You can't access Discord though the server. At least not with a Free membership and how the hell are you going to see who won or claim a prize if you can't see it on discord and your notices don't get mailed to you from your moto/gear page? Whatever! I believe you guys are fakes as far as the free entries go I believe you have to be a member to win.
I have always used FortNine’s counter lean going slow and neutral position every other time. I never go fast enough to need to drag my knee for a corner. It’s worked for 32 years so I guess it’s good.
That did seem to be the whole point of the video, different positions for different conditions, I don't put my knee out on the road, that is just for the track to judge the lean, but it is good to shift some weight into the turn when moving faster.
Counter Lean and Handlebar turn for slow turns... Counter steer with moderate lean Angle for faster turns.... Neutral body position for both....leaning off the bike is overratef
As an extra to number 6, if I'm stopped alone at a light I will tap the rear brake when a car is coming up behind... probably does little for distracted drivers, but hopefully the flashing brake light catches some attention.
That seems like a good idea. I'm newly licensed myself (going to a practical in a few days, actually), and one of my main concerns on the street is some asshat not noticing me when I'm waiting at an intersection.
I do the same! I blink my tail light three times if some one comes up behind me while I'm stopped at a light. There's no lane filtering here so I am especially weary when there is car in front of me.
same here. I just started riding so I'm super paranoid about someone rear-ending me at a light, so I'll flash my brake lights in sort of an unusual pattern that doesn't repeat so hopefully I won't blend into the background of other lights.
Yep definitely a good idea many seasoned riders do the same, I will add, if you see someone who doesn’t look like they’ll stop, laws be damned get the bike moving and put it to the side between lanes or on the shoulder. Better to look like an asshole then be the meat in that twisted metal sandwhich
We have lane splitting and lane filtering here in Australia. It’s taken my city car commute time, to and from work of 1 hr 20 min to 20-25 minutes on the bike. Every set of lights is fun town, and looking in the mirror and thinking, they’re a long way back, that was a bit quick. Lol
Best thing you can do is train your emergency stopping. Literally saved my life a few dozen time. Go somewhere empty and brake to zero. Start with 20mph, proceed to 100mph and learn how your bike acts, where is the limit of the brakes locking your wheels (if you don't have ABS), how does the rear brake helps stopping and much, much more, can't stress this enough...
@@Mike_Papa Sure. Even better together. In Bulgaria our Safety course has exactly the same obstacle. Slalom, U-turn, accelerate to 30mph, emergency brake between cones, swerve three other cones.
One of the things that always astounds me with this channel is the treasure trove of stock footage that they find to fit perfectly with each idea. Love it, it's what got me hooked on the channel forever ago as a non-rider and now I'm on my first bike re-watching videos with a whole new perspective. Thanks guys
The more i look into biking. The more i realise its basically the same type of stuff everyone should learn to drive cars. Very well explained ! Thank you very much man!
This was a big help and confidence boost to me, as my teacher would berate me for using just my index and middle finger alone for the front brake. I always thought it seemed safer to use just two braking fingers, as it allowed me to maintain a solid grip on the right handle, therefore improving balance (or at least perceived balance) through cornering. Keeping just two fingers poised on the brakes, preventing me from needing to make the (relatively) time consuming transition from handle bar to brake lever, in the event of an emergency, I'm sure saved me from at least two potential cornering disasters.
I started on dirt bikes, useful for learning what to do if a tire starts to slide. I always keep my first index finger on the throttle, and use the other 3 fingers for the front brake. This was helpful on a rough trail with a dirt bike. It also works fine for a street bike. I recommend taking both MSF classes, the beginner and the experienced classes. Also start small at slower speeds.
About the two fingers over the brake... I totally agree it's better than four. However, in my bike course (in Australia) I kept getting told off for using two. The instructors insisted that I use four.
Don't listen to this videos tips in terms of the brakes. It's rediculously dangerous to have the break held like that. Any panic or reflex will cause you to brake more and engage it fully. YOU NEVER hold the brake while just driving. It's not a bicycle
@@SaucyNetworkEntertainment The video didn't advise you to cover the brakes all the time, it advised that when you cover the brakes because you may be coming into a situation where you want to be prepared to brake, to actually preload the lever a little bit, pull it just through the freeplay zone, so that when you do want to engage the brakes, it engages right away instead of pulling through the deadzone and then finally biting the brakes.
In Melbourne mate. The reason we get told to use four fingers when setting up for breaking, is to decelerate completely before engaging the breaks! You can easily accelerate while breaking with only two fingers!
I adore downshift slides while coming to a stoplight, honestly it's one of my favorite things to have happen. Second favorite is giving the throttle a little blip while making a city street turn and feeling the back end jolt out briefly lmao. I'm sure it scares the shit out of any drivers following me, keeps them off my ass.
