My First Ride Out Of The Neighborhood - Hitting The Main Roads With Jon!

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Today was finally the day that I ventured out of the neighborhood and hit some main roads!! Jon was able to come with me and make an outing out of it! See how I did on my first ride to the store.
Tags: beginner motorcycle rider, female motovlogger, female motorcyclists, women riding motorcycles, drz supermoto

[@SenditSteph]

Haha famous last words going into Target...”I only need one thing!” 😂

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

🤣🤣🤣 I would have gotten so many more things if we weren't on motorcycles.

[@SenditSteph]

Jackie's Moto Garage 😂😂😂

[@DesertMoPho]

It’s even worse in Costco. I can never leave there without spending at least 100 bucks.

[@SenditSteph]

Desert MoPho oh man!

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

@@DesertMoPho YES!! Every single time.

[@brentevans4961]

You got 👍🏻 Now it’s Practice, Practice, Practice 😉

[@harleydave2316]

Another awesome vid!!!!

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@denyspoyner4150]

Some struggle with turns because they're afraid to lean the bike. More practice leaning in the turns, look where you want to go - keep your chin up and pointed in that direction - don't look down. You'll get the hang of it soon. Keep practicing.

[@Dustin359]

I'm a lot like Robin Sparkles... I'm Canadian and I'm a firearm enthusiast ;)

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Hahahaha

[@stephenbustos]

Let's pretend there was no red light. 😎

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Hahaha it was yellow when I started to go through.... 😬

[@stephenbustos]

@@JackiesMotoGarage Ha ha, true but you retain your rebel status anyway.

[@FnLn55]

You need to practice your emergency stops.

[@JonsMotoGarage]

🤣🤣🤣

[@olog222]

imo nothing builds a relationship with your bike like running errands LOL.

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Haha I will have to do that more often then!!

[@quirkysue3471]

Great job! Ripped that bandaid off real good! 😂 I am so envious of your amazing roads and light traffic. What an awesome place to ride! 😍 I live in a small town with awful roads and way too many tourists in the summer.

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Thank you!! That would be tough!! Our roads are pretty well maintained, but it can get pretty busy where we are. Just got to go out at the right time!

[@davidshore3523]

Congrats on your first ride out of the neighborhood I could hear that you were very excited about this next year I will be able to feel that same exhilaration Beauty covid-19 I had to put taking the beginner Rider course on hold but next year I'm taking yet I'm getting my first bike next year and I'll probably do the same thing but congrats and keep both Wheels on the road

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Thank you! It was great taking that step. I'll be taking a course probably next year as well! Thanks for being here!

[@anthonylopez7867]

Let's goooooo jackie finally hitting the road dude

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Woo hoo!! Thanks for watching!

[@ashleybugash6291]

Ha you said something that hit me on so many levels “that’s Costco one of my favorite places to go”. Same girl same! Well done venturing out of the neighborhood you owned the roads. 👏

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Love Costco!! I could spend houuuuuuuurs there and soo much money hahah. Thanks for watching!

[@Duckie313]

My arch nemesis as a fresh rider was roundabouts, some of them real small so you got a tight left turn immediately followed by a tight right when leaving the roundabout. I went so slow, holding up traffic behind me, til I got the hang of it. All about confidence and practice. I just went out late at night with no traffic and drove around randomly in areas with various road obstacles, to learn how to do it with no pressure, and then gained the skill needed to do it when there's traffic.

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Oh man I can't even imagine having to do a roundabout! We don't have many of those here. Great idea going out late so you can practice without the pressure. I will have to do that! Ride safe!

[@bakersw0rld847]

I remember being nervous like this on my first ride. Haha

[@alicia1poderosa530]

I just started following you on Instagram lol... I'm @alicia1poderosa

[@CactusJack252]

I knew you would do it one day. Keep moving at your own pace

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Thank you so much!!! My pace might be too slow for some, but it's perfect for me!! I appreciate the support.

[@alicia1poderosa530]

YEAH!!! YOU ventured Out! Awesome!👊 It will get easier take your time. It's your ride😊 I've been riding for 3yrs& always learning something new.

[@whitmeza]

Wahoooooo so fun to see you riding together. Makes my 🖤 so happy. I miss riding with my hubby, especially right now watching this.

[@rozy2cool]

Yass Jackie! I'm rooting for you! And the video about turning you were talking about is a Jerry Paladino one. I believe the rider's name is Linda :)

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Thank you!!! Yes!! He has some great info in those videos!

[@rozy2cool]

@@JackiesMotoGarage so true! And I love watching her gain skill and especially CONFIDENCE!

