Ditto on that

Hey buddy that’s a hell of a compliment, I really appreciate it! I’ll keep working on it 👍

I report Sir: I started using the Ballance Ball technique this season - it’s just a fairy tale!!! The control of the motorcycle and the speed of cornering are amazing! I never miss a single one of your video lectures. 🤝

Awesome! Try the challenge I posted based on the training drills👍

Thanks for supporting my efforts, I really appreciate that. Sounds like you've covered quite a bit of ground in a relatively short amount of time with the Gold Wing! Nice job, keep it up and please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions or help I might be able to provide!

@@PoliceMotorTraining Thank you for your warm response! I will inform you about the success achieved using your instructions... but closer to the summer of 2024 - now we have about 0 degrees C (28 F) here...🥶

Hey man, I appreciate the comment. Really nice to hear👍

Thanks, great to hear you are finding value in it!

Thanks William, I appreciate it. Keep me posted!

Awesome to hear👍 just remember you have to give ME lessons once you start beating me!!

I think basic motor school works just fine to get you safely on your way to gaining proficiency, so I don’t think of this as better per se, but more like an evolution of your learning👍

Thank you for the support! Don't worry about the journey, just have fun. In my experience there really is no destination, I focus on enjoying the process no matter where I sit on the skills development. I'm looking forward to hearing how it goes for you!

Yeah, I totally understand, there are really two routes you can go, you can buy a beater bike and keep beating it up, or you can ruggedize your current bike with engine guards and such. Of course, budget and space in the garage will dictate which one makes more sense.. if you get a practice bike, I would recommend something a little more agile and smaller and lighter, all those benefits will increase the likelihood you drop it less and get less injured or damage the bike when you do in fact, hit the deck. Plenty of academies are starting to adopt that format.

Wow! Well done buddy, nice to hear out of the box teaching like that. They were lucky to have you 👍

Yeah, its a commitment for sure. And I will say I look at people that generate content with an appreciation and respect I didn't have just a few short years ago!

Great to hear 👍 really appreciate your taking the time to tell me that

Thanks for what you do and the way you do!

Yes, I'm 6'2" as well, and long rides are an acquired skill in my opinion. Police work however is not really long never-get-off-the-bike scenarios like, say and Iron Butt situation. So I never really had any issues. That said, I DO run the optional Tall seat and currently have Wunderlich lower pegs on the bike...But I run that more for leg leverage to help throw the bike around rather than cramped cockpit. Still, you should check out a tall seat and ideally match it with a taller windscreen so you don't lose the wind protection. Then you will be so comfortable you can ride all the way over to my house on the west-coast and tell me in person just how comfortable your rider platform is!

It really depends on how fast I’m going, if I’m racing around as quick as possible I will use both front and rear brake. If you’re going slow enough, you don’t need any brakes, but engine braking will definitely be in play to some degree. I don’t typically just use rear brake into a turn in this or any other pattern, because while rear brake definitely does help stabilize the bike, I don’t really need it unless I’m going fast and if I’m going fast, I want front brake also, so I use them in concert.

Your questions are understandable- First, under street/road-race/threshold braking where we have higher speeds, YES we benefit from loading more weight on the front and creating larger contact patch, "forcing" the tire into greater friction (thus better front wheel traction). And yes, my techniques ARE slower-speed, tighter environments, designed to balance the rider on top of the motorcycle. If you watch dirt-track riders, they tend to utilize this same discipline of being "on top" of the bike so they can slide both tires around and maintain balance on the motorcycle, and "float" on top of the bike. This is how I ride the police competitions. This second portion of your question regarding "lighten up off the bars during acceleration as the weight transfers rearward" seems more in-line with what I am saying (and do), as in order to remain light on the bars under heavy acceleration, your body would need to be forward so you are not pulling on the bars? I know of no benefit on the street from moving your weight backwards as the weight transfers back under acceleration (in dirt environments this is not a true statement, as you DO benefit from greater traction by shifting your weight back-to the point the front end comes up and you start losing forward drive) and would cause the front to become lighter, reducing traction and thus directional control. For slow-speed, tight environments, I want to float on top of the bike and remain balanced, ready for acceleration and braking inputs. I want the chassis settled and ready "for the next maneuver." If I push so hard under tight turning that it causes the front tire to push and momentarily lose traction, I want to remain settled and on two wheels so I can keep moving forward. Balance Ball 2.0 accomplishes this, as it is a culmination of the evolution and technical distillation of years of police motor competitions on various makes and models and a wide range of traction situations. I absolutely know it works here. But all this said- anything you learn that benefits you, USE IT. If it totally contradicts things other people say, including me (but clearly benefits and supports a safer, higher performance result) USE IT. My riding technique varies wildly depending on my riding environment and platform. I am a totally different rider on a road race track, a supermoto track, a motocross track, adventure riding, etc. Why? because I ask and seek out "what is the best way to interact with the motorcycle in this situation." And the cool part to me is that there are SO MANY amazing teachers out there that I keep getting to take short cuts along my pursuit of greater knowledge and skills on the motorcycle! Please reach out if something you do or hear or learn on the bike needs another brain to help you kick around whether or not its all making sense.👍

@@PoliceMotorTraining Quinn - thank you so much for your reply. Never have I had a content creator share such thoughtful, cogent, detailed analysis; this is incredibly helpful! Your analogy to floating really crystallizes it for me, and I plan to practice these drills (with floating top-of-mind) this weekend. Thanks again, and I wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. 🦃

@@Peter-mcmcmc thank you Peter- keep me posted on your progress, and I appreciate the holiday well wishes, right back at you buddy!

HA-HA- No It's Southern California-BMW Motorrad's North American headquarters are in NJ, and this is a company bike (I'm the Brand Ambassador for BMW Authority) so all my stuff-SUV, enclosed trailer, bikes, all have NJ plates on them. It sure pays off when I roll into a state WITHOUT CA tags all over my equipment!

Counterbalancing for slow speed tight turning maneuvers is hugely beneficial. We need the bike to lean over to turn tight, but leaning the bike over at slow speed provides more ammunition for gravity to really start to mess things up. Counter balancing positively impacts these things. It helps the motorcycle lean over further, but it has the added benefit of slowing down the drop and effectively providing less weight for gravity to play with. So you get a slower and more controlled drop in that is actually further over. Work on unlocking your range of motion related to counterbalancing and follow the drills in this video. In short order, you should start to see huge benefits, and once you are repeatable and comfortable, you should start to lose that scary roller coaster feeling when the motorcycle starts to fall in. Good luck and keep me posted, I’m confident things are going to improve for you!

almuradyh- MY apology, I mistook your question for being related to slow balance riding where we work to take two masses (bike and rider) and create 1 balanced mass on the bike. In this case we want to remain perpendicular to the ground, almost statue-like. But Now I see you were asking in regards to the Balance Ball 2.0 video. In THAT case, NO, we are not a always perpendicular to the ground due to our upper body needing to shift in the opposite way as the bike as it leans over to offset its mass instead of trying to remain balanced with it so the balancing point is maintained. So YES, its still about balancing our center of gravity, but that becomes a moving target as the bike flops over, accelerates and slows. Sorry about that buddy

​@@PoliceMotorTraining Weirdly enough I understand it, it's all about balancing the center of mass. Thanks, man You are the best👍