The ONE slow speed trick I NEVER learned… 

I let my dad test drive my Piaggio and he couldn't ride it he almost crashed it plus he said to heavy pick up what you think 🤔 it 560bls bike! Ms. Doolie 🌹

How would you compare MotoJitsu training with RideLikeaPro ?

You folks are mature people with good personalities. I am blessed to be in your presence. At age 74 and the first 150 miles under my belt, (23 years big rig driver in the North East accident free) I am following your directions because I like to be safe and in control.

@@tpilot_error404 I have watched many of both of their videos. There are 4 things you can do on a motorcycle, accelerate, shift, turn and stop. Everything else is a simple or advanced combination of those 4 things. Mastering the 4 things and keeping that mastery is the trick. Ridelikeapro teaches basic to advanced motor officer techniques which are fantastic things to learn especially the slow speed tight turns. Moto Jitsu does everything to include track ridding which takes ridding to another level where you can learn things taught no where else like trail braking and advanced leaning with the focus on maximum traction at the tires. From the videos I have seen Moto Jitsu does more active coaching with his students, Jerry uses green cones and I am not a fan of looking for or at cones, I want to look where I am going not at any cones. I have been riding 45 years and I was a MSF Instructor for 15 years. Practice is the key, the courses are great to teach you the techniques but you have to practice to gain the skills.

@@winchestereod okay. So basically it's about controlling the machine on batuman surface. I agree on you with the cones , they good for practice but in real traffic one needs to watch traffic. Attitude and watching seems most important to me . I am always willing to learn , one never is a complete enough rider . And with motorcycling there is such a variation. Dessert or snow riding , racetrack, gymkhana, speedway, cross, volontary bloodbikes ( uk) . Keeps my mind and body occupied and away from daily slumber . And after some days of heavy trucking n hauling I love getting out of the cage into fresh air.

Yeah, it happens!

Our local Harley dealer has practice sessions. The provide bikes and instructor.... And it's free. Going next Saturday. I learn new stuff all the time!

Thank you for what you do and what you have done for our wonderful country and it's amazing people. Of course including immigrants like Doodle!

Where can I get one of the books she was referring to? I went thru the msf classes but I’m pretty sure there was a lot left unsaid at the training .

Fast Eddie motojitsu is the best channel i came across you're awesome now i confidently ride my motorcycle to wherever i want and i know how to use my brakes effectively especially the front brakes when stopping fast or going down hills

Been watching your videos all the time. I’m thinking getting a Learner Permit in Australia. Watching yours and others videos are quite helpful and can help to make me a safe and confident Learner Rider.

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" the examiners view, it's for emergency only!! " I really hope they don't mean the front brake is "emergency use only" as that is by far the most important one for hard braking. Simple physics means that under hard braking the weight transfers towards the front. Braking hard using the rear will only slow you down relatively slowly while if you feed (never just suddenly snatch it on hard as the weight takes a moment to shift) the front brake on, you can pull it on so hard the rear would be useless anyway because you'll have shifted the load to the front and can even have the rear lift completely off the road so, that is something to be wary of, not frightened but just be ready to ease off to get the rear back on the ground. The front IS your most important, just looking at the difference tells you that too, tiny single discs on the rear and on most decent sports bike 2 massive discs hints at the importance of that front brake. All this depends a lot on the bike you're riding too, a sports bike you should be using the front mostly when straight line braking I mostly ONLY use the front, while actually turning you need to be careful though, nothing worse than having the front wash out so care needs to be taken there. If you're on a long cruiser type bike you'll be more on the rear brake but still, the front will be the most effective at stopping you fairly quickly. It always depends on a few factors from type of bike, surface you're on, straight line or while turning and you need to allow for all those differences but, always the front will stop you faster than the rear. Myself, I rarely even use the rear brake, I use the front and engine braking on the rear which serves a double purpose, it helps slow you and at the same time will mean you're in the right gear to suddenly switch to powering on to avoid a situation or just to get going again without having to fight the gearbox down a bunch of gears from possibly a standstill.

@@lorditsprobingtime6668 Thanks for the great info! I'm remembering the day back in 1958, my test on my BSA B31 350cc OHV single cylinder drum brakes front and rear. The only reason for failure, incorrect use of the front brake!! when I asked, "what am I doing wrong with the front brake" sorry, we are not allowed to discuss the test, was his reply. After I crumpled the form and threw it at him, "it's for emergency use only" was his crazy reply!! Police riders advice I had read previously, was to always brake using both brakes together. This was a Ministry of Transport test centre, the examiners, mostly retired Army top brass, would position themselves at a different position to watch you ride past. I passed my next test by only using my front brake in the emergency stop test. That's the crazy truth!! If ever I applied the rear brake only, at speed, the back end would bounce up and down, no way could you stop with just the rear brake! I put it down to crazy old farts!!

Hey John, I learned when you start learning to ride use 70% rear brake and 30% front, then swap it up as you advance (get better practiced) to 30% rear and 70% front braking.

Find courage that comes from within yourself and others will never discourage you. Take the blame on, no blaming others for what we do.

"Only USMC Drill Instructors can count wrong so fast." Brother, you ain't lying. 😆 SFMF

Slow speed PEG Dragging... Knee dragging should be something left for the track. Low speed PEG DRAGGING requires counter lean movement. Bike leans more than you do. (Hence, you can drag your pegs) To knee drag, you are using the physics of the bike at speed to force your tires and suspension to compress and allow you to lean your body over with your bike to drag your knee or even your elbows (Watch the MotoGP guys and World SB guys). You want to do this on a surface you know to be good, like a race track. You CAN do it on the road, but there are so many variables, like gravel, oil or coolant that you may not know about that may cause your "cool corning" to end in a low side or high side. Just my $0.02 CDN on the matter.

Motorcycles never stop on a dime, it will Endo( rear up) or crash if you forcibly stop it immediately, you should always slow down to a stop a motorcyle, a motorcycle only has two wheels, only cars can stop on a dime :D even that is hard to do since it will still slip a bit.

I agree with your shock at how easy it is to get a licence in the US. British / UK riders have a number of written examinations and practical tests to successfully perform before they can qualify for a licence to ride. It takes a bit of time to work up through the grades before you can get on a powerful bike.

Unfortunately in America they will give anybody a driver's license or motorcycle license and the penalties are not harsh enough. Imagine a sixteen-year-old boy that can purchase a motorcycle that goes from 0 to 60 and 2.23 seconds and has a top speed of over 180 mph. And you don't even have one months riding skills🤯🤯

Emergency stopping is a part of the skills test in America. But even when emergency stopping, you NEVER slam on both brakes "full". The video and other youtube videos covers what you actually do during emergency braking.

We have the same thing in the motorcycle test in France

Be careful the first week or so back on the bike. At the start of summer there always seems to be a lot of riders crashing. I ride all year so I'm usually ok but even after a few weeks off the bike after an overseas holiday or the bike needs repairs I get a bit rusty on the skills.

Fear is a bad adviser on a bike. It makes you freeze. Its better to be honest to yourself about what risks are there when you ride, adn decide wether its worth it for you or not. I have been taken off my bike without any mistake on my side more times than i can count (driving in the city for >30 years). The danger is simply part of it and there is nothing you can do about it.