It's ready, three hours and 16 episodes of off-road riding skills so you can learn to Say No to Slow! : vimeo.com/ondemand/saynotoslow This series takes adventure riders from core techniques like correct standing position and off-road bike set up, all the way through to jumping logs and high-speed slides. Along the way, you will learn techniques to become a safe and efficient rider. Its $35 US for the whole series and I'm confident you will come out of this Covid madness with some new skills!

@dambition7495

4 жыл бұрын

what helmet are you wearing can you recommend me one like it?

@giacomobossa8307

4 жыл бұрын

Anddddd I bought. You are such a nice guy Chris. Truly happy to pay you back and it's worth every penny.

@AndrewBrowner

3 жыл бұрын

this could be a 300k sub channel instead of a 32k channel if they were taking all the quality videos and putting them behind a 50$ paywall on vimeo.. would make way more money here on youtube with 10x the audience than from the 1000ppl that might pay that for riding videos.. idk who would with all the great channels already here on youtube for free

@janpolacek2977

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, for the videos. 20 years ago, I had serious accident, by backflip. My mistake I know. But maybe another young people will better know how to ride, watching your videos. Well done.

@user-zq2qh5mj2g

3 жыл бұрын

Very kind and delicate and elegant

"Practice it until it feels boring" - such a good way to put it!

@justinsane7128

2 жыл бұрын

50 years of wheelies and I just bought a beta 270 LOL, it never gets boring

I love it when people know how to break down a serious skill into simple steps. Well done!

Mate what's the lesson on getting back down eh? I have been wheeleying for the last few hours. Goddammit.

@SuaveCityGear

3 жыл бұрын

Using that back break, use it always!

@axismiracle521

3 жыл бұрын

nerd! haha

@superyamagucci

3 жыл бұрын

Start off with 1 cup before progressing to a full tank.

@KrisjanisZagers

3 жыл бұрын

Just keep on doing it till your fuel runs out

@milindsoni7869

3 жыл бұрын

Pulling clutch gets you down I guess

"practice it until it feels boring" best advice for anything!

"Episode 1. How to wheelie" Aaaaaaand subscribed😂😂 Clear, simple and bound to get me into trouble. Looking forward to the next. Thanks guys. Best of luck.

@SuperBardley

5 жыл бұрын

Stephen Lumley LOL, you have that so right! This is total winter pornography, can hardly wait to go practice when the wilds are rideable again.

@Error-eb9gv

5 жыл бұрын

Just got short term disability insurance this year, set and ready to get stupid.

@ChrisBirchNZ

5 жыл бұрын

We are working on the next. Im glad you enjoyed it.

Don't let the insurance company see this video

Superb instruction! I started riding at 10, and I could wheelie for blocks on my Kawasaki KE 100. Now I'm an old fart and my toy is a bit more expensive (Hypermotard), and I feel a bit less invincible... That said, I've been timidly trying to regain the "feel" to wheelie confidently, and this video is the first I've found that gets the details of the sequence down pat. Thanks!

This is one of the most thorough, specific, detailed, well produced, and clearest tutorials I've ever seen. Thank you, Chris & your team, for putting this out there. I look forward to following all your videos ... maybe they'll tide me over until I can work it out to attend one of your classes! Thanks again!

@jezzylawson936

Жыл бұрын

Get a room mate

OK! Its taken us a bit longer but the whole series will be available very very soon!

@anomie6788

3 жыл бұрын

Chris : whats the problem......UH take 22... take 23.... take 24 ... oh fuck it.

@takdosabaldan8633

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@nihvl

3 жыл бұрын

So that was a lie 🗿

Thx Chris is amazing video, actually is the best tutorial in KZread.

@bimberiman

5 жыл бұрын

Yep! :-)

@ChrisBirchNZ

5 жыл бұрын

Nice one!

@Boues91

4 жыл бұрын

I stick to that! An amazing vid about wheelies. The best I‘ve seen so far.

@Steve_MFr

4 жыл бұрын

absolutely!

The fingers covering the clutch (number of) advice is super useful, I have always secretly wondered this because nobody ever talks about the finer details, and I had been too embarrassed to ask. Thanks for the breakdown!

I don't think anyone asked for this, but glad I watched. Worth the 10 minutes.

This is the most detailed instructional video I've seen on this topic. Thank you. I like also that it's geared to the big adventure bikes. Many others are demonstrated on 2 strokes or street bikes.

