Hey get on that shit man I didn't ride either but I am now

Now you have to ride

It’s never too late to ride whether You are freshly 18 or you’re 50 years old I’ve seen people start at 50 years old no joke and they ride every single day you can do it

Never too late :) I bought my first bike at 39, enjoying it thoroughly!

I got my first one at around 34 or 35, although I'd had friends let me take their bikes for spin. A few short years later, I've taught myself a ton of stuff about my bike, and now I'm starting a $3000 performance build out. It's a lot of fun once you get started!

you should probably like,, you know... like,, I mean,, like,, kind of... you know, like..

me too

May God forgive you. I almost choked on my cookie 🤣🤣🤣

Great answer, and problably this apply to most of normal everyday bikers, such as me and my neighbours, and still they know how to ride a bike!

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Ha ha ....I also

me too

you need to hit the track to understand it.

ya he doesnt explain it to well.

Its almost like trying to explain art.... Try it out for yourself.

Thanks!

Yeah but track time is funner

You've payed for track time and personalised feedback from instructors. Those guys also give that info for free in their videos or for a small fee in their books. P.S. But totally agree that Mike gives lot of greatly broke down info

@@adrianalexandrov7730 Haha Its a little different when someone can see what your doing wrong. Helps take what mike says and put it into practice If get the chance go check out California Superbike School! Its so much fun mate!

Thanks Yammie!

Holy shoot jammie pube you here!

Hope you won't crash your Daytona after watching this video.

Yammie here!

Jammy noob

@Peter Angles lmao

Did you come to the conclusion that gyroscopic forces on the wheels were not the main reason that a motorcycle or bicycle stay upright during motion?

@ Mo Mentum : I think I speak for a LARGE number just to say, wed like to see the final result... I (for one) have already done a gyro-scope model attached to a pendulum... and it held position... at least suggesting VERY VERY strongly that a motorcycle is "self correcting"... in 90+ % of all other circumstances... I'll only strongly urge you. "Print as you will." Because we will understand. ;o)

@@gnarthdarkanen7464 I want to distinguish the self correcting effects of motorcycles that are not due to gyroscopic motion and the forces in the tire when it's being pushed by the road. For instance, motorcycles with larger rake will more easily readily fall over. And the stability of a motorcycle at low speeds with the tires rotating slowly can still result in a stable bike.

@@pogtuber5146 Not sure what you're after, but I'd advise you to explore for whatever "as it is" and then try to explain it, rather than busy yourself hypothesizing so much now and then explore to find what you're hoping for... Motorcycles with a larger rake... like choppers? They seem just as stable as anything else on two wheels to me... The dubious part is where their length is so far that you end up "fighting" to turn... and at some point there's a "break away" by which the gyroscopic forces holding the bike upright causes one or both tires to "kick out" of their line... and at that point the bike is out of control and can fall right over, but it's more like a car "braking away" into a spin out in my experience... Otherwise, even at 5 mph, just a leisurely roll... I can stand or even jump on a peg or running board and the bike won't so much as wiggle out of stability until I purposefully push a handlebar... BUT you do you, of course. I can only speak to my experience so far, and maybe you'll discover something... ;o)

It sounds like you are still open to learning. That's what keeps me from day dreaming while I ride. Instead I work on being smoother in as many respects as I can.

It's really warming to see elderly people still passionate about their interests.

Hey, Happy 80 bud! Hope you still find time on the trail.

@@yashsvidixit7169 The body gets old, real desire stays young.

It sure is!

Indeed it is, perhaps because a rider can make so much MORE difference to how a motorcycle behaves compared to a driver in a race car. Now, I hasten to add the 4 wheel race driver is no less talented - what I'm saying is a motorcycle rider moves their weight around as part of the process, and that's a highly visible skill. And because it's so visible, it's also possible to see which riders are doing it well - or poorly.

Ivan Julian car racing is 80% car 20% driver Motorcycle racing is 20% machine 80% skill

@@ivanjulian2532 lol ok fanboy

@@conlosmorchitti5832 don’t be a prick

You learn quick when you round a corner and there's a car pulling out or a patch of water.

Ilham Syamsul “TT” titanium testicles 💪

Balls of lead

They leave their balls at home..

the size of watermelons!

We’ve all gone beyond competition. Once the world population went beyond 1 billion, competition becomes pointless. In 2020, If you make 1 mistake, you’re dead. It’s not balls of anything. IT’S CALLED OUT GROWING SOCIAL COMPETITION. The population is SO BIG nobody knows somebody has become world champion.

Awesome!

Sauce

@@inexinferis7064 Witty

@@peterweller8583 Kylie Page

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Sameee wtffff

Oh no. Buyers must educate themselves before they go buying. Lots of dead people had bought the wrong bike and car. Salesmen are NOT your friend.

Daryn how true that statement is.

not actually true....the thing is , I've known guys who swore they were going to make it, rode like absolute manics on the roads, bought the best kit, never made it.

That's why engineers design bikes and you ride them! What a subjectively bitter comment, sounded like the science that keep your ass alive means nothing to you. No doubt in my mind you are one of those pro-Trump goons! Please correct me if I'm wrong!

