3 Things I Wish I Knew! (AS A NEW RIDER)

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Happy new year and welcome to 2022! 🥳 This will be the last Vlog on my blue gsxr. She’s currently undergoing a major change so stay tuned! This was obviously filmed before my crash back in October and I just pushed it back until now bc I had other videos were more relevant at the time. Thanks for tuning in and I hope you all have a great year!!! 🤩🙌🏻

[@ChaseJasperDown]

Happy New Year to you as well! Looking forward to the new content.

[@scott547]

Good one bro! Made me reminisce about all those things when I was a new rider! 👊🏼👊🏼

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

@@ChaseJasperDown thanks man! Happy new year 🎆

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

@@scott547 thanks Scott! We can’t forget we were noobs once also 🙂🙌🏻

[@hbor77]

Best wishes to all of you

[@nuckenfutz9983]

edit: PS Salt, you and many other KZbinrs around 2013 are what drove me to start my riding journey. Thanks for that. Been riding since 2013 and during the last riding season I high sided my 2014 R1 doing 5 MPH on 2 minute old B.R.A.N.D. N.E.W. tires. Slick tires, slick polished pavement combined with old irrelevant muscle memory = a bad time. This was probably the 6th brand new set of tires I've broken in yet the first time I've ever done that. I "knew" what to expect and still. The cherry on top is I believe my TC wasn't functioning at the moment as it had a fault code from the mechanic running it on a rear stand. It needed to be ridden normally for a short time to clear the fault. Even better, my Gopro stopped recording 10 seconds before it happened. At least I waddled over to my irate R1, picked it up like a real boy and hopped back right back on in front of some 50 +/- people whilst completely impeding traffic at an intersection. Expect the unexpected.

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Thank you for watching man! And I've seen and heard of it happening to people so I fully believe it. Glad you were alright!

[@notone4029]

I have to add on what you said about the maintenance side of the 3 things you stated. This can be FRUSTRATING to those whom aren’t MECHANICALLY INCLINED. I HAD to turn wrenches as a kid at age 6 , so this stuff comes easy. Been rebuilding GIXXERs for years so routine maintenance is not even a thing. But EVERYONE should dive in and at least try to do maintenance on their Sportbikes.

[@Conqueefstador]

Id assume not every rider not has basic tools like a ratchet / Allen keys . But whoever does should try yes

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Absolutely agree! Thanks for watching bro!

[@leeyork5473]

Man, your sooo absolute right! I’m literally that guy, stuck in between engine displacement and getting rid of those chicken strips.. I enjoy watching and being enlightened, by your vids. Thanks man, for being transparent and sharing those little gold nuggets! Hope , your ole’ man is fully recovering, from that last road trip, peace!

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Thank you Lee, we all started somewhere. Some people just tend to forget where they started. And my dad is doing much better, thank you! 🙏🏻 Happy new year!

[@tommyrox8789]

I am an old rider before cell phones or windows pc but I learn here and enjoy the peaceful vlogs we all do the people who hang around me!

[@boom3863]

I’ve done all basic things on my bike when I passed a few years ago and KZbin helped me massively doing this. Pads and discs, oil change, fender delete chain adjustments 😊

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Thanks for sharing!

[@tor4866]

I had the same experience received my bike from shop with new tires, chain and sprockets… My rims had some ugly marks and chain had no slack whatsoever. Then I decided to do ALL maintenance myself. You can not even come close to use all performance in a 1000cc on road, need a fast track. If you are 220lbs+ or run with a pillion all the time then a 1000cc might be a good option.

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Solid points! I had a friend with a Ducati get tires changed at a shop and they scratched the hell out of them and then denied they caused the damage. Such a shame.

[@FloridaMan1976]

I've always heard them called p*ssy stripes. The bigger the stripes the bigger the 🐈 you are in the cornes. My left side had no stripe and the right was about a 1/4", due to my bike being lowered in the front and the headers would scrape if the road dipped. It was a 1994 gsxr1100 set up for street drag. But anyways, now I'm in the mood for some chicken tenders lol.

[@palerider6611]

Spot on! I could respond with many examples and several paragraphs about your 3 points, but I think you summarized some very valid points.

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Thank you Andy! hope to see you in March! 👍🏻

[@palerider6611]

@@SALTxTHExWOUND Awesome Chris. You will be spoiled at Barber. I have plenty of video footage to help you and Heather.

