How to Pivot Turn Like Pro - MiniTip Monday S2 Ep4

[@6Twisted]

Much better advice than the other video I followed. Starting with little hops seems logical enough now. The hardest part is confidence and not slamming the wheel down once it's up.

[@nimrod6603]

What I find amazing is, that for you this is just one fluid motion of control and balance, without consciously thinking about it. The way you break down this one muscle memory motion into all these little steps involved is the sign of a truly gifted instructor. I’ve watched you do this on many minitips and it never fails to make me smile.😄👍🏻👍🏻 That’s what I like about your biketests too; they way you break down handling, suspension etc.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks so much Nimrod. Truly kind words. I had to do a fair bit of brain usage to verbalise this one 🤣🤣

[@73karmuh]

first video i've seen like this done on a 4 stroke. Thank THE LORD

[@BrakeMagazine]

You can do it all on a four-stroke. 🤣

[@paul.vanhout57]

Best explanation and lesson on pivot turns I have seen - well done!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks! Let me know how you get on with it!

[@Andypat057]

I think these are the most useful series of videos out there. I'm a beginner on these types of bikes and the mini tip mondays have been a huge help. Keep up the good work

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks so much Andrew, much appreciated! We've got a few more dirt bike ones coming before the end of the year! :)

[@rihards1evins]

Thank You! And this comes after a month I've watcehed this video. This is how long it took [aprox 4 times out training for an hour each till the clutch finger gave out] to start feeling the impact. The first time it was more sweat and swear than actual result. However I'm glad I stock with it. Still a lot for me to learn, therefore my only advice - step by step. It takes time for your body to gain muscle memory and each next training session brought me surprises of how more naturel the sequence of actions feels.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks for the awesome comment! It's so cool to hear you're learning it! :D

[@jarodseawright7594]

I remember first time I tried it was on a rocky hill haha very smart ended up face planting off the other side haha

[@TwistedTriggerEnduro]

This is exactly the video I needed. Just found your channel and joining your community. Excellent instructions in a step by step process.

[@dawoudahmadou5083]

Finally i begin to understand i didn't know you should compres before. Thanks

[@therealrealshocker]

Very helpful and detailed. Thank you for sharing!

[@TheJumpn]

Thank you!! I need to do this and your spin turns!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Get on it Jim! If you follow the video and film yourself you can get spin turns quite quickly.

[@kiwi-moto]

thanks for these tips. Nice to see and hear it on a 4T, Most videos I have seen are with 2Ts.

[@robertbotta6536]

You really are the BEST. Thank you so much.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks Robert

[@JohannesDalenMC]

If you could do a video like this for just lofting/lifting the front wheel (over logs and such) it would have been amazing, you're a fantastic teacher!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Wait a few weeks 😏

[@JohannesDalenMC]

@@BrakeMagazine 😍

[@tubeme4vr]

Well done! Keep it coming pls

[@xxMW2PRODUCTIONZxx]

Top vid, just what ive been looking for👍

[@joselinopinto7979]

Best explanation

[@BlackThor15]

Another awesome lesson, well done you all!! 👍👍

[@cam_3d]

Cheers again for another top tip!!

[@bseidem5112]

In the 2000s BMW was having a rally on two track in the mountains outside LA, pt to pt stuff. An R100 guy followed the track up a steep hill to a flat dirt pad at the top, maybe 15' square. A short guy with a girl on the back of his R1100 GS monster followed him up, hauled the bike into a wheelie stance, rotated 360 degrees and went back down the 2 track. That is what I would like to see and do, w/o the girl of course. Lessons on a 600 lb bike?

[@C3Enduro]

Great explanation.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks!

[@dznnf7]

Nice job!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Cheers 🍻

[@theenduropest]

Great explanation 👌

[@goog01]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@neildxb]

Very clear video, thanks! Any tips for shorter leg riders where creating the separation between the bum & the bike is not too easy?

[@BrakeMagazine]

Practice. The more you can move back as the front wheel comes up the better. It's tricky though!

[@CommieHunter7]

When I put my left foot down on the ground, my right foot doesn't quite reach the foot peg. Left foot on the ground right foot on the peg with a gap between the seat is physically impossible for me on level ground, at least not with the bike straight up.

[@mattiasmyrman]

Excellent stuff! thanks!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Glad you liked it!