@D. W. Hoping when I get new tires it stops doing that. I don't push it anywhere close to its limit, just enough to smile. And it happens almost every time I turn sometimes not on purpose, I won't be biffing it.
I agree with the picking the right time and place to squid. A lot of people don't live anywhere close to a track so street is the only option. But only speeding on roads you are familiar with and don't have blind corners can help make it safer.
Pre-loading is also useful since it helps with progressive braking. If you just have your fingers hovering the brake, or not even anywhere near the brake, if something happens, you grab it and pull. The problem here is that there is that empty space before the biting point, so in an emergency, you feel nothing, nothing, nothing then all of a sudden bite. It's really hard to modulate that in a split second. However, if you preload your brake lever, you already feel the resistance so you know how much to modulate a lot more quickly. Also, the track costs way less than running into a pole, or a tree, or a car, or a person...
I'm an MSF coach. We push the 4-finger braking because in a panic situation most (if not all) people will instinctively use their full hand to brake in an effort to stop the bike as quickly as possible. If your hand is practiced with muscle memory to how much pressure it takes with 4 fingers to achieve threshold braking, in the event of an emergency the chances of over-braking to cause a front-tire skid or endo are significantly reduced. What everyone forgets about the MSF is that it is designed for everyone INCLUDING people who have never been on a bike before. Forget your previous experience and think how you are going to learn how to do this new skill as safely as possible. Most new riders I see ride around the course afraid to take their fingers away from the brake lever at all. The MSF is about "best practices" for the majority of riders going through the course. We're all impressed with your ability to tough-talk your fingering prowess.
I remember my first "true" cornering. On my way home from, sitting at a red light and right after the light was the turn to get on the on ramp and it was a smooth corner to go left I leaned in and hit the gas and I remember hearing my pegs hitting the ground and it was such a smooth in and out. Felt instinctive..
I didn't get started this summer. The first 2 wheel "motorcycle" I rode was in 1974. Ya it was a mini mike with a 2.5 hp motor but it was awesome. Been riding ever since. Love the channel. Keep it up guys. :)
I feel like almost everyone is more comfortable sliding to the left bc on our bmx bikes the right foot was breaking so it left your left foot available to put down.
Finally, someone not jumping on the RyanF9 train video reply nonsense. Koodos to you for being original 😎 and not ripping views from someone else's awesome content. 😘
The irony is, RyanF9 was 100% right. But, you have to watch the whole vid and pay attention to notice that. The video replies that claim Ryan was wrong about some things are coming from youtubers who only watch the first few minutes of the vid. Motojitsu even admitted that he only paid attention to the first few minutes in his reply vid. So now, a whole bunch of squids that were just look for confirmation of their bad habits are getting it from these youtubers.
I've never absored so many informations in only first 18 seconds of the video. Thanks for reminding me to buy a busa as my 2nd bike and turbo that lil cutie
I found one of those barn bikes this week for $500. 2013 Yamaha 650. Not a huge bike, bike 500, couldn't pass up. No issue at all. Paint is like new. Loving it!
Just got my first bike Thursday and my first skid stop was unintentional and made me pucker up😂 still getting the hang of it before I take it on the road. Thanks for your content man!
I've been riding for about 15 years, and I knew all of this. But it is a great reminder, and I subscribed to your channel because of this video. 6/3/2023. Great information for all level of riders. Or as I call us. "Flyers"
I've been a fan and a follower for about 6-7 years, was introduced by a pal,just before buying my1st bike, UM180R Xtreet. I've learnt a tonne of things from papa yam,and have done about 15,000kms on my bike so far.🤙🏽😎,just giving my utmost respect and appreciation here,all the way from Nairobi, Kenya.👏🏽one love ride safe yall. Also thinking of a 400 next😁
My index finger was recently sore for a while because I keep it on the brake while riding, one finger is damn near enough for all but the most aggressive riding or braking. Got into an accident but didn’t fall last week, lady changed lanes illegally in front of me. My reaction was instinct over skill, two fingers immediately hard brake, locked the rear (accidentally but kept it locked until I was going like 5mph ) and maintained a straight line. Scary stuff but luckily I DONT SPLIT LANES FAST! Ride safe my motorcycle frens
4:42 what you said here was very helpful for me. That's the best explanation that I've heard and has clicked for me. And is now something I will continuously look out for When approaching a turn
I like these videos for the most part - informative, entertaining all the way until the end - then if I'm away from my keyboard, I run back and click it off before yammy starts shouting for me to watch another video. I have neighbors and live in apartments. They don't know who you are and shouting at them isn't helping LOL
The only thing to master is our patience while its roadwork season (In the UK it seems to always be in September that nearly every road is been worked on)
I was surprised to hear skidding on this video but it's super important people often overlooked also when you downshift at the wrong rev point and you have a bit of lockup
I know this is an old video, but it's still relevant, and way too many people discredit riding on a dirt bike and then going to a street bike. The experience in just the feel of how a bunch of weight on 2 wheels feels helps alot in keeping your bike in control on the road
Riders should be taught that something with four wheels always wins against two. Raging at someone because they didn’t see you when they can easily mash you into the road is just stupid. A near miss with a bike either scared the shit out of them or they are a psycho that didn’t care anyway.