Great video, congrats!! Yes!!! I‘d absolutely love to have an Adventure riding technique series from you Chris!!! Some examples I‘d like to improve / hear your opinion & advice: - Sand riding - Slippery terrain (compact red mud with rain on top) - U-turns (slide in and accelerate out) - Your toolbox setup - Emergency preparation (Spot, first aid kit, etc) - Recommended mods on 1090 R and 790 R (ABS dongle, fueling dongle, air intake, Break and clutch levers, handlebar, etc) - Riding Gear recommendations (Rider and Luggage) - Water crossings (different depths and surfaces) Thats what came to my mind for now. Cheers!!

@Belindaxtz660

5 жыл бұрын

Break?? 🤔 Brake...✔👍

@ChrisBirchNZ

5 жыл бұрын

Nice one! That gives us lots to work on. Thanks for your suggestions.

@intergalacticbasketballdro7186

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisBirchNZ Nice wheelies ! Good video suggestions.

Watched so many ADV guys cross water fully sumerge until I watched you last demo. Something to think about. Terrific bro!

I’ve been practicing the wheelie for almost 20 years now and it never gets old.

@phil22

3 жыл бұрын

The same for me but on my bicycle; now I still do it at age 57 on my moutain bike, but I could never fill secure doing it on a motorbike. I tried some at my 20s on a Suzuki GSK 1100, but it was risky for me.

I am impressed. I never thought it was possible to “teach” how to wheelie but Chris did it in spades.

Thanks again Chris. Can you make a second one on how to keep, control and end the wheelie on different conditions?

Yes please do a series, love watching you throw these big bikes around !!

This is the absolute best description of how to wheelie. Thanks so much Chris!!!

How about gravel road cornering. Fastest way, safest way, best way to recover from understeer, how to ride the loose edges that we all find sooner or later.

@frostyandtheklutz1606

5 жыл бұрын

Reuben Johnston practice I find keeping more of my weight over the front tire the best way. Then, if you feel you won’t make the corner or just wanna look like a badass put some throttle to it. You’re then using the rear tire to turn into the corner. Practice practice practice. Start slowish and work your way up

@ChrisBirchNZ

5 жыл бұрын

For sure!

@blacklight4460

5 жыл бұрын

I second that! Meanwhile...from an old track racer...invest in full protective gear, because you will go down before you get good. GO find a short dirt loop with 3-4 slide-able turns. Then go round and round getting just 0.5% better each time. You'll begin to pitch it in there. Then go the other way around. Best to start with a small dirt bike if you have never slid around on purpose. Good tires will have a gradual breakaway.

@ChrisBirchNZ

5 жыл бұрын

We are on it! We started filming this today.

@brandonduvall2030

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisBirchNZ any updates yet.... I appreciated your clutch control advice

probably one of the best step by step ive seen thank you

Awesome video, Chris. Your a master in executing AND in teaching the how to. I had never seen such precise and detailed instructions on how to wheelie a big adventure bike (or any bike for that matter). Please keep them coming! I would love a video on how to ride fast on dirt, particularly on turns. I do tend to loose trust on the bike and myself as I turn fast offroad. Thank you, thank you!

This is one of the best tutorials I have seen on KZread. Well done. More please.

Excellent video. Well done, Chris! I guess we don't have to shoot a Wheelie video now on MOTOTREK :)

@johnsandlin7474

5 жыл бұрын

What?? Make the video anyhow. Us pupils out here could always use the best of both worlds. Your channel has made my riding experience so much better. End of trail turns, kickstand pivots and baby heads just to name a few.

@GoonDick

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Brett. Don’t think you got out of it! Make a video!!

@pass1985

5 жыл бұрын

Please do your version too! :) 2 sides of the story!

@zzxx33mh

5 жыл бұрын

😀😁

@VipinMishraProject

5 жыл бұрын

You don't get off the hook that easy Bret!! Looking forward to your wheelie video! ;-p

Loved it! This is a skill I've ridden road for decades but got an adventure bike not long ago and decided to go offroad. I'm just starting to learn the basics, and after watching your vid, I was finally able to get the front wheel in the air! I'm stoked! As for your tutorial series, I'd love that too! I"m a beginner, so just anything you think beginners should know as fundamental skills is gonna help.

This is really good info, but I see a lot of hospital visits from people who bought their bikes yesterday. I learned to wheelie on a bicycle. Can wheelie a bicycle for miles. Got a motorbike thought it would be easy, several faceplants later realised it's not even remotely the same. The one thing of the bicycle wheelie you can carry to a motorbike is using your front wheel to steer when its in the air. I can now wheelie a motorbike as far as I like!

Probably the best instructional video I’ve watched for big bike wheelies! Keep them coming.

Well thought out breakdown of the steps involved in a wheelie.

