So I dropped my road glide special the other day doing 18ft circles between 2 parking spots in front of my 2 riding buddies. It was a gentle fall less than 2mph. One buddy came running over to help me, which it does look a lot worse than it is when your bike is tipped on its side..haha. No biggie, I cranked it back up and did it again. Guys, that was my first time EVER dropping my shit and she was unscathed! However, riding down the road I noticed my engine light on. Pulled over and went through the codes using the odometer trip switch and all it was was a no oil sensor. Cancelled that shit, engine light was off and kept riding that baby!!
My brother much respect 60 push up for someone in their 50's is absolutely awesome. Not to many people doing that these days. I remember my Marine Corps days when 3 push ups consisted of 1 push up. That was many moons 🌙 ago. Thanks again for another awesome video keep the good work going and seen you soon in Northern NJ.
Thank you so much for your videos Robert! I recently upgraded to a Road Glide and it’s the biggest bike I’ve ever ridden in my 12 years of riding which has really exposed my bad habits. I’ve been using your tips and practicing in parking lots on a weekly basis and am now having a ton of fun on the bike! My fiancé is a police officer and I thank you for your service! Greetings from WA state!
Thank you Robert, i love your videos and help me a lot, i am biker 45 years, but never traine low speed, but now i beleave that i can, i am Sergio from Portugal. Many thanks.
I must tell you something. I’m from Sweden and have riding the bike since I was around 30. I started with Triumph Bonneville, but my dream was Harley-Davidson the classic one. I fell in love at that bike when I was 4 years old and it took up to 30 years of age to afford it. I hadn’t the money before that. When I look at your lesson I think you’re a very engaged teacher. It seems that you love what you’re doing, I love to see people who have the spirit in your way.
Preloading has been practiced by unicycle riders since the inception of the sport OUT OF NECESSITY. Alternating forward/backward pressure on the pedals stabilizes the cycle and allows him to balance and remain upright while practically stationary…..ON ONLY ONE WHEEL! As you are so quick to point out, imagine the possibilities when you’re on TWO WHEELS. It’s exactly the same principle with exactly the same result. Stability. Thank you for sharing perhaps the most important technique fundamentals of the sport. Look forward to meeting you the next time that you visit central Ohio!
Hi Mr. Robert Simmons . My name is Hakki from Türkiye in İzmir . Nice to meet you on you tube channel . Your slogan is very good ( ride with me no matter where you are in the world !!! ) . If it is appropriate in your opinion , we will continue through this together . I have a little problem . My English is not very good . I watch your videos on pause . I will get over this problem in time . Now you are my motorcycle teacher .I have been watching your videos for a while . The tranings are very useful. I wish you a good day and good work . Best regards.
Your a great teacher....it just amazes me that so many riders have a bike they cannot handle.... i started with a sportstert and then moved up the way it should be,,,,lol
Now that I'm thinking about it I'd love to see a whole video of you doing these exercises just you Robert with the handle bar view and 360 view mixed together on one screen 😀✌️
I loved very much good skills for technical well professional team work. the pros and cons. You always learn something new every day. It's just a matter of Practice Practice, Practice. Very good instructional video. Thank you!
Robert, love the chapters. I was able to go back to something very easily because I wanted to hear it again. I was asked to get back in to the general area a lot faster. I need to check out that tool.
Robert, excellent practice session! Seeing the operators improve with each of the exercises is great. Practice does wonders! Thanks for your dedicated training.
Aloha Robert, I want to just say thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’ve been riding street bikes since 1989 when I was a senior in high school, and it just goes to show, no matter how much I “think” I know, I always learn something watching your videos. If you ever find yourself on the Big Island of Hawaii, hit me up, I wouldn’t hesitate to loan you a bike to ride on while you are here. Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Mahalo! 🤙🏽
Every time I get on my bike, I have it Drilled into my mind ... "Preload and keep it loaded"! I have watched and practiced so many of your lessons I can't help it. I like to be efficient and really good at what I do, and have pride and have worked hard to be a better rider. Thank you a Million times!
I rode my entire life, but I sold my bike in 2008, and just bought a new Street Glide and it's not like riding a bike, I turned out of my driveway yesterday and you would think I had a semi, huge wide turn. Hoping this will help. Thanks for posting your vids sir.
