Some people really need to spend time in a parking lot practicing figure 8s, hard braking etc. at least twice a week to get better. I did that 25 years ago and it will save your ass more than once

That's like me on the first ride after 5-1/2 months of winter. Practice, practice, practice.

Kinda sobering knowing some of these riders have been riding for years like this.

These videos make me wanna go buy some cones and try this stuff out lol

I received a training when I was 16 and starting a job as mailman. They gave us a course similar to what you would expect for a bike exam. At that point I'd never even sat on a scooter and to this day I remember him telling me to stop thinking about it and just look where you want to go, fixate on the cones. It felt like I'd fall over any second but the scooter would just pull through. He also employed the technique of showing what the machine is capable of and that helped tremendously. Several years later and I now own a bike and feel comfortable on the road. I feel like taking courses is the next obvious step, after that it's track time. Teaching techniques like these are critical because most riders tend to ride alone, they don't have anyone correcting their mistakes for them.

Really interesting to see the different ways countries allow people on bikes. In the UK you wouldn't be allowed on a bike bigger than a 125cc if you couldn't do this. Roads might be busier here which could explain the stricter requirements.

I like how In depth you explain their mistakes and point out exactly what they should be doing. This is the kind of content I recommend to anyone that is nervous about a motorcycle test or riding in general. Keep it up 👍

ngl its a scary feeling for the first time when riding the bike and turning the head to look into the turn it feels so unnatural because you wanna see whats in front of you but if you look in front, you cant make the turn i really had to force my eyes into the turn a few times by consciously turning my head to prevent myself from a target fixation

Hey instructors team. Black Vulcan S 650 rider here, I had so much fun and learned a lot as a fairly new driver of 1 year and some change. The most important lesson for anyone coming to this class is "check your ego on the parking lot next door and LISTEN TO THE INSTRUCTIONS"! I rode a way a different better rider I think. Your tips on where to look and body movement not only corrected my mistakes but made me more confident and trust my bike.. Next year I'll be coming with a bigger bike for sure. Thanks for all your help.

Jerry wanted to say THANKS Your instruction on tube has been OUTSTANDING! I am 66 yrs old and finally have my dream HD an FLHTC. I rode my 1st motor at 12 yrs old and have riden HD for the last 30 yrs. I must admit that your courses have changed my riding style MUCH to the improved side. Thanks for all the help. Your courses "ride like a pro" are the best I have ever watched or participated in"NONE BETTER" and I do mean NONE F%$#^in Better!!!! Thanks for all you do for all us bikers. Smitty

In Germany you can't get a driving license without being able to do so.

It's easy to sit on a motorcycle , turn the throttle and go. People need to learn to manoever their bike at very low speed. If they ride a bike at low speed with a fully released clutch, it's just a dropped bike waiting to happen. Gotta play with that clutch!

Thanks for all that you share i have been riding for over 30 years and i wish i had seen your videos 30 years ago thanks again

It’s my birthday tomorrow. I was planning to get my Fatboy out and take it for spin. Good tips and great material as usual.

Hello I must say , i find your videos very helpful ! I past my drivers test in october 2020 , and now im trying to become the best rider i can ! At 43 years of age ! Thank you for a great chanel Jessica from Sweden

Biggest rider mistake is thinking they can ride because they can go fast. Second biggest mistake is thinking they wouldn't benefit from a rider course like this. 100 percent respect for all these guys on this course. If you're going to do something wrong, this is the place to do it, not out on the road. Great video.

Thank you, Mr. M. Can't get enough of that MotorMan magic. Mrs. M. always adds some nice icing to the cake too.

Went on my first real ride today. Jerry helped my slow turns soooo much.

This looks pretty challenging, I need to head down to one of your classes one of these days.

I myself learned a lot from just watching your videos, but I went out to a big church parking lot and put the work in, I went to a motorcycle safety class No Cage's Harley Davidson,in Ohio was the best thing anyone could do,one main thing I really learned is point your nose where you want to be 👍up Motor Man

Awesome to see You do it on the V-Strom. I thought You were only riding cruisers. Nice vid.!

Keep in mind that popular roads such as The Tail of the Dragon are full of these riders. Most of which will proudly say "I've ridden for XX years". It's scary. We need stricter licensing restrictions.

Thank you.. I need to get out and practice more after watching this.

When people think I'm a professional,, I direct them to your channel☆, (daily.) I remember your words,,"anyone can ride straight forward",& where you look is where you go!,,I say these words often,lol,Thanks for sharing Tee-!☆,

Great advice and kudos to all those riders out there trying to improve. Lots of information to practice. Thanks for doing these insightful videos

Jerry, I really enjoy your commentary and professional critique about proper vs improper slow riding techniques. This helps me immensely in keeping in mind/visualizing the correct techniques when I’m practicing my slow speed maneuvers. Thanks again!

