Still need motivation? Watch this kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6aauph8fbPYlpM.html

@Stacy_Smith

Жыл бұрын

Let people know that if they scroll the button banner and hit the "Thanks" button they can tip you that way as well. They can also edit the "Thanks" comment into something else. The reason why I'm suggesting that you mention this is because a lot of people doesn't know that button exists due to the fact that you have to scroll to find it. (You helped me so I felt compelled to help you.)

@Stacy_Smith

Жыл бұрын

👆 On an Android phone. 👆

@roniron123321

Жыл бұрын

With sport bike is difficuler

I am a very very new rider and in the summer I would sometimes pull into random parking lots to practice, usually u turns, figure 8's and emergency braking.

@middleagemoto

Жыл бұрын

Been doing the same

@kevinboland8563

Жыл бұрын

This is great! Thanks man

@1069JKT

Жыл бұрын

The rider course is a good thing to do.

@franciscocastro2187

10 ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with that

@isaacreyes6428

9 ай бұрын

Ive been riding for 2 years and still try to do this at least once or twice a month. Knowing your bikes limits with emergency braking has been a life saver multiple times. Also not looking like a noob during slow manuvers is something i care about so i practice all the time

It’s pretty crazy I watch this and it looks so easy, but when I hop on my bike I need a lot of improvement. Thanks MotoJitsu for keeping us humble.

@wingman1255

3 ай бұрын

Same here

@RamblinManMoto

Ай бұрын

You said it!

As an older rider 'coming back' to riding, this exactly what i need and will give it a go.

I am a returning rider after about 13 years of not riding. My last bike was a Honda Valarie, which is a 800# motorcycle. My total riding experience is about 8 years. I decided to start riding again but wanted to try something new. I purchased a 2022 Hayabusa and find myself very intimidated by this bike. I plan on taking it to a parking lot and start slow and careful. And by the way I am 76 know😳😮

Excellent advice Greg. The one thing you don’t mention is HOW you’re doing these fig 8’s. Ok lean angle etc but it’d be helpful for you to talk us through the fundamentals of low speed turns once again. Love your work. Geoff in Australia.

In Sweden we have a very strict test to get your motorcycle license. You have to complete a slow speed course, high speed course and traffic. If you fail any step, you're out and have to book another test and pay another ~$200. Slow speed course is a set of zig-zags where you do U-turns around 3 cones (3 U-turns) and then back again at MAX 5kph (3 mph). You round the cones and stop at cone 1 and 3 and put your foot down. If you start from foot down without handlebars at full lock, you will not make the next turn. If you exceed the speed limit, you are failed. If you touch a cone, you are failed, If your foot touches the ground (except the specified points), you are failed. Practising these turns over and over are great for building confidence and I am so glad to have found MotoJitsu that preaches this too. Another good way of practising your skill is to ride with the goal of never having to set your foot down. Planning ahead, adjusting speed, keeping distance. Instead of racing to that red light, slow down, work on your slow riding technique.

@thierryfaquet7405

2 ай бұрын

All countries of Europe I know of has a serious practical test for the license. It’s only on the US where they give it like free candy’s

@SauronOfMiddleEarth

3 күн бұрын

When you live in a country with a single culture as the vast majority of citizens’ culture and morays, you can do stuff like that. You think in Los Angeles, where there are literal entire cities where all the signs are in Chinese and all the people there are from China where they can barely drive to begin with, that we can actually enforce one type of strict driving test? They are even allowed to take the driving written exams in their native language 😂

I have been doing every possible day this since I started riding a few months ago. The simplicity is awesome. It has helped me so much. Really translates to real world. Thank you.

One of my favorite exercises. Brown belt figure 8, the eye ball. It really helps you concentrate on head and eyes movement, counter balance, friction zone control and transitions along with wheel placement

Great advice! I quit using the rear brake doing slow / U turns and my turns have gotten better.

You are the most effective motorcycle instructor on the net. Simple, fast, easy to understand, practical, clear. Thanks for your dedication and effort

@MotoJitsu

2 ай бұрын

I was an actual motorcycle instructor for 8 years...teaching the beginner through advanced level courses...there's a lot of youtubers who ride motorcycles, big difference. :)

Love the easy gradient of BIG circle and long area to recover before turn around for figure 8. Makes it real, makes it doable - then can tighten it gradually to improve skill.

