Heads up to new riders. Last summer was my first season riding and I was cruising down the road maybe going 45-50. A car was waiting to take a left across my lane to a store. I was riding down in broad daylight and everything looked cool when suddenly that vehicle, from a dead stop just randomly decided to try and take that left across my lane and it was so last second that I didn't even have enough time to slow down. I panic braked, felt my rear wheel start to wobble and immediately let go of the breaks, I barely swerved to the right and my left peg scraped across their front bumper. They stopped dead in their tracks and I pulled over shaking. Scariest shit ever. Don't assume everyone knows what the fuck they're doing on the road. If you believe everyone around you is dumb as fuck, you'll stay alive. Good luck!
A tip I got told is act the fool. If you think that person hasn't seen you, slow down and weave in your lane. You look stupid but you draw attention to yourself. I use it in the cities when I can see a person at an intersection isn't paying attention
@@rebman5150 I've always listened to this advice even when driving a car or truck. I think people have way too many distractions in their cars now and some people rely solely on their little yellow light on their mirror to change lanes.
Last summer, I braked for a yellow light and as I was almost stopped I heard tires squealing behind me from the driver who wasn't paying much attention while planning to run a red light. The lane to my right was clear and he skidded into that lane. Had he been slightly more distracted, he would have rear ended me at 50MPH while I was parked at a red light. Be VERY careful when stopping to ensure the car behind you is stopping. Better rear vision would greatly enhance situational awareness. I plan on installing a front/rear digital video recorder this winter, largely to help prove I wasn't at fault if there's an accident or even road rage or possibly tyrannical law enforcement. I'll display the 170 degree rear view to an LCD thats mounted directly above the instrument display as a rear view "mirror" that's always in my view when riding, rather than trying to use the rear view mirrors which are of very limited use.
@@camerongsx9122 - The closest I've seen are proximity sensors and flashing colored lights on the mirrors or helmet Heads Up Display. The camera and rear display offers more information, which could be good or bad. It essentially gives the rider the ability to perceive 360 degrees for total situational awareness. Humans aren't evolved to do that but I honestly think our perceptual mechanism is good enough to quickly train to perceive the lower field of view forward as a rear view. We pretty much do this already with rear view mirrors. However, the colored lights reduce the information processing. If no red light in the right rear view mirror it's safe to merge right. It does, however, require us to trust a computer to evaluate the sensor data and make the decision for us. That's not going to be perfect, as we're seeing with "self driving" cars making bad (sometimes fatal) decisions, such as perceiving a shadow from a bridge overpass as a truck parked across the interstate and slamming on the brakes, causing a high speed rear end collision.
If BMW puts their sensors that reach out over 100 feet on their bikes I'll sign away on one just for that added safety. I feel like that could help so much. An alert that gives you a little time to react rather than you getting dusted unexpectedly. I don't ever want a self driving bike, but that added feature I feel would help save a lot of lives.
@@JetSetSixDeuce - There are some relatively low tech and low cost safety enhancements that manufacturers could provide. Not self driving or automatic braking or anything similar, just more information to the rider to improve situational awareness instead of the bare legal minimum equipment. BMW provided good quality mirrors but I need to extend them outward two inches so half the view isn't my shoulders. First riding day of spring. I'm sitting on my baby GS at the arboretum, waiting for a friend so I can get some exercise and shed the winter pounds.
@@Liberty4Ever if an aftermarket producer could make a knock off of those mirrors BMW makes I'd gladly put them on my CBR. And for sure if we had more informational tech for our bikes we'd be so much better off, not just riding assists with bells and whistles. Safe riding, brother!
I'll give one advice to new riders: DON'T FOLLOW OTHER RIDERS AND TRY TO KEEP UP. There will be a curve you won't get at the speed the one you are following takes. Ride at your speed only.
