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Ridden 52 years, raced enduros 17, sponsored for 4 years, and I never stop learning new techniques and roads! Riding, for me, is spiritual, as I call my Street Glide Special, "my 70mph alter." Regarding riding rules in general; 1. look at where you want to go - NOT what you want to miss. 2. always approach corners, slow-in, fast-out. 3. use front brake for all braking - except soft or lose down hills. 4. until more seasoned, brake only approaching turns while upright, downshifting will suffice for most turns if done correctly. Practice downshifting and using the engine compression; especially on a Harley will drastically save brake wear, heat and brake fade on long down hills. So glad I found your channel, and i love the Christian, life lesson woven into your riding lesson; very well done! In Christ, Bikers Wave to All you Fellow Riders!

The fear comes from improper training and riding technique. Novice riders don't look through corners and don't point steer properly. When you start worrying that you went into a corner too fast you need to apply more pressure on the side of the handlebar that matches the direction you're going, look through the corner, and don't look at something in the road. It's not just Harley riders who have bad habits; it's all riders.

Great job explaining the main points of taking corners properly. The key word for new riders is practice. Find opportunities to practice and increase the speed over time. Everything you need to know is in this video and then practice your behind off, soon you’ll do it all like you have always known how. Very well done.

It's killin me to watch you all ride on the "wrong" side of the road! LOL

I’ve been riding Harleys for over 55 years and purchased a Hayabusa for my one and only sport bike. When I went down I was doing 42 in a 45. Blew a front tire in a pretty slow corner. But when that tire blew it went straight to the ground,so did I!!!. After that I went straight through a guardrail post with the side of my chest. I broke everything from my hips up except for my spine and my neck. Spent months in a hospital lost my left lung. Had a flail chest. ( look it up). Took almost a year to get back on a bike. Back to riding Harleys only. When I crashed I had 9 Harleys in my garage and my Hayabusa. Well wrecked the Hayabusa beyond repair. Sold 8 of my Harley’s and kept my 1999 Fatboy with a 124 166 hp. It’s not even close to as fast as the Hayabusa was. But at 72 I don’t need to fast !!!

Another good video. I like dandanthefiremans explanation of looking through the corner and keeping your chin where you want to go, but also “ratcheting” your eyes back and fourth for pot holes. Quick snappy looks at the road and then straight back up ahead. We all have alot to learn and it’s videos like this that help us think outside out riding and maybe think about what we could improve on that we might not have been aware of. Keep up the good work!

Very well said, agree 100% personally, professionally and recreationally. Like how you dismissed slowing down before the corner but emphasized that single most important factor in almost every scenario.

I don’t know how I never saw this channel until recently. I saw the video the channel did on safety but didn’t realize that there were videos with specifics as well. This man is 100% correct & has a great channel. He’s teaching longevity/survival on a bike.

This is great info. I've been riding for 30+ years. One thing I think you overlooked. The mechanical setup of your Harley. A lot of your touring bikes have adjustable rear shocks. Many Harley riders don't know how to adjust the rear shocks to stiffen them up to make cornering easier. Also, with baggers, most riders I know don't monitor the rear tire pressure as well as they should. Mainly because it's such a pain in the ass to check the rear tire pressure, with the bags and crap in the way. My point is, if you're running incorrect tire pressure, and you're suspension is set too squishy, it's almost impossible to corner correctly.

Great video, i've been riding for roughly 20 years, and still some times something catches my eye and I have to be mindful of target fixation, I also find I tell myself "look where you are going" plenty of fun to be had on a bike, practice and thinking constantly to make it muscle memory 👍

Came hear for motorcycle tips and left with that and great life advice

Its taken me about 3 years to really get back to being comfortable compressing myself into the corners like I did when I was young. I'm 60, and it not only feels good again, I ride safer than I used to. Thanks for the video, good stuff!