I've ridden dirt bikes since I was 7 and street bikes since I was 16 and I'm now 55 but until last fall I've never combined the two. What is fairly simple on a dirt is a lot harder on my 1290 SAR so pretty much everything I'm good with even if it seems not important. An example is I had no problem geting on my WR 426 but seemed to struggle on the 1290 until I saw a video where you said to simply turn the handlebars to the right before you swing you're leg over. Amazing on how much easier that made getting on the bike.

Thank you! This is the clearest riding tutotial I've seen on wheelies, or maybe on anything.

Thanks Chris, beautiful video. Easy to understand and visually appealing. I'll definitely try your tips. I hope to see more instructional videos from you. I was a snowboarder instructor for 14 years and i love how you break down the learning (what we call sessioning in the ski industry), makes learning so much easier.

Massively helpful! Definitely do a series of this sort of video!

Yes a series of videos would be awesome Criss to show us as much as possible. A lot of different age groups and experience of riders will probably tap into your experience Criss. There is always something to learn.

That's the best wheelie explanation step by step I've seen so far. Now I'm practicing. Thanks a lot!

Now THAT's how videos should be done! Great Job Chris and crew for putting this one together. Suggestions for future videos and in line with this one, be it for gravel road techniques, sand, mud hill clims, etc - show what the progression of the rider should look like, from beginner to advanced rider. Cheers!

Amazing, the best tutorial on wheelies by far. Thanks and keep it up please!

Looking forward to trying this on the farm roads home today... Thank you, Chris!

I’ve been riding street and dirt for 41 years since I was 6 years old. After a really bad accident 8 months ago on the road in North Carolina, I got back on a bike and headed from Brooklyn, NYC to Baja for two months to remind myself that I didn’t die that day in April when the pick up truck cut me off and that I still had some living to do. I traded my other bike that wasn’t totaled for a more comfortable yet capable “mid-sized adventure bike”. Chris’s Say No To Slow series helped to prepare me for my journey into the off road wonderland that is Baja Mexico. I even rewatched some of his videos (with the help of an over lander friends Starlink) when faced with a daunting hill climb off a remote beach 30 miles from nowhere. His series is very affordable and so well laid out, both in instruction and aids from video. Share this with your friends: it can only make them better riders that will be more willing to explore the roads less travelled and to find those little slices of paradise where most people won’t be confident to get to…

@ChrisBirchNZ

Жыл бұрын

This is so nice! Thanks for the message

I was lucky enough to get this lesson in person at a rider training day with him. Was such a good day

"burrrAH!! burrrAH!! burrrAH!!" -Chris Birch, 2019

Thanks Chris. Excellent instructional and I hope to see more.

Probably the best how to wheelie video I've seen yet. Great job!

Great vid! Would love to see more tutorials for big bikes!

Great video. Enjoyed it very much! Would like to see more techniques for large adventure bikes such as riding through sand and snow/ice. Thanks for sharing your knowledge skills and experience!

Thanks for these videos! I've just gotten back into it, rode motocross 30 years ago, and I'm in love with the capability and functionality of the new adventure bikes, especially the 800 class. It's never too late!

Yes please, more of this!!! Beginner offroader here, would love to see more of your experience tricks and tips!!

In other news, crashed adventure bikes insurance claims are unusually high this month.

@ChrisBirchNZ

5 жыл бұрын

Hopefully not if they watch and listen!

Yo! Give us more!

@LifeofSmokey

2 жыл бұрын

I will Greg no worries 😁👌

Best tutorial on the subject I have seen. Thanks. You're a good teacher. Not everyone who can do something can teach it.

Well done!!!! Instructions were concise and precise, and easy to understand. The right balance of details and the perfect amount of visuals (love the sound effect, too, those help comprehension). Looking forward to more!

Excellent vid! Made me feel like I can wheelie... even though I don’t have a bike at the moment! 👍😅

Well done. Thanks for sharing. Can I wheelie? Sure. But nowhere near the control that I would like. Your instruction will get me a lot closer to where I want to be

Nice work Chris! Probably the most informational How To Wheelie video we have seen. Love it!

The best video about how to do a wheelie I ever have seen.

Good way for ktm to move stock of back lights, blinkers, plastics, levers, etc. ;)

@i4004

5 жыл бұрын

Steering Head Bearings? as these are heavy bikes.

@o.gumucio2007

4 жыл бұрын

Fences, trees, traficc signs...

