I just can't understand how you've got fewer than 7k subscribers - your videos are so informative, so well presented. Keep it going chap.

Cheers Reg, I've been looking forward to your bike video's coming out. Keep them coming.

I am so excited for many videos to come! I can already see counter-steering, downshifting, body position, maneuvering videos etc. Looking forward to seeing system of motorcycle control video. Cheers for the videos and good luck on the roads :)

I've been waiting for this video. Always hit the like button before watching.

Amazing video! Congratulations and thanks!👍🙏

Just about to start my IAM training. The timing of your videos will be perfect.

Lovely commentary. Thanks for sharing.

Great video, I am a late starter , passed years ago but at 60 started to ride and enrolled with IAM to learn to ride properly and safely. The videos are a great supplement to the practical side.

Hi Reg, nice to see you found one of my little back road routes via rattling bridge over the river Douglas, Rufford and some lovely country roads. I’ll have to find some new ones for my associates!

Brilliant! Great news you're going to do some advanced biking videos.

Congratulations on 'mastering' motor cycles as well as cars. Although I drive cars exclusively now I was a keen motorcyclist from the age of 16 at a time when there no restrictions on riding 'powerful' machines at that age on L plates. At 17 I got my car licence but still rode bikes but didn't take and pass my bike test until I was 27. I will definitely be watching your series on Advanced Motorcycling' as so many factors like good observation and planning apply to cars also. It also makes you aware of the challenges that motor cyclists face and the need for car drivers to take account of these.

great video, thank you

Just been put onto you, cracking vid, info and my perfect bike also (maybe next year for me 🙏🏼) done something of those roads around Rufford too.

I’m enjoying the videos emencly 👍

That's an interesting development Reg. I've been an IAM Senior/National Observer for the last 20 year. I look forward to seeing your videos. I've several riding/demo videos over on my channel if fancy a look. Be good to hear what you think of them.

Great video for IAM training, nice bike too

I know you had a very good head start but still you’ve done very well to go from new motorcyclist to IAM masters distinction to examiner in the space of 2 years. Suggestion: motorcycle video on the settle through to Horton in ribblesdale through to the Ribblehead road and even then onto hawes. Motorcycle along that road with your commentary. I’d very much look forward to watching that!

Nice vid. About history pre 1950's motorbikes were a cheap form of transport for one person to and from their workplace and many riders didn't have to travel too far to find work as it was found by them or for them and very much locally. You lived in a town you worked in that town. A married man with or without kids or single man courting would take his partner out at weekends on the bike by adding a side car to it. One that just bolted on and could easily be bolted on and taken off. The majority of households did not have the use of a car but in the 1950's we started to enjoy a greater degree of affluence. This was some 10 years after the war ended and with greater affluence came the car and the need to travel further afield to find a better paying job. So commuting to work became the norm and many people bought cars in order to satisfy that need. Young people with monies bought bikes for their pleasure and leisure time and we then get the mods and the the rockers. Scooters became more popular as a means of single person transport and the type of bikes that took sidecars ie. single pot ones with plenty of torque diminished in popularity and we start getting more twin cylinders and more bikes capable of over 100 mph.instead of only 75/80 mph. There were no speed limits out of towns and one could basically travel at whatever speed one wanted to until, after the formation of the first motorways or town by passes in the mid 60's we now get the introduction of National speed limits of 70 mph all roads and again in 1973 with the oil crisis country roads became limited to 60 mph. That what we have generally today. Hope that is of interest and helps.

John, thanks for the Introduction to Advance Motocycling video not passed my bike test yet and been watching with keen intrest. As you say their are plenty of utube vids on bike riding on utube and I also like to watch TMF and his tours of GB and Europe. I livei in Preston so not far from Chorley and surounding areas I have seen you riding in. Any tips on pasing the bike test would be much appreciate kind regards, Michael.

Great video. Looking forward to the series. I've passed both IAM Car and Bike tests, found the bike test more difficult and more detailed, especially concerning positioning. Did you find any such difference on the bike vs the car?

gave it a like this time purely because you're an absolute legend But please sort out the audio on bike videos - need one of those mics that go in the helmet.

Cheers reg, do my Unrestricted license in March so stuff like this is great

@iamneallyons

4 жыл бұрын

have a watch of motojitsu also - really helped me out that channel i passed mod1&2 first time last year.

@amyk9813

3 жыл бұрын

Any tips please?

Waiting for your next m2 com video

Nice channel! Do you wear earplugs when you ride? Also, do you look at the indicator switch when you use it, or do you just go by feel, having got used to its position over time? Thanks!