I have always enjoyed riding on two wheels for over 50 years. Technology seems to help for safety but it really makes awareness more complacent and dulled. I used to ride in popular sport bike group rides, but got tired of seeing riders having accidents ruining the ride. Too many clashing egos of skilled riders mixed with young riders becoming too competitive within a group is a ticking timebomb. With inexperienced riders, the number one cause of accidents is target fixation. This is a delayed reaction of rider reaction in dealing with a situation that often results with a negative consequence (either and accident or soiled shorts). Best advice I can give is- 1, ride like no one can see you and know when to use offensive and defensive skills; 2, never assume your bike is safe to ride without performing routine maintenace and checks; and 3, be ready for unexpected changes as environment always changes roads and traffic. Making good decisions while riding is a skill that takes time and experience to aquire and is for more important than mastering how to do a wheely or a stoppy. It is also far more less expensive if you know what I mean.
I think the other big one is people with gopros. There is a TON of wreck content out there where it is pretty obvious that the bike rider was going way too fast, didn't properly try to avoid the accident and was more interested in trying to create dramatic content.
40k miles ridden and the only time I dropped a bike was in a parking lot when a kid jumped in front of me running through the lot. Only doing maybe 5mph but grabbed the front brake and steered hard left at the same time. Learned the hard way on how to properly lift a cruiser with 2 saddle bags and a sissy bar bag full of groceries that day.
For being visible when coming up to an intersection - or a car on a side road. You can increase your visibility by switching tracks - swerving the bike . The left to right motion will make you visible ..
I've used cars and such for running intersections.EVERYONE sees that car.I get into the left lane and shadow em.(two lanes per thru traffic).As often as I can at least in town.
@@Fullmetalseagul The local Police Motorcycle classes teach this method. In their Advanced riding class. Yes, I could see a cop in a car - not understanding this.
@@Fullmetalseagul its more of a wiggle. or going to the other track and back. Even if you are in the right track - move to the left. If there is a car on the right - stopped waiting to pull out. IE not blending in to the background.
Yamm, actually cars brake much faster and than bikes especially at a complete stop.. I saw a study that compared Superbikes to car and like a 2012 r1 and gen2 busa had similar braking abilities with normal everyday trucks..Maybe the stopping power is greater in a bike but the small contact patch means that it can not be applied to the road
yeah cars are heavier but also equipped with more brakes plus shit ton more traction. Motorcycles simply can not compete with cars on cornering and stopping. I am actually more scared of back ending some car than getting rear ended since its mostly up to me keeping enough distance. If an idiot is gonna rear end me doing 60 mph on a red light, I dont think I'll have much chance to avoid it.
this is very true, well explained by brettacks, all vehicles are capable of 1g stops, only most motorriders only reach 0.6g, while every cager can pull of a 1g stop.
I lived in Austin for 8 years. You film yourself riding some of my favorite roads. Your riding footage always gives me memories of all the great rides in the hill country.
A good habit when approaching an intersection, is to swerve your bike back and forth. That helps the car driver to pick up on movement. When coming straight at them, it's harder to see an approaching vehicle.
Hard to lay the bike over and trust the tyres when you're riding a Harley bath chair. Anything more than 10 degrees of lean causes the foot rests to create sparks, the TV to come off the mount, the BBQ to lose a burger, the fridge door to open and one of the 15 suitcases to fall off the igloo sized paniers.
Agree. Good video. After 45 years of professional motorbike riding and reading countless of motorbike accident reports (that was part of the job) . . . . grabbing the frontbrake in panic, blokking the frontwheel and go down was nr. 1. Most heard comment of the rider (if he/she could talk) . . I had to lay her down 😁🤣. Every time we saw that the rider was sliding over the asphalt way further than the bike. And the braking distance when stayed on the rubber would have been waaaaaayyyy shorter.
I got high-sided on the track...I got yeeted onto gravel, and let me tell you: if I have to jerk something again, it won't be the brakes going 150km/h on a corner.
One other trick i do to avoid having someone turn in front of me and cut me off is i will swerve and move my head quickly just to give them something to notice if they aren't looking for motorcycles
There is a school of philosophy that contends if you actually NEED legislative government to tell you to wear a helmet on a motorcycle, then you deserve everything you get... ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 ever read Sun Tzu? Learn to pick your battles. Advocate for helmet laws, because pretty, petty politicians don't want to mess up their hair. Imagine some weeb putting AOC on the back of their R1. The Grom would be come an aspirational motorcycle over night. In the 1700s we violated international law, chucking tea into the harbor. Eleven months ago, we stayed between the ropes AFTER Ashley was murdered.
