Repetition is the mother of skill.

kevin- your relaxed delivery is like fresh oxygen in this ADHD horrible time of the world today. We listen to you not just for riding advice but life advice...thank-you!!! kEVIn- just a suggestion I believe you mentioned in the past the importance of ear protection while riding you probably have new riders/viewers maybe a short reminder of the importance of hearing protection to avoid possible tinnitus (they don't go over that in new BRC-basic rider course MSF but they Should!!)

That quote really opened up my eyes. I just bought what I thought was my forever bike but I’m always seeing myself looking for something better. I need to appreciate and enjoy what I have.

You're a blessing! Great advice! I've picked up the Bass recently, you're absolutely right about more frequent practice, is better practice. With the comparison to other people. I feel like the growth of social media has played a nasty part in that, especially in the younger people. People don't often think about the many hours of practice, like you said. Anyways I really have to step up my riding practice, and take a class. Thank you for the free resource!

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.

Good words Kevin. The sin of envy gets a lot of people in trouble. Unfortunately I will not be able to practice until May. These videos help me get through the winter and give me something to look forward to. Motorcycle shows help too when Covid allows.

Great way to put that Kevin. I’m a truck driver long haul over the road. I practice every time I come home when weather permits. It’s really made me a better rider. Thanks for sharing this. I do try to get a advanced training when I can.

This helped a lot. Thank you.

Great content and advice.

A great video. Keep up the good work. Thank you!

Great idea. Thanks

opening remarks ring so true , we to often compare ourselves to others and I can fault myself to that also. be happy in what your doing, your own accomplishments.

Awesome! Thank you Sir!!

Nice. That calendar will certainly come in handy.

Thanks brother for your reminders and encouragement. Blessings to you and your family.

Kevin, GREAT advice!! 😊

Really appreciate the life advice.

Many wise words! Thanks Kevin 😎

You're awesome! Thanks...I keep watching one video after the next. super helpful.

We’re in the clutches of winter now but can’t wait to get back out there.

100% on practice consistency. Just do it. Excellent ideas. Thank you. Ride safe and ride often.

Great video.. I try to practice something every time I ride👍

I just hit a pole on an exit ramp with my elbow. I’m a closing dishwasher and ride home soaking wet…my bike is my only ride. Well I was freezing and banked towards the exit too slow and had to ride the rest of the way home with 5 fractures in my arm and elbow then I dropped my bike 3 times at home but hey, I set my bones. Just wanted to throw this out there. Watch out for poles.

Great video! Thank you for the present 🎁 and thank you for the words of wisdom!!! From Mexico!!!

great video....

Great advice! I often pick a particular facet of riding and focus on that when I go riding. One day, I'll focus on perfecting my braking. Each intersection or stop sign is an opportunity to brake as smoothly and perfectly as possible. I'll use both brakes and stop with my front tire exactly on the edge of the painted lines at intersections. Another day, I'll work on shifting gears. When I try, I can shift so smoothly that it's hard to tell the gear changed. I imagine a glass of water sitting on my gas tank and work to be so smooth that it wouldn't spill. Any skill that I need to practice, I'll integrate it into my daily riding. it takes zero extra time - just a little bit of focus.

Totally agree! So many of us and students get caught up in how well another is doing. I make it a point to make strong mention of practicing various skills as they are indeed perishable skills. Great message as always!

Another great video full of precious wise advices not only for motorcycling, but for life, as well. Thank you, Kevin. God bless you!

Many Thanks Kevin! You are one of the main reasons I made it from San Francisco to Key West and back with maybe two? sphincter-tightening moments that I was able to leave in the rear view an make it home safely. Practice and Training paid off!

Great advise

Great idea Kevin! I see your free gift as a wonderfully challenging opportunity. I too preach practicing but can't honestly say I've practiced enough lately. I will find time each week to practice, starting today. *I ride in rain often, I'd BETTER practice then too!

Thank you, Kevin! Printed, on my refrigerator and I am committing to once a week practice sessions at my closest empty parking lot.

Thank you! Some people think they just need to leap to a certain level and then they'll stay there with not further effort. Once they've graduated from the training camp they feel they've arrived, permanently. My experience has been that every season I need to refresh myself, and get back into good practices. I'm still learning, and complacency has almost got me into bad situations many a time.

