How To Shift Gears like a Pro | How to Ride a Motorcycle
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- čas přidán 21. 01. 2023
- Shifting for beginners, Clutchless Shifting and Pro Shifting. We’ll see 3 different ways to do it: the basic shifting like beginner riders do it, the clutchless shifting, both with and without quickshifter, and another method for more advanced riders, which makes our shifting very smooth and quick. Weirdly enough all those 3 different ways are closely related.
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A little info about me. My name is Andrei Bodrov, originally I'm from Moscow, Russia, and now I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Back in Moscow I was a motorcycle instructor and creator of Moto Control Beginner & Advanced motorcycle rider courses, which quickly became the most popular courses in Moscow (well, at least the advanced one😁). My advanced training course makes emphasis on slow speed riding techniques at first (such as good clutch and throttle control, proper riding posture, proper use of vision, etc.), then proceeds to more advanced techniques (such as aggressive braking, trail braking, maximal lean angle). The course incorporates a lot of exercises from DOSAF slow speed riding (similar to police rodeo like motorcycle training in USA), braking and cornering exercises and motogymkhana style riding. And now, since I actively learn English - I decided to post some useful videos for both your and mine practice!😉
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Remember if you’re having issues finding neutral. Don’t worry. You’ll find it quite easily while accelerating away from a light around other motorcyclists.
dude 😂 i just started riding and 2/3 times ive found neutral were trying to go down into first or up into second
@@willsharp4392 yup. Accidentally hitting neutral in the most embarrassing scenario is just a part of motorcycling. Like trying to shift into 7th gear.
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Bro I found it today when going 110 🤦🏽♂️
@@David..felt this😂😂😅
When I started riding, I learned how to fast shift first because I rode like a maniac. It actually took me a while and was difficult for me to learn how to shift smoothly at slow speeds.
I’m on my 3rd day of riding and I’m just to aggressive with the throttle and clutch gear engagement. Need to learn how to ride smoothly. I need to humble myself and just learn how to ride. I find that in the lower speeds and gears it gets abit jerky.
this, I don't get how to do it slowly it just feels natural to do it in one rapid motion while accelerating hard
I learned to ride a clutchless, manual shifting quad before switching to a dirt bike. It has also caused me difficulties in trying to learn touring bikes.
I started on a 1984 Honda ATC200x so i ride that thing like a maniac so slow shifts still take me a second
Sammme😂
I don’t know who you are (I’ll search you), but I never seen a video with so much precise (and true) information. You have a new subscriber, definitely going to see a lot more of you! Thank you for the time you take to share your knowledge.
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I'll be honest I started watching your channel because I couldn't find any reliable source of information about how operating a motorcycle works, and I have to admit you explain things in a crystal clear way, as opposed to most articles online or even reddit discussions. Every video is packed with info and explains everything in layman's terms.
In case you're wondering why I don't find any reliable information, I'm from India where motorcycle safety standards are pretty weak and there are no courses, and everyone is self taught, so basically watching your videos is like getting personal reliable coaching.
Using your videos as example I actually managed to convince my dad that grabbing front brakes during an emergency on an old scooter without ABS which I've been learning to ride on isn't definitely the way to do it.
Subbed and keep up the good work!
Thanks! I'm glad I could help😊
Using the front break is fine. How you use it is the issue.
@@dustinlerch9272 ofcourse, progressive braking is correct but grabbing the brake isn't. I was lucky the shitty scooter has very bad brakes so grabbing them didn't instantly result in a lockup.
@@theultimatef1geek463 That's what they learn in the US in a 2 day course in a nutshell, and honestly it's not enough. In France it will take days before you get your motorcycle license.
@@stevenrix7277 that's really cool but India doesn't have a dedicated motorcycle lisence so self teaching is the only way to learn how to ride motorcycles. My dad does it for over 40 years now yet he still does some small things wrong, its about how and when you can improve yourself with what you have 👍
I like how his shoes are worn out and the bike has scratch marks makes you feel more connected and related. Unlike other youtubers who probably do not ride a lot or make you feel some kind of inferiority complex.
As a CDL Instructor trying to get precise information on the mechanics of shifting a motorcycle, this was great. I first watched your video about counter steering and been subscribed to your channel since. Thanks for all you do 🙌🏾
Came across your video two days ago and have been watching lot of your stuff since then. Your videos are perfectly worded and paced for a beginner! No confusions, no rushes, properly explained and comfortably abstract!
I have been riding for a while but always had a problem with shifting. I use the first method but with bigger shift window because I have trust issues with my clutch and have to pull it all the way in and then shift with a slight delay 😂 But I love to accelerate and go from 0 to top speed pretty fast, so this shifting habbit makes my life lot harder on my new 400cc engine bike. I'll use this video to learn quick shifting that you explained in third technique. Thanks a lot!