[@joegalloway1613]

Im getting a honda cbr 500r for my first bike. Do you think that's a good choice? And any tips???

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Excellent choice, not too powerful for a beginner but enough power to keep you satisfied :)

[@GoodBalak]

I have my Ninja 650's second service coming up. Do I do it myself, or is there any benefit to letting the dealership's service centre doing it? I heard from my friend that service history is stored and helps during sale.

[@BJJNINJA215]

All VERY good points! In reference to the #2 & #3 people, I remember the moment when I realized I knew more and rode better than they did 🤣 Then I found this guy on KZbin with a Ninja 1000.....😜

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Hahahaaaa I know that guy! He’s an outstanding guy! 😉🤣

[@sanderslongdrive]

'4. Always ride safely.'

[@ecysparks9075]

I've tried explaining the same displacement point on tik tok and I feel the exact same way! Great video small bikes are just as fun as big bikes!

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching! 👊🏻

[@Papito79]

Happy New Year

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Happy new year 🎆

[@christopherbrown1183]

Happy New years

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Happy new year Chris!

[@ThabisoDuma-k2g]

Why don't you have mirrors??

[@chiltonadriaanse6036]

Which master cylinder are you running?

[@ollyboland9060]

Happy New year

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Happy new year! Let’s make it a great one!! 😊🙌🏻

[@motomani-ax]

How often do you guys come up to the mountains? We have a great group of riders up here. They treat you like family. HMU next time you plan a trip towards TN. Also, keep up the great videos!

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Sounds good! We will be up sometime next spring hopefully

[@oregonninjazx10r]

Hella good video Chris! Very informative for newer riders, as far as maintenance goes KZbin is cool and all but didn't exist in the 90's lol, I bought a '96 cr125 new, used owners manual and service manual to figure out how to do all maintenance including rebuilding top and bottom end, you have to want to learn...

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

That’s absolutely true! Thanks for your input, I’ve been looking at my owners manual on my KLX300 bc there’s not many videos out there in it 🙌🏻

[@HalfdeadRider]

For the most part here in the UK, you won't get shit for any of that, displacement or chicken strips, and you won't see fools crashing everywhere on group rides like you do on group rides from the US. I don't care how much of my tyres I use, I can go fast enough through bends without risking crashing as much, after hitting oil or other dirt or other debris on the road, and have plenty of fun accelerating hard out of those bends too. You must have gone to a cowboy mechanic that wanted your chain and sprockets to wear prematurely so you go back for more work, any decent mechanic will do your chain tension to spec. Obviously your chain will tighten more when you get on the bike, and you still need room for movement of the swinging arm with the rear shock as you ride, so too tight can be dangerous.

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

absolutely! and I agree, big group rides in the US are a joke

[@Brandon35G]

Or you could live in south Florida and never get rid of "chicken strips" because we only have straight roads lol or you pay hundreds for a track day to do so lol.

[@gsxrfrank8787]

I learned quick to do my own maintenance on my bikes and to purchase legit gear when you can and don’t cheap out

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Yes!! Don’t cheap out, it’s the best insurance you can have 🙌🏻

[@juans3728]

Japanese cycles, do they come with a tool kit and manual? I know Gold Wing does.

[@shaun3208]

What’s the current status on the crashed bike?

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

She’s currently undergoing a total change! Stay tuned for the rebuild series starting next week! 💪🏻🙌🏻🏁🎆🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@HunterDillard2027]

Hey man, After you dropped you bike what fairings did you go with ?

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Auctmarts! I'll be doing a total unboxing and rebuild series starting this saturday! Auctmarts did an AMAZING job on my new fairings too, stay tuned!

[@mikeanderson2152]

Im glad i watch your video. Im taking the MSF course soon and i been told i shouldn't get a sports bike. Because ill be a beginner i also was told i shouldn't get a iron 883 because im going to grow out if it. I haven't decided what bike im going to get as of yet

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Thank you Mike! I’m my humble opinion I honestly feel like the ninja300 is the perfect beginner bike. It’s tame enough that you can learn on, but it will do 120+mph from what I’ve seen. A lot of people think the 300-400cc sport bikes are small but they perform great and are even great on the track! I’ve been passed by a guy on a ninja300 on my gsxr750 on the track. Whatever you end up doing just go to a dealership and sit on as many bikes as you possibly can and then go with your gut. Good luck and happy new year!

