5 Tips to Improve Your Riding

[@vladimirl8753]

Great to “sit” above your helmet and watch how you ride, Reg! Excellent video! Good advice for a non-rider! Enjoyed the clip and beautiful English autumn! Cheers from Moscow!

[@ramsy66]

I love your tip about keeping an open mind about learning. I haven't ever felt like I've 'done it' with motorcycling. I always feel like I've got loads to learn still. Even after feeling more confident with a specific technique, without continued practice it can easily atrophy. Keeping each individual skill honed, while building them into a larger system is truly a lifelong pursuit. Which, I dare say, is impossible to be perfect with.

[@Theriion]

Hey bud. Just want to say... I found your channel by accident few days ago. I'm a new rider just passed my test in May but only just thinking of coming back on the bike now since I can't ride yet as I broke my leg day after I bough my first big bike. Anyways. I want to just say thank you for your content. It is very much appreciated. I wish I found you a bit earlier tough ;). You have some great advice and I hope it will come in handy next year when I'll start my preparation for an advanced course . ;) Once again thank you. Stay safe and please continue your great work!

[@cliveadams7629]

I never rely on anyone else to take action to avoid me, kind of putting your life in someone else's hands and hoping they're willing or able to accept the responsibility. We all make mistakes and it's in our own interests to be ready to take up the slack when it's someone else rather than pushing to the limits and getting angry when others fail to perform as we wish them to. I find one of the most interesting aspects of riding is predicting what others will do and being ready for it when they do. No drama, no emergency manoeuvres, just relaxed satisfaction. And gratitude when I cock up and find someone else was planning ahead too.

[@johnfowler8880]

Every day is a school day I spend most of my time on the bike talking myself through everything

[@Johnnywoo7]

Hi Reg. just found your channel, and I must say it’s the best one on motorcycle training I have found. Many are done by so called ‘experts’ but your ex police and they don’t come better that that. The tips and instruction you give are very straight forward and not complicated easy to take in. Every day is a learning day I never forget that. I have been riding 30 years and still learn something every time I go out. Since getting my GSA I ride more than I did to get the enjoyment out of my bike. Ride in all weather (not ice) just to learn the how to ride if I get caught out in poor weather ( learning again). I have subscribed and looking forward to more motorcycle videos. Have a good Christmas 🎄 and thanks.

[@dalewiddowson7349]

Brilliant advice Reg, I've just read for the third time the police riders road craft manual and it's a fantastic tool for developing and improving riding techniques, I must admit that I'm usually knackered mentally when I've finished my ride but using ipsga system is a life saver! Love the vids and I must make an effort to ride more often! ( Fair weather rider nowadays!!!) off out this Sunday for a ride (weather permitting! Hahaha) take care and keep the vids coming.

[@MultiOutdoorman]

Excellent video J... As content is always open to interpretation it is really great to see a nicely timed ( and spoken sincerely without a scripted voiceover ) clip highlighting some genuinely relevant contributions. I couldn't agree with you more. If folk actually absorbed and implemented those 5 points they will surely reap huge rewards from riding their bikes ! I always say ... early vision = early decision. Another one is ... if you dont use it you can lose it. Plus ... More miles = More smiles Fabulous.

[@jasongidding8882]

Great video, great advice.!

[@altypeRR]

Another great video. I have to say I completely agree with what you said about those that go out for a couple of hours and are constantly biting the screen. For me I, like you seem to, much prefer the feeling of the acceleration but also the linking corners smoothly and progressively. Being honest on modern roads doing it that way often makes as good progress as those who scream from corner to corner. Oh and on the think once think twice think bike signs. I much prefer the see and been seen mantra. Make yourself as visible as possible and look out for those who might kill you.