@RegLocal

3 жыл бұрын

I do usually wear earplugs Jojikiba - I have a pair of moulded silicone earplugs which work very well. And no, I don't look at the indicator - with a little experience, you can find it without looking.

@Jojikiba

3 жыл бұрын

@@RegLocal OK cheers!

I have been riding those roads north of Manchester, Bolton and towards Liverpool and Southport. Up to the Lakes and over into Yorkshire for many years now so you ride the roads that I am fully aware of. Maybe we might bump into each other some time and in the nicest possible way of course. Not literally. . 😄😄😄😉

The Daddy of Advanced Motorbiking

Is the tempo slightly higher in the intro now?

The reality is that, for someone who genuinely is interested in being a safer, better rider, YT videos provide plenty of quite high quality training. Sure, if you're relatively new to biking and don't have a lot of confidence or experience, maybe you will gain something from IAM. But let's look at it objectively: 'IPSGA' is not a difficult nor, for that matter, novel routine to apply. For most experienced riders, much and hopefully all of this happens as second nature - it will be a case of a bit more reflection and being more consistent if you aren't already. We are not emergency responders, so that endless emphasis on 'making progress' isn't helpful and indeed counterproductive to many, who are content to take things more easily, but still with a controlled approach. I signed up, but after seeing *that* Usernamekate overtake, thought better of it and cancelled. Even if the overtake was somehow acceptable to IAM, had I executed that move in that situation, I would have strict words with myself for days afterwards and say 'never again'.

Here we go ....

I would be very interested to hear your take on trail breaking

@Grahamvfr

4 жыл бұрын

Cheeky, you know quite well any mention of trail braking, to IAM or rospa, will result in a crucifix being burnt into your forehead.

@agesmith1454

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha! True. Its a good skill to practice though imo, Even on a K1300gt with brilliant engine braking. Keep up the great content

@Grahamvfr

4 жыл бұрын

@@agesmith1454 haha, it wasn't reg who replied to you, it was another cheeky chap ie me.

Q for you reg - how can you be an examiner if you have only had your bike licence for a couple of years? i wanted to become a bike instructor but only passed last year - i read that you have to hold your bike licence for at least 3 years before you can go to one of the instructor courses and do some cbt training first etc? I also want to do these advanced sessions, great stuff!

@Unfunny_Username_389

4 жыл бұрын

He's on about IAM.

@iamneallyons

4 жыл бұрын

@@Unfunny_Username_389 Even still how can you become an advanced biking examiner with 2 years holding your licence? you cant even become a CBT instructor until you have had it for 3 years.

@Unfunny_Username_389

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not saying I disagree with you and I think you're right to ponder this. That said, we can probably both anticipate the response. This person is a veteran of the IPSGA system, both in its application and its teaching. And, secondly, this system only differs in degree from car to bike (read and compare the two versions of Police Roadcraft). Moreover, his credentials are pretty unimpeachable. However, if you asked me personally what kind of an observer I'd prefer, if I were to undertake an advanced riding course (e.g. with ROSPA or IAM), I think I'd want to be receiving advice and guidance from a biker with many years experience - preferably as an observer not just a rider.

@iamneallyons

4 жыл бұрын

@@Unfunny_Username_389 yeah im absoltuely NOT questioning his credentials one bit and i respect what he has done in the police for years etc - i was more querying it from the point of view that in order to train as a DAS instructor or even CBT instructor you have to have had your full bike licence for a minimum of 3 years - for instance iv had my car licence for 17 years but that doesnt count towards it.

@Grahamvfr

4 жыл бұрын

@@Unfunny_Username_389 the likes of rospa and IAM are just charities, unlike the dvsa which is a govt body.

I would be interested also in your personal view (not IAM's) on using cruise control in 30mph areas. I myself are uncomfortable with it (unlike limit control which bikes don't yet have I think) because you are pandering to the speed limit as opposed to the situation. Cruise control just takes the edge off your response to a quickly developing situation (hence not recommended on congested motorway etc), so to use it in order not to exceed limit, is an action with limited safety aspects to it. With regard to its use, when being witnessed by an outsider, might they not question, why an advanced rider would need it to maintain appropriate speed.

