Been riding for 70 years. Still ride 3 times a day. It never gets old. You may go through phases, but you never lose your addiction to it.

What most people don't get is that trackdays is about becoming a better rider, so it doesn't matter what bike you own or what bike you prefer, it's only about improving yourself. This will automatically help you out on the public roads as well so it's not about trying to set the fastest laptimes. Trackdays are a very humbling experience because there's no cheating how good you are, it just will make you crash. Just be humble and honest with yourself, and just start the grind one step at a time and listen to the instructors because they usually know what they're talking about. Ignore the other riders out there because you're not there to race anyone, you're there to improve yourself. Just let faster people move up ahead and focus on your own tasks. Trying to follow faster people is when you very easily end up doing mistakes, so just focus on yourself that's all there is. Speed comes through personal growth, not by twisting the wrist....

For variety and the desire to challenge one self Doodles channel is increasingly becoming one of the best motorcycle channels to watch.

The fact that you were smiling and willing to keep going after going wide on that turn and falling in the grass shows your passion for riding! 👏

7:06 you telling me that after 8 years of youtube video you didn't figured out that counter steering exists ? i'm like two month rider i'm already using it extensively

What you should do is to come here to the Isle of Man and watch them race! It's absolutely AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!

"What's happening to me?" "Somethings happening to me." "I'm turning into a crazy person." TOO FUNNY! :-)

Well you've gone from tip toeing around curves in the mountains a few years ago to a full blown speed diva at the race track.... what's next??? LOL Thanks Doodle for taking us along!!!! Just be careful, stay safe and be blessed!!!!

There’s nothing like doing a track day as we saw you improved so much in a few days, great job & hope to see more track days in the future, stay safe out there!

You’re amazing! I love that you own up to “being cocky” as you were trying to get your butt off the seat and then you crashed. You have come so far with fears that you once had. I love that you stay at your own pace! Big hugs and love to you! ❤️❤️❤️

FYI you can also push-steer in low speed maneuvering to lean the bike over in the same direction you are pushing in, as it causes the front tire to step out, you just have to bring the tire back into the corner once it leans over to maintain or stop the lean. The difference is that at higher speed the bike wants to right itself which is why you need constant pressure to hold the bike in the corner.

Great Video Doodle, Thanks for Sharing, You go Girl!

My father was on IOM TT I Been riding since 1964...... I have had a myriad of insane bikes My last i have let go now was a modded 270hp Suzuki BKing.......this bike was mental and because i am an ex powerlifter and sportsman i had the strength to muscle this awsome bike around and surprised all the superbike riders down the mountain passes and through the twisties Trust me, 60 years of riding everything, you will never tire of riding My dad told me: You dont stop riding when you get old, you get old when you stop riding....... Never a truer word spoken...... RiP dad, i havent forgotten

Doodle, I commend you for continually pushing yourself to new challenges! Keep up the great work!

From seeing you just riding around a bit in Georgia to doing this. Your growth has been amazing the past few years.

starting to caught up at people's pace on your first trackdays must be one of the best feelings out there as a new track rider good job!

Way to go Doodle! Every time you improved and that makes it even more fun. I will be following! Stay safe!

In all my years of riding, I crashed for the first time ever one week ago. Low sided as well. I was riding very spirited and leaned the bike beyond the tires contact patch/edge. Definitely felt it the next day. To make the bike rideable again I only need to replace the left foot peg that broke off, and to make it street legal again, I would also need to replace the rear turn signal as well 😂. I have been watching your videos for a while and it’s great to see how you have progressed. New subscriber right here😊 Ride safe!

Wow! I guess you re-upped your thrill levels @doodle !! You get to do so much that many of us just may never get to do and then you are gracious enough to invite us along with you. Cheers !!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩

Watch "TT3D: Closer to the Edge" It chronicles the 2010 Isle of Man TT races. One of the best documentaries I've ever seen, and it'll whet your appetite for the TT and the IOM even more. Plus you'll get introduced to the craziness that is Guy Martin.

Of all the channels of people starting their motorcycle journey, you are the only one doing it right. I've been riding for 40ish years. Pre internet, I took safety courses, read books, and watched videos to learn everything I can about how motorcycles work and to handle them correctly. Lots of KZfaqrs record their lives going to events and on group rides. I watch some of these people (I'm not saying this to be mean) and they cannot ride good. They can go and stop. You, however, and going on a journey of knowledge and I'm loving watching you. Even though I have years of experience, I am picking up new tips and practicing more because of you and I thank you for that. You are an amazing young lady and you are setting an amazing example for new riders. If you are ever in the Philadelphia area I would love to show you some amazing roads we have.

