Wasn’t he a ball player of some sort. Lol 😅

The only way to get to perfect practice is thru imperfect & sometimes downright poor practice

I reviewed the MSF training course just a couple years ago. I am 71, and have been riding since a teen. I never heard of counter steering either. The class review helped me with slow speed maneuvering, like around gas pumps. I had a Street Glide and tipped it over a few times. The concept of feathering the clutch was new to me too. I learned a wet clutch can slip and not harm it. The concept of holding the throttle at 1500 rpms and just slipping the clutch, while you drag the rear brake. Amazing what you can do, especially if you look where you are going 😂

I put both feet down but I’m glad to practice only left foot down. It comes in handy when stopped going uphill.. unless you have hill lock!!

@@Dogatemyhomework927 Yes, but having the rear wheel "locked" with the brake doesn't allow the bike to absorb much energy from the impact of the suv that just rear ended you. The front tire will skid forward much easier than the wider rear tire when hit from behind hopefully reducing the chance of neck, spine and whiplash injuries. In most cases the motorcycle only moves forward 2 to 4 feet from point of impact. Hope this helps.

@@thedude2601 so how do you keep your bike stopped when you’re pointing uphill? All front brake? I bet you don’t live in Seattle or San Francisco

@@Dogatemyhomework927 Yes, i take advantage of my hill assisted (HHC) linked brakes every chance I get. Thank you HD. Yes, the only time i ever got rear ended was by a whacked out hippy/yippy type at the bottom of Lombard street and Hyde. Had my rear pads been overheated or rear wheel locked I wouldn't be here. That's according to the SFPD mototorcycle cops, the best in the world writing the report.

Is there anywhere that you can get out of the city and practice on roads that have light traffic? Or maybe industrial areas that have light traffic? Ride safe friend. From Missouri, USA

I don’t have the link, search KZfaq for “MCrider stop on a hill” 👍🏻

You're only practicing the skills that you're actively practicing when you're riding. If you're riding a lot of curves then you're practicing cornering. If you're hitting a bunch of yellow lights and actually stopping then you're practicing emergency stops. I can't imagine that Kevin would tell you that you can't practice basic road strategy in a low traffic neighborhood or a cul-de-sac. What Kevin and folks like Motojitsu and Jerry Palladino and Robert Simmons advocate is to practice your skills at reacting to those unexpected scenarios you mention, in the safest environment available to you. I find that if I spend 5-10 minutes at the beginning of each ride practicing mild quick stops and weaves that I not only warm the bike up, but I put myself into the right frame of mind.

The two times you were rear ended means you never practiced watching your mirrors to keep yourself aware of others around you.

I am similar age (63) and ride a similar bike (K1200LT) and also was a Total Control BRC instructor. I think you are reading things into the video that he didn’t say or imply. I saw no assumption that all practice has to take place in a parking lot. However, parking lots are a safe place to practice slow speed maneuvers. Practicing u-turns on a busy highway isn’t all that smart, particularly if you misjudge and drop the bike in the face of oncoming traffic. Much better to practice such maneuvers in a place without traffic. And high speed practice is best done on a race course. I certainly practice often on the street. I practice maintaining balance at stop lights by trying to do a “slow race” the last 50’ or so and try to avoid stopping before the light turns green. If I am on a road with little traffic (easy to do in rural PA), I will pretend that tar snakes or similar things on the road are obstacles and make a swerve to avoid them. Practice can happen almost anywhere, but many things are best practiced in a parking lot or on a track. I think the idea of forgetting basic stuff was somewhat exaggerated. I have no problem remembering the basics and even the advanced stuff. Then again, I read a lot and am a retired engineer and understand motorcycle dynamics pretty well so things like counter-steering are second nature to me. I am amazed at how many people don’t have any understanding at all of this aspect of two-wheel vehicles, and I am even more amazed that, last I checked anyway, both MSF and Total Control don’t even teach counter-steering correctly and well know instructors like Motorman don’t fully understand the dynamics either. The way you tell if someone really understands the physics is whether they teach that there is a “magic speed” below which counter-steering ceases to work and you have to switch to “direct” steering. That is pure myth and is the dead giveaway of someone who doesn’t really understand counter-steering.

@senior rider NO, 2 times We got rear ended, they hit us at a stop light, whee I watch traffic. I CAN'T look every direction at once and I'm 100% positive YOU can't either.

@LTVoyager jmJust to clarify. I DON'T PRACTICE on the road. U-turns, emergency stops etc, etc. That's completely stupid and irresponsible. I actively "practice" maneuvers without impeding traffic on open road. NO, I don't practice actively or otherwise doing U-turns in the middle of busy roads as you imply. That too is stupid. I might be older but no senile. I watch Kevin's video for input and content. See if there's anything I might refresh myself that I might have forgotten since my basic course 45 years ago.