way... But my story illustrates why one should practice emergency stop until it becomes a reflex - and why it is important not to stall.

These are the best motorcycle videos I've seen. Keep it up. Your channel will explode soon, no doubt.

Greg! Just met Bobby from Total Control at the NY Motorcycle Show and she said she knows you! They have a course in Poughkeepsie, NY that’s only about an hour away from me. And just found out that California Super bike schools comes to a track in NJ. So excited to take these courses!

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More people need to see this and learn it. It's still astonishing how many people overvalue the rear brake on a motorcycle, and that their first instinct is to slam down with their right foot. It's not a car.

Thank God for you I just star practicing on a V-Star 1100 and stopping is definitely a technique I want to feel more confident with in the parking lot before hitting the streets

Thanks for all of your videos, I've learned a lot from them! I'm a new rider and practice emergency braking every time I ride. In the MSF course, we practiced from 20 MPH in 2nd gear downshifting to 1st, braking, and coming to a complete stop. But what do you do if you're in 6th gear and have to brake in an emergency? Do you shift down 5 gears as fast as possible while braking? Or is it more important to simply get the bike stopped? I understand why you want to be in 1st gear when you come to a complete stop but it seems like a lot to do all at once...brake hard and downshift five times as fast as possible. Thanks again for all the great videos!EDIT: Maybe it's in this video here...I'll go check it out! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rT3dTUoUlS0.html

I had never thought about tapering off, going to try thst out. Thank you!

Excellent education! Short, simply explained and with superb demonstration. When I learn, I do so visually... so these demo vids are invaluable and give me a starting point with actual practice. Thankyou! ✌️

The problem is you see a thousand videos of people locking up the front and the bike violently bodyslamming itself, and as a new rider it makes you terrified of pulling the front brake too hard. I lock up my rear all the time accidentally but at least I'm starting to get a real good feel for when it locks up, and it seems like it's only slightly more effective than engine braking. I cover the front brake and baby it (just enough) to do the necessary stopping when the rear doesn't cut it. Emergency stopping at 20 miles an hour is fine - daily lanesplitting basically requires it. What I'm worried about is stopping as short as possible at 70 miles an hour, and how am I supposed to practice that? - I've only tried once out of necessity (on the freeway in the right side fast pass lane) and I remember the moment I realized that if I didn't squeeze harder I was going to crash, so I squeezed just hard enough to stop about 2 feet from the car in front of me. My first thought was I wish I could have practiced that before it happened.

Super useful as always :) .Thanks for confirmation thats its ok to do a slight stoppie. I always thought that when my back wheel lifted off the ground slightly when breaking hard (without jerking the break in unevenly), I must be doing something wrong.

Do you need to pull in the clutch while breaking too? Do you also need to downshift whilst stopping? Or should you ignore that and focus progressive front break and easing off the rear?

Last night on my way home (I live in the UK) a car swerved to the left appearing to get in lane to turn left at the traffic light 60-70 metres down the road made a sudden U-turn making me brake so hard, I did an accidental “stoppie” and managed to stop literally a few centimetres from smashing head on into the side rear of the car 😱😨 discovered Motojitsu while practising one year ago for my license to do figure of eight for my exam and then found all the other videos Fast Eddie has done. By doing so I started practising everything I saw on his videos not just figure of eights and thanks to that, I’m here now having coffee at home and setting off to work instead of being in hospital thanks @motojistu

Can you explain the reason for tapering off the rear brake, instead of using the same technique as with the front brake? (Slowly increasing pressure on the rear brake)

Interesting video. Doing my learners training course, the instructor told us to go at 15-20mph then GRAB the brakes and clutch to stop in time. You’re saying progressively brake.

Thanks! From one Musbdrumn to another and Martial artist it’s lots of reps

Great video. It's nearly winter and the weather is awful over here in the Netherlands. A lot of rain. Do you have some tips on pushing the limits braking in the rain?

Had a wakeup call yesterday riding on hwy 1 along the coast near Point Reyes with a buddy. We were just leaving a 35 mph zone on the last turn before a straight away. I was following several bike lengths behind him and he hit the gas as he completed the turn. His bike has loud pipes, which spooked a deer standing in the bushes on the right side of the road, which promptly darted out into the roadway only 15 feet in front of me. I was probably doing about 35 mph. Luckily I was still covering both brakes as I exited the turn, but probably used too much rear brake because the rear end started fishtailing a bit. I was on a 600 lb Honda Shadow Sabre 1100. As luck would have it, the skidding sound of my rear wheel caused the deer to reverse it's tracks just before I would have made impact, so nothing happened other than me having to change my shorts! Time for more parking lot practice drills, which is why I reviewed your video again. Thanks so much for all your great videos.