Great video! Just got my Sportster 1200 ( admittedly not the big bikes you’re talking about ) …it’s been 30 years since I’ve been on a bike and I’ve been working on all 7 of the issues you’ve raised. Your explanations really resonate and have given me food for thought for my next ride. Also you’ve got another subscriber !!! Thanks!!

Very good and accurate advice. I personally think the focus on Harley riders is a positive change. This knowledge is often mistakenly associated with metric bikes/riders when it applies to all motorcycles. I also have find some riders are more reluctant than others to embrace these proven riding techniques. Cheers

Thanks for the video. I've been riding since 1966 and didn't even know about counter steering until about 20 years ago. It made a hell of a difference in my riding and in my confidence. I'm 72 and still learning.

Great tips mate.....just returned from a tour of Tassie and without knowing I used most of these tips! For those who are new to riding, take note, these do work 👍

Very good video. I ride a BMW R1200CL. The best lesson I ever got was to look where I want the bike to go, not down at the curve of the road or whatever. Point your head and the bike will follow.

One of the BEST videos for cornering I've seen to date!! 😎👍🏻👍🏻

Nice. Well done and Thank you. Lifetime rider, used to teach this, and hearing someone relay the messages to articulately is quite good. Appreciate it!

I appreciate this video, I put my bike down in a gravel washed corner about 2 years ago, I'm still riding but can't break away from that fear and have never rode the same way since, been slowly trying to get bike to the rider I used to be keep it upright and safe yall 🤟

Thanks a lot, my friend! I've been riding since I was a kid, but that old saying "You learn something NEW everyday" definitely comes to mind watching your videos. My grandma and Paw Paw told me that when I was growing up and being a Helicopter Test Pilot has been undeniably a game changer. LOL 😅 God bless you and your family! 🙏🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁

My brother in Christ you’re driving on the wrong side of the road

Great on point video. Celebrating 50 years on the street and I am on a Triumph but your advice will help anyone on any bike. Still ride after getting bashed by cagers twice in my 20's doing hospital time for both. I do ride with my high beam on during sunny days. Just want to be seen since that is my biggest personal fear. Thank you.

I am about to get my first Harley SG and I watch all of your videos! Very informative! Thank you

Great content and great job editing your video to keep it flowing. Also appreciate the life advice.

Some great life advice there, lost my brother to suicide two years ago at the end of this month, it’s been bloody hard. He left his xr and a Buell Thunderbolt behind(not going unfortunately) but mentally riding has been a blessing unexpectedly. Hopefully all the practice I put into corners and u-turns on the xr650r pays off when I get a low rider s in September. It should have a far lower centre of gravity which should help. The xr was almost unrideable for the first 8 months before I put a lowering link on it, it was like a bloody draught horse. The new compulsory riding course to get your license was great for explaining how you start out wide and finish in tight. Your mix of riding talk and life talk is bloody good!

Another great video! You nailed it. I wish every rider, old or new would watch this.

Stopped by looking to sharpen my skills, was surprised at the life lesson in the middle. Starting a new business and that advice came at a good time. Thanks an ride safe.

Great video! I’m a bike instructor in the Uk. Have a Glide & a Crossbones. Can’t fault any of your advice in the video. Spot on 👌🏻

Yes bro another good vid. There are some dudes that will go cautious on bends others scream it. Confidence, skill, maybe like accidents before or whatever....you ride to your comfort. All the years I've rode was only cruisers because I love the chill of cruising. Man for me its nothing to prove but some blokes ride way too quick for their ability man. All you said was 100% like starting at the tree to hit or turning in too quick but that comes with experience and their confidence and skills grow.

Im glad you touched on gear choice for cornering. I road raced for over 20 years with many championship titles and can tell you that nothing is more nerve racking then going into a corner and missing a downshit, being in the wrong gear will unbalance the chassie and suspension, you are WAY better off being in to low of a gear then to high of a gear!

