How to 180 turn an adventure bike

[@thekakan]

This was awesome! Short, concise and no BS. Loved every second of it!

[@dieselburner4461]

By far the best motorcycle tutorial I’ve ever seen

[@clintonsmout1130]

Thanks Diesel, what do you ride? We have ten brand new BMW GSs ready to go but, have to wait until Covid 19 allows our training school to open again.

[@philgoogle1535]

Thanks for the lesson. It reminds me of a short ADV Course I did a few weeks ago. The instructor was on a GS too making skid turns look easy. When the bike weighs 200kg+, the momentum and inertia helps doing this manoeuvre but when the bike is smaller and lighter, I think it's much harder as you need better timing, balance and control.

[@jonnyharris2612]

... except when it comes to picking it up.

[@claudiomoreno8928]

Thank You for this, I have always been trying the 180, now I have improved a lot..

[@gerarddeclerck3939]

Awesome video! Thanks! Love the way you go through step by step with illustrations... hope to see many more like this

[@srinivasanmadusampathkumar6671]

Always like his riding techniques.

[@starhawke380]

Love the detailed breakdown of the turn. Gotta say though, anything you recommend practicing on someone elses bike is something I have no business trying anymore...

[@clintonsmout1130]

It is a joke like let your friend go first to see how deep the puddle is

[@starhawke380]

@@clintonsmout1130 Oh, like grab this wire and tell me if the electricity is still on?

[@ivok9846]

anymore? did you actually try some of these stunts on big bike? i would gladly bless this (with training wheels on extended crash bars) if i saw a purpose in real life. but i don't. real life: photos.app.goo.gl/NgW7n73xGyBhmzhUA

[@starhawke380]

@@ivok9846 I just mean I'm in my 50s now... when I was 30 and still capable of healing, I would try anything like this...

[@Angry-Lynx]

@@starhawke380 its not type of maneuvre to brake your bones when something goes wrong, you do this always with almost no speed, risk is as big as dropping it on parking lot, actually even smaller since youll do this on gravel/sand so its softer lol ;

[@i.c.y.]

on your friend's bike or your husband's bike... hahahaha... I love it :-) thank you Clinton, these videos are awesome!

[@Noke28]

Thank you very much for this great video! Maybe one day I'll own a GS like my neigbour has. I'm only 20 and just started riding last year on a little Yamaha MT-03 660cc 1 Cylinder which shares the engine with the Yamaha XT660Z Tenere so the adventure bike spirit is there haha. Keep them coming! Cheers from Germany!

[@otmanetagout9321]

there is no such thing as small bike or big bike.....it's the rider who makes the bike in term of capabilities and types of trips....I had a 110cc bike , I went everywhere with it, my trips were always around 1700 km, I rode day and night ,and enjoyed everything with it, now I have a falcon 400cc, so I let you imagine what I'm doing with it ...bought it Tuesday and the weekend I went thought the forest for a whole day with it.....keep riding , bro , but keep riding safe , cheers

[@Noke28]

@@otmanetagout9321 Cheers man. Enjoy your bike and ride safe!

[@ricardoalves1546]

Very nice tip, excellent video. Keep them coming, it´s good for the quarentine (at least here in Portugal). Thanks, cheers =)

[@clintonsmout1130]

Thanks very much Ricardo. I hope you and yours are safe and healthy. Very scary times! I am lucky that I can still ride and go to work (just to work on motorcycles). We have lots more videos planned for post Covid 19 times. All the best!

[@xadawdadas3689]

Neat, I 'll ask my wife's boyfriend if I can do this on his bike

[@PhilbyFavourites]

xada wdada: wow and an open marriage too....

[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

No….I draw the line at some things!

[@otmanetagout9321]

this video was so smouth, I subscribed to it without further check....hope you come back to upload videos

[@MindBodySoulOk]

Rest in peace my friend, the internet misses you!

[@florianalexander9183]

Did he pass away???

[@ballamoto]

What?! 😲

[@thomasmeyer8336]

Is he dead?

[@MindBodySoulOk]

@@thomasmeyer8336 plane crash

[@alexmonroy7904]

Superb tips, thanks a bunch Clinton!!

[@pareshprajapati7916]

Excellent presentation Thank you sir for lesson 🇮🇳🕉️🙏

[@fukcg00gle95]

Clinton looks like he could singlehandedly kick the crap outta grizzly bear. 💪😎

[@mdragon99]

What a great job on this!

[@rayotieno7958]

How does u release the clutch..........

[@terrystratford1235]

Now I want The gsa just to try it! Looks very cool! Maybe a wheelie?😅😎

[@martkirs5669]

Hello. What helmet you use on this clip?

[@karlfonner7589]

What if you have front and rear ABS breaking?

[@freedomisntfree131]

2:20 "or your 'HUSBANDS' bike." Sounds like he was taking a shot at the FREAKifornians at that point.

[@RideLikeAChamp]

what do you mean by punching the bar ?

[@Motojo459]

Great tutorial. My only concern is my riding buddies running over me when I decide I missed the turn and need to do a 180😊

[@Angry-Lynx]

imo you dont have to punch anything, just lean when on rear brake, I never even thought about bars while doing slides or power slides ;

[@nikossawyer1]

What helmet is that? I definitely need one.

[@535832]

I assume that the traction control and antilock is off

[@archermoody9746]

THis man is a shredder!

