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Your signature move is the seamless helmet to hat technique.. the rest is just pretty good motorcycle stuff 😉

The most impressive technique/skill in this video is, helmet off cap on in one swift movement. It all happens so fast I still don't know if Bret even has any hair on his head 🤣

Another flawless hat transition. 💯

Im sure I can say with confidence that everyone here truly appreciates the work, time and effort you put into consistently putting up these instructional videos for us. Many of us live in areas where courses are not easily available and these are considerably helpful to all of us. Thank you Bret.

I have watched this 100 times and still can't workout how that hat transitions to Bret's head so quickly. One thumbs up for the video and another thumbs up for the helmet to hat swap.

Playing with the bike like this is a good help to relax and gain confidence

The two skills shown in the first 10 seconds… legend status confirmed.

OOOOOh he’s finally doing it! Me: watches video carefully and makes notes. Also me: makes perfect dismount in car park while bike smoothly and perfectly carries on down carpark into bush.

The most amazing skill: change from helmet to cap and back smoothly. 👍 I love that you have to watch it how fast it is. Awesome.

I still don’t get how he wears a hat under his helmet! It’s magic!

Forget posing; it is all about gaining skills that make a person enjoy riding just that much more - because they are much more confident at the end of the day. These "posing" tricks really do make a person much more at "one with the bike." Great stuff to take to heart and learn(!), making one a better rider! Cheers, TH

I love the way you can dismount on a large m/c when most I know cant even do that on a pedal cycle weighing 10kg.

I learnt these skills by working as a postman on an electric pushbike at uni... Saves a lot of time getting on and off the bicycle, I reckon it would be great practice too before doing it on a bike.

always learn something new watching these movies of yours. bravo

Thanks for another fun video. I have a riding buddy who is quite short-legged and he uses these mounts and dismounts most of the time. He always looks so smooth when doing so. (Thanks for breaking it down-I’m going to practice and impress him when we next ride together.)

I think it is also good to ride slowly and practice moving your right leg to the left side and back. It gets you used to how the bike leans without have to think of starting and stopping.

This was the technique I used to use when I learnt cycling & my height wasn't enough to sit & start ride. This is extremely useful for short height riders riding ADV as well !! :DD

Lesson on the rain would be especially useful for us here in the UK.

This kind of blew my mind, especially your helmet-to-hat sleight of hand - I honestly didn't catch it in my first viewing, and mused (only for a moment) how you managed to keep your hat so perfectly formed and placed on your head.- very nice!!

I'm still trying to master doing up my helmet before putting on my gloves. Hey. I'm a slow learner.....

I use those techniques regularly being a short guy with short legs on an R1250GSA

I was a bike messenger for many years. The move is the same on a bicycle. It is more efficient than mounting by throwing a leg over and then moving forward AND it definitely looks cooler to roll up to a coffee cart with a smooth ass "cowboy" dismount! 😂

You’re a wizard Brett. Always such good, well thought out teaching and information.

Your signature move is really important to us, it helps a lot to all short riders like me, but it will needs a lot of practice to perfect that extreme signature move. Thanks bro im your subscriber here in the Philippines and i really admire what you are doing because you help a lot of riders including me. Keep it up big salute bro.

The beret move is what we all wanna know. Preferably shown with a drone from the top.

I've seen this before and practiced it a little, but you explained the details really well, so I'm going to work on it some more. Very useful skill to have.

I've your channel Brett. Learning heaps. And your format and presentation is great. Please don't stop. One of the best channels I've found and loving it

It's not have you feel, it's how you look. And you look MARVELOUS!

Glad to see an updated video. FortNine's video on your mounts and dismounts is over a two years old.

대단히 감사합니다.ㅎ 저는 50대이고, 이번 주에 제 인생 첫 바이크가 도착합니다. 혼다 cb1000r입니다.ㅎ 도착 전에 이 영상을 보게 되어 너무 기분이 좋습니다.ㅎ 항상 건강하시고 행복하세요.ㅎ

Helmet to cap is the real pro technique here. All else is fun stuff. I gotta go practice the fun stuff.

YES!!! I love these videos by Bret!!! Thank you!!!

I don't care about the other tricks Bret teaches, I want to learn how to seamlessly put my cap on while removing my Helmut at the same time, that was Magic !!

Bret: thanks for this. I was recently in an event with you and asked you a question during the intermission. You thought it was a good question to address to the whole group and asked me if i could hold on and ask at the end of the event during Q&A session so everyone could benefit. It is unrelated to this video, but here it goes: most luggage manufacturers (at least Triumph branded likely produced by Givi) post a 10 lbs weigh limit on panniers. Depending on what you are filling it with, feels like you can hardly get it half full before you are there. I try to not pass the limit, and if I do, at most by 10-20% tops. Also, I pass a bit because I mostly do road riding with light offroading so I'm not subjecting the paniers or it structure to a lot of forces. But I'm starting to get a bit more adventurous. I know rule number one is to pack light so I try. But can you help us understand why the weight limits are so small, and what guidance can you give if we get close to it or around and get worried about it? What risks should we know about? Thanks!