[@mikeanderson2152]

@@SALTxTHExWOUND i really like the gsxr 600. But i also like the Harley Davidson iron 883 and got a chance to get on it and it felt comfortable. So im leaning towards the iron 883 so i just have to take the course again and hopefully ill pass the written test. Happy new year

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

@@mikeanderson2152 go with your gut. I rode an 883 for about 2 years and it was pretty fun. They’re comfortable for around town, if you want to get into track riding or twisties I would go gsxr. The 600 is a GREAT bike as well. Best of luck bro!

[@mikeanderson2152]

@@SALTxTHExWOUND thank you its just hard to choose because i like them both. Either one would do i just want to ride and have something around town and get out there and meet new poeple

[@Lawrencepb]

Thanks for the information. Keep up the work

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Thank you for watching! Happy new year! 🥳

[@sunny7L]

"how to fillet a fish" i know you're thinking of Landshark Outdoors, and i love you both. (:

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Oh man Victor is one of my favorite channels! If you’re big into fishing videos you must check out “Pelagic Pursuit” he’s not a very big channel but phenomenal fishing videos out of Australia 🙌🏻

[@juans3728]

YEP, you see them out there, you'll have the experienced rider that will even give you good advise and then there are those that want to be someone they are not and give the cycle world a bad reputation. Cycling to me is having a tribe that if you need help on your bike they will be there, having fun and the respect and admiration of each other. Peace.

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Agreed!

[@jasonadams5187]

Awesome video and awesome content can’t wait for the next video Thank’s

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Thank you Jason! BIG CHANGES ON THE NEXT VIDEO!! 💪🏻🏁

[@samuelgaldieri8212]

I started on a ninja300 then moved up to my current gsxr600, if I do get a bigger bike it will be a gsxr750, I don’t think I’ll ever buy a 1k cause I’ll never be able to use all that power, shit I can hardly use my 600 to it potential

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Same! Most riders will never see the potential limits of a 600cc

[@antoniomaldonado5318]

DEFINITELY THE COOLEST RIDER OUT THERE... 🤘👊✌🔥💯

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Haha idk about all that, but I appreciate you Antonio! 💪🏻👊🏻

[@gopherchucksgamingnstuff2263]

The best advice I ever got was. Just ride your own ride, Let them ride theirs.

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Truth!

[@davidelizabeth4933]

More words of wisdom from Professor Salt. 🤘👍 ❤❤

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Thank you both! 🙏🏻🙂

[@bruddamanlo9036]

Ngl ive watched some of your vids here and there and i gotta say the name is brilliant 😂😂😂😂😂✊🏾 would be good username for COD 😂😂😂😂😂🤝🏾

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

lol that’s exactly where it came from, SALTxTHExWOUND was my Xbox gamer tag for 10+ years 😂

[@bruddamanlo9036]

@@SALTxTHExWOUND YOOOOO 😂😂😂😂😂😂 i feel like i seen your name before in game 😂😂😂😂😂thats crazy 🤝🏾

[@lifeofbizzal9914]

Love this video my first bike goin be 750 gsx

[@AmenCornerRider]

Very helpful Vid for new riders👏🏼. I remember as a new rider, a guy giving me a hard time about chicken strips. I didn’t know what it was. I had to look it up. Hurt my feelings 😌

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Usually the people talking about chicken strips are the people I steer clear of. If you can go through a corner with less lean angle, that means more upright, more upright means more speed. It's only a matter of time before those riders run out of tire on the street unfortunately.

[@AmenCornerRider]

@@SALTxTHExWOUND Yes! Thanks ☺️

[@606curvekillas7]

Great video we call them kinda people squids where I’m from if I have to ride in a straight line all the time I would sale my bike curves is what I love cause you learn so much more 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

No doubt about that haha

[@rocon2s440]

Great advice! 😉

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Thanks! 🙂

[@christopherbrown1183]

New years

[@CarbonSharky]

Not just in the motorcycle world bit in life in general... If you are going listen to other people on how to live life your going to be unhappy trying to please everyone... Same with motorcycles ride safe ride with in your means... Get good advice from gooed people that will help you get on the right path! Lovey bike dude keep it... Oo BTW i would love to see you change clutcht plates on 1 of the 750's

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Thanks JD! I’m actually still on the stock clutch on this bike at 32k! Wild right!

