Great video, any tips for riding on ice ?

Excellent

Brilliant...

Hells yeah buddy. I’m pretty new to riding and been working on my lesbian cause I’ve almost crashed a few times. So this is a good video

Great video. Can you do one on what safety gear you use for both the street and the track

OK limit of grip... Regardless of lean angle you will have a limited amount of grip and listening or going off feel of a bike sliding is not ideal. A GP rider was once asked how did he save or manage to catch a bike that started to slide.. His answer was "You don't save or catch a bike when it starts to let go... To control a slide you MAKE it slide!" Now that is not something many of us want to have to do and a bike that snaps mid corner is more luck than judgement when you catch it...Modern rider aids may be 100 times better than us at saving a slide, but it also slows the bike down more than it needs too so knowing how to find that limit of grip is key. How do you find the limit of grip of the tyre at any given lean angle? Its quite simple and much easier than you think... Enter a nice open corner and just run a little wide by 1 to 2 feet and when you are at whatever your maximum lean angle is try to tighten your line and push on the bars a little more. If the bike tightens the line and gets closer to the kerb you can go a little faster and do the same thing. Once you find the bike will not tighten its line then you are at the bikes/tyres limit. This is the same in the wet at 20 degrees lean angle, a quick rider in the dry at 40/45/ or even 50 degrees. Once you find you cannot tighten a line you have hit that limit of grip but YOU have pushed it so if it will not tighten you are in control of the bike and if it is pushing and sliding at all you created that slide and you are already the one in control of that situation.

Want to lean more in right turns? Push forward harder on the right grip. Want to lean more in left turns? Push forward harder on the left grip. There ya go. Theres your B group bump tip.

I have maybe squid type of question, but still, I wanna know. I'm from Europe (Poland to be more exact) just to be clear so I'm not sure if everything is the same here as in the US. I have a HJC I71 helmet with ECE 22.06 and I'm pretty happy with it. Maybe the wind noise is sometimes high, but I already have some ear plugs. Anyway, my question is will I have to upgrade to a better helmet? I'm probably not going to track so much on bikes, and even so I would probably get more track oriented protective gear when I get some urge to start going on track regularly. I ask this question, because right now I'm riding on my MT-125 with A1 licence, but (as a car enthusiast and now also motorcycle enhusiast) I will upgrade to A2 licence with someting like R3 in mind, maybe even later a full A licence. It's still a pretty far away toppic, I have to wait another year to start A2, but I wanna find info before beeing in the rush of getting new licence (probably while also getting licence for cars). Does my question even have any sence? or am I just not well educated in this toppic? Thanks for reading and also sorry for going off toppic so much. Also one more thing, can HJC be trusted? I like their intercome solution (maybe a little expensive), but I don't know are they worth it over for example Arai, Shoei, AGV and others (aaand I'm going off toppic again...)

Bonjour jeune homme, merci pour ces explications et conseils. je roule avec une R 1200 GS de 2011, et la pression des pneus recommandée est de 2,2 kg pour l avant et 2,4 kg pour l'arriere, je mets des Tourance next 2. est ce que je devrais baisser de 100 g chaque pneu, pour avoir une meilleure accroche en virage? Cordialement ✌Philippe

Very nice video.

Awesome video. Subscribed! Please can you do a video regarding suspension setup for track & street use?

Is this at UMC?? Great video!! 🙌🏽

Last year was my 1st season running slicks (pirelli), I couldn't believe how much grip they had. Literally dragged my exhaust on my 2017 r6. I know that's not good but the tires just kept sticking and didn't signal that it was approaching its grip limit. How can you tell your at max lean when Tires and conditions are perfect without dragging hard parts?

Track v Steet that point right there is so right. Great video 👍

Great video. I did my first track day at the UMC this year and quickly found out that I've been waisting my time on the streets. Can't wait until spring when I can take this knowledge and apply it on the track. My kids are starting mini gp and it is now mandatory for them to watch this video.

have you taken champ school?

1:30 thicc

1997 GSX-R to 2018 Panigale still serves Its purpose despite being 7 years old but a bit neglected now because ive leaned into cars now, but still memories a memory

My 800 GSA was on the edge of the front tyre at about 37 degrees on the racetrack, stock tyres, which was what I felt was the maximum bike lean angle, body position made up the extra needed. The lack of any chicken strip confirms it I guess.

thank you for this video

Really liked the part where he showed us how to lean 😅

Well made video mate, thank you.