[@mtscott]

If I try this whole sequence in one I’m going down! 😳 I might break it down into little bits 😁

[@ottocubero3406]

Great video, thanks

[@bmurray7248]

What helmet are you wearing Clinton ?

[@clintonsmout1130]

Hello B Murray. I have a few Arai helmets. That one is one I use for teaching only (or videos). My usual riding is an Arai X D 4. Thanks for watching

[@bmurray7248]

@@clintonsmout1130 Thanks. That makes sense. I also wear an Arai XD 4

[@oosteveo315]

@What about legs and weighting pegs. This is a maneuver you can't do with alot of weight on the bars. Learn to ride w/ legs and input knee into side and weight pegs etc. I can tell this guy rode Motocross b4...

[@ciocanul]

You can do it either sitting or standing, there is little difference. The transition from brake to power slide feels more violent when you are sitting, kind like a high side. From my experience, you want to have your body weight as forward as possible, so that the back wheel looses traction more easily.

[@liberty193]

Step 0 turn off your ABS

[@Hans-yb5jc]

Nice !

[@imautuber]

Its as easy as tha.........DAM IT i dropped my bike.

[@jackk8422]

Dropped my africa twin during the spinning portion of the turn because I forgot to turn traction control off.

[@MrZakazeeko]

Hhhhh

[@TrueSpeak-TS]

Nice

[@minimutt1000]

That was excellent.

[@richardmullner2946]

Don,t forget to turn your head

[@walrus-splice-renewable]

Can you do it on asphalt?

[@conroygreyfin7011]

If I had the money to throw at it, I would definitely give it a go on my cruiser.

[@ciocanul]

I think there's a higher risk of high-siding on asphalt if you don't throw enough power at it when you release the brake or if you release it too soon.

[@nandux586]

Should we use the clutch at any point??

[@clintonsmout1130]

Great question! We suggest you cover the clutch with two fingers. If the bike gets out of shape; simply slip the clutch a bit to regain control! Thanks for watching.

[@Angry-Lynx]

yeah its good idea to use clutch when you lock rear wheel, otherwise youll stall it and fall 😂

[@ridewyoming]

Does it work for a short guy? Asking for a friend.

[@Angry-Lynx]

yes

[@ridewyoming]

@@Angry-Lynx I really need to learn how

[@UncleWally3]

Grizzly Bear turn? Is that really a term? Great video!

[@einfachabsurd3757]

when ur out in the wild and suddenly a bear jumps out of the bushes u can make this turn ;) haha

[@UncleWally3]

einfach absurd: a few years ago, a bear jumping out in front of me on a muddy single track actually did happen to me. I looked like a cartoon character, but it’s amazing how fast one can get out of those rare, but interesting, situations.

[@einfachabsurd3757]

@@UncleWally3 ;) there u have it

[@lllucky13]

did all this when i was 12 on the motorcross track

[@X85283]

Now do it on a 600lb bike with 100hp. ;-)

[@marioturkalj3126]

Did that on my BMX when I was 9 or 10.😎

[@ivok9846]

yeah, but he was not talking about racing, did he, so that kinda defies the purpose, ie this video has no real purpose....u-turns on big bikes are problematic on tight/technical sections, not the place he did it here, with lots of space and no bigger rocks etc. and bike acrobatics are not for everyone. so i just see showoff.

[@Angry-Lynx]

@@ivok9846 no, it's not problematic and its definitely not for show, its VERY useful technique, I used it more often than I don't on rides

[@ivok9846]

​@@Angry-Lynx photos.app.goo.gl/La5M7tHNEr9ptSWZA on such terrain too? what's the weight of your bike? with big bikes, you need u-turn the most when you have almost no space left, and in those cases this technique can't apply. just like most others can't. you must be talking about wide space where u-turn doesn't even matter, unless you're racing. i honestly don't see the purpose of this video, if you have that much space, you can do u-turn in much less dangerous ways on adv. bikes. i think his u-turn diameter was 6-7m there...sheeeeeesh.....talking about going to desert to practice u-turn, what could be more useful on adv. bike?!?

[@AustriackiMalarz39]

Thanks for tips but I think I should make engine guards. :)

[@motonorge1172]

i cant see the head turn

[@PepperGeorge]

awesome

[@sLiv256]

amazing

[@khanakmotoadventurechannel2192]

Wow👍

[@HRRRRRDRRRRR]

0:54 Ah yes, let me just tip my T7 ov- And it's gone

[@thinkride3873]

Subbed !

[@AvidEnduro]

What kind of headlight guard is on that GS?

[@clintonsmout1130]

The headlight guard is BMW. I still use it on the 1250 I am now riding. We ride a lot of gravel roads and the headlight costs about $800 Canadian.

[@atfortyfivemotovlog5814]

I missed when to release the brake hahaha.

[@mannyechaluce3814]

do it on any bike except yours :D

[@HartPhotoAndVideo]

cool!

[@justme197511]

Oooh ya!

[@lianventer2089]

I'm so scared of dropping my bike

[@alexmorgan3435]

I thought 180 was his age.

[@tru3sk1ll]

Lol try it on your friends bike first!!!!!

[@matiasdipalma]

100

[@srinivasanmadusampathkumar6671]

The worst advertising seen

[@jamieskinner3908]

If it's a bmw it'll just eat oil and it's shaft drive then the frame will snap, dw they do that, german pony!

[@Angry-Lynx]

OOF 😂