[@CarbonSharky]

Thanks for the reply bud... My 2007 gsxr 750 has 36 000 im on and the clutch started slipped many people saybits can be the oil... Currently have motul 300v..i have bought the genuine clutch and gonna get motul 7100 this time... Im gonna follow the heyns manual... But i would like to see it on video... I FOLLOW you instructions on how to change coolant... So thank you very much for that everything came out fine! Thanks bud

[@ChaseJasperDown]

Yeah I agree with all of it. I once got spanked by a guy on a ninja 250. And I was on a gsxr 600.

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Yep! It’s all about the rider and the environment. A z125 will destroy a 1000cc on a kart track 😂🤣

[@makinthecut6158]

I love my GSXR man 🔥🔥

[@jesseparbhu6125]

Great video, your wife rides allot better than me and not ashamed to admit it.

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Thanks 👍 She's a very skilled rider that's for sure!

[@gsxrfrank8787]

The gear and maintenance is what cost getting into motorcycles…..

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

No doubt! But gear last a long time if cared for, maintenance can be a fraction of the cost if you can do the basics yourself 🙌🏻

[@gopherchucksgamingnstuff2263]

You are far more confident in the machine itself if you do the maintenance yourself and understand it.

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

absolutely!

[@2stroketyson79]

All humans can do many things they dont know they can do if they just spent enough time on it!

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Absolutely!

[@prmhighflr69]

If somebody told me about my chicken strips I would tell him to have some sweet and sour😂😂

[@Conqueefstador]

Yeah there’s lots of riders out there who scoff at my gsxr 750. Typically Harley riders. “You need to get a real bike 😎” sure one that’s slower and can’t be as exciting as mine no thanks.

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Lol so true! We all enjoy our own rides, stay safe bro!

[@daveyboy6985]

I've ridden a few Harleys in my time, I'm 60 now. And they have a good lot of low down torque, but that's it. On a good Japa, Italian or German bike the power just keeps coming😊 And Harleys don't go Around corners too well.

[@Szlejer]

Well, my mechanic does a bunch of smaller maintenances for free, because in his experience people just f*ck their bikes up the other way. :D

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Lol this can be true. But it’s best to learn the basics, you wouldn’t wanna drive to the dealership every time your chain needed lubing or adjusting 😅😂

[@johnthomas2485]

I had a mechanic put in a sprocket set and chain. He was either too lazy or incompetent to look up torque specs and over-tightened the front. Bolts sheared off going down the road. Could have ended bad

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

@@johnthomas2485 Jesus! That’s another thing, just because they work at a shop doesn’t mean they are competent. Also, they don’t care about your bike unlike you do. I love my bike and always give it 100% attention when working on it.

[@brasinovic]

Your wife is so beautiful I'm jealous

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

She really is. And she has such a beautiful soul as well. I’m a lucky man. There’s one out there for all of us 🙏🏻

[@HalfdeadRider]

You old git lol. I was 18 in the mid 90's 😎

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

haha I'm 33 now but I still feel fairly young

[@theeezypeezy2870]

The military is the worse for toxic riders ive come to find out. And ofc you have chicken strips we do not need to be using out entire tire on public roads

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Really? That's interesting. And I do agree with you.

[@theeezypeezy2870]

@@SALTxTHExWOUND its the nature of the military. Toxic masculinity is apart of the culture so they think if you dont have the fastest straight line bike youre trash. Ive not seen one person with decent riding gear.

[@EmoKen]

Made my account in 2006 lol

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

that's awesome! my band in highschool had an account in 2006 also!

[@ssmenezes1]

Shift gears on this bike the engine is screaming dude!

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

No doubt! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@ssmenezes1]

@@SALTxTHExWOUND then?

[@ChaseN194]

someone brought their 750 to the track and realized what its like to get humbled by a ninja400/rc390 lol you will learn more in 1 trackday than you will in 10+ years of riding. With a weekend on track, after your street friends will worship you like a god lol. Once you decide to race, none of your street friends will ever understand, you will become anal about literally everything, your street friends will simply no longer understand. Ive had people unfriend me when Ive explained to them that extending their swingarm would not make their 600 faster, and that it is infact a blatant showing of how little you know about riding when you do shit like that.

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

so true haha thanks for watching man!

[@harrykirk]

waffle,waffle waffle