The KLR 650 is the solution to excessive speed. It couldn't outrun a Ford Focus to save your life. I occasionally lowside when I try to Supermoto a corner and remember I have the knobbies on that day. I hate it when that happens but full body bars to the rescue.
I wanted one for over a decade, finally got one in 2015 and i loved it but after a few months i got tired of people texting and trying to kill me because the bike before the KLR was in 2008. Sold it, then here i am 7 years later with a Bandit 1200S hahaha. Its a very slow bike because it only has 5 gears as well 😁😉
New rider, got a scooter not a bike, 6m ago…. And now sitting with a broken collarbone and watching this. I rearended a car and landed on my shoulder…. You know what’s funny. I had this video in my watch later list this whole time😂😂
5:05 :"a bike can usually outbreak any kind of car" That's actually completely false The best sport bikes braking distance need 120 to 140 ft, as bad as pick up trucks, while regular cars need between 110 and 120ft and sports cars are between 87 and 100 ft braking distance for the same speed (60mph to 0mph).
@@19910313 Go to carwow and check on their dragraces with bikes if you don't believe it, they do a braketest every time and the bike looses every time.
Two wheeled vehicles of any kind have done all my bodily injuries threw out my life. And believe it or not bicycles have hurt me worse than motorcycles
Just had my first fall but somehow I was lucky enough to fall on grass. I didn’t get injured at all not even a scratch on me or the bike.😂🤦♂️ thank god for grass
I’ve been using the Rokform mounts for years, but not anymore. This mount breaks iPhone cameras. The vibrations cause the camera to not be able to focus. It took me 3 phones to figure out what the problem was. Tell your sponsor they need to address this issue.
I don't know about Rokform, but I've got a Quadlock mount on my bike with their vibration dampener to combat that problem on my Note 20 Ultra. So far about 1900 miles and the camera is good still.
To be fair, the AMA's lobbying priorities probably have something to do with the fact there there are more dentists cosplaying as "Real Bikers" on barges too big to filter anyhow, paying membership dues than sport bike riders or urban commuters.
So, no speeding, panic braking, drinking and riding, and watch your 3, 6, 9 and your 12. Got it. Head on a swivel, make sure your guardian angel can keep up.
When you ride a cruiser and I couldn't low side even if I wanted too. Lol I've gotten a nice lean on a turn but never sports bike lean. My foot pegs always start scrapping in the turn and I'm just "UGGGGH....I can go further but my bike is eating the road already."
They say that you're more likely to drop your bike moving it around in your garage rather than actually riding it. That shit has never been more true and of course I had to find out from experience. I was moving my 2021 zx6r back into the garage and thought I had the kickstand all the way down. Nope. It slowly fell over and destroyed the left frame slider but so saved my ass.
That was my drop too. Got back from a lil ride, didnt want to get off and sat there and played on my phone in the garage for 5 min or so, then stood right up to get off, wondering why the bike was knocking me over. DOH!!!
I do not ride two-wheelers, but I did hear some sage advice for those that do. "When riding in the streets assume your are invisible." Countless riders have been maimed or killed because the other drivers on the road "didn't see the motorcycle coming."
new rider here...crashed on a e-scouter going like 25km/h ... just too much front break .... i get used with my bicycle that on the left lever is my front break ... on my e-scouter its on the right lever.... gg got some ribs pain cause i had a bag with a shaker in my side...and i broke my shaker with my ribs ....had a new helmet just 2 hours bought... hjc i30 had a scratch on it but ye lets say that it pay off the money for start
Great video! I would like to see more on rider technique. how to use clutch (drag racing, high siding,...), braking technique, foot hand and body position, turning, wheelies and stoppies, burnouts,...