Hey Chris great vid you really know your stuff and explain well, keep em coming mate👍

I'd love to see more of this! What a great video. Big bikes in the sand, power slides, mud, hopping logs, jumping etc. I could watch this all day... Right up until the riding itch gets to be too much and I need to go try these techniques myself.

My first wheelie was next level! My bike flying towards a parked car and me sitting on my butt! Say No to Slow!!!

@PhilbyFavourites

4 жыл бұрын

Kim Fuck U: you’ve reminded me 45 years ago I did that on a moped and ended up flying towards the side of a bus. The moped had no kill switch and the ignition switch was down on the left hand side panel. Suffice to say I fell off the back and the moped narrowly missed the bus! Halcyon days....

Brilliant video Chris....keep them coming (cool for a Broxburn man)..lol...👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃

Thanks Chris - Looking forward to another lesson and one in person again would be great, once I'm ready.

This was the BEST wheelie video on you tube ! Hands down! Instruction videos for bikes PLEASE!!!

@ChrisBirchNZ

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! All the rest are at vimeo.com/ondemand/saynotoslow

Do one with jumps. How to jump a big bike, how to set yourself for the jump, stance, movement prior to the jump P.S. sorry if double posted

"So that's bruuu-rhap, bruuu-rhap, bruuu-rhap." This is gold xD. Really good video. Subscribed :)

This is the first video I have seen that actually shows the clutch and throttle required to do a nice controlled wheelie. That is the one thing almost no one ever shows. I suck at wheelies (mainly because my internal wimp cuts me off too quick because of a broken collar bone years ago) but have started working on these techniques and they are helping. Love your vids Chris. Keep them up. I need to make to one of your Canadian classes at some point because I know you can't really do classes in the U.S. (got a hold of you on IG one time, thank you for the response).

I'm pretty sure I can honestly say I have been riding for almost as long as I have been walking. This video showed me something new and gave me SEVERAL things I can use when teaching kids. SUBSCRIBED! Looks like I have some catch up work to do now.

Oh boy, I have to show this video to my old Honda Transalp 600... Maybe it can give some motivation :D

@skozskoz9752

5 жыл бұрын

Your Transalp will need motivation an one or two spare clutch sets. ;-)

@jimperry4420

5 жыл бұрын

Man do I miss my transalp 600!! Never have been able to find a bike that is a good replacement. Have you?

@JayKay730i

4 жыл бұрын

jim perry CRF1000 Africa Twin Adventure Sports! Although, the new CRF1100 adv actually feels even more like the transalp (a little more cramped in the cockpit than the 1000). The 1100 is a really good bike and feels super light like the transalp and is a fair bit quicker!

8:33 A heavy dab on the rear brake throws weight on the front to help with the spring back. Ya didn't mention that Chris!

Tough obstacle navigation...deep rocks...creek crossing...log crawling...etc Great video! This is the way I learn...by the numbers! Keep up the great vids!

Incredible how easy he makes it look! Really good explanation.

Thanks a lot. Can you make video how to replace backlights blinkers and a rear fender?

So this video inspired me to try this in my back yard with my 2018 AT. Needless to say, I need much, MUCH more practice. I think one problem is that i'm a wimp and used Power Level 3 (the slowest throttle response) and I need to pop it more. Also, coordinating a bounce with a throttle snap is a hell of a lot harder than it sounds. Practice practice practice. I'm glad I have 5 acres of yard to play with and only have to worry about dodging the cacti in my yard :D

@JayKay730i

4 жыл бұрын

cputeq007 I also have 2018 ATAS, you need it in P1 mode and the Traction Control off! She comes up nice with some positive control! I’m so glad I didn’t go for DCT like everyone was recommending haha

The first one I come across with clear and precise info. Great Video. Cheers from Mauritius

Yes please.......continue on with the online coaching......Any skill you wish to demo will be a benefit to 1000's for years to come...So looking forward to more...Top man!!

Would love to hear your thoughts about transitioning from roads to trails while traveling - how your set up and riding style changes.

Tried it... Neighbor wants a new fence... Who is paying for it? 50/50???🤷🏻‍♂️

@jiffjiffernson7292

5 жыл бұрын

I didn't see a disclaimer.