Yeah, not doing this Your foot peg hits the ground, now your bike is on your front tire and your foot peg, your rear wheel loses traction, and away you go off a cliff. I got a better solution. Just drive slower.

Does motorcycle weight alter any principles when going into corners? A 400lb bike vs a 500lb vs 600lb id imagine all behave differently even if all else is the same.

I got a friend, (you know who you are if you are reading this) that really have no business on a v4, never been to a track on a motorcycle, cares about his tire strip because to him it represents his progress. Wants to go fast on the street, has a kid on the way, and after countless time telling him he needs to take it to the track if he wants to push his limit, he told me that on the track he know he will crash, he dont have a suit, and a lot of "yes, but..." stories that i cant even keep track of... I am exhausted in trying to telling him to going to the track.

Jay hello fm down under[the big western part of the Continent. Mate i have taken the time to hit all the buttons for you and the channel. Jay, and anyone reading this I have found your channel to be succinct and chock full of info. Take this one for example. Really great data and example you really know your stuff. Mate I used to be employed as a Licensed aircraft engineer and mechanic and airplane transport pilot [ie at times I would kick the tires then light the fires. Give her a kick in the guts and take it for a spin a check, & make sure what we had done was correct and make the right noises. This included safety wiring, Jay. Mate you are on point. DIG IT and the work you do.] ☮️🤙😊 cheers mate !!!

Here before this channel blows up

A lot of fast babbling that does not answer the title question. After 50% I gave up.

I like leaning a lot Lol. It’s the biggest reason I have sportbikes. When I was new to sportbikes, I was trying maximize lean, which I realized was wrong. Now I try to maximize corner speed, which will require more lean. I only realized this after going to the track.

0:15 Wow, what a scenery, what track is that?

Great video! I love that thumbnail! 😎

Chicken strips all day for me. I have a family to go home to.

clickbait title and thumbnail imo, i learned when to lean and when not to lean but NOT HOW to lean

Great video! Thank you. Subscribed

Earned a Subscriber. Keep up the good work.

The R7 is already a big heavy super bike also not recommended for new riders! I think all new riders should stick to below 400cc like those ones you mentioned here. Even then they are still quite big! In countries like the UK, we go with <200cc for the first few years!

The thumbnail suggests the opposite - lean low is correct, stay up is not! I am confused - which is right??

I try to grip the fuel tank hard with legs and hold the steering lighter at higher speeds Check my tire pressure regularly Keep my body weight to the front by leaning on tank more

with all due respect please take a sip of water 👀😆 thank you for all this grate information 💯

just found your channel at work ( I like to listen to podcasts etc) Currently my track riding is getting to a stage where I am in between intermediate and advanced, but I have done 0 modifications on my bike I ride a stock ducati 996. I would love to see a video explaining how to understand suspension on track in more detail, and key points to focus on to adjust suspension etc. Loved the video keep it up !!

Best damn video I have heard for sport bike riders in a while

I am riding for 30+ years, had Sportbikes, went on track days a lot, and it was very pleasuring to see such a good summary video of what is really essential. I figured these out during my years through try & (fail &) learn, what a boost would it have been if I saw this video 25 years ago.. Actually the risk/reward ratio of street riding made me switch to off-road. Electronics create such a sense of false security, that I am worried about the lives of our beginner generation who is riding, remembering how reckless I was I'm my 20s trying to impress and get p***y....

I am brand new to riding and proud of my chicken strips. They often times taste very good. KFC is the best

I was suprised to see how much of this stuff I picked up just from watching people ride. I've never been to a track but a lot of the things about leaning specifically at high speeds and why you do it, are something I'm surprised I learned on the street. Definitely should have learned it at the track, and improved that way, I just don't have the money to do so :( Will be going at some point to learn EXACTLY where my limits are. Great video. Definitely deserve more subs than you have.

Any relation to Chuck Graves? I used to club race in A.R.R.A. at Willow Springs when Chuck was in the club. Back then my FZ600 only took a 130 rear tire so it's crazy they take 180's now.

There is no need to put your knee down on the street, you can make a turn without putting your knee down on street but track yes

Good vid

I’ve been riding for 9 years and this is truly an incredible video. I’ve learned more in this than 90% of other KZbinrs out there. Thank you so much for sharing!

A suspension setup video would be very helpful.

Good advice. I'm a 50-year street veteran with half-a-dozen trackdays in there. I see far too many "kids" come up out of the city and try to play Road Racer on my mountain roads... too often with tragic results. F*** the chicken strips. Stay smooth, steady on the brakes, let the bike do the work. Look UP.