New Rider Motorcycle Exercises - No Cones Required

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These are my favorite exercises for new riders in parking lots to practice as they cover all controls minus shifting* (I'll make a separate video to cover shifting, good chance you're over thinking it). Cones and markers are fantastic for improving your proficiency and I recommend them to all but know many will never bring them/use them which I completely understand.
One more note I forgot, spend as much time doing circles and slowly playing with the controls as you need to feel confident in yourself, an hour in a parking lot is worth 10hrs on the streets for control and confidence.
‪@MotoJitsu‬ And again I can't recommend this channel, his app and drills enough to all new riders.
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[@MotoJitsu]

Thanks! And that's why I put the parking space drills into the app...no need for cones or tape measure. And you're not a nerd by setting up cones...you're the opposite for not giving a shit about what other people think for improving your skills.

[@aluisious]

Cheap advice for a very low risk method to learn slow speed motorcycle handling: ride figure 8s on your bicycle. Motorcycles and bicycles steer the same way. If you're going to go "blah blah countersteering," GET ON A BICYCLE, go straight down the road, and give it a counter steer push. Holy shit, it leans and turns like a motorcycle.

[@IFaithFrost]

Hey Skyoom! I'm a beginner and the place where I live is in the mountains full of (downhill and uphill), so I wanted to get the take of better riders to avoid newbie mistakes. Can you make a video about taking on this types of road? Love your videos, man! Keep it up!

[@skyoom1]

Thank you got it ✍️

[@OfficialAnekito]

Thanks for the video! Last year I've got CBR 125 and I'm still learning after a thousand miles of riding last autumn. I've seen the bible of cornering for like 20 times and I've got a notepad just for my notes.

[@aluisious]

You'll be learning after 10 years. It's something you can appreciate for life.

[@ghostoftomorow]

Tell me sir, with that combination of camo jacket, pink/teal gloves and orange bike, are you trying to be visible or not? Just kidding, i love your videos. Love from Croatia

[@hillsideslide]

I just passed my MSF course and need to do this along with other MotoJitsu stuff on my bike

[@dorstefan]

12:10 great exercise for the city.

[@splitarillo1960]

You always explain things so well. Are any maintenance videos coming?

[@skyoom1]

Thank you 🙂. And unfortunately for me, but fortunately for my dealers, nope. My best work has all been done by dropping my bike off at the shop and ends at me giving them money and never even thinking of touching it hahaha I can give S tier advice on how to strip screws and over tighten bolts tho 😂

[@splitarillo1960]

@skyoom1 yea, I have no idea what I'm doing. I was able to change chain and sprockets but can't get everything back together right haha

[@aluisious]

@@skyoom1 Stripping screws and overtightening bolts? My employer would like to talk to you. They love hiring people who do that.

[@calvin2516]

Great freaking video! So many things that are not recycled information in every other video out there. Confidence stopping mid corner is something I need to work with.

[@charliebrewer1668]

Thank you again Skyoom!!!

[@JediCore]

Great video. I am one of those people who practices without the cones as I simply don't own them. When I go out to practice on a parking lot (and there's maybe one decent enough to practice around my area) I do pretty much what you've demonstrated. figure of 8, trying to do full lock circles, do emergency braking to improve my braking distance. Turtle racing is also very important, especially for those who filter. After getting a new motorcycle, I was scared of filtering, where I have done a fair bit on my previous one. After spending maybe an hour or two on a parking lot practicing slow speed stuff, I got so much confidence. I'll be getting some cones soon maybe

[@lakiza55]

Really appreciate these videos, it helps a lot when you see how it's done, rather than being scared, making mistakes and getting corrected, which in some cases makes things even more difficult and stressfull. I'm currenty taking my riding courses, and I believe that my instructor doubts a bit that I've never been on a bike before 😅

[@skyoom1]

🙂. I try my best to stay towards the more positive "what you should do" rather than "not do". I'm the same way where I'll focus so hard on the "dont do's" I'll make mistakes elsewhere which then messes everything up haha I also won't ever edit out mistakes of my own and if I can I'll try to point them out since one frustration I've always had with online tutorials/advice is when you can tell someone had to run it back 10x to get the clip they wanted and then talk like they have a 100% hit rate.

[@nicholasmanson8615]

I liked that you used an awful parking lot. I ride throughout winter in the top north east and that stuff is my day to day alongside crater sized pot holes. Drives me crazy when people act like a few pebbles or a dash of sand ruins the entire road surface and makes doing anything difficult just totally impossible. It just takes practice. Those lot conditions were what I leanred to ride in. It definitely takes some silly things off the menu and certainly isnt anyones optimal ride but it adds a unique and interactive nuance to messing around on the bike with some free time. If you can do it easily there then you can be well sure you can feel totally braindead comfortable doing it on a clean surface.

[@DogMania]

As a newbie rider, I freakin love all your videos!

[@alexandervalentine4303]

im loving your stuff. Ive gotten very comfy with my rc390 and love to do twisties. Could you do a video on twisties with a low cc bike?

[@tybgycfmb8697]

Once again, Skyoom I love you

[@realj7513]

great vid!

