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Once when I was a boy, my father pulled me aside and said, "Son, you can do anything you set your mind to, but whatever it may be, if you ever find yourself sliding up the pavement on your face, you're doing it wrong..."
Words to live by.
I like how you ignore and pass over aggro or confrontational videos.
What's going on? I wanna get the ease drop đ
It would really be good training to see what not to do. So what some people get mad, we have to see what not to do which is everything
He really keeps emotions out of it....bravo đ
16:39 that biker had 3 business days to avoid that issue lmao
Keep these coming Dan Dan⊠this stuff is now so in my head every time I ride, and it is keeping me safer. Keeping me slower, too, but definitely safer! Iâm 69, been riding for almost 60 years, and I still donât know everything about these infernal and fun machines.
Dang that poor old guy and lady. Hope they were ok. Something like that happening is (one of) my nightmares when riding through residential/cross-walky areas. My motto when riding through populated downtown areas and neighborhoods: "if I don't know (what's ahead) take it slow".
Thanks to your videos and starting on smaller bikes, practicing a lot, today I got my motorcycle certification! Aced the test. 100%. I am *OFFICIALLY PARKING LOT CERTIFIED!*
Great job dude. Teaching people with mistakes already committed may save innumerable lives. Or limbs.
All the best man.
Haha. đ”âđ« 9:26 Danâs face when he saw the âpregnantâ man. đ
12:19 Using your front break in a curve does straighten your bike. You'll have to fight that by leaning / pressing more.
20:32 that's western Switzerland, Kanton Vallis. Yep, it's beautiful there. đ
Not true... Using any brake on a corner, keeping your lean, will actually close in your turn...
@@admirable_kon5083 Just try it. You're in a curve and use your front break hard without slamming it of course. You will have to counteract the righting moment by pressing the handlebars on the inside of the curve.
@@HilmarLange I'm pretty sure that if you felt that, it was you automatically removing lean angle to be on the safe side, unconsciously... But you might be right, I'm not entirely sure about the whole physics going on... But, accelaration and increased speed makes a wheel stand up, and the opposite should have opposite effects, as far as I know... But, like I said, I might be wrong.
@@admirable_kon5083 I join training courses quite often, and the main topic there is always breaking. Breaking in a curve (which you do with your front brake mainly) makes your bike stand up.
That's a real problem for an unexperienced rider who sees himself confronted with the fear of leaning his bike. When a curve comes to be too tight and you brake instead of leaning more, you double the trouble.
@@HilmarLange At the same time, just leaning more is not always possible...
@DanDanTheFireman the last one with the accident scene is in Switzerland. Somewhere in the canton of Wallis/Valais (VS on the police car's number plate). That's one place in Switzerland where they also speak a lot of french, which is why the police cars aren't labeled "Polizei" đ Sadly, the canton of Wallis is still quite a bit away from where I live.
4:13 I live very close to this road blood mountain as the locals call it. If you pause it, you can see a cross. It's incredible how many crosses are on that road. I've seen some terrible crashes on that road. If you go a little bit north, you can take a left. Onto wolf pen gap/ hwy 180 Supper tight road. There is little to no room for mistakes. The six gap is the tail of the dragon of georgia.
He actually pauses it and you can see.
The rider at 16:22 should just park his bike and never ride again. Guy had 81 years to react, slow down, whatever and but instead chose to keep his speed (maybe even went faster) and put himself at risk. He probably pulled that isht simply for the video. People like him give all bikers a bad name.
Watched about 200 hours of your videos before buying a bike⊠never put my bike down and never crashed. Almost all other videos say itâs not how but when, my competitive sprit won
What you are teaching is indispensable for all riders ,got riding since 1976 and your wisdom at 36 is wide - keep doing your thing as it saves lives and injury.
i've recently started to binge watch a bunch of videos on this channel even though i dont have a bike, want to get one in the next year or two, but i just saw a comment on an old video saying they watch one of these every day even though it gets boring to brush up on the tips talked about, after i read that i instantly turned on notifications so when i do get a bike im still watching these videos for riding/safety tips
I've found that a lot of Dan's videos have helped me be a lot safer even if all I have right now is an ebicycle as my main transport mode. Ngl, the tips about corners and paying attention to the road has likely saved me many times and its knowledge I can still put into practice even if I'm still months away from being able to do the course and at least a year from grabbing an actual motorcycle.
