Can't say ENOUGH how awesome it is to have a PRO-LEVEL rider posting insights, tips, technique, race commentary here on KZread. Thanks Josh! SUBSCRIBED!!!

Congratulations on your win at Road America! So glad I could witness it first hand, especially the last lap. Also great save on Saturday's race I think lap 3 or 4 almost lost it crossing the white line. Keep the videos coming

5 finger braking in gravel 9/10 dentists recommend.....

@Flaffi78

5 жыл бұрын

I use 2 hands for that one. Just go into neutral and grab the front lever with both hands

@joshherrin

4 жыл бұрын

please reiterate.

@DG-ss1gc

3 жыл бұрын

I only have 4 fingers….

Great video keep them coming!! loving the racing tips and Ohvale :D

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

Matttodd21 will do. Thank you for the support! 👍🏼

Love the vid josh. Very good insight and advice

Top lad keep up the hard work and thanks for sharing good advice

Great video! Keep going with tips 😁 hi from Italy 🇮🇹

Great video Josh, its great hearing advice from a pro. I think you deserve so much more subs, this content is worth at least 400 000subs 👍

Just finished a champ school course and your advice on braking matches theirs. Thanks for the video.

Just what I wanted to know. Thanks for the tips Josh. Please keep making these videos ✌🏻

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

Dr Paritosh thanks for watching! 👍🏼

Josh, loved watching you at Road America earlier this month. What a great weekend even with the sketchy weather on Saturday. I'd love to see a video on how you pick and memorize your brake points, apexes, and corner exits, along with gear choice in each corner. I'm sure when you do it every day, it becomes second nature, but as a primarily street rider who's starting to do track days this summer, building the mental frame of mind to deliberately choose those points is decidedly further down the priority list than watching for gravel, deer, oncoming tractors, texting drivers, etc. When I'm way out in the country and can let my guard down a bit, I try to practice that, but unless you go ride the same stretch of road over and over again (not popular with the people living along that stretch), it's difficult to build the visual/muscle memory when each new corner presents it's own set of variables.

Awesome content very much needed!!

Amazing stuff once again fellas!

You've got some really well-made content. Bravo. Subscribed!

Good stuff. Thnx for breakin out the mini bike.

Great video, great pilot!!! Thanks for the tips, from a Brazilian fan

TOP content right here!

Thanks for sharing Josh. Nice camera work Nick!!

Hey Josh, thanks again for the great videos. I appreciate the work you put into these. Also, nice work at RA last weekend! Congrats!

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

Matthew Smith thanks for the support!

@joshherrin

Жыл бұрын

@FITNESSOVER45 there are plenty of different riding styles, but no professional rider has his heel on the outside peg. My outside peg is always in the middle of my foot.

Go Josh !! What a great guy and one hell of a rider too.

We want more of these videos! Educational!

love the videos, Glad to see you on the podium again!

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

cordovastyle thank you for the support! I really appreciate it!

@cordovastyle3

5 жыл бұрын

Josh Herrin you earned it brotha!

I love this bloke , funny great stuff mate and your finger tech !

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

G Rider thanks for watching! Glad you like it! 👍🏼

Insightful thanks Josh!

@joshherrin

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

That was easy listening and easy learning. Thanks from Russia ✌🏻

Awesome vid,, hey josh.. are the racing ahead alpinestars knee pucks still made ?? I miss the old soap style

Great information...as a novice racer, I know this will help my riding so much. 😆❤👍

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

Karen Grant awesome! Good luck and thank you for watching!

Great tips!

great tips, keep it going, subscribed

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

MasterBlasterSr thank you for the support! 👍🏼

Dig what you do. Thanks for the tips.

Those little bikes look like a lot of fun!

Love your riding style Josh! Your a Monster on the Suzuki! One thing I have always wondered about braking. Do you use the rear brake and when is the best time to do so?

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

Neof1gt thank you for the support. I do use the rear brake. I use it while braking straight up and down, while trailing into the corner and especially when I am trying to get the bike to finish the corner. I do not use it to keep the front wheel down, that’s all in the wrist and body position.

Quite a "shocking" video! 😁 Middle and ring finger... Wow. Thanks for the videos BTW. Keep up the great work.

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

Rodrigo Naranjo 😂😂😂

Really hope to see more vids from you bro.my older brother is a big fan of yours and we all hope you didn't quit you tube.

