This is why i expect when I watch motorcycle content on KZfaq. Mind blowingly informational and also makes me reflect on my practices till now. I have only done a track session once and 99% ride on the street in India, where corners are the most unpredictable as any dumbass from the opposite direction can hit you unexpectedly. But being calm when taking that corner due to all the mind prep done with those 100 decisions along with a much more manueverable motorcycle, I see myself being at the safest possible risk. A risk that is fun yet adrenaline rushed, where you just don't panic and just admire that sweet spot. Teaches you about life too. When life throws a curve, chill out and just go with the flow, than make one impulse decision that makes you high side and crash. If unfortunate, fatally. Kudos!

I manage this concept using the idea of ‘maintenance throttle’ during turns… feeling your rear wheel’s traction telling you how much more juice you can give it as you go through the apex

how have I just found this channel. I did 6 track days and I always thought you were supposed to wait - for example - halfway through a hairpin before getting on throttle. And then I started heavy braking all the way to turn in point, COASTING until I felt the bike was about to FALL over, then get on the gas and hope I had a good line to get me through the corner. I would push the bike into the ground because I would have to get on throttle and just could not find speed. Yesterday my instructor told me to gas right after trakling brake - tip in a 1%, 2%... so slow. revolutionary.

Very nice of Jason to share his knowledge. Any time you are turning you can think that you are on the arc of a circle with a certain radius. A constant radius turn can be taken with a constant radius (it takes a moment to get from straight up to all the way over and back again at the exit). The fashion in racing is to trail brake in and accelerate out of the turn. The radius of your arc may be changing the whole way through the turn. This works well with the traction circle. You can use 70% of you braking (or accelerating) force at the same time as 70% of your cornering (centrifugal) force. Long turns, you may be a maximum lean angle and constant speed for a bit. The point where your radius is smallest is likely the slowest point of the turn. Identifying your point of minimum radius is a useful marker. This is well before the apex if you are accelerating out hard. There are many factors that affect turns. Radius (of the corner changing), camber, elevation (uphill, downhill, crest of hill), traction and combination of turns to name a few. So, there is no "this always works" rule. That makes it fun.

The throttle we can control is a varied thing over time. Old school flatslide carbs used to open 50% when you open the throttle 50% and the needle in the carb lifted 50%. Whacking it open bogged the motor. Then we have CV carbs that open the needle based on the amount of vaccum instead of 1:1 with the throttle. Then we go on to fuel injection. Any onto ride by wire to manage power PRODUCTION. All those evolutions affected how we open the throttle to get the most from the engine. Thank you for reminding about the power/traction balance of the algorithm to master. I am affirmed to know the motorcycle still needs a rider getting this right! Love that you’re putting out niche content that is captivating to me (personally speaking). These are topics few these days dig their teeth into. I’m here for this ride!

Something to consider or a different explanation that I learned from a riding school - that 1-10% of throttle is a "maintenance input" where you're not accelerating or decelerating. To overcome the engine braking. Use it to point or settle the bike before rolling further/accelerate. Great content!

Pure gold, love your content!

Excellent video and nice of him to be open and share. It sounds like riding with some mechanical sympathy - working with the bike instead of trying to force it and getting in its way. It’s less stressful on the bike and the rider. Good stuff! 👍

Great content, and thanks so much to Jason for taking time out to share his knowledge.

Well, “I got boring but fast” might not be the best slogan but I can totally relate to what you try to say 🤓. Even with todays electronics mastering throttle control is the key to go fast AND safe. I had the pleasure to do some one on one coaching with Eric Bostrom. Following Eric gave me similar insights - no matter how hard I tried I could never mimic his drive out of corners and while I had near-death experiences trying he looked like he leisurely rides to a coffee shop.

Wow what a great video!! I could listen to pro riders all day long, this guy is so descriptive. I've been a road rider for near 44 years and consider I know how to ride but I love taking on board info like this. Thank you👍

Your videos are such good quality. Keep up the work your gana be huge!