Man. Your video is so dam informative. Im building a softail bagger in my my garage and once im done, I will hone my skill with your video. Thanks man.
I now realize that preloading means bringing the RPMs up. I've watched some of your other videos and I thought when you said preloading you meant dragging the rear brake. Now that I know what it means it makes WAY more sense. Thank you for the videos
I did not know we cannot use the front brake when riding slow. I thought we just never grab it too fast. Just slowly or steady increase. Thank you. I learn new things everyday.
I found your video's about a month ago. They are my favorite thing to watch when I'm not riding. Thank you Sir. I always get major brain fog when we have to change the time. This morning I went out and did all the exercises up to the figure eight. My motorcycle started talking to me like it wasn't happy, so I stopped and I had been in 2nd gear the whole time. I'm still stunned I didn't drop it. I figure it's worth about 100 pushups.
My control over my Fatboy is 100% improvement &my ability to pop right out of drive way right turn one lane heavy traffic just riding that brake and clutch and it's all it took so much control
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Hey Robert, I’m Bill from Indiana I’m new to your channel you are a very good instructor I have watched other channels and the way you conduct yourself and the respect you give set you aside from all the rest keep up the great work.
I want to say thank you for your great lessons. I am doing my final bike test on the 17th of March. I went for a ride yesterday, and I never touched my front brakes for the whole three hours of riding. Thank you for your service and your lessons. I ride a 2002 Harley-Davidson V Rod. 👊🏿👊🏿👍🏿
Front brakes are the most important thing on your bike for emergency braking. It's invaluable for trail braking techniques. Avoiding the front brake under 10 mph doesn't mean not to use it properly.
@@andrewbrodis1239 Andrew, thank you for your input. We were doing a slow ride, so I used my gears to slow down while covering the front brakes and back brakes to come to a stop. 👊🏿👊🏿
It’s my pleasure. 😊 I was going to mention you should be using your front brake over 10 mph, but I see Andrew already discussed this with you and you have an explanation! Very good!
Good session I can’t wait till me and wifey comes down to Pooler for our session!!!!! And good job with the push ups as well 60 ain’t bad but it’s not 100 lol!!!!!!💪🏾💯👍🏾 #letsgetgetgetit
Robert…these guys are too hard on themselves. All of them improved and should score at least one point higher. I had the pleasure of seeing you at Daytona and although I wasn’t able to speak to you directly, it was a thrill to listen to you field the questions. Keep up the good work.
Lol…you were standing at the TAB booth and I was looking for slip inside for my new RG CVO ( got the Orange and black ). You had several guys talking to you and there was no let up for me to say hi. All good though. Enjoyed listening to you as always.
The fake audience laughter added is a bit irritating, but love your videos and love that California bike! Never saw one before this. Thanks for sharing!
Always enjoy watching your motorcycle skills shows. You have an awesome way of making the learning experience very interesting and exciting. You have great information and gage your audience from start to finish. I hope to catch you in one of your training sessions.
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you can learn a lot by watching this video, thanks so much for being informative, it's nice seeing how you react to each messup, a little loud (probably not your tone) but because you're mic'd up close. But for real, this really does help especially on small bikes knowing my limits on my Z125 Pro, it feels like a mini bike but a perfect starter bike since I was used to a supermoto. Thanks so much!
Thank you very much! Thank you for watching and hopefully you’re subscribed!👍🏾😊 I’m happy that my channel has been helpful to you! That makes all the time and effort that I put into this so worthwhile! It’s my pleasure. 😊
@@BeTheBossOfYourMotorcycle I’m so glad! And obviously I am subscribed after all the helpful info with also notifications on! I appreciate what you do and maybe one day I can take your class.
Thanks for the demo Robert, I know how the guys feel and I was once in their position. But with more practice you can see the transition in yourself. My problem was keeping the preload during a left turn stretching out.
Came to learn about motorcycles only to be put to shame about my fitness. 😂 Dang, I'm only mid 30's and I'd be slowing and slouching alot more than that at 60 pushups.
Another great practice session... Thank you for all you pateince with everyone. I hate I had to bug out so early. I will be back sometime this year to practice with you again. In the meantime, i think I'm gonna do like Rich the return Rider, and cut some tennis balls in half to set up a practice area close to home..