Great video josh my son happened to be over my shoulder watching this video what kind of bike are you using granted I’d buy this for myself since he has a pit bike thanks again brah 🤙🏾

Hi Josh, Thank you for the awesome material. I have a question for you. When you are at the end of a long straightway, you shift your body, half butt, to lean, and dip down and drag your knee. While applying the brakes and shifting down the gears, you feel your rear wheel trying to pass forward your front wheel. Is it the moment that you grab the clutch and hit the friction zone to avoid it?

Great video! You should make one on the proper way to brake and downshift before a corner.

Josh, THANKSAMILLION! Pls, keep it coming. Keep workin on the meditation thing, lol. 👍

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

M Hilde thanks for the support! I’ll try! 😂

Haha that bike looks like sooo much fun!! 🥳🥳

Thank you.

I didnt believe you were actually a pro racer until i saw you doing burn outs/doughnuts on that 150cc crotch rocket.. thats just sick dude u. r. legend. 😂

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

nick h that’s what made you believe me? 😂

@nickh3809

5 жыл бұрын

@@joshherrin 😉

Hey Josh, what is that stationary structure with a tank and seat right behind you in the video?

Another great video, thank you. Let's say you have your technique down fairly well and you're consistently getting decent lap times, but are struggling to improve from there. What do you do to make yourself even faster?

@Zirconium5DRiFT

5 жыл бұрын

James O'Donoghue lose weight

I think he just gave us a 2 in the pink, 1 in the stink lol

@Csirkefoga

5 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Murillo definitely, and he smiled too 😂🤣

@ankitabiswas5236

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂

Enjoy the bike life 🤙🏁🏆

Can you explain counter steering and do you use it to turn a motorcycle every time ?

So you get most of your braking done before the turn, and dont trail brake as much. I presume so that you can get back to the throttle as quickly as possible?

I’ve been using my middle and ring finger to brake for the 3 years I’ve been riding. Everyone i know makes fun of me for it lmao. But I like it because I can have my index and thumb around the throttle and it just feels good to me. I’ll show them a photo of you on the brakes next time they say something to me about it lmao.

Thanks man.

Nice one Josh thanx on behalf of all the fans :)

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

Ashish Kumar Shakya thank you! Your support means a ton! 👍🏼

4:29 I use those two fingers too, lil circular motion with thumb … drives her crazy 😂😂 I gotta try it on the brake lever now tho

Track day clinic in this video!

I'm not alone. I use my middle and ring finger as well. Sometimes my pinky too. Just how I grew up riding too.

I didn't expect the tip to adjust your break in sessions so much. My lines could use updating, but they get spongier than I would like after a bit.

The coors light race suit tho 🤤

You just described how I locked my rear wheel up at Road Atlanta and dropped my r6 at the entrance of the chicanes lol. I dumped it in the grass and my bike had minor scratch on left Fairing. I, however, have a pretty gross ankle sprain. (I’m a novice)

Thanks I'm switching to the shocker

Wait a second...my bike got brakes? Oopsi...that explains a lot. 🤷‍♂️

@joshherrin

4 жыл бұрын

@LogicalSense this is a great reply! lol

I am a little confused about the dynamic of quickly down shifting as soon as the braking starts. I am thinking of RPM's and the rear if done quickly at 160+ mph. How quick is this? Is it done late with hard breaking so that the bike slows down quick enough so you 're not in too low of a gear for the speed?

What kind of bike was that? Great video thanks for putting this together.

I need to grab tank grips so bad on my 06 R6, I’m all over the place when braking or even diving into a corner

8:26 I get getting into the proper gear early but what if you dont have a bike that auto blips? you are breaking 80-90% and blipping the throttle?

LETS GO!

Lmao that 3 finger technique really works, don’t ask me how 🤣🤣

@motoaddiction9177

5 жыл бұрын

Try to use every single finger. Guarantee you will be amazed;)

@jonjohn855

5 жыл бұрын

Two is best

@teoyamahar1639

5 жыл бұрын

Jon John girls like 3 lmao 2 in the --- one in the --- lmao that’s why he laughed when he said that

@trollnu1356

4 жыл бұрын

Its natural viagra if that dont work nothin will...give er the shocker😳

@joshherrin

4 жыл бұрын

how do you know?

Do you rev match when downshifting and have to use a clutch? Or have you pros got some weird system haha

Let's go J!

Trail brake into gradual corner and aggressively after a straight?

ohvale🔥🔥

I met your puppy 6 months ago at Adams, wow she grew up fast!

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

Mike McKay haha. Awesome! Thanks for watching man! See you at the track again soon! 👍🏼

🔥🔥🔥

Fist braking, it’s good for easing the picker factor! LTM!