Thank you for sharing this! Subscribed!

FWIW. I think you have struck gold in the right balance of "character & content" with this video. Great first person experience advice, mixed with technical and explanation. I don't feel your other video's had this kind of balance (TBH some of the war stories detract from the information you're delivering), and you've really done well to refine the product and deliver a great video.

Ha cool 😎 can't wait for that Sunday ride!

First ever ever trackday on a CBR 929, I was slamming breaks and wacking the gas... yep big high side and my butt was up flying in the air and some miracle I did not crash. Of course I later I was told "Dude...SMOOTH ... smooth. Chill out !" Story brought back memories... super sweet you got to interview such a high level rider!!!

Thank you very much both of you. 64 and still learning!

Jason is a nice dude. Thank you for the interview

Awesome stuff like always mate. I've always been an aggressive to say the least rider but I will try to master this wizardry as I get ready for my first sidecar race in April when my dad hands the reigns over to his Australian championship winning Vincent Sidecar outfit. Decent size shoes to fill but I can't wait! I've been dreaming of this since I was a little fella sitting on it and pretending to be as cool as dad haha. Thanks for all your time and effort it must take to make these videos for us, they have all been so helpful for me, really appreciate it mate!

Brilliant lesson, thank you!

Thanks very insightful. This also highlights the importance of having a good position and not putting weight on the inside handlebars especially on the right handers.

What an awesome video. Can't wait to try this out on the public roads haha

Some really good information there. Thanks for sharing it and keep yourself safe! 😃👍❤🏍 Randy

What a great video. Superb.

Excellent explanations, practice, practice, and practice!

Thanks GoGo ! Awesome explanation with the hand .

Love the way you talked calmly and made your point! Great quality!

Great useful and technical info GoGo 👍🏻

What the heck? How did I find this video? This is gold. Thank you for sharing this to the world and put it into simple words even I could understand. 👍

Great video GoGo..... the old saying still stands to be true......SMOOOTH IS FAST! been telling track riders this for year's

Great lesson. Thanks a ton! I've always instinctively been drawn to this because I got into motorcycles late in life, and I really like my life. So my purpose was to minimise risk and I didn't really want to be the fastest guy in the group anyway. And I found that this gradual roll on of the throttle, while feeling for that rear just gripping, hooking gradually was not only smooth (and I could run a slightly softer setup 😅) but was also very stable and calming. And for my adhd brain, I love the amount of hits my brain gets from all that throttle micro management. I was always convinced "you know, I'm slower but I'm happier here". Turns out, the fast guys also do this. So thanks! For the validation 😅 have a great day

thanks man, awesome work. I enjoy it!

I can listen to your advice for hours, wish I could have you as an instructor. Thank you for your these videos!

Jason was incredibly eloquent - great description of his thought process & technique!

Thanks for making these informative videos, man. I have been karting for a few years and I can relate to a lot about over-driving compared to being smooth and fast. Hopefully I can figure it out on a real fast racing machine when I get on track. I imagine that everything is more touchy the faster your machine is.

Simply brilliant. The Bible of Motorcycling out there in KZfaq.. Keep it coming, a sub you earned.

That string analogy stuff is really cool

Now let's get Jason's input on braking and corner entry this was great thanks for sharing

You never name yourself after the first bike you get a woody over😅🤣😂. You gotta rename yourself each subsequent bike you get. Seriously though, great content!👍

I met this guy and his mother Debbie at Knockhill BSB in 2013. He was just a little boy then! Doing 125 class. Rob Swafford asked me to go by and meet him as he was over in UK doing that season. He was a nice young lad. Good to see he’s kept that good nature as he’s grown up and he eventually got some good rides!

Thanks GoGo and thanks Jason Uribe. What you say is totally true, I don't know if you have ever watched Simon Crafars Motovudu on KZfaq, but this is one of the many things he preaches. I watch the series over and over. It's definitely made me faster and smoother, on track and road.