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@@Gg-ij7liAmen!
Rev matching is the most satisfying thing to learn as a new rider
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Thank you so much! The demonstration on how the gears actually work explained everything to my why my engine breaking was bucking me. I was releasing the clutch to fast. This has been something ive been looking for forever. Genuinely thank you!
You’re a really good teacher. I’m enjoying your videos a lot, and learning a lot too. I like the positivity and the quality of your information.
Beat me to it. I always wanted to cover a video with these topics. Your video definitely stands out because you go over clutchless upshifting, and Almost never before seen, clutchless downshift.
And WHEN to use it. I’ve been not using my clutch commuting a FZ07 and WR250 for months. Zero issues.
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@@Gg-ij7li please stop trying to force religion on people
@@Gg-ij7li Jesus doesn’t exist. religion is all lies and full of hypocrites. Don’t be blinded by it.
It nice to watch someone who knows what the he'll there talking about! Love this channel Im not a new rider by no means. But when I want to learn more about riding bikes I come here you have never failed me. Thank you for breaking it down also. Much thanks my friend
That was great, Thanks! I'm getting my first motorcycle in a few months, subscribed!
Great practical illustration and guidance.
Thank you 👊☀️
Good information, as always. Thank you.
Excellent video and very helpful. I am now subscribed. Thank you!
Great video as always! Lots of good information here!
I'm a complete noob to riding a bike. But this is the first video where I bery clearly understood the concept of Rev Matching. Thanks a ton.
Just subscribed. Thank you for taking the time to help others.
Great info, as usual. Thanks man.
man you are amazing trainer much love and appreciation from Egypt
Thanks so much man ! I loved your explanation
Very well put and concise!
Andrei - the Giant of biking and bike training! :)
Half way through vid i started thinking of commenting about this vid 😄😄
Pure quality content. Kudos to you mate. It doesn't matter what a person's interests are, Quality & making is so good that anyone would spend 10mins on this. Honestly, well done.👌👍👍
Thanks for the lesson 😄
I'm new to the motorcycle scene, and now those blink of an eye gear upshifts make sense. Thank you :>
Awesome video as usual, thanks for sharing. So does the last one include what some might call ‘rev matching’ when downshifting?
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Great tuition! Thanks 👍🏻
I just realized I hadn't subbed, and thats my bad. Been watching and you've taught me a lot for my first bike! Thanks man.
Thank you👍 helpful video
Great video. Keep them coming please.
Another great video. Thanks!
Wow. Such an informative video thank you.
I love his teaching style and style in general.
It’s the hat, I Fah Keen love that hat
Most videos only teach in one way. You not only taught different techniques and use cases but also demonstrated up close clearly multiple times wherever it is needed. Bravo! Most people just show up while riding. But you showed us different camera angles in a stationary position. 👏👍
It's not rocket science.......
Close the throttle, pull in the clutch lever and kick up a gear all around the same time. You can do it as slowly as you want to begin with and gradually get quicker as you ride more.
As a despatch rider I rode a Suzuki GS850G without a clutch cable for four days while awaiting a new one so clutchless gear changes all the way as described in the video. To take away from a standstill, I switched on ignition in first gear then hit the starter button and held on tight!
literally got my M2 cert sunday .. i have a problem with shifting smoothly sometimes i get it but most of the time i dont.. but this helped alot 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Great explanation!
Thinking about getting my first motorcycle and your videos are helping haha.
regarding damage to the gearbox due to the clutchless shifting, i doubt you're going to catastrophically grenade your gearbox. you have some rubber pads in the rear wheel in between your pinion and rim that take most of that shock. also if anything else the clutch is going to slip before a cog blows up as long as you use the standard clutch. or even the rear tyre will slip. remember, somehow the busa gearbox holds 500 horsepower (with 1 shaft replaced, output i believe) while the bike comes with 200 ish standard. you're gonna be fine!
Even though i know how to ride a motorcycle, it's still fun to watch how easily you explained the process.
Yet another very clear video. Didn't know one can shift up and down without using the clutch. I thought you would need one of them 'fancy' quickshifter installed on the bike. Thanks. Keep making good videos.
Upshift yes but I definitely wouldn't recommend downshifting without the clutch. Because how would you rev match? And you should rev match. I mean clutch list down shifting is really something for people who are racing.
It's interesting to me how every other video I watch up If shifting is instructed differently one video they will say to release the clutch fully. The next video will say to release the clutch and match with Throttle at the same time.