Follow up.. Guys, I ride a Tri Glide and tried the exercises in practice #38. Not soo pretty, I'm about a 3 out of ten. If I was on two wheels I would have dropped my bike just as much as you. We must practice and keep our head up. "Stay with it" Peace
I think your lessons are essential. But this view from you CVO dash is invaluable. Bravo. That fist bumb 👊 with Cyclefanatics was the 💣. I tried to find you at Bike Week Daytona. Sorry I missed you.
@@SQUID_Road_Glide Thank you for watching and subscribing!👍🏾😁 Yeah I also did several videos mentioning it as well as a specific video on where and when I was doing meet and greets.
The front brake is fundamental and the speed of the bike doesn't matter. If you'd like to discuss this further, I'd love to chat on the phone or email or whatever.
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Impressive for at 50 you can do so many push-ups bro…I’ll be on the challenge soon I had a complete labral tear in my shoulder last summer I couldn’t do one female push-up but it’s healing ima be back…. I am preloading tho. Nice video.. super great info
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Think some of these guys could benefit mastering riding before putting such tall apes or getting the biggest heaviest bike. But gonna have to learn the hard way. Long as they learn. Great instruction great video! 👍
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I say this from a place of total positivity, but the big man on the blue Indian needs to start on a different bike. I hope he learned and came out positive, but that peice has so much HP/TQ even with his size and bike weight he's probably 1000rpm higher than he needs to make the corner. He's just destroying a clutch on a very expensive machine. He could learn this course on an $800 650cc cruiser and then apply it to his $30k bike later on.
Thank you for watching and hopefully you’re subscribed!👍🏾😊 It’s a definition I came up with for the word. Go to my website and click on “FAQ” for information on what Preload means, as well as what a Preloader is. bethebossofyourmotorcycle.com
I am on motors, and I recommend little to none. Most of the time, students who ride have a lot of bad habits in motor school they have a hard time. In my class, the students with no experience passed with ease, but the few with experience struggled because bad habits are hard to break. If you know the basics it will be plenty.
Great video Robert. im trying to decide between a Street Glide Special, or the Road Glide Special. And would love any advice seeing you own both, Im 5'10 and would fit either fine, Ive been riding for 45 plus years . thank you very much.
@@BeTheBossOfYourMotorcycle I have only ridden the Street Glide, and Id say Im 80% leaning that way, just checking with some more seasoned riders to see if someone says no way you got to go road Glide. Im sure they are both great, thanks for taking your time to respond .
Robert, thank you so much for that great service you provide to the riders' community. I am living here in Germany, where I started riding again 10 months ago on a HD Road King (after hiatus of not riding for about 9 years). Prior to subscribing to your channel a few months back I was never able to "be the boss of my motorcycle". I learned a ton, I practice almost ever day, but I am still struggling with the 18-feet u-turns from a stop. On any practice day, the first 2 attempts are always running wide. But never mind, I'll get there. The question that have is the following: In one of your videos you present the drop guards (to be mounted on the front and rear crash guards. I certainly need them, because I dropped my bike twice already. Unfortunately, theses drop guards are not available here in Germany, so I need to find a way to get them shipped over from the US. On the website of motorcycledropguards.com there is that 1 video (the second from the top) where a riding instructor (I think his name is Jay) says that simultaneously pre-loading, while staying in the friction zone and applying the rear break puts a lot of wear and tear on the clutch plates. What's your opinion on this, i.e. how serious an issue is this from your experience. I ask this question because I am practicing slow-speed riding every day for 30-45 minutes being in that zone . And my 2nd question: what's your take on his technique of "total clutch control" whereby you do all the slow-riding exercises with virtually no throttle (no preload), no rear brake,, and solely using the clutch? Thank you so much again for your great service, and I am looking forward to more illuminating videos from you. I actually would love to partake in one of your training sessions, but it#s a bit a long way from Germany. Thanks and cheers, Lutz
Thank you for watching and subscribing!👍🏾😁 As long as you take proper breaks, your motorcycle will be fine. There are several ways of doing everything. You just have to do what works best for you. 👍🏾