I'm a new rider & this exercise is the "wax on/wax off" of motorcycle riding. I've seen progress after doing this drill just one time. The next time it was easier & easier. It helps to point your chin & see as far back as you can to ease the turning. Slow speed u-turns look so elegant & effortless because they've put in the practice. Can you catch a fly with chop sticks. Thank you Moto Jitsu.

Hi, started riding at 60 Mt first bike was a GSA. I thought it was too big to ride, I started doing your turning exercises and all my mates are amazed now how I can throw my bike around. Great lessons thanks

We did this in my Motorcycle Safety and Endorsement Course. Our instructors wanted us to go as slow as possible doing figure 8's. We weren't allowed to use the breaks and the primary focus was to turn our heads to where we were turning. I never rode a motorcycle in my life when I took that course. I trusted my instructors and did exactly what they told me. I placed in the top of my class at the end. Thank you for teaching people these fundamental maneuvers.

I'm a new rider. One year. I practice something every single time I'm out. Whether it's emergency braking once or twice, countersteering quickly, figure 8's, etc. Practice practice practice. Never know when it might save your butt.

Thanks for the advice, it makes good sense to me. I've been riding bikes for over 40 years and have pretty good low speed balance but I don't practice these type of manoeuvres despite it being the one area I'm less confident about. I now intend to do as you suggest and practice every time I take the bike out. Happy and safe riding to you and your viewers. :>)

Great video. I've been off the bike for 3 years in grad school and am trying to get back into it this season. I used to have access to a MSF pad with painted lines but dont anymore. This is super helpful!

This is my favourite expiation & demonstration on slow turns. I’ll be practicing this each time after I ride out to improve my technique. Thanks !

Because I can do slow speed maneuvering, every time I'm in traffic in town I practice clutch control and slow speed maneuvering with more intense practice in empty parking lots. Parking lots are great, but once you've learned maneuvering, constant "real world" practice is better (IMO). If you are new to all this and don't really understand the principles behind your clutch's "friction zone" and looking where you want to go, my experience tells me that you had better give yourself plenty of room to practice and expect that you WILL drop your bike a few times before you get good. Wear protective gear and protect your bike with crash guards. "Repetition is the key to learning" so "shut up and practice." I've found that you can extend your practice sessions somewhat if a good wind is blowing.

Thanks for this video it really helped me out. I currently ride a 150 Kiplin mini 2022 I am a beginner rider. I can now comfortably ride slow around corners or doing U-turns. Also your counter steering video helped too. I don't put my foot down unless I'm at a total stop. I look forward on more of your videos!!

Bro you make this look so easy lol. I know you mentioned it but it's worth repeating: *look where you want to go*. I still find myself looking down where the bike is going to fall when I freak out during low speed maneuvers. When I look at my intended target everything is smooth.

Thanks! You keep it going, Sincerely, the 68 yr old newbie

@MotoJitsu

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@marktrotta5544

Жыл бұрын

I applaud your initiative and appreciate your sound and practical advice even if you are named after a "Hustler" (fast eddie)

@MotoJitsu

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!! :) My "nickname" is from here kzread.info/dash/bejne/p6CktJZun8a-ntY.html

I've been watching your videos for years, sometimes I go out to ride only to practice slow speed maneuvers. It's not a chore to me. I enjoy it

Makes perfect sense. I will start practicing 5 min after every ride. Thank you for your videos.

Great video man! Thanks for your regular content like this. Very helpful as a new rider.

Thank you! This is likely going to help me so much! It's been 25 years since I've ridden off-road and I just bought a '15 CRF250L... Haven't ridden it, yet, because I know my skills are so rusty to virtually be nullified. I'm going to get the bike out to a park or parking lot (have a hitch carrier) and practice these figure 8's.

What you said at the end ist so motivating and true. Thank you! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

@MotoJitsu thanks for sharing all your tips and experience - started started riding 3 weeks ago and defo helped me. Thanks🏍️

This is the basic training, that is critical for mc driving skill! Thanks for making this video.

Great advice…thank you…on the way to practice and ride now…

Just downloaded your App….my now go to place for tutorials…..thank you for your knowledge and time it is appreciated very much to a returning rider….from what feels like the 19th Century when I rode my RD250LC until at 19, my riding came to an abrupt stop thanks to a drunk driver……my thoughts now are, could, should I have anticipated this…….maybe if I had a better skill set….well thats history now, time for me to re train, and practice…thanks.