At 5:50 for situations like that I just assume every car will pull out so I keep my fingers on the break ready to squeeze
I always love the theatrics of you turning around to look at the "view" like it's actually behing you. It always cracks me up. đ
It's not that trail braking is so complicated or difficult that relative noob's can't learn it fairly quickly and all... I think it's probably THE most basic of "advanced" techniques on a bike. I'd still recommend beginners to bother with their parking lot drills and perfect their "brake and escape" maneuver especially BEFORE bothering to focus so much on trail braking...
The thing about trail braking is that you ABSOLUTELY MUST get some feel for the brakes on your bike, not just how aggressively they can work, either one alone, AND both of them together... BUT ALSO get a consistent sense of how aggressively you're actually ON them. In the beginning, motorcycles are fun and exciting machines, big-boy toys... It's hard not to feel like you're g** d*** SUPERMAN on your first bike... on the road... all for realzies and stuff. It's harder to really cut through all the novelty of the ride and settle in for every sense and moment IN that moment. You can't get trail braking or any further advanced until you can stop lying to yourself and buying the misconceptions... things like accelerating or braking "makes the bike stand up"... BALONEY... The ONLY thing that makes that bike stand up is motion on the handlebar to do so... period. It's exactly the same as what makes the bike lean over... push... and it leans... push the other way... and up it stands.
BUT with excitement comes stress and clouded senses and judgments. It gets difficult in "the blur" to be sure of what you felt and how much or little pressure you employed... It gets hard enough just getting used to the fact that if you stood the bike up, in a curve without ever such intention... YOU STILL STOOD THAT BIKE UP... period.
BUT once a beginner starts to build that sense of touch, that self awareness, and can accept that they're the ONLY one who did the thing that stood the bike up or laid it down... THEN they can start finding the precision in their touch and grasp, and foot pressure to trail off the brakes as they enter the corner and add to their lean... just avoiding any skid and still aggressive enough to continue slowing down... It's a delicate dance... not impossible or even especially hard to find... but delicate. It requires a level of precision, so one needs to be both competent enough to at least accomplish "Slow, Look, Press, and Roll" consistently BEFORE they start screwing around with trailing off, and timing their exits.
I'd love to say, "Oh yeah, yeah, yeah... it's easy and only makes riding easier and more fun."... BUT there's a period of "just settle in first" on the saddle. Riding's complicated enough, and while trail braking DOES make riding easier and more fun, it's still adding ONE MORE SKILL to the list of sh*t to have to master.
I liked Fast Eddie's speech the other day over on Motojitsu (Channel on YT)... "It's okay to be a noob"... (okay, I paraphrased it, and his version was both longer and more wholesome)... How about we remind ourselves of our own "dumb-ass noob' days" and let the latest generation know that it IS okay to ride a little slower. It's okay to have chicken strips. It's okay to embarrass yourself a minute at the light jogging the bike back and forth and downshifting in place. It's okay to NOT have a perfect line through curves and to "give yourself a pass" and to have trouble with certain maneuvers or a certain direction over the other (right or left U-turns... am I right?)... We ALL went through at least SOME of the same stages of "crap riding"... Just take it easy on yourself out there, and have a little patience. Those of us who've put in a million miles through a dozen countries on some of the most dangerous roads in the world are going to chuckle or even guffaw from time to time... BUT I've got a secret. We're NOT actually laughing at you. We're laughing at our own memories from back when WE WERE DOING THAT SAME SH*T!!! You just remind us of ourselves... and some of us are only scared to admit it.
SO yeah... I forgot to put my feet down in a "panic stop" and toppled right over in a parking lot... having not even hit anything... I've put my foot down wrong and slowly tipped over in the middle of the g** d*** street. I've run through someone's yard, several ditches, a small stream or two, and nearly up a tree for simply failing to curve for one reason or another. I've forgotten all about how the clutch worked the moment I let it out and THEN noticed the truck pulling up right where I wanted to go... and gone around him on the WRONG side of the road. I've dragged my feet and "high stepped" trying to catch up to the pegs as I left the line at the light... etc....etc....etc... It's just been decades since then, and I was lucky enough NOT to get killed DEAD by my antics before I managed to straighten myself out. I wore my gear and LEARNED from the f*cking straight UP.... haha...
It damn well BETTER be alright to not be perfect at this whole "stay your ass on the bike thing"... Otherwise, everyone who ever got on a bike in the first place is GOING to Hell. We've all sinned. There's no need trying to hide that. SO cut yourself some slack, ya' noob's. A little bit of patience, ESPECIALLY for yourself, and you CAN do this. I believe in you! ;o)
I always look at the front tires and also the distance between the front wheels and the lane line. The moment that space begins to get smaller is your cue to move out of the way.