Here in the USA, taking a basic motorcycle course, on a lighter bike, of course, is a good refresher of all the points OND makes here, plus you get to EXPERIENCE exactly what he's talking about, on a closed course, supervised, with instructors to help curb any bad habits you might have developed in the past. I highly recommend it, it's a good health insurance policy for riding motorcycles, teaches you how to improve your knowledge so that it prevents you having to use those emergency skills and drills you've been taught also. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

I told my buddy who was struggling on corners to do exactly as you said and he looked at me like I was the idiot lmao...he now understands

Great tips. One more. Ride as much as you can. I,ve been riding on and of for 35 years. ( hard and fast ) Got on a few months ago after a few years. I feel like i,m a newbie again. Just taking it easy. Getting the hang of it. I maybe old but not dead.

Just bought my first Harley today. My grandfathers Sportster 1200C. Pretty excited to start learning to ride it.

Once again a great job!!! Enjoy the channel IMMENSELY

Excellent tutorial whether you ride a Harley or not. I've been riding for over 50 years and I still make mistakes. It's always good to get back to basics and practice. I do quite a bit of steep mountain single lane switchback riding in Arizona and New Mexico on my Harley and proficiency in cornering is tantamount to survival.

That was an awesome video. Much appreciated and thanks for the life’s corners, I’m dealing with life’s corners right now with my relationship great video

Good riding and cornering advice... AND some good "follow your dreams" advice!

Awesome guidance love that you do these for us many thanks 🙏 oooh cant wait for riding season again yay !!

Thanks again for the (also outside the literally road cornering) wisdom. 🙂

In the US they train us to turn our head fast so it gives us time to look for hazards. I noticed this year when I went snow skiing the same thing applies. I love counter steering, I read an article about this years ago. It will let your bike lean over much more. In some cases you have to counter weight as well, move around on your bike to help balance it when you roll it over.

I'm not the biggest of Harley guys, as I'm more of a metric guy, but I love seeing American bikes being appreciated and enjoyed around the world. When I was stationed in Korea, I'd always have a wave of pride seeing a Harley in Seoul, or talking to some Finns on a TDY about their love of riding old Harleys back in Finland.

Really well explained instructions. Even if you know this stuff, this is well laid out and refreshing. Great video, thanks.

Great video. I really liked the info between #4 & 5. Great stuff.

Counter-steering is one of the most important defensive driving techniques a rider of any motorcycle can learn. It has saved me from so many wrecks when some a-hole 4-wheeler has cut me off or turned across in front of me. Definitely great in turns too, but a have to have in your defensive driving arsenal.

New subscriber. Watched several of your vids and love the friendly banter. This vids got good advice for any riders of any bike. I'm a 60yr old guy whose been riding since I was 11yrs of age and built my first bike from bits at 11yrs of age back in 73. 👍🏍️💨🇬🇧

Sage wisdom indeed! Many thanks.

It’s crazy how much more fun riding is once you get over that fear. My buddy told me how to corner in the simplest way, n I couldn’t believe it. Now my pointed straight pipes are ground flat n dip so hard lol

Most Harley's I have ridden have handled reasonably well and remarkably good at low speed manoeuvring once you have a feel for the bike and clutch control. Reading the road, picking the right gear and speed comes with experience. I grimace every time I see a rider braking too late into a bend and some even coasting around. Training is not to be ashamed of. I have seen many a mature rider at HD dealership taking a bike out for a test, clearly having not riden for years. I have not been on a motorcycle this year (health issues but on track for fitness for next year!) and will look for a rider assessment when back on the road, this despite having been an instructor and riding at an advanced level. Never too late to improve your skillset!

On point video mate! Very informative on all accounts. 👍🏼

I love watching your videos, your an influence to all people who love to ride motorcycles in my opinion. Inspired me to start a channel. It has its challenges in itself for sure.

You know, I've attended 2 multi day riding coursers (one for me, and one with my wife), and I've watched hundreds, if not more, of videos. Your video is the first to cover counter steering with a clear explanation. You may be the first one to explain it at all.