Something I appreciate about your channel and your videos is that you ride sport bikes, taller bikes,etc. A lot of people doing slow speed maneuvers are using police Harley's which are awesome for competition but if you don't have that kind of bike you feel left out of the techniques. Thank you!!

This is my biggest problem on my bike, have a 1250 GSA, so will be following this advice this year, thx for the tip

Just back from a 3 day rideout on twisty technical rides in Wales. Had I included this simple figure of 8 each day. I would have improved my control and confidence in All my rides. Big wake up call. Thank you Greg.

@peterswales3774

10 ай бұрын

Lovely rides here where are you from and where did you ride?

Brilliant idea for a New Years Resolution! Was out yesterday in a parking lot doing some U Turns, not sure I made the five minutes as hands were starting to freeze up, it was -1c! 🥶😆

Thank you. I've been following you for a long time. I always think I know best. Thanks for the advice.

this is a great video,wnet out and did tis 5 min practice, and reall made a difference in my ride. gor to know the feelofthe mchine, and was more comfortable with my ride. Thanks, Richie,from Smithtown,NY

Thanks Greg! Very helpful 🙂

I really appreciate your teaching style! You aren’t yelling at anyone or calling them a “duface”, you are just encouraging your audience. I have been trying to practice these techniques. I was more proficient on my last bike but now I ride a heavy touring motorcycle, and I have to get over my nerves.

great advice cheers fella, gonna out it into practice and hopefully become an even better rider.

I practiced figure 8s a bunch while on my permit before my driving test, and honestly it made doing the driving exam super easy, barely an inconvenience.

@davidvanameyden7629

Жыл бұрын

Oh, really?

@Badenhawk

Жыл бұрын

@@lockbresnar6445 thank you for that haha!

Great video, Definitely giving this a good go on my bike, many thanks for your video, love how simple it is, especially without needing cones etc. Many thanks Martin.

I bought the app to support your amazing content. Can't wait to do figure 8s!

Thanks, I appreciate your work.

Fantastic practical video!!

You are a hero to me. Not in an idol way but like as if you are a good cop. Thanks man.

Thanks so much. Just started learning ( not been on the open road yet new). Will be doing this every time I go out so I have more confidence. Only got a honda cb125f . I'm 56 so that's a good bike weight wise for me lol.

Great vid and help...thanks man 👍

I bought the app, to support the channel and now I’m waiting for my crash guard for the bike to arrive, and wenn mounted. I gonna practice like crazy! Can’t wait 😝

The details and tips in this are gold.

Excellent video excercises ,great bike....I've Suzuki bandit 650 old model .so heavy to turn...

Brilliant! Slow speed freaks me!

Thanks!

Very good and I love your instructions. I can do it in a space and a half on my Africa Twin, but I have to use the brake because of having a DCT version.

Great idea. Thanks

Thanks to you and DanDanTheFireman I've learned a lot I didn't know I needed to when I started riding. Thanks!

I have the Rebel 1100 dct so I have to use the rear brake, but I'm definatly doing this from now on.

Did the second time I watch this video and you’re absolutely right it’s been a month now I’ve been doing it and it’s great it’s been working

It's a great help for us new guys !!

Great video thanks

Brilliant and I love it, sneaking figure 8s, I just love it you are a saint and thanks.

Always great content. I did buy your app, got that a few weeks ago i think. Im dying here in michigan waiting to ride.

Good advice and well said!

Dear fast teddy, thank you for your awesome instructional videos!!

Dat was an awesome tip, I’m noobie to motorcycles so I’ve been searching a lot for this kind of videos. I don’t struggle much riding 40km but slow speeds still something I’m uncomfortable with. Next chance I get to ride I’ll be practicing it. Have a great 2024

Thank for your work

I just started riding again after 15 years your video's helped me To hone my skills again THANK YOU

Hi. Thank you for you vids. My biggest issue (along with uturns) is getting in my underground parking. It is very steep with a concrete column at the bottom I have to make a sharp right at the bottom of the ramp and the a sharp left past the concrete column. Advice would be great. Seeing you do it would be awesome.

I will better myself as a rider and practice the next time I ride! I can ride fine, but definitely find myself lacking confidence with right turns, wether at low or highway speeds, I simply cannot muster the courage to lean the bike as far as I can to the left.

thanks so much !

So nice tips!!

@danielcaetano8641

Жыл бұрын

As gift? Tks

Definitly going to put this in my routine👍

As soon as I go through it to overhaul the systems I'll be climbing back on a bike after 29 years. Your videos and instruction are so important to me and helps to set in my mind the things that used to be natural but now feel strange and somewhat intimidating. But it will be ok and I will do it. Im not going to do all this work to make this bike my own and mess it up. Thank you for all you do for guys like me.