Thank you for sharing this information!

Wow, I like your style. The first 7 mins really helped me understand the significance of the minute details of what you saw. Being somebody who doesn't have track or racing experience, that is a very important prelude to the meat of the subject.

New sub here! So happy to have found your channel as I just purchased a 2020 1290R and want to be able become a better rider. Thanks you for sharing your knowledge with the world.

Run a hard endurance tire instead of going with the stickiest tire to learn how to apply throttle out of turns. Great video!

Awesome content . Turn 11 at LagunaSeca .. it’s been on my mind since last year at my first motoamerica superhooligan race . Processing so many things as a rookie rider at my first time at LagunaSeca the one big take away was is if I drift through turn 11 i would be faster. To this day I run it through my head how I would handle that turn and boom your video pops up( I love are your vids )and reaffirms my thoughts . Thanks for the great content

Another great video. Thanks Gogoi Now i turned on Notifications!

this is great stuff. while gentle is fast, i love leaving thick blackies (as i believe the brits call them) coming out of turns!

subscribed !! Great video - you'd make a good coach! I really liked your analysis of what Jason said to you, but more pertinently, how you interpreted it and made your own experience of it. 👍

Excellently described, I connected with everything you said. Great video on what I thought was going to be a waste of my time. 😂

Very well stated. Thanks I really enjoyed the video.

i love how much of a student you are

Great video! I used to race and was not analytical enough with myself - now I am older and do track days and I find I can concentrate, adapt and learn stuff I wish I could have done years ago !! There is a track I know well I wanted to drop below 1:40 and found it really tough, but I changed my style to concentrate on 2 things = to get the maximum out of the straights by dividing the track into sections and concentrating on the corners before the straights, and getting on the gas …. To get on the gas in a smooth progressive way where I would drive continuously on to full gas - don’t touch the throttle until you know you can drive or you push yourself wide or have to adjust/ throttle off, after half a day I went from a 1:41 to a 1:38. Sometimes old dogs can learn new tricks ! Keep them coming 👍👍

Makes total sense. I've had bike bucking issues outa corners. Odd occasion I get a nice rear wheel steer with accurate apex. Few and far between.

Great stuff. thank you!

Wonderful knowledge that helps bridge the gap between 600cc and 1000cc bikes!

Love this channel

Great video! 👍🏾

Great vid again.....thanks.

Excellent thank you!

Good video.

quality content! i wonder if you use trail braking with this method? thanks!

Thank you

Really enjoyed your detailed explanation. Just a humble suggestion for a new video. Would you kindly drill down to your 100 decisions during a turn to get into THAT part in more detail? I specifically would like to hear how you feel your traction catching up to the few percent of acceleration AND if you accelerate more than what you wanted, how do you feel that and THEN how much you dial it down and how to feel that as well. Should be very interesting to hear. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Thank you 🙏🏻

Such an awesome video this one watching this with 4 years riding experience is going to take me quiet a long way 👌🏼

Incredibly compelling video

Energy management. Like world class sprinters their body and head are quiet and boring. I get it and love this coaching video 🤙

So far I love your videos many thanks ✊✊✊✊✊✊💪💪💪💪💪💪💪✊✊✊✊✊✊✊

Smoothest rider I’ve ever seen is Troy Corser, and my must favourite rider of all time . But us Aussies have to stick together, and thanks for the advice .

At T-Hill, I had to learn not wack the throttle exiting six going through seven. Sometimes you have to go slow to go fast.

Sounds like Wayne Rainey had that plan long ago. He was Mr. Smooth and very fast!

Car drivers call what he does "late apex". It's valuable mostly because it affords you further options down the track, and THAT can shave seconds off your lap times.

Thanks very good subject

Thanx!

