Target fixation is literally a killer, great advice on looking through the corner.

@JimmyDean1992

3 ай бұрын

How my motorcycle course told me to do it. It is a game changer for sure!

@scottpolito2900

3 ай бұрын

I dont shop there either

I was taught to point my chin through the corner and keep your eyes level with the road, where your eyes are looking is where the bike is going, braking and gear selection before entry then gently feed on the power on exit, top half of your body relaxed, do not death grip the bars you will get fatigue and pins and needles in your hands and your cornering and manoeuvring will suffer as the top half of your body is now rigid and tense (I am still unconsciously doing this from time to time as a newish rider and have to keep giving my self a bollocking). I would say learning to relax is the hardest skill I have found as a new rider. Road position, organising your muscle memory for clutch, throttle, braking and balance improves with repetition and experience. Thanks for posting enjoyed the content.

This is a great video for beginners. I like that you don't need to brag and get people into trouble but just advise people to ride their own ride. This is so true. The bike community need more people with this healthy attitude. Good job mate.

Physics n3rd here: At the lean angles shown in this video (30-odd degrees), without accelerating or braking, your're loading the tyre to about 0.6g. That's about half of what a decent tyre can take under nice-ish conditions. Even when it's wet (and it's been raiming for an hour or so) you can get at least 0.9g out of good rubber. You might be in trouble if it's only just started raining after a long period of hot weather, when the rain lifts out all the dirt and grease. That makes the roads quite slick. But it should wash away after 15-30 minutes of good rain. Even in those conditions though, 20° should be safe enough, the lateral load goes down to under 0.4g. In other words, don't worry about it 😉. Or as my instructor used to say - "You'll run out of skill before you run out of grip.".

Both of my instructors for my MSF course are exceptionally good riders, one is literally a white-haired old man who’s fully capable of scraping pegs with knobbies on a KLR650, and they gave the absolute best advice ever for when you believe you’re carrying too much speed into a corner: Look harder, press harder. Most people would be very surprised by just how much speed a bike can roll through turns with. When in doubt, look harder and press harder. MUCH safer than any other in-the-moment options.

@Deathurway22

10 ай бұрын

Press harder as in harder into the lean? This is where I struggle so curious exactly what you mean

@ryannafe9252

10 ай бұрын

Look through the turn and press forward on the inside handlebar. If you’re making a left turn, you’re pushing forward on the left handlebar.

@RobertMorgan

3 ай бұрын

The "100 points of grip" video you can find on youtube made me believe in tire grip, when the instructor is basically doing a plank on a tire at a 45deg angle against the track and it's just PLANTED, and as long as you're smooth and steady it stays planted, but over-throttle or suddenly brake, any short duration change and (he RAPS the tire with the other hand and it breaks traction and he falls).

Before you do any corner work check air pressure on tires and carry speed through the apex and accelerate smoothly from the apex no gas no brakes until you get better

i got caught in the rain a few days ago on my 125cc and came off on a roundabout at a lean. as a beginner this massively tanked my confidence cornering ESPECIALLY coming off roundabouts. i know the weather played. huge part, as well as my tires being a lot thinner than a higher CC Motorcycle too, but i think there’s a chance i was on the break, or tried to take the power off mid lean and i definitely looked at the corner rather than past it. so tomorrow im going to put these tips into practise to hopefully get back to the level of confidence i had pre slide, which was still nothing special

Just wanted to say a massive thanks. I've watched countless videos about cornering, but it was the bit in yours where you said you could do a much bigger angle that nailed it. Today was the first time I thought meh, I'll try, and I nailed it... so HUGE thanks to you :)

Counter steering is all u need and makes cornering so easy and less work

@icjinu

2 жыл бұрын

Good point, counter steering is a game changer down the road

@maverick_2352

2 жыл бұрын

Yes push down on the right handlebar when taking a right hand bend to lean the bike in.