Good reactions from the UK rider. Happy Birthday btw, 36 is too young to leave a pretty corpse, stay safe bearded one đđ
havent even made it out of the first video yet, but just wanted to say this. Imagine the feeling knowing you caused someone else to crash due to poor riding skills on your part. and then you came out fine. I get it, accidents happen, but these are the kind of humbling experiences that hopefully teach a lot of people lessons.
My observation is that many riders enter blind corners assuming that conditions are the same on the other side and donât apply the âensure you can stop in half the distance you can seeâ rule. This works just fine until that one time it doesnât. One day thereâs going to be a hazard. You can never rely on the road being clear.
I'm going to miss your videos. I can honestly say your videos have saved my life in multiple ways.
In case some want to know, according to the police cars, the last video is somewhere in Valais, southern Switzerland.
Yup, Valais for sure!
And the view is nothing compared to some other places in Switzerland!;)
Iâve definitely had a couple close calls, and I drive very conservatively. Iâve had my bike for just over a year now, and these tips have helped me very much. I appreciate all the work you put in.
Just passed my Beginner rider course today. Love your stuff, actually more indepth than class was.
every time I ride I like to practice figure 8's and emergency swerving and braking in secluded areas or big empty parking lots
4:43 coming from right lane to left lane at high speeds like that it's entirely on the rider. There is almost no way the operator of a car is going to see or be able to predict this when they are already in the process of changing lanes, the sun is to their back and you got a bunch of knobs weaving in and out of traffic like that. The lesson here should be "don't ride like an ass"
Totally agree!
It's still hot as hell here in az, gonna have to wait till late September to ride again.
I've ridden abouit 340.000 miles without a crash. I watch your videos religiously!
I saw that van pulling out way before he did I would have already been stopped or barely moving I'm always expecting a car to pull out I anticipate it
I watched a MotoJitsu video on trail braking and it helped me tremendously when I started riding. If you teach SLPR and you didnât S enough then your only option if to lay the bike down or ride off the cliff or into oncoming traffic.
What is trail braking?
Slow down, Lean, what does P and R stand for?
@@zajxperia3983 Slow - Slow down before you enter the corner Look - Look in the direction where you want to go Press - Press on the handlebars to initiate the lean Roll - Roll on the throttle
@@Yes_Alex_Cook look up MotoJitsu what exactly is trail braking video. It explains everything very well
@@Denali_Rebel
Thanks
dan, enjoy the show. sometimes the content is the same as 'the other guys' but i have to tell you it depends on the moderator too, you're easy on the ears. ...and you have donuts. win, win. feel like watching all this makes me a better, safer rider for sure. thanks.
1:08 Which bike is this?
The last video is in Valais/Switzerland. You can recognize it by the license plates of the police cars.
"Gloves paying for themselves the first time you take a rock to the knuckle." I agree with that but would like to add something more common. The gloves pay for themselves when you take a june bug or a damn bee to the knuckle.
There are a few intersections I have to deal with when Iâm riding that are a busy side street coming to the main road at a dumb angle, so when I come up to them Iâve already rolled off throttle, just deep into orange stage ready to get on the brakes. Iâve had many near misses at those intersections and it doesnât seem to matter what Iâm driving
Happy Birthday Bubba - you don't look a day over 35 đ
I usually notice its the sun that causes these accidents but motorcyclists should be the most aware of this when the sun is directly behind them and your casting a huge shadow in front of you. Which means it's very unlikely for the driver in front to spot you.
Take a shot or toke everytime Dan says Focal vision.
I think the beautiful views and orange police cars is Switzerland, perhaps near Sion.
Thanks for the videos, just started riding and noticing myself being way safer because of the things youâre saying. Appreciate it
The last Video is in Switzerland, in the State "Wallis". When you look at the Police Car you can see the Swiss Cross and beside the Cross there are Two Letters that Corresponds for the State (Our term for State is Kanton).
Thank you, Cardo, for the new update!!
15:00 Gloves! remember as a kid in the 70's on the back of my dad's Honda 350 four and he pulls over cursing be cause a bee was wedged between his fingers stinging him. He came home with gloves the following day.
Used to track cycle to in the 70's, guy cam off in a sprint, pinky was caught between the handle bar and bitumen track... half his finger was gone.