Class had a full menu of motorcycle types. Great to see the Kawasaki Vulcan new rider, execute with precision.

Love your content Jerry, I've been riding for over 40 years, but always get benefit from your vids. Never get anywhere near enough practice, but always think of your methods,

Nice work Motor Man, loving it.

I know how being afraid to lean feels, I had problems too. what worked for me was the instructor standing in the middle of an imaginary circle and I had to keep my eyes fixated on him while riding circles around him while simultaneously trying to continually make the circle smaller. That's when it all clicked for me and no more problems with leaning.

I'm a new rider with 1000km on the clock. Bought a Honda cb500x , couldn't be happier. Easy power delivery, and nice to handle. I do my parking lot practice every time I go ride.

This is really interesting Maybe because the yellow bike was tall he feared falling ? The best practice I have found is using your dvd drills on my bicycle first and then the motorcycle. It made it much easier for myself .

I always enjoy your videos I learned a lot from you thank you so much

great video Jerry that was great can't wait until spring to get my bikes out and do some of the exercises you have learned me thanks take care ride safe

Excellent! The voiceover videos are the best.

Thx to you and the students Motorman...very informative to us out here in KZfaq land...

A true enjoyable and knowledgeable video, not easy as it seems in the beginning.

Thanks for a great video. Very helpful 👍👍

Welcome back, Donna!! Thanks for the tips, Motorman!

Great video Jerry as always. how i wish i could attend your classes unfortunately a little to far out for me I'm over in Alderney in the Channel Islands but learning a real lot just the same from you so many thanks for that.

Motorman is the best instructor for motorcycles. Learned a lot from him over the years

first time i have seen your channel, very interesting to watch. thanks for posting.

It would be nice to have one of your classes near Cleveland. Always learn something from each of your videos.

I always learn something from watching your videos! I am a new rider, learned to ride on my current bike, vulcan 2000.

Jerry I haven't been close enough to take a class yet but I will one day. You really have saved life's with these videos. You've helped me mor than you know already. Thank you !!

Jerry, when we train for slow techniques using circles (your Snowman exercise, for example) or the one you have in this video, we aim to get the front tyre to go as close as possible to the cones in the circle. Sometimes, given plenty of room, riders just do whatever they feel comfortable with. They enter the circle, look for the exit, and get out, giving most of the cones a wide berth, and without completing a decent circle or figure-eight. It seems to defeat the purpose of the exercise. Great video. We watch your videos at least twice, pausing a lot to discuss. Oh, and hello from Australia.

1 milion dollar insurance on wife Loved it 😄

Crazy that this is an advanced course and these guys already have their license.

Keep these tips coming Jerry!

Just completed the basic course at 62 years-old to freshen skills that had perished over time. Corrected some bad habits and placed head movement back at the priority it belonged.

Excellent video MM!

Great channel ! Just like you said.... where you look is where you go.

Really informative...Thanks!!

love, love, love your commentary. Raw but Real!!! LOLOL!

I love these riding classes, it’s amazing how many Experienced riders have a hard time with the stuff. Some newer riders tend to do better, I think it’s because they come into it knowing they don’t know it all. With some of the experienced guys think I know everything because they’ve been riding for years.

Great video always

Lot of these guys should try riding a 300 sport bike for the first time, or to brush up. They are so much more nimble and much slower at idle. This could maybe help them see what they are doing wrong by getting back on their bigger bikes as a comparison.

Got an advanced skills course booked for this summer, been riding dirt for a number of years and switched to street 2 years ago. Really want to push my skills as Im confident I could clear these exercises. Love the last bit, easier to learn on a smaller bike rather then a big bike!

I watch all of your video that are training related. As a RiderCoach I think this is one of your best yet, narrative wise. Keep it. Scott

Hopefully interesting fact for all fellow riders. You won't even get your driving license if you cannot perform these types of maneuvers here in CZ Europe.

Thanks for your video.

Great footage !!! Great commentary !!! GREAT TEACHING MATERIAL !!!! THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!

Love your channel!

After not riding for over 10 years I had problems in the parking lot. I ride sport bikes, my biggest problem was being too tense in the bars. I wouldn't let the bars turn enough to lean. Got back into the swing of things quickly and within a summer went from a 600 to a zx14. Bike I used to ride was a Gsxr1100 so I wanted the size and torque back lol. I will say this, I was happy I restarted riding on a smaller bike. Great class from the looks of it.

"Unfortunately, it didn't really work." LOL! I love your videos. Informative AND entertaining. I wish you held classes in Central Texas, because I'd sign up for one. It's always good to brush up on your skills.

One of the first tips given me when I was training to operate a police bicycle (yup, bicycle) was "LOOK where you want to go." It worked every time, even on a 90 degree turn in the space of 18 inches.

These riders remind me of when I started- I kept looking where I was at instead of where I wanted to go...I guess most new riders have that driving a car thought and seeing where they're at and where the car is, than where it wants to go. So, I guess that's the habit to break and understanding it's not a car.