Awesome video Doodle! You're doing a ton of hard work and it's showing in your skills and confidence. I did my first track day last year and had a blast. Thank you for being an inspiration and a great role model. Keep up the good work!

I really really love the level of excitement you have for your hobby and that you don't let your mistakes deter you. From one bike to another I'm proud of you!

Excellent video Doodle ! Thank you and it’s great to see how exciting this sport is.

Love the direction this channel is going. Great job Doodle!

Training at VIR? AWESOME!!! I live about an hour from VIR and go every chance I get as a spectator. I've had a car on there before, but never a bike. You picked a very technical track to train on, so good going! You can definitely see progress from getting there to end of training. Keep it up and keep enjoying the ride!

How great that you have been able to get so much training!! Good for you. I just got back from a 2000 mile trip. I have never done any track. Love sharing in your adventures.

Super cool video! Thanks doodle!

From watching you ride, I can sense that your fear of crashing is overriding your capacity to feel what the bike is doing. Trust the tyres, brakes and handling of the bike. Running wide is typically the result of being scared to lean the bike further into the corner, and also having too much throttle through the corner. Here, I just think you were scared of low-siding. So, keep doing what you're doing, but aim to reach that point of carving with the bike. You should be going through corners fast enough not to wobble or change direction like you have been. That's over-controlling. Make each corner a braking sensation that transitions smoothly into a carving sensation - glide like a ballet move or surfboard turn - then wind the throttle smoothly open for the straights as the bike lifts up from the corner. All the while sense what the tyres are doing with your butt, feet and hands. The bike should be moving a little sideways some of the time, but in a way that doesnt lead to a crash. There's so much professional advice coming to you about feet and body position, etc, etc. Put that aside until you know you are really carving - a smooth, agile, balanced flowing sensation. In other words, make it 100% about the feeling. Also know that many, if not most road racers never had a coach or adviser. They learned how a particular bike behaves at speed by being attuned to the sensations and gradually increasing their speed over many laps. Then they would experiment with things to reduce their lap times. Advice on form won't help at your stage; too much head stuff, and the truth is most riders have developed muscle memory to the point they don't need to think about riding, just race strategies. If anything, you need to transition from fear based riding to believing the bike will easily carve when you focus on the feeling. How do I know? Racing was an absolute transcendental experience where my focus on and in the moment let the world fall away, like surfing or playing music. The smoother I was the faster I went. I would love for you to have that feeling.

I've watched your channel since before you quit your job, you've done an amazing job with this channel, and it looks like you're having a blast!

You are adding valuable skills to your riding. Nothing wrong with seeking out other forms of training to become a better rider. We all learn constantly. Never stop. It helps keep you safe. Congratulations Doodle 👍

I've been waiting for this, very soon you will be learning about suspension and the setup thereof.🤪

I love and appreciate your process for learning new skills. Very methodical, very humble, and fully embracing your spirit of adventure!

Been watching you for a long ass time, your content has progressed SO much love to see it! NICE!

I hope to see many more trackdays in your future.

seen a bunch of your videos lately! and now every time I see one i watch!!!! new sub :)

I watch your videos to motivate me to continue riding. I love your videos! Keep up the great work!

Got back a couple of days ago from the TT, arrived Friday, Senior TT Saturday was unreal, sun came out.... perfect!!! Watched in-between Kates Cottage and Creg ny Baa , super fast 5 feet away 180MPH+ whilst having a lager. The people on the Island are very friendly and I urge anyone with even a small interest in racing to visit, the footage is great, but does not do the real speed any justice, you will never forget this place ever, book a year in advance it gets busy, great video Doodle ...✌

Perhaps I also speak for other subscribers who also found you when you were first getting started. Your journey on your bikes has been exiting to watch and valuable to those of us who are “not yet” expert riders. Gotta say, though, it was fun watching the slow speed drills and police rodeo stuff but you have really kicked it up more than a few notches now. Looking forward to all the special context you announced and to your first run at the Isle of Man TT 😉

So wonderful, reminds me of my first trackday in the 90s on my Ducati 900. I learned to appreciate the talent and skills of motorcycle racers on that day.

Great Video, one of your best!

You are an awesome inspiration for us all! Noob! Haha! Keep pushing your boundaries! Thank you for the honest, realistic personal perspective.