As Clarkson said: "In Italy, Looking good is more important than looking where you are going" :D

I have got the riding away part down, but now I will have to work on the stopping. 😎

I bet when Bret was a kid his mom had heck trying to keep him clean on Sunday morning 👍👍. He just looks at home with water and mud all over him.

I’ve really been wanting to do this. It’s a natural progression. Now I’m going to.

Thanks for explaining that you do actually shut the engine off before the side stand unmount. I had been watching you do this often and that had been bothering me for so long.

2nd gen klr rider here. I can’t really do the rolling side stand dismount until I do something about the suspension or the side stand. But the moving Cowboy mount is my favorite way to get on the bike.

I like these 2 techniques. Thank you for going over this. I first did this on left & right sides of the bike at the BMW Performance Center off-road course. At first it felt incredibly awkward. Practice, practice, practice.

Hi Bret, last Sunday I went on a walk with a friend and we took a rockroad. It was the first time for me off the road with my new r1250 gs and I was all like “oh god I’m gonna fall, I’m gonna fall, I’m gonna faaall!”. I was all nervous, but then at a certain point I saw you like Yoda in Star Wars telling me “calm down, let the bike flow under you, be the Weightless Rider!” lol. And everything became easier and funnier! Thank you a lot, I’m a fan since the mototrek series!

That's the way I get on and off my bicycles, so I've been trying it on the motorcycles now too.

Love the wild at heart sticker brother!

Man your slick putting on and off your helmet my friend, that looks brilliant. Oh, also love your videos.

This is looks so easy that I'm pretty sure I would drop my bike multiple times while trying it :D

I use these techniques because I’m short. Making people think I’m better than I am is just the added bonus.

I’ll practice this thousands of times on my new KLR, until it feels like my old, familiar bikes. Thanks, Bret!

Used to get on and off a bicycle exclusively like this. I currently ride a Victory Vision... Gonna try this just for fun but I REALLY look forward to getting a dual sport and playing with these kinds of skills 👊😎

The helmet - hat transission was smooth as well.

Really looking forward to trying these. I've been watching you do that dismount with the extended kickstand forever now, and my biggest fear is it getting kicked back up without me being aware of it.

Excellent video. Will have to try them

Bret, you are the best. I'm enjoying your videos. I hope one day you will come to Australia and organise some training Down Under.

Again wonderful explanation, I have managed to practice these two techniques 😊👍🏼

Awesome, thank you for clarifying Bret!

May 2022 update: I have now managed to do this "cowboy" start consistently. The issue I was having with my knee was do to the fact that I was trying to swing my leg up over the seat right away without standing on the peg until the bike straightened itself. This put a lot of stress on my knee causing me to abandon trying anymore. When I finally paid attention to how Brett and others were doing it, an 'ah ha' moment happened and now I do it with no pain 🙂 Lesson learned! Wait for the bike to balance with you leaning over the seat, THEN swing your leg over. It's bloody bazaar. I can do the dismount no problem. Matter of fact I let the kickstand going down kill the engine then let the bike lean on the stand as I walk away all "poser" like :-) Where I have big trouble is the rolling mount. I know it's just a matter of practice but for some reason , attempting this really causes pain in my left knee. That would make sense if I had ongoing knee problems , but I don't. The other odd thing is that I can complete "the action" while static on the center stand with no pain at all? Yet , while moving , it causes pain. I must admit that I do hop a couple times during the transition and I imagine this is the issue. I just can't do it enough to not need the hopping because I can't practice it without causing pain. I'm thinking of trying it from the right side to see what happens. Any advice would really be appreciated.

Great video, everybody already mentioned the smooth transition from helmet to hat. Mud videos would be really great. I've searched for and found only a video on how to ride in the winter, this is the closest to mud.

I think that sadly, part of the problem to improve our skills for regular people like me, is the fear of damaging the expensive motorbike and/or ourselves... I am working in loose both of them fears hehehehe

Great content. For me. Slower is smoother. Smoother is faster. Practice creates the unconscious competence to execute what’s in the mind’s eye.

I like those levers

Not only is Bret a master of motorcycling, he also mastered the helmet/hat swap! 😜

Thanks for sharing! I just changed my motorcycle for a 790 Adventure R, (coming from a Ducati Scrambler) and this can help me getting balance and confidence on riding this new bike.

Gaston Rahier "Tom Thumb" used these techniques when riding his Dakar GS, I need to practice these moves as I have broken my ankle twice and have pin and plates so my twisting movement is limited on the LH foot peg when getting on the bike the conventional way.

Very helpful and fun to watch. Connected all the basics of throttle, brake and clutch as well as balance.