@@phantomshtteryou literally can't clutch less downshift without rematching, you'd need to force the gearbox insanely hard to do it. If you don't force it, the revs match while you're between gears.
You are amazing 👏 ❤️
worth my time the best one yet
Great info, thank you
You are a funny dude. And it makes the delivery and information so much more interesting.
Very nice video. Just a smallfeedback: you should have put like 2/3 cameras to show you working on clutch, gear and throttle at the same time and also the same techniques in slow motion.
Hi, during my course I was thaught to shift with the clutch, but when shifting up before rolling off the throttle I am preloading the shift lever up, then roll of the throttle, then pull the clutch slightly and the next gear jumps in immediately. What do you think about this method?
Thanks so much for that!
Hi, I've always pre loaded the clutch pedal in one direction, then dipping or accelerating the throttle seems to gently drop the bike into the next gear. Makes it feel like an automatic vehicle.
Do you think that might be bad for the clutch??
Didn't see you mention it, but should also "preload" pressure on the shift lever -- put pressure on the lever before clutching -- this leads to very quick and clean shifts as well.
Very well explained
I weight exactly 80kg and I also ride a KTM 390 Duke. Thanks for the tip.
Great video
very helpful ❤️
Спасибо! Good work, easy to understand and you are so funny!!
Great video, you offer the best riding instruction videos on CZcams hands-down. However I do feel you missed one key technique here that makes smooth, fast shifting up and down much easier. Pre-load the shift lever with light pressure before cutting the throttle or pulling the clutch. It makes timing everything much easier, and less chance of missing a shift. I am sure you know this, but I didn't hear it mentioned in the video. Thanks again for the great content.
I concur
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Seconded, it really helps to get a feel for when the transmission is unloaded and you can shift. Once you get that feel you can tweak the timing to smooth it out more.
That’s basically how I learned how to shift without the clutch in my car. Very helpful, and I still do it most of the time.
I started learning to ride with shifting up without the clutch because it's smoother than pulling the clutch in anyway
Changed bikes a few days....different style...so feels like learning from scratch. Each thing I search....your videos pop up first. So thank you for great quality content!!!
Impeccable controls in such a busy city that drives backwards from what you re used to. Grande Dominica
Thank you for another concise video comrade! Does that pajama top your wearing have matching bottom 🤔?
Why would I film only waist-up then?😉
Love your dialect and style of presentation... and also the Tipps themself 😁
big thanks for the video. i'm planning to buy XSR 155 for my first motorcycle , i ride moped and scooter before
Great teacher
And here I've been trying to slow my shifting down. I've been doing it right the whole time. Lol... Thanks!
Great video and great explaining! Btw I love the way you speak. Kinda reminds me of Borat.
Thank you, Dracula!
Sir, as you said, you can easily do gear shifting without using clutch. I don't have a heavy bike but I have done both up/down gear shifts without clutch many times in my Prider.😇🥰
Bernt Spiegel, in his brilliant book The Upper Half of the Motorcycle, advises: lightly preload the shift lever before shifting. I have found this very good.
Thankyou for such great content.
Video suggestion - When to change the gear or perfect time to shift the gear 🙄
is clutchless shifting also ok to do with older bikes (2004 fazer) or could it hurt the engine?
Is shifting without the clutch going to damage the engine if I do it wrong when learning?
I just got my license + MT 07 two days ago and don't wanna ruin it
i was wondering which is better, when start moving forward, we rev engine a bit then release the clutch, or release the clutch halfway then rev??
You look very nice and genuine, very informative video by the way
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I started out on mid-sized bikes, 650 and 700s. I found my shifting improved a bunch when I bought a Kawi Z400 specifically to learn better skills, it forced me to rev higher to get into the power band.
I think people do themselves a disservice by starting on bigger bikes. Start on a 400 or so, ride it for a year or two, then bump up. I only kept my Z400 for one year but my skills jumped a bunch in that time.
it all depends on how big your nutz are,some people are just naturally faster than others as their reaction times are better,their fear is less and their thirst for adrenaline is bigger.If you are afraid of your bike no matter how big it is, then it is not for you.
@@fs5866 I've never been afraid of a bike but I don't really have any desire to go all that fast. Just doesn't really do anything for me, I'm just out to be in the air having a nice day.
I think it's worthwhile starting on a bike that is small enough that your body inputs make a huge difference, it really makes you get into the habit of moving around on the bike. People who start on big heavy bikes tend to just sit there and barely move, and that's terrible form and leads to not leaning properly which can be dangerous.
@@John_Ridley i would argue body inputs make even a bigger difference on a more powerful bike, when you're going fast and for the people that like to attack the twisties on a sunny Sunday, the smallest body corrections have a big impact on the bike.
