Thanks for the shout out Jerry! I'm still working on the motor officer set ups and using all your tips. I'm so glad that the motorcycle community has such a valuable resource in your training. Keep up the great work and I'll keep practicing!
You know Jerry, Donna wouldn't need that hip replacement if she didn't have to keep running and standing cones back up when these guys run them over. 😁 In all seriousness I hope all goes well with her surgery and that she heals quickly.
I remember "summer ice" in the Tampa Bay area...intersections could be DEADLY on four tires, let alone two! Even here in sparsely-populated Wyoming with a lot less oil and grease on the road than Florida, I slow way down in the wet when riding. Prayers up for Donna's continued recovery and a Merry Christmas for you and yours.
Hope you have a quick recovery, Donna! I took a trip to CO this past summer. All most every pass I went over it was raining either going up or coming down. Pretty sketchy stuff. If it was not for what I learned at this class no way would I have made up to the top of MT Evans. This ride is very technical for a big bike on dry pavement but the closer I got to the top I rode through weather changes. Rain, snow and even some hail. I took your class on a STG back in 2017. This trip was done on my Ultra. I traded up to the PAS after returning home and am loving it. Everything I learned is the same on all of the bikes. The PAS it so much lighter and so fun ride. Thanks Jerry and Donna!!
Merry Christmas and a happier new year for you and your wife. Hope she recovers quickly. Thanks for all your valuable tips and for the common sense that isn't so common. Have a good 1 and long may you ride.
I purchase your riding program about 3 months ago. I am now riding with confidence and have no fear of doing a U-turn on a 2 lane road. Well worth the low price!!!! Thanks Motorman
Merry Christmas to you Jerry and Donna, wishing you the best stay healthy, hopefully you all avoid Covid. I myself am going for a knee replacement December 28 hopefully that is if the hospital does not have too many Covid patients. Thank you again for all your wonderful videos prayers for Donna and all those going through surgery and pitfalls of life we all face daily peace on earth ,Amen
Good work all… Ariel shot is always best shot to see bikes work thru the cones. it’s mostly the white/yello lines and drain covers etc that are slippery..👍🇬🇧❗️
It is great to see you again. The New World Order, Communistic, Dictatorship, has been locking me out of the Social Media. I have always enjoyed your teaching and it has brought me back to my Motorcycle Skills. I was a bicycle racer and in the wet I never leaned my 18 mm tyres over. I am now seventy nine and I am still riding my 2017 Triumph Bonneville T100 Black. Thanks to you and my Lord I have never dropped it. I greatly appreciate all your tips. I am praying for Donna’s healing.
I love the drone footage! Cool! Tires are so important in the rain too... You got old tires it can be deadly... It really is the heart besides the engine, brakes and battery! 😎🤘
Merry Christmas to you and Donna!! May God bless you both for all the good work y'all do to help all us riders. And may Donna get well soon, in Jesus's name. God bless y'all!!
Speedy recovery to Donna.... I'll be practicing soon and Thank you for being a great teacher....I have not ridden in 40 yrs, but I'm going to practice every day and travel our small town of Pecos, TX after school and coaching!!! I purchased my Mason Brother's 2006 Electra Glide.
Great vid as always Jerry. Really hope Donna heals quickly from that Hip op. Rain riding! Here in the UK, It rains a lot so the roads get washed a “Lot” but sometimes it suddenly rains and the road is just like someone has poured Fairy Liquid on it.You get a froth on the road. It is horrible. People say it’s best not to ride in the rain. Great if you live in California. But in the UK if we waited to ride on dry days,we would wait a long time.
When I bought my first motorcycle, the first 400 miles were all in the rain. My tip for riding in the rain is, if a wheel slides in a curve: Do nothing. Don't brake, don't stick a leg out, don't even fully close the throttle, just let the bike do what it wants and 9 out of 10 it'll be OK.
Yeah riding in the rain can be very daunting especially with greasy oil on the road and have had a few occasions with the back end sliding out on my cruiser and having to put the foot down & motorcross round the corner. Scary stuff. So riding in rain training is good 👍
Good luck to Donna! The best advice for riding in the rain is "DON'T!" Unfortunately, sometimes it's necessary. My instructor (back when I was young, and dinosaurs ruled the Earth) told us "on the wet, ride as if you have an annoyed rattlesnake sitting on your lap. No sudden moves, ride in slow motion." It's more important than in normal times to keep the head moving, ride way ahead of the bike and get the big picture. Doctrine was to get under cover immediately when rain started, park for an hour (until the oil was cleaned off), and we were encouraged to call for a trailer pickup if we were out on the highway, rather than ride back in the middle of all of the speeding, ignorant cagers.
I ride to work 5 days per week, rain or shine. It's not that bad. Just ride smart, keep distance, smooth on the controls, and keep the main focus on other traffic, don't be distracted by traction worries.
@@mhoeij Agreed. Biggest problem usually in the rain after the oil washes off is keeping warm. You need water resistant gear including gloves and boots or your soaked quick. And when your soaked clear to the skin, you can start getting hypothermia in surprisingly warm temperatures.