Rev matching will smooth downshift. For cornering or stopping. Rear breaks+ friction zone helps too with slow cornering and turns.

I agree with you if you always do what you did you'll always get what you got sometimes you have to look at yourself from Another person's perspective and check yourself.

I was doing some great cornering today.. on the interstate where multiple freeways converge.. it’s always my favorite spot to ride.. because .. there are so many lanes all turning into different directions and one point there are 8 lanes..that’s were they all split apart.. so no matter which direction you coming from or going, you have a lot of pavement…and at certain times there will be little traffic.. so you can come flying fast and max out your lean angle ,, if you overshoot your lane you’ll still be safe provided you don’t hit another vehicle.. it’s just a great patch of freeway for high speed deep turns

Good stuff here. Did 3 plus hours in the mountains here practicing on the curves.

Great advices, especially the last one, bringing your body inside, is the most important imh => on every motorcycle, on harleys where lean angle is limited evwn more, it is even more important to understand that, as you mentioned, it reduces the required lean angle at a given speed, makes it more safe!... Thumbs up!

5:20 Woah that was such an excellent visual aid.... thank you!!!

Excellent advice, Once you get over target fixation, I say "keep your eyes on the horizon and your brain will take you where you need to go" All your advice is good, bro. I used these techniques on my Hayabusa before I got an HD, used to scrape the fairing on my favorite off ramps.

Bro, thank you for this video. You have a subscriber for LIFE.

Thanks for that. If I could put a few things I’ve experienced riding my 2010 flhrc 35k klm in Portugal’s endless mostly bound twisting roads. One thing I did for some time but less now is trail breaking using the rear brake. Sounds odd and hardly anyone talks about it but the idea is to have complete control of the power to the rear wheel so going into a corner the throttle slightly opened, is matched by the breaking so that the power is sort of neutral so neither slowing the bike down or accelerating but not the same as coasting. I started doing it so there wasn’t the change from engine breaking going into the bend to accelerating. It has the weird effect of slowing down time 🤔 and made me feel more in control and less anxious. Leaning Off. Yes, very important. Almost more useful in a cruiser than it is for other riders because we need to make best use of the small angles available to us. I’ve worn down the footplates on both sides and the bracket support on the right. I prefer not to grind though and now doesn’t happen so often. GPS. Might seem foolish to trust it but it’s been a revelation especially riding new roads and even reminding me what’s coming up on known roads but since most bends here are blinded by rocks and trees, a GPS (I use Google Maps on my iPhone) will tell you if it’s straight afterwards or going into another bend and if that bend is in the same direction or an ‘S’ bend. Speed. I rarely go over 65mph straight and way less on the curves. What’s the point? The road surfaces here are a mixed bag and the other drivers (cyclists, camper vans, trucks and tractors) certainly are. Practising my skills once on my Yamaha XT600 feeling I was doing good, leaning off, 80kph, empty roads (a false sense of safety) straight up to a small tractor and trailer going about 20kph. No time to straighten and brake so I went over the solid white line and around him on a blind bend. All ok that time but……. Oh yes and here the locals go way over the solid white lines around bends and many of the Coastal Folk drive like they’ve never seen a bendy road 😂 A spirited cornering into a gaggle (?) or ‘clump’ of cyclists will soon sober you up. So yeah, road conditions and other drivers. I’ve tried to keep up with BMW adventure type bikes on these roads and I can’t (if they’re good) but then if they came up on any one of these obstacles they won’t be riding home. I’ve done all my riding alone. Suits me. I pick my own speeds, my own route and how long to stay out and yes stopping at a café with others would be nice but for me if I’m out I’m out to ride. All in all fantastic riding country. So few people, so many empty roads, so many great vistas. Trouble is I go through tires after 8,000 kilometres and they’re not cheap. Good day and good riding 👍 Ah, one more thought. Practicing slow in a car park ala Ride Like a Pro. helped my confidence at higher speeds so much and it’s fun.