[@CommieHunter7]

I've seen guides like this and have tried but often have trouble getting the front end to pop up on level ground. All of my best pivot turns have come on a trail where the front of the bike was already slightly higher. Knowing the concepts of balance and body movement to turn is awesome, But having the front already pointed up was a little bit of a cheat mode. That said if I ever had to do a pivot turn on a steep downhill switch back I don't think it's going to go over very well.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Doing one facing downhill is so damn hard. Everything is against the front wheel coming up 🤣 It's not cheating to start learning with a slight uphill, it's a great idea 💡! The only tricky part with a full pivot turn is the ground will be far away when you do the turn. As I said in the video this is a much longer process to learn from scratch so getting good a lifting the front wheel is the first step.

[@pollepost]

Thank you

[@BrakeMagazine]

You're welcome!

[@MAXIMUS_111]

Ideal tutorial 👍🏻

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks!

[@mikei50]

Putting on riding gear now!!!!!

[@mhilde7744]

What are ya waiting for? Get out and practice!

[@MrAlexMoto]

Great video.. Is it a bit ambitious for me to try this on my 790 Adventure R 🙈😅 . Is your Husky a 350 ?

[@BrakeMagazine]

Ambitious, yes. Impossible, absolutely not! And yes, it's a 350.

[@fuelerr]

So how do we tackle a full size adventure bike and spin turns??

[@richardsimpson3792]

Carefully!

[@100CupsColombia]

The big question would be with a 790 is how you set up rally mode to do this and spin turns etc

[@100CupsColombia]

Not to mention my stumpy legs

[@BrakeMagazine]

Traction one, throttle you have to test but I think Off Road not rally.

[@mrpknight482]

@@BrakeMagazine been practicing the spin turn on my 790, avoid 'Rally' throttle, a little to sharp for us mere mortals to control I find,

[@100CupsColombia]

@@BrakeMagazine Rgr

[@aimlessimages831]

excellent!

[@bonzaralph]

Cool man

[@timmychen6]

Often when the ground is slippery my rear tire slip to the side instead of front end comes up. If I sit in the back that helps but then it’s harder to create separation when the bike. Any suggestions to help me avoid this situation? I have to ride in muddy ground very often instead of the dry and nice surface in the video due to the weather here.

[@richardsimpson3792]

spin turn better when it's slippery

[@dalepaddon8904]

Are you really tall or is your bike really low? When you’re standing 1 leg it looks like you are fairly above your seat height

[@jaroslavmandik2554]

Do it with the 1200 GS ;-)

[@BrakeMagazine]

Give me just a little more time 🤣

[@JonahGambrel]

Thanks feller

[@kloppskalli]

tried that on my 640 ADV with 20l in the tank, didnt lift :))

[@BrakeMagazine]

Might be more more tricky 🤣🤣

[@armadilllo]

Simple on a Honda monkey but a bit more difficult on the road king.

[@BrakeMagazine]

I reckon the road king could be tricky.

[@bikenavbm1229]

not brave enough to try that one on my GS, not even going to use paralever as an excuse, good tutorial though.

[@Crust2013]

Let's see ya on a 1090r then not a 350 balance bike

[@BrakeMagazine]

Pretty sure I said I'm not keen 🤣

[@jalex19100]

Crap. I have had some nasty bumps from just doing this on my mountain bike, where I’ll pop the front wheel and rotate 270 degrees while moving to get around a curve quicker.Clipped pedals probably didn’t help. I can’t imagine trying to do that smoothly on a dirt bike, or god forbid a GS.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Well that sounds impressively difficult. I reckon it's easier on a dirtbike stationary 🤣

[@jalex19100]

@@BrakeMagazine maybe that’s why my success rate is so low, but I keep trying hah. I only get it smoothly once in a while. And occasionally fall backwards down a hill :o

[@lalispeedsparse4350]

All this is great but the game change when you are like me 5'6. And you can't get your foot planted and your but off the seat

[@BrakeMagazine]

Put it in something 🙂

[@papawhisky2935]

Obligatory "do it on a GS" comment.

[@BrakeMagazine]

I'm working on the Tenere 700 🤣

[@robocombo]

GS is cheating... Pan America!

[@jalex19100]

Omg.. no thanks. Once that GSA front wheel comes up on uneven terrain, no one knows which way I might land..

[@goldlinemedia967]

No one mentions being 6’-4” which makes this EASY! Show me a 5’-8” person doing it then I will be impressed

[@BrakeMagazine]

I'm not 6'4 but absolutely it helps. However, there are dozens of examples of short people learning these skills. Search Megsbrap on Instagram. Short, female, very good and only learnt in the last few years. Is it easy? No. Is it possible? 100%.