@nunyabidness2143

Жыл бұрын

​@maverick2352 handle bars go left and right. I've never seen a bike where they went up and down. You should your bike checked out lol

Excellent. I recently got my first big bike and I gave this a go the other day. I'm now able to maintain a safe higher speed on corners without a car up my backside ( I was slowing down far too much due to confidence). I'm now starting to enjoy the corners rather than dreading them. I'm going out on the R6 later to give it another go.

Excellent video, thank you. I usually slow down way too much for corners and tense up, so hopefully this will help me loads.

Thanks for taking the time to post this 😁 I passed my Mod2 in October and I've been doing EVERYTHING you've said NOT to do at the start of the video 🤣 I've taken advantage of the dry roads and went out for an hour this afternoon. I applied everything you explained on this video and I enjoyed my ride and increased confidence so, so, so much more 👌👌 Thanks so much man 😁💪

@BikesofRye

Жыл бұрын

This is what it's all about!!

This is useful info and guidance. Road positioning was an issue I had, and almost all others on KZread have too. Cutting across corners is not ideal, the ideal is sight line and extension to vanishing point. I.e. bend to right, be left, bend to left be right. The police bikes are brilliant at it, I'd recommend anyone to chat with them and ride with them.

Good straight to the point video. I've been riding 7 years and dropped the bike on a corner a few weeks ago whilst riding out with a pal .Got fixated on back of his bike as he went round and I ended up in ditch Since then I've been scared of tight corners and my body stiffens up . Need to get that confidence back , not only in myself , but in my bike as well.

@5speedsimracer

Жыл бұрын

Has it gotten better for you? After I crashed on a roundabout, I have also became scared of tight corners or difficult turns to the point that I lost confidence in my riding and stopped riding all together even about 8 months after. Since then I have ridden a moped 3 times only but am saving for a 125 in a few months hopefully so I want to regain my confidence

@donlogan428

Жыл бұрын

@@5speedsimracer Yeah I carried on riding but every tight corner and roundabout for a long time after I was almost panicking and felt I'd go over again. Got better with time but the bike just wasn't for me anymore after that. Was a triumph Daytona. Lovely bike tbh but I sold it and got myself an upright naked bike (GSR750) and it's so much better now . Confidence has returned I sold that bike and got myself a naked bike (z900)

@lasersummit7895

8 ай бұрын

i almost ate shit in the same way. i find it hard to not fixate on cars or bikes infront of me

Yeah I'm 52 years old and really I got my first geared bike it's only 100cc Honda win two years ago a year and a half ago and I saw this 3 days ago and I went fromYogyakarta to Muntilan and back to Yogyakarta via Purworejo, pretty much flat out the whole way and adopted this style of pouring rain just basically looking where you want the bike to go and it was like it was just all semantics I wasn't turning I wasn't breaking I wasn't coming off the gas it was just going where I wanted it to go and I feel so much better writer for this single-added technique. So thank you very much for this video also the video I just watched all of your Ri1000 yes I think if you lift the camera up an inch on an extension so you don't see the speed of rattling around you just see the top half of your body will be much nicer to watch for those with a bit of OCD....

Cool vid , im 1 week into riding my gixer 600 l5, cornering is improving every ride - took it to Rye thursday as it goes!! 👍🏻👍🏻

Thank you so much for this video buddy. I have been riding for a while now and corners have always made me tense up, especially right handers 😥. I am a very rigid rider naturally and I struggle to see through the corner. Watching this has given me a few tools to practice next time I am out 👌

@taureanwilliams2900

2 жыл бұрын

Look at MotoJitsu KZread channel.

@BikesofRye

2 жыл бұрын

As suggested in video find a road with many bends, hold a speed and look to just relax and flow. Move your head out of the centre of the bike

@bignosecrisuk5860

2 жыл бұрын

@@taureanwilliams2900 no don’t. Plonker

@taureanwilliams2900

2 жыл бұрын

@@bignosecrisuk5860 what are you on about ? MotoJitsu is a solid channel. 👌 your choice tho 🤷‍♂️

this video made me get up and go master cornering with full confidence. thank you.