you've just saved our lives... beginner rider here... god bless

Hi there, I just found your video and am very thankful for your advice and expertise. Today was my test day finally, and my first task was emergency braking. However, it had rained hard all night and morning, however the rain stopped just before my test, so i though,,,yay! but then, i locked the front wheel, i think,,,,,,,i locked something and the bike went out under me and i flew off, landed on my shoulder. My neck hurt first, then my shoulder and hip, but now my shoulder is still hurting bad. I am thankful to God this happened to me today in the school rather than on the actual roads. I was a little shook up and sore, but i got back on the bike and finished the course, the course went well, but cos i dropped the bike it was an automatic fail. I reallly want to learn how to use my brakes before i pass.

lol Honest Fast Eddie tells is like it is...Love your videos keep up the good work.

You’re a legend mate!

While doing emergency braking,once my front tire skidded a little, is that ok?

Did the figure 8 parking spots this morning at El paso community college cause my professor cancels 6am class. The parking spots were at an incline but practiced for 5mins.

Thanks. But, do you pull in the clutch straight away?

LOVE your videos ! Im a new rider , just past my drivers test last october , and i live in Sweden so we have winter , and the season just started , with a new bike since i had a crasch with the old one just one week prior to my drivning test 🙄🙄 . So i Will practice and practice and be a great driver 👍 // Jessica

Just bought slalom cones on eBay they are small enough to carry in my top case, been meaning to since the video you did last summer. I will begin practice days with emergency stopping first from now on.

What do you with the clutch in that instance? Clutch in and go to gear 1?

Well ABS save my butt at a 160kph. If I took my ABS I don't know what will happened. But, the ABS beat the hell my joints. Wrist , shoulder and back. Squeezing the brakes gradually till it won't do it anymore left my 2 fingers swelling the next day. The van from the overtaking lane crossed all the lanes all the way to the 4th lane where he stopped. I was 2 feet away from his rear bumper when I stopped. Lucky? No. It was the ABS that saved me.

Why to taper off the rear brake. Wont a little bit of continuously applying the rear brake make us stop faster than tapering off??

What's your advice on a emergency corner braking? Any vids on that?

Just so I got this right to practice it... 1. Clutch in 2. Light on back break then remove foot of the back break slowly 3. After foot is off the back break then front break? Also at what point would start to go down to first gear? Thank you in advance

Thanks! Another good demo. With that fast 1020304050 etc talking, auctioneer could be a side gig 🤣?

I see lots of comments about pulling the clutch in parallel with braking to prevent stalling, but I would think engine braking with normal braking is ideal for an emergency stop, right?

Thanks Sir. Your videos are awesome 👍. I learn a lot. One question: you switch to first gear in some moment? So I that way you can escape if it is necessary. Thanks. From Mexico!!!

You explained it very well but please let me help to understand further. So what is the first break to press, is it rear then do the front (10,20,30....100) or front (10,20,30.....100) then rear?

We learn a lot with your job, very good.

why do you taper off the rear brake? honest question

Great videos… thanks

Good afternoon brother, I have a question when I was doing emergency braking I was never applying brakes on the rear wheel and only pressing the front brakes I felt it that my back wheels was locking up, and I also don't have ABS on my bike I have 2021 ZX10R non abs.. and on this video you was talking about when you apply sign them on a break it goes to the back also? I was checking my front brakes I do not see no lines of breaks going towards the back.. hopefully you understand what I'm talking about thank you

Last month I T-boned a person who pulled out in front of me. Wife and I ok, bike totaled. 18 years of riding kept us uninjured, but I'll always wonder if the accident could have been prevented if I wasn't rusty on emergency stops. First thing I'm buying for my new bike is a replacement set of brake pads so I can practice emergency stops regularly. Motorcycling can kill you, don't let your skill or equipment be the culprit.

Another good video mate. Is it a Polish flag on the tail bag?

What it is your opinion on preloading the front brake ? (Take away free play to just before the point of engament). Thx !

I am a new rider n your videos r very helpful. During breaking you did not mention anything about clutch and downshifting. Shoul the clutch be pulled or not?

Scary how quick things can go wrong when not done right.

Awesome demo, thank you ✅🏍🌈

How do you know which wheel is skidding ? And what’s that metal frame called at the side of your bike which protect your bike from drops?

Superb advice. Get out n practice.

Why taper/release rear brake after some pressure,,, shouldn't we keep increasing pressure on rear brake just with increasing on front to stop even faster ???

nice braking lesson :) but be careful on that truck

And, how about another person on de bike, does it put a lot of pressure on your back? What change? The other person should know how to behave or something like that? Thank you a lot ( from Brazil )

Always right on point man 👌 u deserve Noble for teaching how to ride god bless u

Great video! Would you be able to make a video on how to slow down before and in corners, and stand up the bike? I've seen it before in Mulholland rider videos where someone wipes out in a corner and the rider behind immediately has to go from knee down to standing. I'd be very curious to see how that's done quickly! As a new rider, I know it's hard to stop before corners like this as you often can't stop suddenly since you'll just end up going straight. I learned what you said about the hard way by grabbing the brake (didn't think I could make it, saw traffic in oncoming lane), ended up going down. I know the solution in this case was to slow down gradually and try and make the corner and I likely would have, but what if there were debris in the corner?