Great job. You make me miss little bike riding. Your position on the bike and movements really improved. Keep it up.

Incredible video. So exciting.

Nice Video and experience!!!, congrats on your will to become a better rider!!!

I believe I mentioned a few videos back about the counter steer. I was hoping you would eventually address it to new inexperienced riders. It's not natural when you start out but once you're comfortable with it you'll use it all the time when turning.

Ive been to the Isle. You can't believe how fast they're going. If you ever have a chance to go DO IT!!!!

Love your videos very educational.

I'm working on a lot of the same aspects of track riding so it was great to see your improvement over the 3 days! I just got the Stella Missile V2 suit and was also surprised that it comes with no back protector what-so-ever. Luckily I discovered it in time to order one before a two day event next weekend. I got my license in October and after a couple of track days this spring I'm totally addicted!

That’s exciting stuff Doodle! What next?!

Great video thank you very well done. Come to the New York safely track. You will love it .thanks again cheers to ya.

Very cool. Now i want to try a riding course like that!

great video! did I hear you say you're just now finding counter steering? That cannot be right.

Very cool show especially with the Isle of Man tie in. I’ll never ride the track but it was fun to experience it vicariously.

Wow super Doodle! Must go watch the TT one day.

Great video. Thanks You. Please be careful.

Damn Doodle, you are surrounded by Greats, soak it Up😎

I had to take a motorcycle safety class when I was in the Navy. It was mandatory if you wanted to ride your bike on base. One of the first things they go over is counter steering a slight push right to make the bike lean and then you steer right. You have been doing it you just were not aware of it. If you go in a straight line and try to lean the bike to one side or the other it will fight you. The gyroscopic forces want to keep the bike upright and going in a straight line.

So pleased you have highlighted the tt. Its amazing. A really good way to find out more about it is to watch the KZfaq documentary series Between the Hedges.

Watching you instead of the TT because it's delayed. Many go through the Manx GP held in August or September (this year end of August) which is the Am version, and also has The Classic TT with some of the top TT riders riding vintage bikes and rigs.

Cool to see you do a vid on the Isle of Man. Thumb up.

You are, an impressive individual. It has been pure joy watching you put in the real work, over the years of your channel. ..sorry about the almost run-on sentence.. only on the first cup lol. & ❤

I just started riding again after many many years with no bike. First ride I was stiff as a board!, second ride I forced myself onto some real twisty roads and took it really slow and safe. The last week I have done a lot of twisties as well as slow driving traffic cones, emergency braking on a track etc. It has helped me so much in just one week. But! Target fixation is the real killer I think. It is so crucial to not freeze up and look at where you DON'T wanna go. Have caught myself doing it a few times now as my speed increases again, but I am also very aware of it and I have succeeded where I would have gone off road just a week ago. And no, I am not Street Racing at all, I ride super twisty, narrow and really bumpy roads and 60-80 kilometres an hour is plenty fast. Having two kids at home expecting dad to come home has also been a major factor in how I ride. I think it's great to see you challenging yourself and your progression, not only do you take chances on a track, but you also share your mistakes and put yourself out there. 😊 I had pride myself in never had to or mistakenly dropping any bikes I've had... Two days ago after successfully doing all the slow driving, high speed cornering on the track and what not, I dropped the bike standing completely still. I had the cones in my lap, I reached over and put them down, and I am not as strong or flexible as I once was. I tipped with my bike as in slow motion, I even said it out loud several times and my instructor was coming for me, but too late. 😅 So, now I have dropped my bike and I have no more pride! 😂 Keep doing what you're doing and good luck with your future endeavours!

Your seating-position got better and better as the video went on!

push right, go right push left, go left this is one of the important things we learn while taking our license in Norway, at least, but as you said, it only counts when getting up to at least some speed. how fast you need to be before it matters is unknown, as for slow speed, it might be what you do, but without really knowing. try it at 10 mph / 15 kph, you'll experience it yourself

Boy, you get around 😜 Pretty cool that you were working with Ken Hill too.

Greatest motorcycle race on the planet ..

