Im back on track (v novice level) after 12 months out of action. Little bit nervous n scared 😳

Does this make death wobble not a thing?

I toured on a Yamaha GTS1000. Lovely bike but it had three problems. It was too heavy, too expensive and the turning circle was awful. Other than that, it was absolutely great to ride. The one I rode was borrowed but I still wish I'd found enough spare cash to have bought one for myself.

I'm surprised they still didn't start to extend the arm into the corners...

Let’s say you already Corning pretty hard can you add more counter steering?

First time I heard it, was in the Army. Specifically to weapons handling, but applicable to whatever task was at hand.

Great video. I just took a race school and the biggest take away was to get your lines right and not focus SO much on perfecting body position. Next track day i focused more on getting the lines right and nailing exits and my pace picked up significantly. Was on the gas way earlier while others were still trying to make the turn.

Brilliant..

Something I’ve been thinking about…the bike turns most sharply at full lean but not every corner is a sharp turn, also we move our body to the inside to reduce lean angle - so it would follow that how much you move your upper body to the inside would be different for different corners. Simon Crafar talks about thinking about your body in two halves because you move them at different times - lower body before or as part of starting to brake and upper body as you introduce lean angle (and the opposite under acceleration). I would think that moving the lower body at the right time is important to establish early as a fundamental technique because moving at the wrong time can upset the stability of the bike. Is that true? On a side note - when I first started experimenting with moving on the bike I was moving my backside to early under acceleration and to abruptly which caused ATC to kick in, and in first gear it nearly sent me over the handle bars

6:40 learned about this in Keith Code's California Superbike School training. Thanks for your excellent explanations on this video.

Lovely video very thoroughly explained. Glad I follow

Yet another steering tuition that gives you half the ability you COULD have... I don't know who started the idea of pushing on the inside bar but it's stupid. Yes it's much better than not knowing how to steer at all but use both bars, push with one and pull the other... Literally twist the bar as a kid would do if you asked them to steer a bike whilst just sat on it. Why would you halve your steering strength?

Really appreciate the vid. I can hang off and look thru left turns, but not right. My breakthrough came when I leaned forward and pushed inward on the inside handlebar, leaned on it more (pushing it toward my legs). Now I’m trying to do the same on the right… any thoughts on this? It feels much better but it doesn’t sound like what you’re recommending, which is pushing out on that bar ?

One thing to add: a key to being controlled (and not abrupt) is to be proactive, think ahead. For example: next turn is going to be a right-hander, it has a wide radius, braking marker is coming up, I don't need a lot of bar input, etc. etc

Great video. Thank you for the effort for making some very interesting informative stuff. Cheers mate 👍

Actually, the more relax I am, the faster I go. Never fight with your bike.

What is this guy talking about race and racists all the time I tought this was about telelever suspension

What a great video! Thank you Dan..

It's about slowing down the movement which feels like it's slow. It's also about removing unnecessary movement. For example, reducing free play in the throttle, clutch and brake.

amazing vid man!! I totally agree with all your points. I have a question though. Generally the rule I follow is the following: 1) Locate braking point 2) brake and start positioning body while looking for the entry point 3) at the entry point counter-steer the bike while finishing the body positioning 4) once my line is set I look for the exit point 5) once I can see the exit I start going on the throttle while picking the bike up. The question is: in prolonged corners where I have set the line but I can't see the exit point (e.g. due to visual obstacles like trees, bushes, rocks etc.) I tend to neutralize the throttle (between points 4 and 5 above) and only once I can see the exit I start picking up the throttle. Is this correct or am I upsetting the bike somehow? I know that this applies mostly to road riding where you can't always see the exit of the corner, but I would appreciate your opinion. I always had doubt on whether this is correct or not...

Track day this Sunday !! Biggest thing for me is getting into a cadence rhythm. Mentality talking through each turn... "Hard break, pivot body right, (breath) correct gear... off break smoothly (breath) in corner-off break , gas smooth smooth(breath) head low..." Just repeating it calmly smoothly, breathing focusing on where I need to improve the most. Keeping head down using opposing leg to hang off bike for example. Eventfully things just get easy and im passing everyone LOL.

It's very helpful ❤

Nice to see you back on screen. Very very good video.

Can you do a video on finding the limit on corner entry?

Glad you’re back Dan. I don’t do track days now but you’re the best at explaining this stuff👍.

you're talking about me! :D

its not about speed. its about flow. find that flow once and you'll forever be chasing it

Great tips

Thanks for letting me know I really am doing things correctly

excellent

This video can do magic. Packed with useful advice. Thank you bro.

So glad you're back making these kind of videos, they're invaluable. Thank you for doing this.

Nice video, I still watch these even though I'm going for my race license soon. These clips have definitely helped me get where I am much faster than any mod. I've done to the bike.

7:33 this body position matches what i was taught: move half-to-one buttcheek off the seat and you're set for some pretty fast cornering. Anything more is excessive at first

1) Relax 2-5) See #1

Thank you so much. I really liked all five of them.

great video, found some american ones where they're denying it even exists

I'm not a novice but maybe between beginner and intermediate rider skill wise (I may be being a bit generous in the classification of myself) but I've been playing with body position for about 8 months now and one of the tips from here that made a huge difference was when getting off the seat for a turn, think about getting away from the midline of the bike instead of low. Then in the past month I discovered on my own that if I press my boot into or "stand on" the inside peg it is like a way to micro adjust in the turn and then I hear it mentioned here at 4:00. I'm learning y'all!😂

7:55 - dafuq!?!?! 😳

I'm a dirt bike rider. This video is actually quite helpful for guys like me. The basics of what you said are applicable to all forms of bike riding.

My poor exit performance got me 3 kids.

Nope, he's not... he was just the right guy, in the right place, at the right time, on the right bike... Rainey & Schwantz ran rings around him.

Is this guys actually fast?

In my earlier days of track riding i was focusing my corner vision on the apex. Once i learned to continually shift my vision between the closer points such as the apex and far around and ahead to where i want the bike to end up, a whole new level of confidence and dramatically reduced lap times opened up for me. Dont stare at track a few feet in front. Instead have these closer marks in peripheral while keeping eyes pointed further down track. It is ok to keep shifting sight close, far, close, far while keeping both close and far points in sight. I saw a great study of drivers eyes in F1. It is the same for motorcycles

Driving with your fingers on the brake lever should be relegated to driving on the street where unexpected issues can occur at any moment and the difference between reaching out to grab the brake lever and then pulling it and just pulling it should be obvious put on where you’re breaking are and you absolutely in my opinion should have both hands on the handlebars to be totally in control

All gospel truth

learning to steer is hard because all of the "push on the left and push on the right" is happening at an otherwise extremely busy time for the rider. A nice alternative approach is to get the rider to alter their line mid corner but that can be awkward if the track is crowded because you'll be moving into spots mid corner that other riders are expecting to be clear. If you have the opportunity to do it though it works because the rider learns to steer without thinking about it and there's an added benefit for street riding because it's the same action as mid corner obstacle avoidance.

best explanation of brakes with graph I've heard.. thank you

Top tip: ride a 250cc two-stroke and learn how to keep momentum when you can't fall back on endless torque from your big engine.

Clear and concise information. I appreciate your insight. Thank you!