@jackolbean4765

5 жыл бұрын

guess you weren't paying attention to the "open paddock" bit

@rockout1180

5 жыл бұрын

Clutch in, clutch in!!! 😂😂😂

@topcutguy3248

5 жыл бұрын

The Jester gets to pay for his entertainment. Come on, people. Be grown ups in grown up bodies. You break it, you bought it. :-)

@bluewanderer9903

4 жыл бұрын

Jester Entertainment lol, well 1:45

Hey Chris! I've just discovered you with your video. I have been watching all Kinds of videos on riding tips and I REALLY enjoyed yours! You teach with simplicity and you are effective. Thanks man! Still à newbie at off road riding even after a few years! Andre from Canada

TY CHRIS, IVE GOT A KAWASAKI KLR650. I TRIED AND TRIED BUT AFTER WATCHING THIS SEGMENT AND PRACTICE ,I CHANGED OUT THE REAR TIRE TO A TUSK ADVENTURE D SPORT. AND UP THE FRONT END CAME. JUST LIKE YOU SAID. NO MORE BOTTOMING OUT THE FRONT END . THANKS AGAIN COACH!!!!!

Thanks Chris, any plan to have courses in europe anytime soon? Meanwhile, if you could go through tips on how to ride a big adv bike in (thick) mud, would be great :)

I'm late to the party....just found you and subbed, great vids👍

Hands-down the best video I’ve seen on the subject. Thanks

I love the step by step of this video. Always finding ways to improve.

2:40 Too funny. I had a lengthy conversation with another rider about finding a dead accurate tire gauge. His concern being the gauge and bikes TPMS was out by like 5 psi. Dude thought he was going to die. World-renowned rider, squeeze the tire, feels too hard. Lets out some air, squeeze tire mehhh feels about right .... let's go wheelie... BTW vid has been forwarded to tire pressure guy... :)

I’d like everyone trying this on their big adventure bikes to record it and post it here 😂😂

This is an excellent vid, the procedural break down is the best I’ve seen, nice one! Also really useful for those of us riding smaller trail bikes that are a bit low on power ... all about the fundamentals!

Outstanding coaching - Well done

Step 1: Be a professional motorcycle racer. Step 2: There are no other steps.

*So you stand up, lean back a little, pull the clutch in, peg the throttle until its bouncing off the rev limiter and quickly dump the clutch...* *GOT IT!*

@brrrlak

3 жыл бұрын

bring a camera!

@johnnyturbo8460

3 жыл бұрын

@@brrrlak that too!

@g18210

7 ай бұрын

Never gone the red revolution zone

Many tutorials try to make you do the compression/clutch at the same time, which is less easy to practice. Chris splitted this into 3 lessons : learn compression, then learn to de-clutch, then combine both. Its the best tutorial I have seen (and I have watched many on YT)

By far the best wheelie video I've come across but not surprising that it's coming from my idol, my GURU.

Hello Chris, are you in Off Road mode, or do you have the traction control and ABS turned off?

Hey Chris you didn't mention about break cover doing wheelie. And in caption from your back I noticed break light flash before you pop up the bike.

@joeymorris4863

4 жыл бұрын

Brake light is from applying a bit of front brake to help load up the front suspension prior to releasing the clutch

@g18210

7 ай бұрын

@@joeymorris4863very complicated with front brake intervention

You are a smart teacher = effective teacher. Well done!

never attempted a wheelie before, getting a duel sports bike in a week or two, so gonna practice.. best video i ever seen explaining what you do to pop a wheelie, thanks.

Hi. Just One question: First Gear or second Gear? Nice video btw! Greetings from Italy.

@wickedleeloopy2115

3 жыл бұрын

1st

@simonecocco5286

3 жыл бұрын

@@wickedleeloopy2115 thanx

"I'm an older rider returning to riding because Charlie boorman and that Scottish jedi guy really inspired me. How can I make my REALLY heavy adventure bike put me in hospital EXTRA good?"

Crystal clear explanations, even for a non-native speaker, with the support of slow motion. Good job ! And good you started to teach.

Wow. A really good balance between talking and showing. Seems a lot of tube video people think I’m watching their video to hear them prattle on. And on. And on. You gave good instructions. Combined with demonstration. One last point, I am a certified firearms and tennis instructor. I really like how you broke down the component skills necessary and then put them all back together. Well done.

Hold my RedBull, I've got this! Other ideas, Sand, hate riding sand.

@slimjim7411

5 жыл бұрын

Sand is a funny creature some people don't mind it, and others absolutely hate it. It's sort of backwards from dirt where you want to keep weight over the front tire in dirt to make it dig and get traction. In sand that's bad and you will wash out. So you want to keep the front light as possible. You can shift weight backwards, use power when the front starts to skid, and pulse the rear brake in between because you don't want to just keep adding power. The rear brake will make the back tire dig in which will lift the front in the sand.

@4serge

5 жыл бұрын

Slim Jim, I just heard Jimmy Lewis, ridiculing this strategy of sand riding (“get on the back and gas”) as very amateur.. I would love to see Chris’ video on this !