Hello Doodle, excellent video of your progress over your previous track day. Before I got my first motorcycle, my favorite rider was none other than Mike Hailwood. I believe he won at the Isle of Manx fourteen times. He left for about a decade. Here is a video of a year he returned and was riding for Ducatti. This was the era when riders were trying to phase in the knee down, perhaps off the seat riding style. Compare that to Mike Hailwood's riding style in the following race video: KZfaq video: Mike Hailwood on Sports Motorcycles Ducati at Mallory Park - June 1978

My first bike was a 79' KZ1000 ST I paid $400 for. The MSF Instructor thought I was insane, asking "You do know that's the fastest production bike of its year, right". W/in a few months I was dragging the pegs doing highway speeds on off-ramps. I've always been pretty good at driving almost anything, even dragged the floorboards on my 21' Vulcan 1700 Vaquero. Love to take my KZ on one of those tracks.

For twenty years I rode around the Isle of Man TT circuit virtually every day, fifty fifty on a motorcycle or driving a car , and I got to know the circuit pretty well, especially since I had a Rickman Bonneville racer, with open megaphone, no lights, no mudguards and it was street legal. Every Sunday morning, rain or shine, I would set out at 07.30am for a lap and push the bike to my limits, bearing in mind that there were no speed limits except in the town and in some places such as Kirk Michael where the TT course is the High Street. Once out of Ramsey, and going going over the mountain towards Douglas, and the grandstand finishline, it was flat out all the way. One thing to remember is that unlike a video game, if you fall off the bike through rider error, or a slide on wet roads, you are very likely to die. There is always that thought in the back of your mind, and it is in the minds of the TT Racers too. Fall off and you die. Simple, brutal, and true. Take it staeady and good luck.

Great video really enjoyed it

Very Nice Doodle !!!!

Yay doodle! Best video yet.. hope we get lots more race content... Maybe even your very own doodle r3 track bike...? Thanks

You did a great choice to chose a TT as the motivation for riding a Sportbike. YOU ALWAYS INSPIRE ME to keep the passion for motorcycles. Thank you so much please keep the great Sportbike video like this. I like it👍

Great video!!

I want to go the Isle of Man! Awesome video Doodle.

Getting on the throttle in the corners was what it took me to feel comfortable. It wasn't until I felt the bike settle on the throttle mid-corner that I "got it".

Awesome job as always, ride safe dear😊

Racing is definitely always an adrenaline rush. It’s so much fun. I raced with CVMA, at Chuckwalla in California. I used to race cars, but really enjoy the way a motorcycle engages me more.

15:35: No, you absolutely don’t understand! If you want a glimpse of the spirit, then watch the 3 part BBC show titled “Road Riders”…

Rennies Dad Jim had a lot to do with Mike Halwoods return to the TT. That's a very famous story that started with Jim and Mike doing the Castrol 6-hour race in Oz in the good old days.

Cody plays video games evvvverydaaaay 😂😂 LOL, Sass overload 😂😂😂😂

VERY COOL!!!!! Stay safe out there.

Yo you're awesome you got my sub and I'm just starting got me all inspired lol

That is the pinnacle of riding prowess. Good luck Doodle!

I'm an old guy that's be riding since I was 12 and I can honestly say, you are an inspiration 🎉😊

Looks fun!!!

Your content is top-notch! Greetings from the Netherlands.

You're awesome! 💪 I'm surprised it is only now you're learning "push right, go right; push left, go left". I do it every backroads ride on my Triumphs.

Young Lady you are such a Joy ❤! Congratulations on your endeavors!

I love your content!

Great video. Love it. Best advice I ever got was just go faster round the corners and have confidence in your tyres. Smooth and fast , if the pegs are not scraping , your tyres not letting go. . Forget about positioning ,leaning out or feet positioning if you don't trust the bike your going down. Goes more so for the road , people loose that confidence go straight and crash when their bike wasn't even close to its limit. Do more track days get hooked and you'll stop riding on the road, then start racing and you stop doing track days as its so addictive and safer. Cool to see you Do more back at the track vids .... 😀

Cool stuff!

When i first found it when bookin, traveling really fast and turning it, it was weird pushing the bars twords the opposite side to manipulate a turn like you sead its different from going slow. Super cool happiness ✅️

😎awesome doodle, all the best 🏍

Aaahhh man that young life. I had zero fear and a zest for life when I started out. Now I just scream and yell in my helmet at every one. Keep it to myself but you know.

I was interested in this bike at the ABR this weekend, watched your review over breakfast and went out and ordered one by lunchtime. Don't think I am the only one either as the pre order waiting list is likely to put delivery into the new year. Lucky I have another bike to play with while I wait.

Love your videos 😊

That has to be a crazy feeling to train like that with a professional coach you go get em

It's great to watch Doodle come from motorcycle commuting a few days a week to a full-on 2-wheel junkie 😂. Stay rad Doodle!!