As i said the people that just sit there on their big bike are probably afraid of it and i guess they should not be on one.
@@fs5866 I'll take your word for it. I'm not big on going fast. Just doesn't interest me.
Z400 is an ideal bike for a city. Small enough for filtering and fast for almost any car.
OK . I have been a rider since year 1973 and started racing MotoX late 1977 . I quickly learned from the older ,bigger bore riders how to blindly powershift . It was an unmistakable sound & technique ,that ultimately made me a better Street Car, & Street and trackday racer in my older years in my 20's . Don't even get me started on old school rearset shifter kits that reversed shifting ,turning bikes like my RD 400 Cafe racer & GT550ES into 1-up ,5-down racebikes. Powershifting came to me quickly . Literally ,basicallly turning "me" into a quickshifter long before they were an option on motorcycles. Nuff' said . I'm 58 years old now.
I finally get why they say "you need to use the throttle when downshifting". Thanks!
Where did this transmission explanation video come from? At 3:03
So rev match. And heel and toe brake downshift for cars. Epic.
Thanks bro, I go practice
Hi, the exercises for learn shift gears in right way, can be execute also with engine off? Thx
I have a random noob question maybe someone can answer. I liked your bike and I looked it up. Beta is mostly for motocross right? But also has some street legal options according to the website? I was just curious how a bike like this rides compared to a more "normal" motorcycle or one made for the street. Like a kawasaki ninja or something. I used to ride dirtbike when I was younger but aside from actually riding I didn't know much about the bike mechanics. Trying to get back into it again and learn all the things I didn't know or think to ask back then. If a bike like this is more similar to dirtbikes I feel like I might be more comfortable on it.
Thanks brother,,, ❤️👍
Great video and much appreciated. I've been riding for over 9 years, but always on automatic transmission bikes. If I get a manual bike, I know how the shifting works but have no practice yet. One question if you see this: When accelerating through the gears do you just keep your foot under the shifter, or do you move your foot back and forth every time, even when upshifting through all the gears quickly? It seems like so fast it would not be possible to move your foot back and forth that quickly.
ive been watching a lot of bikers on yt and i think they just leave their foot under the shifter
i generally keep it aside from the lever, somewhat like on the edge of the foot-rest.
This is tecnopolis parking lot in argentina, i've learned there!
best tutorial ever
Man I wish I had this video back when I first started. Wouldn't have had so many jerky shifts early on in my riding career
To shift gears quickly you just need to do it quickly 😂 thanks for the info Andrey!😊
Well explain...!!
Hey buddy is it safe hear clicking sounds from gear box while shifting gears??
Cool vid count drac /kGB 👍😜 Luv your work 👏👏 steve from Australia 🇦🇺🕺🥤
I love this guy
Hi there. Can u explain what is tall gears n short gears and how to throttle in traffics.
Maybe you’ve done it in another video, however, learning to rev-match is pretty beneficial to new riders. Especially those riding bikes with a lot of engine braking.
What last gear shifting technique is called?
So should you not blip the throttle when down shifting?
There's always a lot to learn from you. I'm a bit confused though. Do we pull the clutch only past the friction zone (half-clutch?) or is it necessary to pull it all the way in? I have seen a lot of people recommending the latter but I would like to get your professional opinion.
Hi! Term half-clutch is a bit confusing, because it implies that the clutch is half-engaged. When we pull in the clutch past the engagement point it is disengaged, no torque goes from the engine to the input shaft. So mechanically there is no difference if you pull in the clutch all the way in or just past the biting point. I personally like to not pull all the way because later when I release it I don't have to find the biting point again, I'm already almost there. But really it's just a personal preference and a habit, either way is not a mistake.
As a new rider (6 months) I’ve been surprised at how much SMOOTHER shifts are when I pull the clutch only as far as needed to engage the clutch.
Yes to both of the above! Personally, when I come to a complete stop I pull the clutch all the way in to prevent any possible minute slippage and buildup of heat.
@@fumpt thanks for sharing your experience! I'll try to practice half-clutching as well from now on on my next rides!
hi love your videos, I am a new rider, 5ft 2 and 62 years young and passed my test in October 22 in uk and got my new bike cb500f 2023 in January (back ground info for you) 😂
I have a question if you don't mind answering it or pointing me to one of your videos that you might of explained it already.
i have noticed when i am up shifting i hardily move the throttle if at all.. i don't think I've had my rpms over 4000
it all seems fine but!!!
i do go to parking lot to practice emergency braking and figure 8s about once a week and do slow riding in traffic..
any help would be grateful received from you or any other bikers watching your great channel
safe rides
kev
Very solid
Saving this vid to learn how to ride with clutch motorcycle.