I guarantee you @2:10 the silver van isnt wearing sunglasses đ
Happy 36th birthday Dan đ
That focal vision scene was funny af.. but very informative đđ€
Great info on focal vision.
a great video again mate! thanks for sharing. I am a new rider i had an accident and broke my foot, but i am back on the road again. watching you from Morocco! Cheers !
Yup, when passing a line of cars -> Turn signal, wheel, movement, repeat And always keep in mind, they are not going to see you, you're invisible.. is a good one to keep you out of trouble...
Never realized that trail braking was what I always did my 30 years in a cage befor getting on two wheels..... drove stick most of that time.... guess it translated lolđ
I want to point out something at 6:29. Not only the tyres but also people running between the cars to cross the street... not sure if that happens in the UK, but in my country Greece it happens all the time. And nowdays cars are higher than they used to be, so a normal height person could easily be totally invisible to us until it's a bit too late. Pedestrians that don't drive can't really understand that there might be something behind the vehicle they are crossing. Also when passing by a bigger vehicle that is stopped, like a truck or a bus it's good idea to look for any legs under its frontal part.
The last one was in Switzerland, in Valais, you can see it by the police car licence plates.
It is MPH. Quad lock broke, it was hit by a branch. I am glad you recognize that it was much sharper turn than expected. Thanks!!!
Dan I drive doubles for Old Dominion I use the SMITH system which you most likely know I also use that technique driving my 2022 Road Glide Limited ⊠Iâve been driving big trucks since 1996 and motorcycle since I was 13 âđœIâm 59 now lol
I haul HazMat doubles and ride a 2022 Triumph Tiger 900, I haven't heard of the SMITH system, could you educate a fellow road warrior? I'm always down to learn something new.
@@wyattblessing7078 be glad to Road Warrior the smith system 5 rule Aim High in Steering. Maintain eye lead time: Look ahead a minimum of 15 seconds. ...
Get the Big Picture. Keep a 7-second minimum following distance: Select a fixed object ahead and count â1,001, 1,002, 1,003,â etc., until you reach that landmark. ...
Keep Your Eyes Moving. ...
Leave Yourself an Out.
@@wyattblessing7078 who do you drive for ?
@@ricotime9264 I drive for a small outfit called Arrow Logistics. I used to drive for Pilot Flying J hauling to their truck stops. Awesome Lesson, TY.
If you don't see these signs at night- YOU can wake up in a terrible frigh with a shattered hip and a broken right leg.
late answer, last video is from Switzerland, Valais state for sur. We can see the police licence plate starting with VS.
That moment when you're rapidly moving toward a cliff and starting to realize that your turning ability does not match your speed
I was just going to see tires turning but you said it before I could comment.
the last one is in switzerland, in the canton of valais/ Wallis
20:51 only problem with that theory is every one of the other motercycles are facing the wrong way, unless they were all too close to him. I think he dodged something on the straight.
The fundamentals are soooo important. Love these vids â€
Everyone seems to be spouting off about trail braking atm as if itâs a new thing, but youâll only get any benefit from it if youâre really moving, and that ainât a good idea when you canât anticipate whatâs around that corner or what the surface condition is (on the road). It really isnât that âadvancedâ or clever.
I believe that is Switzerland. From the views, the orange lines on the car, the red helicopter from Rega, and the VS plate should be from canton Valais. And the motorists from canton Bern.
The heli actually seems to be Air Zermatt though đ Don't let them get to know you called them "Rega" ;-)
@@deufel86 You are rightđ, the colors look pretty similar but the Air Zermat has the stars! đđ
Great content, Dan. Happy late birthday!
Hey man i've been watching a whole bunch of your video's as pre prep for starting my motorcycle lessons (since it's my first drivers licence i'll have to get my theoreticle first before i'm allowed on the public road) what tips or video's do you have and or recommend?
yes, and coming into play on the constant changing of your focal attention is fatigue level .. its hard to self evaluate that sometimes, but for me a very good indicator is if im off on my shifting .. dont fight it .. realize your fatigued and at a reduced performance including your focal/reaction time and slow way down, its defintely not the time to get complacent your fixing to meet the grim reaper ..
Happy late birthday man, even though I am 19-22 days late, depending on editing time.
The track crash at 5:00 was horrible. Saw it the other day on MotoMadness and it said rider reported being ran over by another bike.
A good tip on the focal vision drill is to NOT squint. Leave a much of your eye exposed as possible, your brain will process the added info with practice. Squinting narrows your vision.
I' don't remember where i heard this. But if you can see your own shadow on the road. The cars you're looking at cant see you. Own shadow = Danger!
