Thank you very much. I appreciate the kind words. It’s great having J.B. to contend with. Thanks for watching :)

Thank you. And thanks for stopping by the channel to check out the video :)

Thank you! I appreciate the comment

I love that green bike :)

I had a great time. Always fun and I always learn something new.

Thanks. It’s been a crazy year. I want to make new lessons soon. Hopefully I’ll get on that early next year.

Lexco Moto Gymkhana - Yeah, this year sucked. Stay safe.

You too :)

Do it! :)

Thank you very much. I appreciate you visiting the channel. Arigato!

Great question. All riders have a slightly different approach to head turns and it's all about using a style and timing that helps you feel balanced while in the middle of a turn at deep lean angles. Takashi Tominaga does a very basic and natural head turn, however, the style that I use is very similar to Takayoshi Sakuta where he will delay the head turn until the Magic Moment happens. The trickiest part of his head turns is during full rotation turns. It took me a while to understand what he is doing during rotation turns but I finally figured it out. I will make a video about that in the future. Thanks for watching :)

@@LexcoMotoGymkhana thanks for your reply, Alex! I hope i can figure the masters out. So far 38 second gp8. Check us out on the NORCAL Gymkhana facebook group. Trying to get something started here!

I am watching this video of me kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pOCjrMWqmN7XYYk.html and i am thinking about what you said about lean angles at the turn. What else am i doing wrong? Shedding off too much speed maybe?

I'm very glad to hear that you guys are starting up events up in NorCal! And thanks for sharing the practice footage. I think you look pretty good. Nice head turns, BTW. When it comes to advice, I think that you are on the right track regarding lean angle and braking too much. When turning on a motorcycle, you can tighten up a turn by either 1) Slowing down or 2) Leaning further. As we progress with our skills and get more confident, we can now begin to work on tightening our turns by leaning more which allows us to be lighter on the brakes. This will allow us to make it through the turns faster because we are braking less and carrying more speed through the turn. Just adding a few more degrees of lean angle will make a huge difference on how easy it is to make a Gymkhana turn. Remember the video where I subdivide a turn into 3 parts? The first part I simply call the ENTRANCE. This is when we are approaching a cone, still using Counter-steering along with Body Steering with the lower body. We are gently slowing down by using the front brake lightly. This beginning part of the turn is where we need to focus on leaning. You must get to a deep lean angle BEFORE the Magic Moment. Once the Magic Moment happens, it will be more difficult to lean at that point. As you approach the cone during the entrance, Counter-steer and work on leaning a little more before the Magic Moment. Once the Magic Moment happens, quickly relax the arms and allow the bars to turn quickly. Once you get used to deeper lean angles, you will be able to carry more momentum into a turn which will help you feel stable, more confident and you will be FASTER. Hope this helps :)

@@LexcoMotoGymkhana you da man! Thanks for the advice and breakdown. I will practice that. Hope to see you at the feb 13 competition, ill be driving there.

I will be making a video on full Rotation Turns and further videos on U-Turns in my Level 3 series. This year has been so crazy that it has really slowed down progress with my lessons. Hopefully I will get those videos done sometime soon.