Like the move, and sand pit 2

Good fun Bret! It is especially fun when it goes wrong (for another rider of course!) like when they start off, swing their leg over but catch their boot on the panniers or top bag/rack, then panic and lose their balance and crash. Extra points for falling to the right over the bike in front of the other riders. Or when coming to a stop and they put the stand down but it just drags in the dirt enough to fold up when they step off the bike and the bike falls over. Bonus points if the falling bike knocks the rider down too! Not that things like that ever happen to me... Now, how about a video on "How to crash Without getting Injured"? 3 years ago in a low speed slide I had to lay the bike down but my knee decided to bend sideways instead of back. Torn MCL ended my riding for the year early in the season and now I wear knee braces. This year my riding season ended a few weeks after the snow melted when I was on my first dirt ride and had a low speed high side and I made the mistake of (automatically) putting my hands out to break the fall and dislocated my shoulder joint. I know I should cross my arms over my chest and roll with the fall but the information didn't go from my brain to my arms. I'm 67 and have ridden all my life, I don't ride fast anymore and I enjoy riding slower and actually see what I am riding through instead of focusing on how fast I can ride trail. Both of my injuries would have been very serious if I had been a long way from anything. In both cases I was able to ride out and make my way home before going to the doctor. But how much better if we could practice how to fall without getting injured (seriously).

Sehr sympathische und gute Erklärung und ruhige Stimme super! Schade bin ich in der Schweiz und kann nicht Stunden bei Ihnen nehmen.👍🇨🇭🏍

Enjoy your “work”! Thank you! Definitely , smile while you ride!!

The way you put your hat on is a masterpiece, Bret. Lol

You should make a video about what order a new rider should learn before going onto the next lesson.

I also use the Wild at Heart levers, and really love that you do too. I kinda thought nobody else used them until I watched your video. I would even like them to be a half inch shorter! They're great because no more than two fingers will fit on them, which is one of my sticky points when training new adv riders. Love the vids!

Lot's of Love from kolkata west Bengal INDIA... love your videos that's crazy and easy learning full of all the time... Love from kolkata... ♥️♥️

My friend told me about an old riding buddy of his who was short but rode tall sport bikes. He said the guy couldn't touch the ground and that is how he would get on and off the bike every time he had to stop.

Thank you. That’s all I needed to learn.

I have a 30 ish inch inseam and ride a KTM 390 Adv, which has a 33 ish inch seat height. When I go camping I have my Mosko Moto Reckless 80 loaded up and it sticks up about 12" above the pillion. At that height I have trouble swinging my leg with all my gear and I can't get the hang of threading my leg sideways between the tank and the seat. I use these techniques all the time to mount/dismount as it's the easiest way to mount IMHO and there have been times where I don't have a choice because I can't get the stand down, I'm in sand, etc. To me that upgrades them from poser skills to required skills.

When attempting the rolling dismount with side stand flick, pay careful attention to where that side stand is going to touch down. It doesn't look nearly as impressive when, as happened to a mate of mine, the stand disappears into a grating and you end up on the ground waiting for onlookers to stop laughing for long enough that they can lift your bike off your trapped leg. 😉

A video on the hat trick please!

I do that on the bicycle all the time! 😂😂Never tried on my motorcycle, though. Gonna give this a shot since it's basically the same technique.

Helmet to hat, hat to helmet slick move, and over mastered

Thank you.

Cool skills.

GREAT STUFF BRET! Thanks!

Thanks Bret, great video as always with really useful information well presented. 👍👍

For real, the tutorial I really want to see is your helmet-to-cap technique. It's like sorcery.

Thank you

Brett conquering the trails if Tukwila! 😁

I've been thinking that those were my signature moves...

Thanks for explaining your moves. Good training for balance, I will try next time out. Günter from Nürnberg/Germany

seriously.. only PRO skill I want to learn is that helmet to hat transition!!

Thank You

A few weeks ago I tried the mount as you go thing. Dropped the bike. lol. I didn't have the tips of leaning forward as well as into the bike. Guess I'll have to practice it some more.

I roll in to the dismount on my K1600 and flick my stand down before the stop. I always make sure I check it twice though. In rough terrain, theres always the chance of hitting something after pre kicking the stand before the dismount and having it pop back which could end up in a dump due to overconfidence,

That helmet to hat transition is 😙👌

This would look so badass at the local Starbucks. I gotta start practicing.

This is how people were mounting and dismounting their bicycles in India three decades ago 😀

Amazing.

I do the same thing getting on my KTM 500 as my right hip is a bit dodgy, also the dismount is cool as well if you combine it with a stoppy and spring off when the suspension unloads. The only thing I dont do is have my helmet strap stick out the back of my neck as that's not a cool look ;) LOL

Nice hat !

Given my lack of real skills, poser skills will have to do.