Just finished the short cuts to riding like a pro video thank you Santa. Now onto surviving the mean streets 2. Weather is pretty good in Illinois guess I should get out and practice. Merry Christmas all
Hey Jerry, I'd love to see a video dedicated to wet grip - to prove your point about having 90% of the grip that you have in the dry. Maybe perform a turn somewhere in the dry and then come back and do the same thing again in the same place when it's wet, and see how fast you can go before you start to lose grip. It would be interesting to see you try it 20mph slower / 15mph slower etc, and to see whether the bike gives you much warning or whether it just flips out. I reckon fear of sliding in the wet is one of the biggest things for riders - it is for me, anyway - and it would be really useful to see you go at it scientifically.
Prays 🙏 for Donna ! I was riding in the rain on a 4 lane road 2 in each direction and must of hit a puddle and hydroplaned across the highway with no control I just let it ride itself out and got back over but if there was on coming traffic I would have been killed . I never leave in the rain but always come home to it. Ride safe !
Fairly new rider here, I just got my permit and started riding this year because of the cost of gas. I am a fairly small girl (5"3' and 130lbs) on a 250 LTD I think 1985 or 1988. I just recently started getting more confidence with just under 50 hours of riding. Well, I took a pretty big fall and was wondering what you could help me learn from it. ~ Rain had just stopped, I was pulling up to the parking lot and was going slower than I would if it was dry (down in 3rd), there is a double yellow line that I have to cross (Turning left into the lot, USA roads), I went to turn like always and before I knew it I was on the ground. My front end is what slipped out. The bike landed on me. Bike is still running and I rode it home. I really want to get better and any advice is super appreciated. Thank you for your time and I hope Donna's hip recovery is going smoothly.
Just laid her down yesterday inside a parking structure in front of an audience. I ride a Kawasaki Vulcan Voyager (1700cc Model) 900 lbs in curb Weight which I believe qualifies as a heavyweight motorcycle. And yes, I have practiced in slow tight turns and slow speed maneuvers but I’ll confess I have not done so in the rain. What got me was a stupid Painted Arrow on parking structure floor. I had to have been going only 10-12 mph and I was barely giving it a lean but boy that was enough to lose my tire’s traction and I literally spun in a split second with the nose of my motorcycle looking West immediately towards the East (Performing a 180° turn) followed by laying her on her left. Boy did I learned my lesson. Do not Lean on the traffic Painted areas of the roads!
Those can be very slippery, and what's especially deceptive is that some of them have traction (special paint) while some other ones (the old fashioned paint) are very slippery when wet. Hope you and your bike are OK. On the way to work there is a corner with a manhole right in the middle! Not good, especially when wet. This is the kind of stuff why I don't like riding at night.
@@mhoeij I appreciate your comment, and yup, this was not one of those arrows with traction and I know which ones you’re talking about. They’re the ones that kinda stick out of the ground and they look kind of rocky. This was not one of those. On top of that the parking structure’s floor was coated over it with that shiny slick material Jerry mentioned in this video. But man that arrow was extra slippery! I’d tell you; at that very split-second moment when I was spinning out in that instant 180° turn I automatically knew that it was that arrow. I’ve drove that parking structure a million times and one time it rains it was extra slippery. Yes my motorcycle is OK, it’s a quick bike crash bar is at the front and rear wheel, the only damage was a little scraping on the left muffler since it fell on his left side. And as of my foot it actually slid a little bit on my left foot however I just bought these cement block like boots. And it really protected me from any injuries. It was a little sore but now it’s gone. Thank goodness I wore my gear. Stay safe bud and merry Christmas to you!
Hey Jerry, I was riding in active rain coming back to California from Utah about 4:30am. With my face shield down, I couldn't see due to all rain drops on it, and with it up, the rain felt like needles in my eyes, so I had to put the face shield down partially and consistently wipe it down to see as I rode on. Do you have a better method for this? BTW, I got my license almost 6 years ago and the first thing I did was buy your Ride Like A Pro Video. It was most helpful. I watch a lot of your videos and practice in parking lots around. I really appreciate your expertise. Thanks for all your help.
Like all the good information in your videos. But I just saw something on TV that made me wonder. All your techniques for slow speed maneuvering, what might change when towing a trailer? I saw a guy towing a trailer on TV I got to wondering. And all the best to Donna
Hi Jerry, I hope Donna is doing well. Hope you had a merry Christmas. Did your son make it home? Question about what you said.....you said be smooth with the clutch and throttle. I would also add be smooth when braking as well. I mean you're not braking much in your course but on the road, wouldn't it be prudent to brake smoothly as well?
I love those parking lots that they just Put a new coating on. Are the ones that are mostly all tar. I don’t care how long it rains on tar that shit Slippy
I saw a motorcycle physics video sometime ago and it seems like they said you have about 90% traction in rain, which most people don't even ride to the tires 100% ability, so they were saying it's essentially like riding on dry pavement!
Everytime I watch one of these videos, I wonder why the guys on HD baggers with crash bars don't wrap their crash bars with something to keep from scratching them when they drop the bike? I'm sure you've seen lots of baggers go down.
That's nice but they aren't in traffic on different road surfaces. How would one ride say for example right after a light rain when surfaces are extremely slick?
The biggest problem I have with riding in the rain is visibility. Any suggestions for something to put on my visor so the rain drops bead up and roll off? I tried car wax but that didn't help.
Some gloves also have a squeegee built into one of the fingers. My rain gloves do and it's a big help. If your helmet visor is compatible, a pinlock insert can solve fogging as well.
Yes be very gentle on new tires for about 50 or 100 miles….take turns shallow, but do take turns…the antioxidant coating needs to be scrubbed off and it’s everywhere and quite slippery.