Last video with the helicopter, location: Valais, Switzerland
You're right Dan! Absolutely BEAUTIFUL road and views @ 20:05......I'd love to know where that is. I can tell you that the clip prior to that is Rte 3A in Hingham or Weymouth Massachusetts and not nearly as scenic. đ đ
20:39 Switzerland⊠(& that was of course *braking, damn autocorrect).
Dan can you please compile same videos from the Philippines. Just wanted to get your thoughts on how to ride safely here. All the best man and thank you
I get the sensation that 80% of those drivers were a bit faster than they should. Specially on that last take, gorgeous view, enjoy it, not rush through it.
15:47 made the same mistake 2 times with the same bike as a rookie, that bike is really heavy (like 240kg fully liquid loaded) and when you loose it say goodbye don't even try to stop the fall, changed it for a gsx-r750 and what a difference in weight, I recovered the bike 1 time while it was falling off the kickstand no problem.
The one you asked about is in Switzerland.
Iâm with you, DanDan, de-escalate.
love these vids. i'm doing riding lessons atm, it's fun but man i feel vulnerable. if i fall, i could easily get injured even at slow speeds if the bike falls on my leg. at high speeds it gets even more sketchy. everyone says highways are boring to ride but i'm anxious about it.
Obviously don't push too far too fast... BUT what you're going to figure out pretty quickly is that the relevant issue with traffic around you is "relative speed"... That's the difference between what speed and direction YOU are going and Any particular other vehicle/person... In neighborhoods and city surface streets, there's only a couple lines and a few scant feet between you and everyone going the OPPOSITE direction, or maybe so much as a curb and people not moving at all... vehicles clutter up the side and shoulder sitting "dead still"... On highways, there can be a dozen lanes, BUT everyone in ALL of them are going the same direction as you're going and relatively close to your speed. Once you're in the stream, they may as well not even be moving TO YOUR PERSPECTIVE... so it gets a lot easier than it looks to navigate traffic around them, and there's PLENTY of space if you look for it and care to use it.
It takes a little getting used to, but the ground and the potentials for injury only really matter if you fall off the bike... so just focusing on ways to avoid falling off the bike negates them... and you'll get used to not wasting energy over things that don't really matter... like sweating how much the ground could hurt or how heavy your bike might be on your leg. If it's never on your leg or you never get bucked off to hit the ground, none of that matters.
Finally, yeah... Part of the charm is feeling vulnerable, BUT that's what God invented gear for. It doesn't seem realistic, but gear has gotten really good about helping you minimize the injuries or even avoid them altogether in case of a "worst case scenario". Don't forget to breathe, and keep her BETWEEN those ditches. You'll be alright. I believe in you! ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 thanks, this helps a lot. i'm trying to learn as much as possible from videos and more experienced riders. but nothing beats riding itself.
struggled a lot with taking an evasive swerving manoeuvres today.
i have to go 50km/h or 31mph, then let go of the gas, swerve to the left, right, and left around cones.
the instructor says i'm not using my hips properly and not pushing on the steering wheel enough. says i'm too careful. counter steering feels counterintuitive as well. my brain says pull the steering wheel to the right to go right, but apparently i have to push it left to go right.
despite all that, it's really fun. can't wait to be more skilled and have my own bike. i can just practice every day at some empty road or parking lot then.
@@donderstorm1845 Only glad to help a beginner. I grew up on two wheels (very literally) and that presented its own issues when I was getting instruction. I had to find an instructor that wouldn't bring up countersteer in so many syllables. I KNEW how to turn on a bike before getting to class, but only in the sense of DOING it... If I started thinking about it, it f*cked me up TOTALLY... haha... As soon as I'd start thinking in terms of procedure, I'd start hesitating and questioning... and I was off track before I could get it... and that was infuriating. On my own, I could sit down on the bike and TEAR IT UP... I just looked and the bike did what I wanted it to do... BUT once class got in and someone started explaining countersteer... I was f*cked...
To help you, though... Motojitsu (channel on YT) has several EXCELLENT videos where Fast Eddie (aka "Greg") demonstrates how it works... one of them even shows the press and the bike shift over to lean in slow-motion so you can SEE all the physics work... It's fairly recent, too.
AND that finally got my head wrapped around the procedure working instead of hung in that weird "I can do it, but not talk about it" place... which was a relief. The last time someone tried explaining it, I was screwed up trying to ride for almost a week... distracted by "how the f*ck does this work" instead of just relaxing and riding like I know what I'm doing...