Training a wrong lesson won't get you anything tho

V King isn’t it more to do with increased rear tyre slip allowing a tighter turning radius?

@@williamsandbach9190 Not so much. By dragging the brake, you are slowing the bike down by small manageable increments to keep the bike stable and not overload the front. Slowing down lets you turn in faster and harder at the apex. It can bite you in backside and lock the wheel up, causing at best rapid increase in heart rate and at worst, get yourself catapulted off the high side of the bike. Not. Fun.

It's funny because that's what's known as trail braking, which we do naturally in our vehicles, but it's not as natural on the bike.

William Sandbach ... Light touch just enough to feel the rear squat (not so much to slow it down), front lifts minutely before repression.Once the angles changed, get off the brake completely. It does change the angle of the turn. If your bodies on the inside no problem.

Trailing brake has saved my bacon several times

Dang! Good eye!

you'dbe dead if you tried to go on a track at a fraction of their speed without doing some of their stuff 😉

@@CarloPiana But I DO go around a track at a fraction of their speed. A small fraction but anyway :)

The other special technique they use that I'm unwilling to adopt is a willingness to take occasional, wicked falls. No pain, no gain is very literal at times.

@@kengoodrich9027 That is very true, and essential to their riding.

I'm old (57) but want to get into it. I ride street a lot with some enduro but this stuff scares the hell out of me. I want to do it because I ain't getting younger, but wonder if I am an old fool.

Nah, they're both art. But mere mortals can learn to drive fast, while riding fast is reserved for the gods.

First 4 laps on a track day, I am an absolute hero in my own head, 5th lap people start lapping me, 8th lap I am in the paddock listing my bike on eBay!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cars/bikes it is both an expression. I will say this though. Riding a bike makes you more aware of road conditions. Things like micro climates, gravel, leaves etc.

if you ever saw senna with an nsx and loafers, heel and toe around every corner as if the car was an extension of his body... to each, their own. both sports are amazing.

@@brandonlewis2599 Tell that to rally and F1 drivers

Awesome!

You got into motogp this year? Woaah... Are you quatararo?

Isle of man tt nuff said

Thanks!

Thanks!

I agree

Salesmen don’t teach you anything and neither do bike racers and tv race commenters. Buyers educate themselves.

You have to experience it yourself to better understand it but this video explains a lot

Thanks!

I totally agree

exactly. also they drive thesame corners all day every day with perfect conditions, its impossible for a regular rider to try to learn any of these pro (not high skilled: PRO) skills without first having like, 100 hours of track time? great video none the less, but these guys sit on their bike for a living and drive instinctively for sure

They’ll sell you stuff you can’t use, from shops. Buyer beware! Buyers job is to get educated before you go shopping. You might find you don’t like these new era bikes.

Most of these guys train hard and were probably coached from a young age. No one instinctively knows how to ride a motorcycle on a track. They learn by being taught or by crashing a lot.

@@Dave-sw2dm Sure, but these guys at the very top are developing their own styles and techniques and some of them have otherworldly abilities that no amount of training will get most of us to. They would have learned and practiced many of the basics for years but at some point they are intuitively better than others. Just how it is.

@@Dave-sw2dm Correct. We're all beginners at first, even the pros. When I was 15 I took my bike down to the beach sands and learned how to fall off. That is practicing how NOT to ride a motorcycle. Falling off is the best teacher, but not recommended on hard roads. I've been riding for 59 years now, and very seldom fall off these days, despite riding like a hooligan at crazy speeds. Most people I know will only ride pillion with me once. LOL.

Thanks!

Thanks!

You explained me a lot, but I still don't understand shit. Thank you.

Salesmen have been ripping off customers for decades. So this vid tries to stop people getting robbed. The problem is, these bikes aren’t for sale.