[@dalehawkes1698]

I am a iam motorcyclest and always trying to improve, watched a few of your videos this week I’m on holiday not lock down . And I realise that I’m no where near as good as I thought you sir are very skilled , not sure if it’s the ex plod thing or your general ability . I now know I have to at least double my efforts the videos are great keep them coming please see you have gone from an XR like mine to a GS . I had a GSA for 10 years loved it I find just as the xr is entering the fun zone your doing prison speeds so I think I’m going back to a GS or A to use the tours.

[@janegrieve]

Thanks Reg currently doing my advanced training love all you’re tips and advice

[@seahorse9434]

Great video, thanks for this new series!

[@SBKPete]

I'm enjoying the new camera angle Reg 👍🏽

[@rcraven1013]

Nice and easy ride for a change along the Belmont road through Abbey Village. Historically Motor cycles and bicycles were used by the vast majority of the road using population for generally localised transport to and from work etc. and at weekend a sidecar was bolted on and the wife or girlfriend or indeed family were taken out for a run. All that changed following the restructuring and developments after the 2nd world war. Eventually cars became more readily available and with new manufacturing methods they became more and more popular and with a a richer economy in the 60's many young people moved away from home and the local work in mills etc. bought cars to cover the miles having moved away from the family. So cars became the transport need of the future and fewer bikes were sold in favour of the car. The car became king of the road. With changes in legislation for the purpose of saving lives the maximum cc of learner bikes was eventually reduces to being no more than 125cc and larger bikes became faster and more popularly used for pleasure riding, those and scooters also became popular . In the mid 60's due to this movement away from family more vehicles were moving around the country and especially at rush times and Motorways were built to take that increase in motorised traffic over distance. . We also then, as a result of accidents on motorway get a new first speed limit on roads outside of towns and that became a blanket limit, the 70 mph that we still have today. That 70 mph speed limit was throughout all rural, out of town roads but a few years later with an oil crisis in the 70'sthe speed limit on country roads was reduced to one of 60 mph Hope that bit of history helps us to understand why we have our present day limits. .

[@pilotpaul]

As ever, good no nonsense advice Reg :-)

[@davidwheeler9495]

hello may i ask a question please, do you ignore road positioning when hitting oil, leaves, or ice on the road?

[@jameswright2521]

I got my MOD 2 next week, any advice on how to pass?

[@mikeroberts]

Some great tips Reg. 👍 Lots of bikes in the dealers with only 2-3k a year on them. I'm not as much as you at 10-12k a year, but have done that for the last 40 odd years (give or take a few K). Interesting camera angle. Are you wearing the mount? I tried to cobble together something for my camera using a telescopic selfie pole and a RAM ball mount on the rack. It wasn't successful. 😞 I guess your GoPro has image stabilisation? May have to break out the piggy bank!

[@tonymcflattie2450]

Hey Reg, what age did you get into motorcycling? Loved the comparison between steering a sports car and leaning a bike.

[@cbjgdicad1]

the vast amount of people on bikes are delivering food...

[@Random_Tangent]

I hear riders say “I’ve got X number of years experience riding” and then you see all the bikes with only a few thousand miles on them. Hmm 10 years experience sounds better than 5 thousand weekend miles on the same roads in good conditions.

[@RegLocal]

Quite often, when someone says “I’ve been riding for 30 years”, they haven’t. They’ve actually been riding for 1 year 30 times.

[@robertpaterson3646]

@@RegLocal Oooh, that's deep man, that's deeeeep :)

[@Grahamvfr]

@@RegLocal and when you ask your surgeon how many times he's done the heart transplant and he says 30, I'm pretty sure you'd rather hear that than, well only twice but I've read all the books...... Forgive my sarcasm.

[@rcraven1013]

@@robertpaterson3646 I think the meaning is that one might have ridded the same way year on year without learning anything or improving oneself tor the last 30 years or so. So no benefits there then however if we continue to learn then that compilation of experiences has taught us much a nd so has making one self available for more training to pbtain a better and safer standard.

[@merson812]

What a load of ‘waffle’.