[@Ghostrider-71]

Excellent video for a new rider. I try to practice in a parking lot as well. Being on a large bike (KLR 650 adventure) it helps to get used to maneuvering. How about a video on starting from a stop on a hill at a light or stop sign? I have stalled my bike a couple of times and realized that I need work on hill starts. Thank you for posting.

[@Jay-gs8kf]

One thing that I would mention, try to gives a break to yourself and the bike when practicing. Clutch and brake can get hot and you make more mistake when tired

[@aluisious]

You're never going to make the brakes hot in parking lot practice. Motorcycle brakes are amazing at keeping cool unless you're racing on track. Clutch, yeah. Don't slip the clutch for hours.

[@insideman-v1w]

Love the videos bro. Got my new 2023 R7 a month ago and then lost my license for 3mths,which I new was coming up, so I’m watching as many videos as I can to try and keep it all fresh as possible in my mind. It will feel like starting all over again which will be fun. Until then I guess I’ll just keep washing the bike for the in between.

[@skyoom1]

Why/howd you lost your license??

[@insideman-v1w]

@@skyoom1 dimerit points. Delivery driver 🤨

[@shaspaz]

Thanks for your candid honesty Full lock does just that Sucks.. 😅 And is that Sand?? Omg

[@jimdowel1894]

Does your bike run hot while doing these drills? I have a z400 and that bikes hates parking lot drills.

[@512460]

Yea it's normal same with my 1000cc

[@Schaden81]

You can hear the rad fan, these little Dukes do run hot.

[@Felsennest]

I'm curious...to what building is this parking lot connected? Or is it just like a standalone parking lot? PS. Great videos 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@skyoom1]

Shes a Boat ramp haha

[@ZEE-h-EX]

I love and watch all your videos. BTW you sound like Obama

[@Lacehairwigs]

Love your videos.

[@ThomasWright199]

What gloves are those 👀

[@DogMania]

Love the display…. What make and model is your bike?

[@skyoom1]

2023 Ktm 390 duke

[@DogMania]

@@skyoom1 that screen looks great! Heard the 2024 has a bunch of updates including a smoother quick shifter!

[@skyoom1]

@@DogMania I sat on a 2024 about a month ago and I'm very glad I got the 2023 model for the blowout sale price. 2024 they made the seat insanely skinny. New screen definitely looks better than mine though And thank god I don't think itd be possible to make a worse quickshifter than this one 😂

[@aluisious]

@@DogMania The 2024 bike is a lot heavier. Who cares what the screen looks like, you shouldn't be looking at it when you're riding anyway.

[@shaspaz]

One question Are u straighten the bike on the stop out of the turn U did say bike will stand up but what about that never use front brake if bars aren’t straight? Urgh 😅

[@marcoalicino8763]

Great.

[@RideLikeAChamp]

why you did not bring your liter bike for the parking lot exercise. Motojitsu did not answer my questions but he has a big mouth of discriminating riders citing their complaints about bikes, but he also does not have balls to demonstrate the slow speed turns in the parking lot.

[@MrWolf2212]

Motojitsu is full of himself

[@skyoom1]

I like to bring the ktm for the more general topics/exercises since supersport ergos need more specific attention pointed out towards them. But I have parking lot exercises for supers on the list 🙂, it will involve cones though so forgive me there

[@andremigcasol]

Dude does super complex slow speed on a 1250GS, what do you mean?

[@krisswolf2011]

@@MrWolf2212he replied to my question once, his tone felt condescending, but I did what he suggested anyway and I feel it helped my slow speed maneuver skills

[@durtyred86]

​@krisswolf2011 he's a Marine.. And if I remember right, he was also a Drill Instructor. Some of us tend to be rough around the edges and have a no BS disposition. In other words, we can come off as an asshole to anyone on the outside or, a bit more... malleable around the edges. He's a great teacher though. My MSF instructor completely switched gears from soft spoken and gentle to rough once he found out I was a vet as well. 😂😂 Didn't bother me a bit. In fact, it made it much easier to understand. Everyone is different and I get how that mentality can come off bad to a civilian but, we are what we are.

[@harveymushman4190]

I always tell new riders to practice emergency braking. It's easy to go fast, hard to slow down fast.

[@funkbros3141]

What bike ?

[@collectivelogic]

You're far better than MotoJitsu at information delivery. Dude needs to learn from you.

[@Vivianauxito]

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[@skyoom1]

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[@Vivianauxito]

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[@sriavula]

TAKE THE MSF!

[@krisswolf2011]

The motojitsu drills are much harder than the MSF requirement imo

[@sriavula]

@@krisswolf2011 ik but MSF still helps new riders and u get ur license

[@krisswolf2011]

@@sriavula true. Plus its cheaper to take the MSF and realize motorcycle is not for you, than to buy a whole motorcycle then realize that.

[@sriavula]

@@krisswolf2011 yea exactly, there was this one girl in my class who dropped the bike 3 times and just didn’t even show up day 2

[@aluisious]

@@krisswolf2011 So what? Take the MSF course. Get coaching feedback. When I did it, you didn't have to take the DMV test when you passed. I used the course as a way to figure out if I'd like motorcycles, having never ridden one before. Took the course 18 years ago. I definitely liked riding motorcycles.