Super video though, helps me a lot I know it's one thing that even tho I am training doing circles & exercises with pitbikes every week I still struggle a bit to input that on my R7 Cup bike

You were talking about the race from 2023 correct? I may have photos of you and I hope to be there this year if your gonna be there my friend races for RSD on the hooligan series

I think most riders will eventually work this out for themselves, but it saves lots of time (and probably a crash or two) to hear it from an expert and implement it right away .

Can you make detail video about counter steering ? I know all the theory, watched all videos, read a lot of books, try it on the track, but it actually works for me only when on highway with very high speeds. When try counter steering on the track, even few mm push on handlebars make me oversteer. Too low speed, maybe or something else. Will appreciate highly any help

I could listen to this guy tell stories for days! Wish he was my uncle.

It’s always been that way. The fastest guys are the smoothest guys. They make it look so controlled and easy. Can’t say I’m a track wizard, but there are those laps where everything flows together and the lap is not only faster but so easy. Most my experience is on dirt, hard packed slippery dirt. The right amount of throttle let’s the bike hook up, too much and your just spinning up the rear tire an going nowhere.

It took 20+ minutes to say: "Accelerate more smoothly" You are destined to become a youtuber bro good job

Pushing with feet for traction or cornering pushing at the right angle (45 deg)inside foot . Foot work is huge 2 wheels 3 wheels 4 wheels, snowmobile same concept . Hard to explain but you learn that at a young age and don't ever think about it you just do it

Hi Eric. This rises an interesting observation. Given the grip of a same tyre, with the same load and same other conditions (temp, pressure, etc), what is the benefit of having more torque than what the grip might withstand? None, when you drive on the tyre's edge and up until you pick the bike up and you increase the contact patch to a point you can take advantage of a bigger torque. If this is the case, not only smaller bikes take advantage during the turn in and the mid corner drive, but they do not loose ground in the first part of the acceleration too. Which explains why bigger displacements require bigger rear tyres to increase the contact patch at lean.

Right that's my mind made up.. next track day I'm putting the bike in Rain mode 😂 Great video Eric and it must feel really good not to have to fight the bike out of corners now... less He-Man, more Zzzz-Man!

Not to sound mean but, this is the basics of cornering for cars or motorcycles. Implementation of such at the limits of traction is the magic/skill.

Now I know why my tires don’t last very long. Lol

A controlled drift which prioritizes speed through a turn.

Thought Experiments: 1. You are standing at the bottom of a steep dirt hill. When climbing it in your rain boots, you don't use all leg power. You slowly apply pressure until you feel it slip, then use constant pressure. 2. Same hill, now you're on your dirt bike. You don't just pin it, you slowly apply throttle for maximum traction. 3. Now there is a chicane up the hill, you slowly apply throttle, but when turning, you need to remove some throttle as you don't have as much traction. When the bike gets straighter, you slowly apply the throttle again. Now. Head to your local MX track and study one turn. If you want the fast guys, you will see they are on the throttle way earlier than the slower guys. James Stewert was known to get on the throttle very early. Next. Beg or borrow a smaller bike and head to the local kart track. Watch when the guys get on the throttle for turn one. Get a piece of chalk and mark it. Now you go ride that turn and see how you compare. This is what American Flat Tracking is all about. Anyone can just pin the throttle. It's working with the bike to get smooth traction and acceleration as early as possible.

Smooth is fast

So I have a question about your traction vs throttle explanation: If the rear end steps out, then would you have less traction or can you still lead the traction with the throttle while the rear is stepped out? Sorry if that question is worded weirdly by the way

Ex racer , it's the same no matter what your racing. Feed what it will take. Smooth is fast. Always common sense to me , I can't remember not knowing that

Ok I'm listening

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

Alot of pro road racers used to be flat track racers .It all about throttle control

Ever since I nearly high-sided once - *smoothly* 😁

What an amazing video. Btw, how'd he lose his middle finger 😳😳😳???

Feels weird, right? Like the bike has become an extension of your body. You get better feel, you get better control... It's awesome!

Helpful content, thank you…

18:59 The thinking process, as I call it...😂