Facts, I watch lots of motorbike crash too😅, most of the time their "ego" will k*!! them. Just ride your own ride. Be safe out there, most important thing is going home safe and sound.

@CityNinja650

3 ай бұрын

Ego is a big killer. I understand why people ride aggressive it’s easy to do. But you have to stay in you comfort zone. You’re absolutely right. The goal is to make it home safe. Can’t ride if your dead

Nice road scenery there. Good point that slower during busy roads is a great idea. And on backroads, always ready for the vehicle pulling out unexpectedly, or a person, kid or deer. Good point that every driver and rider should be responsible and remember that a vehicle is like a lethal weapon if not handled carefully.

@CityNinja650

3 ай бұрын

Yea this was a good ride. This was filmed when I took my vacation last fall. Made several videos because I loved the background lol. I’m pretty sure this is the same day I almost hit a turkey

Great points made in this video. Just today while out riding for a couple of hours, I had someone pull into my lane infront of me without using a blinker (his lane was stopped in a red light while mine was green) and another person slam on their brakes infront of me to avoid missing a turn. Both times my sole focus and reaction was on safety and evasion. Like you said, keeping a three second buffer space in front of me was the only reason I didn't slam into the back of either vehicles, that and keeping constant situational awareness. Laying on the horn or rev bombing does nothing to prevent or avoid an accident, proficient riding and safe riding are what does that. Keep the awesome videos coming my man.

@CityNinja650

3 ай бұрын

Glad you made it out of that safe. Yea it happens so fast too. Just got to do our best to put ourselves in a good position and practice our drills. Good stuff

Regarding responsibility, yesterday I was out for riding with a 16 year old beginner-rider. He was a little afraid of keeping up with his 125ccm. The other comrades he was riding with before where just speeding and wheeling... He even had no idea how to use his helment communication but for music listening. Firstly I showed him how to use it properly to be able to talk to him during the ride. Secondly I told (teached?) him during the ride, how I ride, do things, doing NOT things and why. Simply how to improve situational awareness, building the big picture about what is going on now and will happen in the next 10 seconds. I think my previous airline pilot and current divemaster experience has a noticable impact on safe riding. I know other rider whose main goals are the loudeset exhaust, beeing the fastest outlaw and/or stuntman. These kinds doenst't improve saftey at all.

@CityNinja650

3 ай бұрын

That’s good on you for teaching someone. Never know how those foundational principles can save someone’s life. And you’re absolutely right. You got to really plan ahead and think several seconds before hand. A lot happens and it happens fast. With your background in aviation and dive you definitely understand that. I love scuba diving. I wanna get my advanced open water this summer as well as search and recovery. I would love to get on a dive team at a local fire station

good advice

Or when they get cut off they throw their hands up in the air staring with a honk. One motovlogger I used to watch did this. About a month later he was hit from behind (road rage). Makes me wonder what happened previously. Yes it sucks but we need to move on and just be ready.

@CityNinja650

3 ай бұрын

Yea people are freaking nuts anymore. Even if the car is in the wrong, people are so easily set off anymore it’s not worth it. I seen people do that. I seen a guy look back after he dodged an accident flipping the guy off. He ran into another car because he was looking backwards at that car he was flipping off.

Here in Sweden, driving school for motorcycle license is approx 12 weeks. My foundation was so much stronger then people from other countries when they get to ride on their own but in the beginning i really wanted things to progress faster. Looking back at that time, im now happy it didnt go any faster. The knowledge aquired in these 12 weeks cant be relipcated in a "smash n grab teaching weekend". But here is one thing, you cant tell others what to do or how to ride. You can point out mistakes or you can disregard their mistakes but its not your life to live. One must face the consequences of their own actions. If you ride with the mentality that you can always learn soemthing, you're good and videos like this only helps making you better. But if you're not in that phase then these types of videos will only create a barrier between you and me with "i do this which is correct and you do that which is wrong". Again, one can point out mistakes but then you need the video from that riders perspective in order to apply it in real life for that rider. Honking is great to make the car aware of you if you have the right of way but you say its useless. Also claiming its "probably the bikers fault" if someone pulls out on them, how have you come to this conclusion? Drivers have so much in their cars in terms of techonology these days, that their focus gets distracted. Phones, radios, GPS, touch screens for the car itself etc etc etc. Add to that useless pickup trucks with fronts that have no place in this world other then to kill people they hit. Seems like most of your commentors are just sheeps that are willing to go with whatever you say, the shepards will just click another video. Again, you cant just claim riders are at fault without pointing out the mistakes made from a video. Now you just sound like a hater even though you're riding yourself. Next video should be what the cagers do wrong that kills bikers and how to avoid these mistakes instead of pointing at a biker and claim they're at fault... "because".

@CityNinja650

3 ай бұрын

I did point out the motorcycles faults tho. Again I watch a lot of crash videos and 80% of them are the motorcycles riding way above the speed limit in areas that are full of intersections or blind curves. I see the motorcyclists in the worst possible lane positions, literally riding in people’s blind spots (getting merged into) and riding people’s asses. I see people get rear ended at lights which can be mitigated by keeping it in first and watching the mirrors until the car stops. I see people flying down curvy roads going into others lanes as well as driving way to fast for the condition. We see a lot of crashes where people low slide because of cold tires again the motorcycles fault. All these things can be prevented and do fall on the motorcycle. People can do what they want but calling my audience sheep isn’t cool. They are learning from real world and other education experiences. And as far as honking goes it is useless. Only exception is if a car for whatever reason puts it in reverse. What does it matter if a car sees you as he pulled out in the middle of the road? Damage is done now you have to react and deal with it.

Being zen is hard sometimes lol - It's something i'm trying to work on.

@CityNinja650

3 ай бұрын

Definitely is. I get it the worst when it’s hot outside. Can’t stand being hot lol

My mom hates that i ride, years later. I told her if i die riding, know i went out doing something i love. Also i told her to just assume my last words were Yippee Ki Yay Mother F***er. She said that will be on my tombstone lol

@CityNinja650

3 ай бұрын

Lol. I wanna make a last video just in case and have a qr code on the tombstone lol. That be epic

I agree and disagree, yes responsibility you are the only factor that matters: laying on the horn or revving doesn't help you get home safe. But I can tell you from first hand experience, and many many other riders too, that you can do everything perfectly and still get cut off or have some one merge into your lane. Speed can be a factor, but it's not always our fault. Most of the times it isnt, its just the type of people who record are often the type of people looking to be aggressive on the street for content.

@CityNinja650

3 ай бұрын

100% I just got cut off 2 times the past few days. It definitely does happen all the time. I really just advocate for lots of practice. Just so when that moment does its second nature.