High sides generally don't have anything to do with midcorner braking. Highsides occur during acceleration while exiting a turn. The rear steps out under power, the rider backs off the throttle (milliseconds), traction increases drastically and the bike stands up violently and pitches the rider. Low sides are usually due to a loss of traction on the front tire. Nothing to do with laying it down. If you are an accomplished track rider/racer you know this. You could just Google the subject and reference MotoGP. This video was entertaining, but beyond flawed. Please reference pros like Nick Ienatsch, Ken Hill, etc. Don't mean to ruffle feathers, but this can have life or death consequences.
had my 250r for a week learning and was ultimately taken out tonight by a drunk driver no injuries just badly bruised. remember guys dress for the slide not the ride and stay vigilant
An uncommon one but something we see in NZ a lot is in new housing developments. We have sections where there are round-a-bouts without an island in the middle and no signs, people coming straight on will always think you are also going straight on and ignore your indicator. If you're on a bike, they won't see you. Go slow and make sure you know what they are doing. The speeds in these are usually limited to 40kph, but if you turn across and they haven't seen you.. Not a fun time.
Also , be careful with certain medications and riding. I took my anxiety meds ( xanax ) and i had my worst wreck ever, ANYTHING that impairs you even a little ... avoid it !
Like the vid and agree with most... But 1 disagreement, and only because I lost a bike to it. I "had to lay it down" and push away to avoid t-boning an old lady that thought a yield was a slow, dont stop or look, then floor it, then freeze and slam on brakes like a deer in headlights when she was blocking the entire lane..... Had less than 30 ft, and nowhere to turn at 35 mph... Ill take the roadrash and grass over breaking ribs and hip any day!
3:10 "ride on the outside of your lane" is not a good advice. Ride in the middle or just a tad bit more to the inside. 2 key points here: You're seen more easily and you don't encourage cars to overtake in the same lane (encourage the car to lanesplit). Always make yourself as wide as possible is the message here. In Europe this is learned during the driving lessons for the motorcycle license.
Well had i been driving to the outside of the lane i would have dodged the idiot that slammed the brakes in front of me probably cos he was looking on the phone.
I have known many guys that never use front brakes saying it will launch them over the handlebars and then the obvious happens and for some strange reason they always break their left leg , why is it almost always the left leg ???
Filtering is legal in the U.K. I love bikes but the weather in Great Britain isn't the best so that has always put me off but I hope to get a motorbike someday.
I dropped my bike like 20 times trying to perfect my full lock turns. I’m scared for all the guys that buy a 15,000 motorcycle and then tell you they’ve never dropped it lol they must never really practice or try to improve
Why would you want to master full lock turns, exactly ? And was it really worth dropping your bike for it 20 times ? ....shrug... 😏 I prefer riding the thing... You know, as in what it is made to do ?
@@literal_lee 20 times seem a bit excessive But not knowing how to do full lock turns? Evidently you only ride your bike on roads you know and never tour in that case i cant see why you'd want to own a bike.
@@Surpriseify 😏..... check my content to see if you guessed right. But yes, it might be helpful to know full lock turns.... It's not going to save your life.... ever.
@@literal_lee well no one ever claimed it was a lifesaving skill, just that people who cant ride usually cant do full lock turns confidently (not on sports bikes anyway) Your contet shows that you do indeed ride a motorcycle, not very smoothly but you are having fun im sure :)
Number 1 is single vehicle collision . running wide on corners by taking the turn on excessive speed or forgetting how to turn the handlebars by countersteering.
Ride on the inside (near the center line) of the lane not the outside. If you ride on the outside cars will try to pass by you without getting into the other lane entirely before doing so. Also if a vehicle goes to side swipe you you have 6 to 8 feet of play (plus the shoulder if it exists) giving you space to move and get out of the way and also it gives the car more time to see you before creating a wreck. Ride on the inside of the lane at all times when possible. Give yourself room and save your life. Speed also gives you command of the road, you are passing cars and they are not passing you. (the most dangerous part of riding a motorcycle are cars not paying attention) Secondly increasing speed through the corners creates down pressure on your back tire keeping your traction with the road, thus don't hit your front break while cornering. When in doubt throttle it out! It keeps your back tire to the ground and you stabilize with increase speed. With the exception of going 100 plus on some large baggers you get some speed wobble.
Don't like Obnoxiously loud pipes either. For those who says "Its necessary. In order for everyone to hear me coming" I would say, "Dude.. You have your HORNS for that"
Yam: Don't speed guys, and if you do don't excessively speed. Also Yam: *owns a turbo busa and does a 150mph pull on the interstate* Me: "I'll have what he's having"