Josh, how do I disable the ABS on my XR100? Specifically the front brake.

@noedrsx6688

5 жыл бұрын

maybe search for the abs main fuse as he said in the video, and just remove it

Josh can you make a video for body position on a sportbike?? Distance from the tank, Weight distribution on pegs e.t.c....

@theavangelist

5 жыл бұрын

Go through this channels there's already at least two

Josh sure does know best 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻Adam 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Good stuff! Those mini bikes look rad...like some sort of high-performance grom. I'd be interested in a video or series talking about how you approach learning a new track or tough corners. Do you take physical notes on markers? Everything just from memory and seat time? How about your thought progression on going to a track that you haven't been to in a while? It's great hearing the inside scoop on these sorts of things!

@kharikeaton8221

2 жыл бұрын

You prolly dont give a shit but does any of you know of a trick to get back into an instagram account..? I was dumb forgot my login password. I would love any help you can offer me!

@shepardmaddux8817

2 жыл бұрын

@Khari Keaton instablaster :)

@kharikeaton8221

2 жыл бұрын

@Shepard Maddux I really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and im in the hacking process atm. Takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@kharikeaton8221

2 жыл бұрын

@Shepard Maddux it worked and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy:D Thank you so much, you saved my account!

@shepardmaddux8817

2 жыл бұрын

@Khari Keaton Happy to help =)

Where do you buy those little bikes at?

Man those Ovale’s look fun!

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

Clifford Mcdonald it’s not possible to explain in words how much fun I have on mine. Priceless.

What kind of bike are you riding in this video

Where can I get one of those cool #2 yosh hats?

where can i get one of those tiny bikes

Where can I buy one of those mini race bikes they look too fun

hey josh can you do a body position video please.

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

team kbr17 I will add it to the list. Thank you for the input. 👍🏼

Hey man, any tips for blipping the throttle while pulling on the brake lever ? I'm struggling right now, i either brake properly and screw up on the blip, or i pull too much on the lever when i blip the throttle properly.

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

Dédé LABINOUZE I honestly struggled with this a lot before our race bikes had auto blippers. The best advise I can give you is to run your brake lever a little closer to your handlebar if you have an adjustable brake lever. This will help you be able to blip the throttle while still holding the brake. Hopefully that helps you a little. 👍🏼

@dedelabinouze5110

5 жыл бұрын

@@joshherrin Thanks a lot man i'm gonna try !

Can you make video explaining how to back it in?

I'll be using all those tips on my next track day!

Any tips on the basic form of throttle control and countersteering? IE for street riding... staying in your lane without going too wide or hitting the apex too early or knowing street lines?

@lillnemo1

5 жыл бұрын

both 2 first questions, shame on you if you really have to ask. Throttle control? dont ever get OFF the gas in a corner, start giving throttle ONLY if you can keep it open. Starting throttle is ALWAYS gentle, never jerk the gas open. If you have a jerky bike, start opening the throttle just that eeniewieny tiny bit earlier, so your bike settles a bit before you realy start giving gas. Sometimes this means even before the corner or apex. Countersteering is something natural. 99.9999999% of time you dont even realize you push the bar. You lean the bike by hanging off a bit (which causes the bike to countersteer by itself) and "push" the wrong side of the bar. For left corner "push" right bar forward. While riding, you dont use more than 15degrees steering angle on the tightest corner... Thats how little steering input you need!!! more angle is only for parking, manouvering.. You dont keep pushing the steering, just initiate the corner.... street riding? if you go wide after the corner, you were inside too much before it. It's always the same thing, be it on track or street; outside, inside, outside. So if you live where people drive on the right side of the road and you take a right corner: keep as far left as possible on YOUR lane, "steer in as late as possible", go as far right as possible in the corner AKA hitting the APEX of the corner, then you have max width available to get out of corner. street lines??? just see YOUR LANE as the width of the track... then use what s said earlier: out in out hitting the apex too early? something you need to learn yourself. if you hit it early, you run wide or have to brake extra or have to close throttle... if so, learn from it and do different next time different corners = different apex different weather = different "apex" different bike = different lines aka different apex hope that's what you wanted to know?