New adventures of a better control I I have had motorcycle training but thanks for two new tips I will be implementing in my ride thank again for your time for my safety of riding my 2022 cvo road glide. The wicked orange colored one.

excellent discussion, Thank you

Hi gents. Great video. Very thoughtful, well presented. Thaks for that.

Just stumbled across your channel. You do a great job of delivering your content!

Thanks for this video. Good advice for any bike, and any biker. Good stuff!

Clicked on this video out of curiosity as I don't even ride a Harley, but then I heard the Aussie accent and saw Arthurs Seat (which I ride a fair bit) and kept watching. Good tips and are applicable for all types of bikes (I ride a gixxa). Even after riding for over 20 years it still pays to readdress the fundamentals of cornering. Especially when you haven't ridden for a while, or you are riding in adverse conditions. Personally, my biggest mistake is not looking far enough ahead if conditions are dodgy, and that just makes things seem faster than they are (plus you need to constantly adjust where you look). Look further ahead and you can hold that vision longer, things seem to move slower, and the bike will tend to go smoothly around the corner.

I was speeding through gears a few weeks ago, got up to fifth and went to downshift and didn't feel the shifter so I looked down and saw it was gone I was stuck in 5th for a lil over 6 miles, I didn't stop at stop signs and luckily I knew a route to get home without red lights. If you are working on your Harley or have someone else doing it make sure you put loctite or some adhesive on when tightening things down.

Good stuff, mate. Glad I found your channel and, yes, I am your most recent subscriber!

Very good pointers mate, we can all do with more practice cause that means more riding 😎👌

Great video, great words of wisdom.

That Indian Larry bike with the twisted down tube and concaved tank is one of my favorite custom bikes of all time... I fantasize about that bike all the time . I recognized him and the bike instantly.... Rip Indian Larry 😢

Wonderful Coaching Brother.... I ride an Ultra Limited so all this is so relevant

Great advice!! Thanks for it.

Thanks for the great video. My worst event was a blind curve 90 degrees at Black Forest, Germany. A racing cyclist stood close to the white line and held 2 bicycles while his buddy walked around on the road and picked up the dropped water bottle. To this day, I don't know how I managed not to run over anyone and thank God for that. But, to be honest, I've been a bit panicked about every blind curve since then. Joe

These skills and philosophy tips are spot-on IMO and priceless. A method I like to use and I think is most effective in successful and joyful corning is to use smooth down/up shifting and engine braking/acceleration to do ALL of the work. Use brakes only in a panic situation or scrubbing off excess speed (when you haven't planned well). Braking sometimes injects a counter lean that can make you mess your knickers as you upset the lean angle and drift off the center line of your lane. The Street Glide's low COG is well suited for cornering, though the suspension and lean angle before contact are not particularly 'sport bike' setups - you can still get a lot of fun out of twisties within those limitations if you make the bike work for you.

My harely leaks oil making it easier to slide through the corners thanks to it not having any friction and saving my tread, also the new bent muffler is custom I did it myself people love the sound.

I do hesitate areound corners unless I know the corners well or until I see the exit . I am getting better with each season.

I raised my 2020 Ultra Limited up one inch over the stock 13” suspension front and back and it improved the handling so much

Wow. Pretty tough crowd judging from some of the comments. Excellent content and promotes having fun on two wheels which is never a bad thing.

Dragging floor boards is always a blast

Thanks for the clear information. From Arizona ✌🏻

Excellent Tutorial Thank you

Thanks great video!!!! I like the comparison!!

Excellent video brother, great info. God bless.