Such a great video that will help a lot of riders. Well done

Yes! You should also do a raw video of 10 minutes with this beast, you know a video for us to listen while going to sleep lol

I rode that road yesterday too, lovely day for it. May see you about one day.

Thanks Rye, that’s sound advice.

There is so much to consider when cornering but great fun. It would be good to cover the safety factors such as road positioning for best view ahead, watching the road surface, not looking at a tree when you think that you over-cooked a bend etc.

great video, nice to see roads that i know well too

Great vid m8 , some v good tips there esp maintining speed through the turn and body positioning , def bikes can be leaned way more than we think as a beginner. Most important is to try and stay relaxed.

Thanks mate, really helpful 👍🏻

Getting back on the bike next Wednesday, when I get my 2019 Street Triple RS (found you through the review) being dropped off up in Leeds from Triumph East London. Nipped out to the shops today in the car to pick up the gear and now I'm home, its all very real and the fear has set in! This was the perfect video at the perfect time. Done a lot of road miles on the bike in my twenties, but now at 41 need to make sure I relax and ride my own ride... great advice. Wish me luck for next week!

@taureanwilliams2900

2 жыл бұрын

I found "Rye" after watching his 765 street triple review. I bought mine last Saturday, oh man what a bike 🏍!

@BikesofRye

2 жыл бұрын

Love to hear this and what a great choice of bike to get back into riding too. Enjoy

Very nice, straightforward presentation, thank you. If I may, I would add one thing, and that is don’t take the corner before you reach it. I had a very bad habit, which many beginner riders have, of leaning far too early and running wide. After many years of riding, I still have to remind myself to wait and let the corner come to me, then push the inside bar and let the bike lean. I’ve now subscribed, and looking forward to your next video.

Excellent advice video for this born-again biker. I know that road v well btw, its not far from my home!

New rider after passing my test 27 years ago. Nervous ninny on corners and junctions so this is a good one for me.

Thanks, super video

New rider here . Love the explanation 👊🏽

Wow nice video bro !

Good advice 👌🏻👍🏼

Brilliant video

Excellent advice and a great explanation, love you channel dude 👍🏻👏🏻

@BikesofRye

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

More of this bud 👍🏼

more videos like this for us beginners please pal

Thank you

Live in the US. Knew you were in the UK. Knew you were in the UK. Knew you were in the UK. That very first turn in the video made me nervous for you for a split second as my mind still saw a car coming at you in YOUR lane HAHA! Thanks for the video!

Nice of course too.

Yessss! Thank you. I just bought my first bike - 2020 Street Triple 765RS - namely due to your videos. Love the bike but corners get me. Gives me something to try and test out. Safe riding bro

@MrBricey25

2 жыл бұрын

You didn’t watch his video then on is the 765rs a good beginners bike..🤣

@aaronchantler2150

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrBricey25 That would have been against my agenda at the time 😅

holy shit the bike looks good in the intro/from the side!

I never realized that i was riding and taking turns with my arms stiff and locked out until I watched this lol

Omg mate I haven’t seen your videos for a while but when I heard lean, I had to click lol Gonna binge watch a few tonight lol

@BikesofRye

2 жыл бұрын

Nice one yeah just wanted to give a couple of my own tips to help out beginners. No knee down stuff for you here 😅

@ChasingTenths

2 жыл бұрын

@@BikesofRye lol 😂

Looks like Baldock to Buntingford, awesome bit of road.

@BikesofRye

2 жыл бұрын

You know 😎

Great video mate. I am usually more comfortable doing counter steering and I can easily turn any bend. I am wondering when to counter steer and when is best to lean?

Good stuff

Yea, 12 months riding now y this is something I’d like to improve on to have a better, more relaxed ride

Braking mid corner is the one thing that scares new riders. As soon as you learn to finish braking BEFORE you lean it's a revelation.

Are you subconsciously counter steering aswell when your leaning ?? Awesome vid man!!!!

Well done, IAM 4U, next, recomeneded.