Love free gifts 🎁

Riding skills are just like other skills...use it or lose it. Thanks so much for the practice calendar...a great tool. Another thought...what gets measured will typically lead to improvement. Thanks for what you do and ride safe. 👍👊🇺🇸

Thanks Kevin for calender you are the best on KZfaq thanks for all your teachings and lesson. Please keep them coming because of you I took msf course last week and got my license I have a suzuki c90 boulevard boss love that bike my first one

Awesome advice. Count your blessings and give thanks for what you do have on a regular basis and envy cannot rob you of the happiness and joy that this life can bring. We get into trouble every time when we play the comparison game. Thanks for all that you do.

Hi Kevin, all the best for this new year:) I teach several things, and what you'vetold here, reminds me another thing I often say: if you want to besa good as this or that, don't do what they are doing now, instead do what they were doing when they were where yiu are now.

It would seem that even after 66 years I still have lots to learn. Thank you!

Great video and makes me want to get out there and practice once the snow clears hear in Michigan. I used to coach little kids in baseball and more recently scholastic mountain biking and I liked to quote Vince Lombardi, "Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect." Not that you have to be perfect each time but you need to practice the correct fundamentals.

It is ironic that you came out with this calendar. I have been doing that same thing for years. Not exactly the same as you, but pretty close! Wow! Maybe I think the same as you. That would be an amazing thing. Thanks again for the videos and all your thoughts. God bless!

Good video Kevin. Please excuse me if I don't download the calendar until probably, April. We'll likely not have riding weather until then up here in Michigan.

It's a simple tool and a great idea. What we say and what we do may differ, this will show if you do what you say. I'll be starting with didn't practice due to I'm freezing Mr. Bigglesworth but once spring hits WI it's game on.

After 5 months of my bike being in the shop "they were that busy" and $2700 dollars later "dropped 2nd gear" The first thing I did after picking up my bike was I went and found a half empty parking lot. I did okay still have a long ways to go and felt like I had lost just a little bit here and there. I really need to improve on my U-Turns and figure 8. But I will get there with practice.

A little tough to do it weekly during the winter up here in the NE. That being said, I do need to practice more during the riding season.

Kevin.... !! Practice your riding skills everytime you ride! you dont have to go off to a parking lot and ride in circles When there is no one behind you on the road: 1. pick out a spot in the road and practice swerving around it 2. change your lane position quickly and tightly 3. practice your panic "estop" at red lights and stop signs several times a day, esp if conditions are different (wet roads for example) 4. when you come up to a stop or an intersection slow down short and creep up to the stop at 1 to 2 mph without putting your feet down 5. when you ride thru a parking lot sit up straight and square and ride thru at 2mph like you are in a parade 6. When you take a sweeping curve pull the bike in tighter in the turn, and let the bike ease back out - use your brakes in a curve to practice the feel 7. My favorite: every once in a while, when the light turns green, take off like a bat outta hell up to the speed limit..... because being able to accelerate out of harms way without spinning out is an important skill too.... You gotta know what your bike can do do this everytime you ride, esp when you first start out on a ride - you will be like a boxer shifting his weight on both feet, ready to dodge a jab all the time when a vehicle encroaches on your path, you calmly go around it or stop, because thats how you ride all the time and BTW: Turn on the CC and watch your video. Everytime you say motorcycle "rider" you are saying "writer".... it gets funny after the 30th "MC writer" in the close caption.... Rye Der not Rite Err (Love you brother :)

Makes sense

Amazing intro.

I find riding it’s like have training but you forget once winter comes go in to a parking lot and do circles their put orange cones down when here in the Midwest have to relearn again

Perfect advice for motorcycle riding and life in general. Thanks for the reminder of both. Question: I live in the Chicago area. It's not feasible to get the bike out for months at a time. What would you suggest someone in my boots do when getting on a bike is not possible at least for my snow skill sets? Thanks again for your continued valuable advice?

Why not suggest something to practice each week vs a blank calendar. Free calendars are not that hard to come by. Just a little confused by the calendar or training tool, but agree with your point about taking time each week for training. Just seems a little clickbateish, but maybe that was the 👉 . Maybe something you could do for your paying members.

There are multiple skills tests and videos always talking about slow speed skills and to master them. But how do those skills transfer to highway speed turns? I’ve done the slow skills tests but I’m not sure how to use those skills at speeds of 55 mph+

I downloaded the calendar but it's totally blank except federal holidays! Ouch

I've taken the first MSF course twice and the second one once. I still can't do a figure 8.

Musta been ole Jerry!😅

Time to part ways. Rumble? Sorry, that’s a bridge too far. Just unsubscribed.