Very good advice explained very well👏

Thank you for the help in life has got me out of a bad place thank you. Hope some time can met up for a ride

I think the without being afraid part just comes with experience. The more you push yourself, etc…

Good vid, with a lot of truth about many things, not just riding

cornering is the most fun . even on a scooter ; the bro loved cornering his 50 cc bms yamaha thru the turns . here on the west coast in canada we have narrow blind twisties on roads cut thru rocks - learning RIDING to predict oncoming traffic ; wide in their lanes practice Positioning your self in the turns - -out of the turn radius of - oncoming traffic around blind corners . is safer & a lot more relaxing i go as wide as possible entering thru the blind corners and until i can see around the corner ; often uncoming cars are wide

IMO The most important piece of advice listed here is "Don't Counter-Lean your bike in a turn " This is something I see Harley Riders do all the time and it's a really unskilled and increases the risk of handling a motorcycle through a counter. Instead Harley Riders need to learn to stay flat with the seat and lean WITH the bike, OR learn to lean over the tank into the inside of the turn, just like those King of the Baggers Riders. If you watch my videos you'll that this is what I do. I ride my Fat Boy, with those floorboards and fat tires, hard into turns confidently with easy because I Lean over the tank just like a King if the Baggers Rider/MotoGP Rider. THIS BODY POSITION IS CRITICAL for Riding Faster, and Safer. Im very glad you brought this up, it's super important.

Really good video and helpful tips, You should make a video of what to expect/how to ride differently when having a passenger, something that can help first time passengers and riders that are having their fist passenger.

Awesome awesome video especially the words of wisdom at the end! Like attracts like brother

Here's one you may find useful: Learn when the pegs (or floorboards) are going to start scraping. That is a good warning sign that you're about to reach the point where the next thing to scrape is the frame. At which point you'll lowslide. When you become familiar with the angle in which the pegs scrape, you become more comfortable with leaning. Because I know exactly when the pegs will strike, I use a mix of counter leaning for agility and leaning with the bike to avoid the scraping. This allows me to switch a lot faster on consecutive turns.

You did a great service to riders with this video. To me, THE most important thing when riding through a corner or riding around anything that you do not want to run into, like a pot hole, debris in the road, an animal, or another vehicle that suddenly appears is to look where you want to go! Whatever you focus on, you WILL steer towards! Dirt riders make some of the safest street riders because they have done their share of running into ditches, into trees, and on and on and lived to tell the tale. You only get a few chances like that on the street and you'll be riding through the Pearly Gates. Look where you want to go, and look as far ahead as you can see, because focusing on your front tire will auger you into the ground pretty quickly. In most of the videos that I've see on the internet of bikes that crash because of rider error, especially with helmet cams, the bike is going right where the rider is looking. You can almost hear their thought..."I hope I don't run into that ditch! I hope I don't hit that pole on the side of the road! That's a steep drop-off!" And off they go, into the ditch, or into the pole, or off the road, into the canyon. We go where we look, so look where you want to go!

Fella Aussie here.Great points and explanations.I find explaining what to do when cornering.instead of saying turn your head in the direction you want to go.I say point your nose where you want to go……Why ?.Cos turning your head doesn’t tell you how much.Pointing your nose to where you want to go,literally forces you to turn your head the correct amount. Once you in the corner,your nose direction should be continually be changing as you go through and exit the corner,so if your exit is to a straight,your head will be looking straight down the road ahead. IF there is an immediate change from a RH corner to a LH corner,you have already started to point your nose towards it and much easier and less movement of head to pointing your nose to the LHS…..Been riding 50 years,done 2 advanced riders courses,Rode Perth to Sydney via coast on a 650 Yammie in 1978,then Sports/sports tourers,most of the time.Ducatis St3s-abs was last then a 10 yr break due to illness,Now on a 2020 HD Lowriders with upgraded suspension.Even after 10 yrs off bikes,I found I still had all the right understanding and skillsof how to handle a bike in the twisties,just needed to sharpen them up and get use to the weight of the Harley.

Awesome ! Grass on the road from mowing usually ends up bad also

Your push steering explanation was easy to understand