Good video, but i think for most people its being to scared to lowside and cant afford another bike f it happens. Definitely what goes through my head

Great content 🤙🏻👍🏻

@BikesofRye

2 жыл бұрын

Yes 😎

Im 29, have rode my z400 four times on the road vs the parking lot. Only been on it alone twice. My biggest concern is Rev matching on a downshift and sharp cornering. Im still a noob and admit right where im at with it and wonder if ill ever catch up to high skill levels. Ive practiced off and on since 24 years old but never on heavy roads and traffic until lately. Im mature and way calmed down with my ADHD.

I know that road very well! May see you there sometime mate

@BikesofRye

2 жыл бұрын

Look forward to it!

My issue I'm having is I've been riding for 12 years and never had an issue until last year when I had an extremely low speed high side. I know it happened because I had new, still oily, tires and it was a cold morning. But I've noticed I've been really gun shy about leaning now especially when I see any moisture or gravel on the road

Love your video's but please cover your Speedo. Rear brake in corners video next

I rode that road last night to practice my cornering. Still feel like my body is stiff and not moving on the bike. Think I will watch this 100 times more.

wow!! 🙏🏽

Drag that rear brake, don't be afraid to use it in the corners to aid cornering and carrying speed!

My first motorcycle accident was pretty bad and I think target fixation was to blame.. i froze just went straight at the curb. Still hurting and anxious about riding after im healed up. I rode 10mph all the way home after that and havent rode yet since (mostly because im actually injured) I only rode back because of adrenaline

I am riding for a month now, i was leaning into every cornet like crazy, no fear at all, well i lowsided my bike week ago, i am way too scared to lean in corners now... idk what to do really but i will figure it out

Hi there, unfortunately I've just had ago today at my MOD 1 training but the instructor felt I wasn't ready due to confidence. Whilst on the road he said I need to trust the bike more and lean. Don't worry about countersteering but learn to lean. I have a 125, would this video work on the 125 as well? Thanks

I have a Benelli Leoncino 500 - sometimes I feel a tiny bit of wash usually on the rear in some corners, I don't know what causes it or what I am doing wrong? Any advice?

Random question... I have a 2018 r6 and I've noticed that the lower my TCS setting is, the further I can lean my bike. That is because? From 3 to 2 is a massive difference for me. Am I not operating the bike properly or is that normal?

You should consider talking about counter steer 👍🏻

@BikesofRye

2 жыл бұрын

I may well address this in another video for more confident riders thanks

great advice for beginners, was that the A507? What a great road.

@BikesofRye

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes just outside Baldock it's a great stretch of road

@joeknight8464

Жыл бұрын

@@BikesofRyeHahaaa thought i recognised that road love going up and down there, we nick named it the TT 😂😂

Thats all very well, but here in Devon, and probably elsewhere, we come across gravel randomly and on a regular basis- almost always in corners..

@muzzb40

2 ай бұрын

I know that road very well, it gets really busy at rush hour not that the video shows that - the traffic scrubs the gravel away. Outside of rush hour its a lovely road as per the video, though there are a couple of pot holes to watch out for lately. Its a really popular hack at weekends and you can grab a coffee or a fry-up at the Silver Ball caff weekend mornings. Totally agree with your comment about Devon roads, I visited last summer!

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Great video. The only thing I would say you ‘missed’ in the intro was that while you’re ‘loose’ (I agree with that) a rider should grip the tank with their knees (or at least practice it as an ability to be stable in winds and cornering and to keep your arms loose. (Edit) - a good other tip for new riders is warm up your tires for 15 minutes and prepare them a bit before going out and cornering. Plus use high quality tires always. Michelin Pilot Road are the way to go for most bikes IMHO Cheers

Interesting front cam position… I’ll copy you on my s1000! 😅

@BikesofRye

2 жыл бұрын

Need a slightly longer extension arm almost perfect

There are some checklist point which you should perform: 1. slightly slow down closing the gas 2. look far behind the corner 3. when approching to the apex countersteer with leaning as far as need - narrower curve more lean 4. after you pass the apex slightly and gently increase power and unlean 5. In narrow corners of your bike is equipped with cornering ABS you can continously brake with front brake when start leaning 6. A least once a year take a track day

my biggest issue is fear of the unknown. when the corner is open (i.e. there are no trees or anything) and i can see where it goes i can go quite fast round it. but when i don't know what is coming i end up slowing right down incase the corner radius changes. this has never been an issue in the car as i know i can quickly adjust my cornering radius. is this something i will get over naturally?

so when ypur going into a corner and you think your not gonna make it should you twist the throttle

are you counter steering?