I’ve been watching your videos for quite some time. I finally decided to get a bike and I’m looking forward to trying these techniques. Might do some videos in the future trying your techniques.
for my fellow european brothers out there who haven't yet completed their driving test I have one tip Disregard everything said at 5:50, use your 4 fingers unless you wanna redo the driving test untill infinity. I've had to redo maneuvers that were perfect except for the part I used 2 fingers instead of 4.
I learned corning by watching other riders on TV over the years. Not to emulate necessarily, but to understand its a feel, not method. Over time I began to intuitively understand the counter balance without even knowing what it was. It felt right and that's what you need to find on your own by trying different things. Weight distribution is key to what your bike wants, not what you want.
Been riding for 17 years and my 1 rule is if I ever want to go fast do it in a straight line. Never ever tried hustling a bike around a corner and I've never layed a bike down. If you want to go fast around turns do it in a car because they are way better at it lol. Keep the yeet going straight. It will save you alot of head and heart ache and probably also body ache.
Ride for 17 more years and visit some mountains. The fun thing about curves is they can still be a whole lot of fun at 40 mph. I have so much more fun leaning over while running mountains with nice curves, or highway interchanges, at just 45-65mph than i do at 110mph (or much stupider) on an Interstate playing with a sports car. I have put over 2,000 miles on a Suzuki i bought less than 2 months ago and Ive learned more from that mileage and youtube than ive ever known riding from 1996 to my last bike in 2016. Nothing but practice can train you past that feeling in your stomach when you THINK you're going too fast for the turn and you almost bail, but force yourself to dig in, focus, and make the turn.
looking into mirrors is actually the nr 1 cause of most accidents, looking too much will distract you and become obsession you wil;l; eventua;;y end up in the river, only time you need to check them as if anyone will catch your speed anyway, is when you turn left and right and not obsessively. safest way to be is to look up in front and ahead of you and do your diligence and measure what's going on miles ahead of you so you don;t end up bumping into a car or get crashed. bless all of you happy holidays
My msf coach gave us grief for pre positioning hands on front breaks. I even got pointed on my test for break anticipating a 15mph swerve drill, my break light lit up just before the maneuver was suposed to happen. I think the break preloading is missing in new drivers due to safety courses. The reason I was trained not to is hecause some people will snatch the breaks instead of applying steady pressure.
May I add a skill? Change one gear at the time! Possibly covered in the rev matching section but so annoying when you see a rider trying to stop and slamming all the gears with the clutch in.. Also learn to slow down with less engine breaking. This is for me very important on a twin where I am slowing down but I still have just a little throttle on to avoid the insane amount of engine breaking on a twin. Very useful in the corners of you want to slow down mid corner without locking up or slide. (Progressive engine breaking)
my buddies have shamed me relentlessly for still riding a R3. but i still havent mastered my cornering ability on it, and on don't plan on doubling my horsepower with a R7 until i've mastered this ability. I see a lot of 600cc riders on my local roads that never learned this ability, and i can keep up with them on twisties no problem.
quiet Yammie-squid here, but i liked the ending here xD Got the message guys, imma keep watching Yammie Noob! XD Oh 1 habbit that i and many others might have; as im approaching a redlight (or slow/halted traffic) and i know its green soon, i often dont brake and stand still but very slowly and controlled keep moving with both foots on the pegs till its green. No waddle waddle
Just got on today w my teacher Behind me & thinking maybe buy a cheap bike to learn on & lol my guy took a hard lean & gotta say when I heard that metal thing I forgot what he said it was but said it was ? About a Spark thing some use at night but was a bit scary but we were fine. I need a learner bike..
The use 2 fingers part is funny, i use 2 fingers now but during my course i was told to use all 4 and told i would be asked to leave if i didnt use all 4
My driving instructor went nuts for not using all four fingers on the front break..he said the other fingers I'm not using will block me when I try pull the break..I'd rather just use my index and middle finger anyway
Beginner rider here just started last week. I just bought a 92 Suzuki gs500e for $500 has 8.5k miles the bike looks like it just came off the showroom floor not a lick of rust anywhere even still has the factory tires and tread is still good but obviously I’m going to replace since their so old. But yeah I think I “got lucky with the barn find” it was in storage and had to clean the carbs and other maintenance when a bikes been sitting before taking it for a ride but all in all $500 for the bike $150 to get it running and $250 for the tires so $900 I got me a like new 92 Suzuki GS500e
To practice slide control i used to take my supermoto to a grass field or even better a wet grass field and practiced riding in those Extreme conditions helped me a Lot on the road