@MotoJitsu

15 күн бұрын

get into actual formal in person training and do a lot of them as often as you can then practice what you were taught MotoJitsu.com/courses instagram.com/motojitsuclub/

Very useful as always. I just wish you would've used a second camera to observe your body position while you executed the exercises. Thank you.

Only just got my leaners so this is my 2024 goal, thanks MJ!

Thank you so much for your videos. Could you share some help for slow speed manœuvres on a DCT bike?

I do this on my street each time before i ride, i am slowly getting more confident.

Very good 👍 thanks man

That parking space line was excellent, this is going to be what I practise next!

I love wheelies but my WR250R runs weird and needs a few minutes for the throttle and everything be perfect. So I practice low speed stuff around my house or near the beach. Sometimes in the dirt for added fun. And then after some practice, she’s warmed up and I rip a wheelie. It’s easy to bang gears and go fast. It’s not too difficult to corner. But low speed, takes solid fundamentals.

Great video! I am committed.

Thank you as Usual!!!

Excellent even after 51 years of riding...

very good axercise to improve my ride

I appreciate your videos. I learn something almost every time. Do you have a trick to make the snow go away?

And also this excersice gives you convienence with your bike and and after a while stress free inside the city traffic jam.

Absolutely correct.

Hi there love how you make basic exercises so easy here in Sweden we are told not to use rear brake so i only use speed and clutch keep up the great work unfortunat we cant ride untill spring looks nice in Sandiago

@threepwood56

Жыл бұрын

Finally, I get to practice my one line of Swedish, taught me one morning at breakfast. "Kann du sende smøerret, please?" Hope I got that right. Here in NZ we can ride all year round. 😎

@simonjones1108

Жыл бұрын

@@threepwood56 Lol can you pas me the butter please

Good day to you Mr. Jitsu. Recently I got a big cruiser bike. So naturally, it has street tires. I live on dirt roads. Sandy dirt road, out here in Joshua Tree. I find it intimidating to make normal turns (left or right) on my roads, cause it is slippery, and a big bike like this is heavy. I was wondering if you could do a video sometime, on how to drive a big heavy cruiser bike, on dirt roads, and possibly some dills a person could do to make a normal right and left turn onto and off, and including riding around on dirt roads safely. 😀 Thank for your videos and content. I have been watching you a while now, and learned alot that I will practice to get bettet every day. 5 min drills... Great Idea 💡😊

@MotoJitsu

11 ай бұрын

Go take dirt training to learn how to be comfortable slipping & sliding MotoJitsu.com/courses

@rayjackoftrades9201

11 ай бұрын

For a big cruiser? Like a Harley-Davidson Road King? That's like 600+ lbs? On a dirt bike, it is rather easy To put your foot down when you're going around a corner. I would think on a big cruiser, if you try to do the same thing, you would slide and lean too far, and it would fall over on your leg, and you'd get hurt???... just because how awkward the bulk is of a big bike. That's why I was hoping to find a video of someone showing how to turn corners like you might on a paved road, except on loose sand dirt roads like where I live. I know for me that it is a lack of practice, so I have learned from you already to practice 5 to 15mins everyday. The things you need practice the most.

Used to do these at my local community college parking lot here in El Paso, Tx. after a 6am class

Figure of eight is what you have to do to get a two wheeler driver's license in India.. It's quite a challenge to do it without putting foot down or stalling.. need to practice intensely to clear the test .

For u turns and low speed turns like from a stop sign in general, do you really need to use the throttle at all (beginning or mid turn) or can you get away with just the friction zone? I recently had a fuck up turning tight and what really made things bad was accidentally going full throttle on the turn and the bike stood up. And/Or would blipping the throttle at first to get a little bit of revs up then only using the friction zone be acceptable too? Anyone that could answer is greatly appreciated

I really enjoy your instructional videos, do you also have any training on dct’s (Africa Twin).

Were you using counter steering in this exercise ?

I'm looking forward to the "one parking space" episode!.

Thank you.

@MotoJitsu

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

In Romania, one of figure's at moto exam is figure 8, 3 times in one way and 3 time in other way. 20 feet circles.

don't you DARE judge me and Mr. Blankie!

what is your advice if i can make very good left u tern but have prob with the right side turns?