Great observation! Lets consider the following things: 1. Rubber generates friction in three major ways: a) Adhesion, b) Deformation, and c) Wear. (This entire section is an excerpt from "The Racing & High-Performance Tire, Paul Haney, 2004") a) Adhesion Adhesion is a property of rubber that causes it to stick to other materials, like tape. If the two surfaces were perfectly smooth the true area of contact would be the same as the observed area of contact, but this is not the case. Real surfaces are actually very rough, so contact is limited to the highest protuberances on each of the two surfaces. insideracingtechnology.com/Resources/vertload.gif As you can see in Fig. 3.3, larger loads on the rubber presses the road irregularities into the rubber, increasing the contact area. More area in contact means more adhesion between the surfaces and higher friction forces. This situation satisfies the general requirements of the friction equation, Ff = Cf x Fv. b) Deformation: Mechanical Keying Rubber in contact with a smooth surface generates friction forces mainly by adhesion. When rubber is in contact with a rough surface deformation comes into play. Movement of a rubber slider on a rough surface results in the deformation of the rubber by high points on the surface called irregularities or asperities. A load on the rubber slider causes the asperities to penetrate the rubber and the rubber drapes over the asperities. The energy needed to move the asperities in the rubber comes from the differential pressure across the asperities as shown in Fig. 3.4, where a rubber slider moves on an irregular surface at speed V. insideracingtechnology.com/Resources/mechkey.gif c) Wear In addition to adhesive friction and deformation friction, rubber produces traction forces by means of tearing and wear. As deformation forces and sliding speeds go up, local stress can exceed the tensile strength of the rubber, especially at an increase in local stress near the point of a sharp irregularity. High local stress can deform the internal structure of the rubber past the point of elastic recovery. When polymer bonds and crosslinks are stressed to failure the material can't recover completely, and this can cause tearing. Tearing absorbs energy, resulting in additional friction forces in the contact surface. Wear is the ultimate result of tearing. When local stresses increase in strength past initial tearing or remain at high strength for a period of time, that tearing can result in separation of material. Total Friction Now we can write a more general equation for rubber friction: Ftotal = Fad(hesive) + Fdef(formation) + Fwear 2. The maximum lateral force that can be developed increases as the vertical load increases, as shown in segment 1. BUT because of tire load sensitivity en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_load_sensitivity, it is at a diminishing rate. So for a pneumatic tire the coefficient of friction decreases as the vertical load increases. What all of this means: A rider must find a balance between loading up the tire enough vertically, to achieve maximum lateral force, without overloading it vertically, which will cause the coefficient of friction between the tire and the asphalt to decrease to the extent that less lateral force can be achieved. Make sense?

@@MikeonBikes Thanks Mike. I can see the pieces in play, but the overall situation is to complicated to resolve with basic principles and intuition. In addition to the loading of the front tire, there's also the rear tire and ultimately, the goal is to maximize performance of the two-tire system. At my level of riding it hardly matters, but its fun to think about.

​@@kengoodrich9027 It sure is fun to think about. Supermoto riders use a "U-to a -V" line through tight corners, because it generates faster lap times. They slide the rear to achieve this. You certainly want to "maximize the performance of the two-tire system", sometimes this means sliding the rear into corners.

As I heard at the braking point, you move your bodyweight forward. Then into a corner(right before steering) you should move your weight backward not to lose traction.

@Johnny Steffy Do not "lock your arms." When the front slides it will turn. If your arms are locked, your whole upper body will shift, amplifying the turn and greatly increase the likely hood of crashing. Even in panic braking, your arms have to be as loose as possible on the bars to allow the bars to turn without upsetting the bike more.

Thx!

@@MikeonBikes Hey do you ever ride Skyline or Hwy 9? I'm pretty sure I remember you saying you live in the SF Bay area in one of your vids

On very rare occasions, when I’m not on the track I do ride HWY 9 . 😁

@@MikeonBikes lol what track? I've never been on a track and have been itching to try it out.

@@brendanfitzgerald7860 Thunderhill, Sonoma, Buttonwillow, Stockton little 99, Hollister hills OHV, Metcalf OHV, Foresthill OHV...

Yeah, making the back end squat a little will keep the load transfer smooth, so the front doesn't get lifted as much. It's like two sides of the same coin. It's also easier i think to keep the rear brake at a set level, and then modulate power to the rear wheel with the throttle. Especially if you're riding a super torquey bike like the Ducati Miller is on. Similar to keeping the rear brake on a little to prevent the wheel breaking out when going slow in mud.

It also provides some drag on the rear and helps the front rotate quicker

Dragging the rear brake while staying on the throttle helps to keep the top of the chain tight too. And that keeps everything smoother all the way through the turn. If you only use engine braking and front brakes, that tightens up the bottom of the chain...

@@Jim1457a Fascinating, never thought about it that way. Always used engine braking, smootch clutch loosening to keep my bike steady whilst entering the corner.

You’ll learn 1000 times more from gaming. The establishment puts a price on stuff which prevents you from learning. Gaming has opened up the new world full of learning for you. You can learn more than Rossi knows, in 2 years, from gaming. Gaming is the future, not real life. You can race every second of every day in gaming. There’s no 2 week wait, thing.

Jot Sodha for me it’s the other way around

😆 same

Hahaha gago

This vid didn’t teach you anything. Ever heard of drag bikes? They don’t go around corners.

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If you ever do ANYTHING with your life at all, you'll probably quickly realize what a waste of time school was...

All this talk of angles is useless without a basic grasp of trigonometry.

Same

@@interestedparty497 which is what you learn in elementary. So of 10 years or more of school 6 are wasted time

Do it!

Thanks! I should have mentioned seamless shift.

Once I broke my clutch so it was constantly engaged. I managed to get home and clutchless upshifting was easy. My downshifting on the other hand was anything but seamless lmao

@@jameschartrand7962 actually, if you know how to do, also downshifing can be done relatively easily, you need to remove all possible torque, but without blipper il really not easy. 1st-2nd almost impossible even upshif and with fast-shifter (I've one on my track bike, then again)

I'm surprised that that Jack Miller doesn't have a thumb-brake so he can move freely while using his rear brake I thought all the MotoGP riders had them.

@@rivrevvmedia he's Australian. Enough said.😃