@RegLocal

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve no objection to people using cruise in lower speed limit areas & in fact I regularly use it myself in such areas. I feel there are two key benefits - it’s very easy to pick up a few extra mph on a bike, with just a tiny wrist movement, so cruise avoids this. Additionally, it allows me to keep my eyes up without having to look down at the speedo, so my observations are marginally improved & I’m able to constantly keep my attention where it should be. I don’t use it on short sections of lower speed limit roads, or on particularly hazard-rich sections or road, but on a long section of 20, 30, 40 or 50mph speed limit road, I tend to use cruise. On my bike it’s extremely easy to switch off with a brief roll forward on the throttle, so I’ve never experienced any downsides to its use. If someone chose to use it on an advanced test, it’s unlikely I would spot the rider switching it on/off, but I would have no issues with its use on test.

1 Yr experience that's 30 years old eh!. That's still younger than ipsga. Don't knock someone with 30 yrs riding experience, theve got got through it, so must be doing something right. To me it means you have 28 yrs to prove your point. I used to enjoy your car vlogs, hence why I clicked on here, but please dont jump on the "I've got a certificate you haven't, band wagon", the world is full of people with qualifications to do a job, overriding people who can actually do the job. Enjoy your motorcycling, and remember it is a voluntary pastime.

@RegLocal

4 жыл бұрын

I think you’ve taken this the wrong way Graham. I’m not knocking riders with years of experience and I’m certainly not willy-waving with certificates! If you present yourself as an internet “expert” (I hate the term & have never considered myself an expert, but go with me for a minute), the first questions you get are “who are you?” And “what qualifies you to tell us how to do it?”. Credibility is important, because there are thousands of “experts” on the internet who are just sharing their own thoughts & opinions with little or no factual information or relevant experience to back them up. With cars, I suppose the credibility was already there, but I really wanted to start doing bike videos, and I was very conscious that my relatively short time in the saddle would knock my credibility, especially when trying to appeal to a different audience (despite the very similar nature of the content, the bike videos attract a very different audience). That was the reason for mentioning the qualifications - not to show off in any way & I’m sorry if you took it that way. “I’ve been riding for 2 years” brings very little credibility, whilst “I’m an ex police advanced car instructor, I’ve been riding bikes for 2 years, 25,000 miles, IAM advanced bike test, IAM Masters test, IAM advanced examiner” carries a little more credibility for such a very specific audience. I’m not pretending to be the worlds best motorcyclist - far from it. I’ve still got loads to learn & I intend to share my learning experience with my slowly-growing number of subscribers. I do, however, have many, many years of roadcraft experience which has transferred nicely across to riding the bike. I’ll keep uploading the bike videos - let me know what you think.

@MrMesospheric

2 ай бұрын

@@RegLocal That is a very restrained and informative response, in all fairness. It's not my place to ask anyone to explain themselves, but I was sorely disappointed to watch the Usernamekate video and the much-commented upon overtake in the 40mph zone, across the hatched lines (permissible under R130, but only 'where necessary' (objectively, was it, really?) and 'safe to do so' (was it?) and then through one or two turning lanes. As examiner, I accept entirely it was your call. But that doesn't mean we must suspend our own assessment of what is shown, not least as there is a purpose to putting the video up: for others to learn from. Though you did quickly try to explain why you said you would "give her that one" (i.e. the overtake was not a mark-down), that was objectively in conflict with the long 'ooooh' from you as she began to execute it. The car *ought* not to have accelerated when being overtaken, but that is neither an uncommon nor unforseeable event and would seem to be something an advanced rider candidate should expect might happen when judging whether or not to overtake. I think most recreational riders would conclude there was no compelling need to. Would you agree this was very contentious and contradictory and needs perhaps a calm explanation in a future video? Can that be realistically be done, given what was said and the pass issued? I initially became emboldened and signed-up for the course. But after a day or two, I thought what was depicted at that moment, accepting an otherwise very good ride from Kate, more a reason to cancel it, which I did. Beyond that, the emphasis on 'making progress', which seems to mean 'as quickly but as safely as possible' is also odd to me and seems to be justified by other instructors (such as PWR Motorcycle Training, also ex-Police) making reference to it being an advanced course, where rapid progress is to be expected. But that is to suggest everyone wants to make rapid progress and leaves me wondering if it's just an unncessary transfer of emergency services priorities/approches to recreational riding. In the end, promoting progress beyond that which recreational riders realistically need, rather than can technically achieve, seems to me to just push the risk up, relative to being somewhat more restrained. No, I'm not averse to on-going learning; I'm a pilot and am, rightly, subjected to this as a matter of routine. I'll polish-up my skills by watching more of your and others' considered videos and ensuring I apply what is shown. After all, preserving my life is the most powerful motivator to ensure clean, careful, considerate riding.