🖤✨

My question is why you’re in the UK with the speed indicator in MPH

Kind of ironic how every single motorcycle instruction video they break traffic laws constantly. Anyway good advice.

4:03 haha brave

Those narrow UK roads scare me

I'm gonna buy a scooter so I don't think I nees this kind of skill set until much later when I buy a bigger motorcycle but this makes me think that motorcycle riders need to be more skillfull than your average car rider

Practice in a pedal bike might help

Hows the new bike better than the street

Just watch twist of the wrist by Keith code. Or anything by champ school, motojitsu and life at lean on cornering. This is the perfect example of what not to listen to.

@BikesofRye

2 жыл бұрын

The title is for beginners to get over their fear of leaning a motorcycle.

@justinday7600

2 жыл бұрын

@@BikesofRye no offence but if their that scared they should be taking more courses. Counter steering is a basic method and that's what gets the bike leant over. A big part of your vid was wrong and could lead to beginners having accidents. Please leave the instructional videos to the pros. And from what I saw I should check out Motojitsu. Every day's a school day Pace/speed determines everything

I do have a paranoia about mid corner gravel

Watching this bc I fell 1 month ago and and Im scared af to lean again

Even if you are an advanced rider you should not break in the corner. That will make the bike stand up and want to go straight.

@Alex-HD

2 жыл бұрын

@@BikesofRye if one can avoid breaking in the curve it is always better in my opinion. You should be able to speed check before the curve and not destroy the momentum in the bend. If you have to break you have not planned well. A motorbike performs the best when not interfered with. Especially in a curve.

What lean angles have you had on the dash/ app?? Great bike.

@BikesofRye

2 жыл бұрын

Most I have seen is 42

@Baz1000r

2 жыл бұрын

@@BikesofRye That's quite impressive. For the road. Roll on summer. Me and my mate have both just got the same bike.

Trail braking. ??

Is that an automatic bike?

I mastered left handers just not right handers, found myself in the middle of the road and not felt comfortable

@Ianlfcm3

2 жыл бұрын

Your over more on ya left as well in the vid

Nah, my problem is that i lean it too much and hit the ground with my foot... I am in motorcycle school, and this often happens when i do U turns. I am on a chopper motorcycle. Advice?

Practicing leaning my bike at freeway speeds. On sharper bends 55mph ( too slow) feels possible & proper, but 70!!? Everything in me says no. But I see other cyclists doing it, so it must be possible.

I enjoyed the video, but' there needs to be a video of you riding a Fatboy and doing these corners.

Trust the rubber. 🙃

Outside inside outside

Cant see rear u need a cam in back

Its not the bike you need to be "afraid" of its the damn road. Poor quality of the road it self, gravel on the road in the corners (death trap) the advice are sound im NOT arguing that at all. Its just that a lot of riders that dont ride outside the city have no hard lesson knowledge about the poor state the roads can be and if you commit to a corner and you suddenly see all this shit then you might not have any options left if you have pace into the corner. Its hard for even good riders to change direction once they are in a corner since NO ONE wants to have the danger of being forced into the oncoming lane. Who gives a shit if the lane is free but most times it isnt so your options are very limited to crash or to crash even harder. So street knowledge is very important sadly. On the island i live we get a lot of turists that wants to enjoy our fun roads but we also have a huge problem with the companys that repair the roads so there is a lot of very fine gravel in the corners and its "fine" when you know about it but holy hell how little grip you have on that shit when its pavement under the gravel. So going in with a good lean angle will make your heartrate go up a lot if you manage not to lay down the bike.