[@grossi46]

So have you passed your test now Jackie ?

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Still waiting until I can take it!! Hopefully soon!

[@Rhenjeezy_408]

That's wonderful Jackie, I'm happy to see you venturing out of your comfort zone 😁! Yeah I took my time too on getting on the main roads myself in the beginning but I eventually got there... Good stuff!!!

[@bennettandrews7510]

So check out this KZbin channel called motojitsu. He puts out great information and has great tips for inexperienced riders. I think watching some of his videos and more practice in that parking lot and your confidence would skyrocket.

[@philkwon81]

You killed it, Jackie! Great job! I totally understand the turn problem. For me, turning at 10 mph is very different than turning at 50 mph. I use totally different techniques and body position. For a slow turn, I try to sit up taller because you have to turn the handle bars. That will force one of your hands to come a lot closer to your body than you're used to. When I do slow turns, it feels like the handlebars are locked beneath me (you don't have to fully lock the handle bars if you're not comfortable. I wasn't able to do that until I figured out how to control the bike at slow speeds with the clutch and rear brake). For fast turns, all you really need to do is manage your front brake (initial braking zone and trailbraking, if you're into that) and lean on the bike as much as you need. For slow turns, I use less body lean and also will counterbalance (if I'm turning left, I turn the handlebars to the left as I lean it and press hard with my right foot against the right foot peg and take all the pressure off my left leg). With all that being said, I think the most important thing is to trust the bike to stand up when you give it gas and know how to feather the clutch at slow speeds. And just for reference, I use slow turn techniques at intersections even if I'm headed into the intersection at a fast speed. I always make sure to slow down to slow turn speed. I hope these tips help! So cool to see you on the main roads. Ride safe!

[@EasyRiderGreg]

Even when it's cool enough for me to wear a helmet, I must take it off when I get off the bike. I get his humor. I use the lane that puts me the closest to the intersection. If both would put me first to go, I use the right lane. Be careful in that heat.

[@maximus9401]

I'm sure others have said this already, but I always say the same advice for both people learning to wear bifocals (I'm in optical) and people learning to turn their motorcycles: point your nose where you wanna go for the best results. Your nose is your guide. That's part of it of course, you also gotta lean and do countersteering, but it helps a lot mentally when you use your nose as your guide :)

[@californiapoontappa]

Dude i have that problem with my dry humor literally no one gets in joking and most ppl hate me for it they think I'm stupid or want to fight cuz they don't get im joking. Only my wife gets it

[@DesertMoPho]

Glad to see you hitting the parking lots for practice. Pick up the motojitsu book. It has specific drills and the measurements.

[@ericbennett2986]

You did great.

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Thank you!!

[@vernegibb7749]

You go girl it will come with time and practice. Look how much Jon practices on his motorcycles.

[@s.gossett5966]

Good job, Jackie. A couple things I did with my son when we got his bike going was to use a light post in a parking lot to practice tight turns. It's controlled and you have a stationary object to reference. The other thing is to look ahead to the point where you want to be when you are riding. And if you try it out remember to do it in both directions at different rates of speed. As far as lane position, I avoid the right lane on long residential straights so I can be more visible to both sides of traffic coming off side streets. And when leading in a ride I try to stick to left side of the lane as much as possible. A lot of it is situational, just remember to think of being in the spot that you believe will keep you the most visible to other people on the road. Edit: another thing we worked on in a parking lot was going row to row without stopping while maintaining lane position. Ride to the end and make the turn to enter the next row without cutting too tight to too wide.

[@Lei.theRogue]

There you go! Way to rip off the bandaid to my favorite place lol 🙌🏽 Keep it up with seat time/practicing and all those little things will start to click in time. Also, Robbin Sparkles was my fave 🤣

[@russcoaus2043]

Hi Jackie congrats🆒️✌

[@gb6779]

Good job!!!!! You are such a boss

[@DesertMoPho]

I stop in the far left lane. Depending on the situation.

[@bvanwagoner]

LOVE “How I Met Your Mother”!

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Haha such a great show!! Might need to go rewatch it now.

[@bvanwagoner]

Jackie's Moto Garage I will rewatch it every year or 2 haha

[@robchapman9714]

What size is the drz ..?

[@stephenbustos]

Now there's no stopping you!❤🏍🏍🏍

[@ReeseRides]

Way to get out there!! You did great. I probably stalled a billion times on my first main road ride🤣 seemed like you really enjoyed yourself!! Great job girl!🙌🏻

[@stephenbustos]

Congratulations!

[@JackiesMotoGarage]

Thanks!