I'm gonna start practicing this technique as soon as I get my new license for the increased size of bike I'm riding (in Sweden we have three different motorcycle licenses). I cannot practice this yet though because if I get used to doing it this way (allowing the rear to bounce up a little) I would most certainly fail my driver's test. In the Swedish driver's test for motorcycle, you have to be able to stop quickly, effectively, and *controlled* (emphasis on controlled) from 50, 70 and 90km/h. They do not consider letting the rear wheel lift off of the ground to be a controlled way of braking.

Will there be any problem If I don't pull in cluth while stopping fast? Thanks sir

Thanks!

Hi Eddie! If i just slam both breaks (with ABS) how worse will be my stopping distance than if i apply proper stopping technique? (I know this is probably really dumb question. I just don't have motorcycle yet, and can't see it myself :))

Jesse Pinkman & Walter White, there behind you in the lot?

What helmet do you have?

"ITS ALWAYS TECHNIQUE OVER TECHNOLOGY" YOU MY FRIEND HAVE A NEW SUBSCRIBER!

My front break lever is so tight,it’s hard not to jam the front brake I do count down still trying to learn how to ride my motorcycle on my own

so today i done a compulsary bike training course and the guy there said to emergency brake he wanted us to use the front brake first followed by the rear followed by the clutch - this just felt so alien to me, id have expected front brake/clutch then rear brake?

Do you also squeeze on the clutch while doing the stops or just rear and front brakes.

It took me till 6:24 to work out that your front right chest badge did NOT say "Don't ride Pregnant"! On a serious note, I love your instructional videos, but in this one, it would have helped me if you'd explained the tennis balls before demonstrating the "bad" technique. Until then, I thought they were just random bits of carpark litter! LOL Thx for another great vid.

I can't find a single article or video on this, what if you are in 4th and have to stop suddenly... lets say that you pulled in the clutch and stopped using the front and rear brake, while stopped do you shift to 1st from 4th or what do you do?

I think a trike (like a CanAm) will stop faster than a 2 wheeler. But will a car stop faster than a 2 wheeler? BTW another great video!!!

Hey Eddie, when coming to a stop, do you apply pressure on the front brake first or the rear?

Amazing content! But why did you skip the purple belt:))

Great vid, Eddie! I’m having a hard time with the white belt stoppage and will continue to practice!! I’ll either skid the rear or grab too much front. Your demonstration answered the question I had on “why does this keep happening”. Thanks again!

Thank you. Good lesson 👍🏻

Super good content! Thanks!

One more tip we learnt on emergency braking without ABS is not to pull the clutch during the stop. It is amazing to see the effects it has on preventing the rear wheel from skidding. Your thoughts 💭

So if I need to apply the emergency brake, I have to use the rear brake and the front brake at the same time, but don't tighten it, right?

you press the clutch when emergency braking? (to stop the engine from stalling)?

Are you pulling the clutch in at the same time during emergency braking? Thanks

Hello sir,can i use to swich down the gear 4,3,2,1 while i m making a emergency braking? (Pressing the brakes in the same time using the clutch swiching down the gears)? I think is helping the engine break in the same time with the normal brake,combine it...Thank you!

Is the front wheel more likely to recover from a skid under heavy braking if I hold the handlebars with a light grip ?

Hi Eddie. Would you recommend spending the money for steel braided brake lines for someone who doesn't go to the track and isn't a very aggressive rider on the street? Thanks.

while you were doing this do u need to hold the clutch in? what if you dont hold in the clutch then the bike will keep going right?

I would like to ask, if you were in 100km/h and 5th gear, when emergency braking, do you downshift until 1st gear mid braking or just pull the clutch and braking until you stop or just braking without pull the clutch until you stop then change to 1st gear?

Thank you

Great video, tank you men, this elps a lot 👍

Hi, I have a scooter, very powerful 330 cc engine it goes up to 60 quite quick. Do you think I should practice that too even though it's just a scooter?

What if you are going even faster? Like 30/40 or 50mph? Do you still do rear brake, taper off then squeeeze front brake?

👍👍👍👍👍👍 Excellent tutors fr newbie

Kindly I could not followed your tips is it’s you released the throttle and press in the same time rear and front brake

This video taught me a lot, it really helps like me a newbie rider😂

So front brake and rear brake press gently at the same time?