@papo140

5 жыл бұрын

@@lillnemo1 you can roll off the gas mid corner. Obviously not abruptly. But if you roll off gently and incrementally you can. Thats how you adjust line mid corner. Shame on you for giving stupid ass advice that can get someone hurt. and better advice would be. Excluding double apexes(really long turns) that require neutral or maintenance throttle (steady throttle to keep you on your line) you can get back on the gas. but dont open up until you can see your exit and gradually take away lean. Again rolling on and off gas is how you adjust your line. more gas = run wide less gas = tighten line. So if you took a corner too fast and find yourself running wide in a corner. look where you need to go and gradually roll off the fucking gas. You can even lightly lightly lightly use the brake. But please remember smoothness is the critical aspect to all of this.

"Some people use three fingers" Yeah, what a shocker ;)

Where do I get one of these mini rockets I want one very bad for practice

@joshherrin

4 жыл бұрын

SLAPNUTSTV 10 hit up Brandon Cretu from Rise Moto. Tell him I sent you. info@risemoto.com

Just noticed the front emblem for his name is just like COORS lite 🍻

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

brandon castillo by far my favorite set of leathers! Alpinestars killed it!

@castillo33brandon

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Need to find myself a new suit before next Friday at T-Hill. If you’re ever at the track when I am, you got a beer(more like 10) with your name on em

@SalemCBR1

4 жыл бұрын

Dude! Haha...

Why don't you like using the rear break ? Do you use your down shifting and front break to get the rear tire to break free so you can back into the turn ?

@pauliemurphy4787

3 жыл бұрын

His rear brake is engaged a lot, trust me.

@apollomorris9920

3 жыл бұрын

@@pauliemurphy4787 yea i know it it here. On track rear gets light and down shifts can break it free. Some times I can get it sliding coming into a turn , its fun. Front too.

Man I have to go back to your new mgkt track heard you added haven't been in a few years

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

No Brakes_88 it’s called the Herrin Compound now. Search Herrin Compound Discussions in Facebook. You’ll find any info you need there. 👍🏼

@No_Breaks_Auto

5 жыл бұрын

Ok cool I'll deff be looking ty keep slaying those corners😎

adjusting your brake lever 2, 3 times a lap????? About the downshifting, is that with or without slipperclutch? cause I see the guys with the slippers downshift really fast and early without problems cause the rear wheel doesnt lock. I downshift as fast as possible too, without releasing the clutch, but it seems to take longer the old way. I have to release the clutch slowly, but quite late cause otherwise the speed is too low too soon. This makes corner entry less easy cause the bike settles quite late. My mate experiences the same issues.

@HHSJohn

5 жыл бұрын

I have the same thing, sometimes I find it difficult to revmatch when im going from 5th to 2nd gear, and there's more enginebrake than what I wanted, causing me to go slower into the corner than I'd wanted

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

lillnemo1 maybe more sometimes. That is with a slipper clutch. If you do not have a slipper clutch you just need to let the clutch out slowly for a smooth entry to the corner. I never make all of my downshifts in the same clutch pull. I grab and release the clutch in between each downshift.

What's the displacement and weight of that mini-sport? Seems really fast comin' outta the corners and looks like a lot of fun to ride!👊✌

@rubberskilla2991

5 жыл бұрын

And how much hp/ torque is it pushin. That does look helllaaaaaa fun lol

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

BikeLife Soldier it’s an Ohvale 190 from risemoto.com. I’m not sure how much it weighs but I can pick it up and load it into my truck by myself. 😂

Well I see they hired Toni. I just sent Hammer an email stating that hopefully you get the other seat. Fingers crossed!

@joshherrin

4 жыл бұрын

Viking Blood 😂 thanks dude!

@vikingblood5775

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshherrin After all..it's called Moto America. Not Moto Euro Riders. Damn it!

Where is that race track located? Great Videos.

Love the vids like these, but I still wonder why a lot of racers dont seem to rev match when down shifting? Maybe they have slipper clutches so it isnt neccesary... I've never ridden a bike with a slipper so i always rev match. I've always wondered why racers dont seem to

@joshherrin

5 жыл бұрын

Garrett Smith my stock GSX-R1000 comes with an auto blipped. I do not need to use the clutch or rev the bike when I down shift. It does it on its own.

What are those little bikes your riding?? They seem to come out of the corners pretty fast like there pretty peppy.

@SK-ps1mo

5 жыл бұрын

Jacob Hendrickson ovales I think if spell correctly

Did anyone else catch the race shifter setup when he is talking about downshifting around 8:00?

What kind of bike is that small bike?

Interesting. You trail brake a lot less than I was expecting...curious what you mean by you're really trying to get the bike hooked up? Do you mean like square off the corner more to get better drive out?