It's relatively the same as a bicycle, too. Intellectuals and scholars and academics can explain all they want to, but if you can get a hold of a bicycle and just practice tightening up those maneuvers on that, the physical doing works out on a motorcycle... look... press... follow through... pretty much exactly the same... It's a weird aspect of gyroscopic physics and the "self-correcting" nature of motorcycles in general...
ANYWAYS... hopefully, a look at Motojitsu's demo's on countersteer will help you out... give you some confidence... and that's probably (if we're 100% honest) where you need the work. Your hips will work better with you when you can relax, and "just do the g** d*** thing"... as silly as that sounds. ;o)
â@@donderstorm1845
Hey Don.......
re your countersteering method, you want to steer left, push left on the left bar. Keep it simple. Go to a very vacant area and at a running speed practice that. Then try the right turn. Push right to go right.
Keep it simple.
Check out Motojitsu, Motovudu, MCRider and last but absolutely not least Neevsy, l've found those gold nuggets with these Guys.
You're not going to learn it all in your first year, just get the basics right, make it home, so you can go out and njoy another ride tomorrow.
And go and practice in the rain. Its not that bad. If u have rain gear, you wont even get wet. Yeh, get some full gear, or just take a running dive on the asphalt to see what a slow slide feels like......
Just practice your observation skills- continual scanning, swerving, braking.
Day at a time. Keep breathing, and relax on the bike. Keep the shiny side up.
Dan, you donât look a day over 50!! đ happy belated birthday
He's not 36???
Speaking on your comment about gloves.. I canât unsee the clip of the rider getting hit in the hand by a big chunk of retread. If he had not been wearing gloves he might have lost his hand.
14:30 I wouldâve gotten closer lol tire touching the side skirt
20:05 is in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Helicopter is from Air Zermatt, a rescue organsiation that operates in this area but mainly get's people down from the slopes or mountains.
You can tell with helmet cam that first guy did NOT at all look where he wanted to go, so his whole body locked up and went right for the other biker.
Looked almost like he was trying to pull the handle bars away instead of counter steering away
Also has no clue how countersteering works. Looks like the riderâs first time on a curvy road.
Seeing theseshows me how much better a rider I am than I knew.
20:15 - it's in Switzerland.
Haddalayerdown right into the old pedestrians
I just turned 36 too! July 26
20:10 is the Upper Valais region of Switzerland, given the color scheme and license plates on the police cars and the Air Zermatt helicopter.
The Rock to the knuckle is so true đ
It seems ironic to be peering into another vehicle, and complaining that by looking at the phone, the driver is âguiltyâ of being a distracted driver (when they themselves are looking away from their line).
A caveat to this is a quick glance at the driverâs head as you approach from the rear, looking for that particular âjust textingâ head angle...
Not really? When you learn to ride a motorcycle/bicycle, small vehicle in general one thing you try to do is make eye-contact with drivers, this way you know they know you are there... if they never make eye contact they cannot know you are there... I also look into people's mirrors to do this sometimes on my bicycle to see if they are checking behind them... I may have a green to go on my bike lane but if they are turning right and not checking their mirrors... could be bad for me... If I am looking at them and I see a head tilted down and a right blinker on... should I go? Should I wait for them to acknowledge me? Or should I slap the side of their vehicle to wake them up and pull their head out of whatever else they were doing? I am the one that will get injured, not them.
14:56 exactly why i dont ride a cruiser anymore. Absolute death traps. Doesnt brake, doesnt turn, and accelerates like a kia soranto.
The pizza and donuts always make me hungry.
Dumped the bike and my finger bled WITH a glove on, can't imagine not wearing gloves
Worst mistakes are car drivers blundering into accidents because they had no line of sight and bikers thinking they're the devils heatwave (CCR - sweet hitchhiker reference)
Modern bike(s) speed potential far exceeds most young riders ability who have yet to learn the basics let alone what happens when thy're going to fast for prevailing road conditions, the bike industry must be laughing all the way to the bank in selling expensive high powered bikes and replacement parts. Road traffic has increased massively over the years just adding to the chaos or increased rider awareness as promoted on this channel, but you can't put an experienced head on a young drivers shoulders the consequences being more accidents and higher insurance premiums along with increased road fatalities.
Braking in a turn will stand the bike up unless you add more countersteer.
do you know of IPSGA? Information, Position, Speed, Gear, Acceleration. It's the method used for advanced driving in the UK.
5:24 did another bike slide into him?!