That was an excellent instructional video!

Thank you for your videos...

I have not ridden in years. Had a very early Goldwing. Recently bought a Suzuki Boulevard but it is ice and snow so giving it tires and brakes and oil change, etc. Watching your videos over and over. This is all gravel roads here but there is a nearby paved parking lot I intend to practice tight turning right and left because this a new bike to me and I am rusty. Thanks for this help plus it keeps me encouraged for the upcoming Spring riding.

Great stuff!!!

Great class, I learned a lot and feel much more confident now.

This is why in the UK we have a slow manoeuvre module one test in the uk for (big bikes) which the practice involves persistent practicing then a final examination of cone weaving, figure of eights, u-turns well within 25 feet with correct head turns and shoulder checks, very slow crawl clutch control without losing balance, high speed hazard swerve, high speed emergency stop, controlled stop front tyre to stop inside a small box of cones and correct manual handling and manoeuvring of the bike while physically off the bike. Then we have the module two which is your riding and road-craft, only by passing those modules can you gain your motorcycle license. Slow speed and tight manoeuvre on a vstrom 1000 is very easy especially with the assisted throttle clutch. I can imagine though the height of the bike and slight top heavy feeling can make some shorter people nervous to lean the bike at lower speeds even though it will spin on a dime. Figure of eights and 180 u-turns within 25 feet ideally 20 feet are really good practice along with learning good and bad target fixation and directing travel ie Pro: looking and commitment of where you want to be and Con: The paradox of looking and panicking about where you don’t want be and ending up there or wide etc.

I am able to do tight u turns after looking were I wanted to go but just as important was having good feel/control over the clutch/throttle to the point where I know I can look/lean the bike while maintaining sufficient speed to keep the bike from falling.

After watching this channel and MCRider and PRACTICING I can easily ace this stuff. That is why I KEEP PRACTICING REGULARLY. 10 minutes at the closed school parking lot before I head into the mountains keeps me sharp and I never stop learning. Be a better, safer rider and improve your skills and strategies, PRACTICE.

Excellent slow mo vid to see what is actually happening. 😎👍🇨🇦

Still snowed in here in New York, waiting on warmer weather and sunshine to melt snow and ice. Will need parking lot practice to start the riding season.

Never been big on Harleys. Always been a Honda XR type. But watching these vids is making me look hard at a FLHTP as my next ride 🤔👍

I seem to be able to make better tight U turns when turning to the left. I find it more difficult to manipulate the clutch and keeping it in the friction zone when my clutch arm is extended. Living in the UK and driving on the left this can be a problem because most U turns are to the right. I enjoy practicing in the local car park and gradually I'm getting better. Watching your vids I always pick up useful techniques.

The guys that are nervous are actually the bravest. They are trying to overcome their fears.

This program literally saved my life...

Yup, I want to be able to this with ease, I better get practicing!!!

Ah... As a new rider. Glad I bought a lighter bike. And I'm subbing to all tutorial videos that I could find. Thanks for this.

Great video

Useful thanks

In the Netherlands, and I figure some other countries too you have to turn in 20 feet as part of your drivers license skills. These guys wouldn't be allowed riding if it was there

I was lane sharing, then tucked in between 2 cars, check my mirror for my buddy that had fallen back (so he can catch up)... car brake checks me, my bars weren't straight, front brake, and I hit the deck in a blink. More embarrassed than anything, but your lesson is absolutely correct.

Great review of the class! I was impressed when taking the course how willing you were to provide extra work off from the main group for those struggling. For those wounding if this course is worth it over the DVD's; I personally think Jerry, Donna, & Joe each give different tidbits to help in different ways and that was worth going through the course live. I also am looking forward to going through the DVD's & practicing more to hone the skills that were taught. Well worth the money!

great video for us beginners...no matter how old we are..hahaha...thankyou!

Hold on hold on, these people rode their OWN bikes to the class ?! Some of these people should NOT have a license yet ! Or did they ?!

Florida is fun place to ride!

I love these cones. They used flat tiny ones for our course in ny.

Great video and for me very educational. Mondag i will have my first lesson

To be honest, it''s kind of "sad" to see this called the "advanced training class". This should be one of the things you should known and learn before even getting your license. Well, I'm glad we have a pretty hard course and 3 exams (1 theoretical and 2 practicals) here in the Netherlands. You fail one, you don't get your license and you can go and take more lessons before re-taking the exam.

Nice ....

I ride what is often called a chopper. I refer to it as a long bike. These techniques work on her as well.

Passed my endorsement with flying colors thanks to you and a few other youtubers. I really appreciate everything you do for riders. My big tip is get familiar with your bike how it handles at very slow speeds as well as road speeds (do this somewhere safe and legal obviously), and LISTEN TO THE INSTRUCTOR, like really listen.

I dont understand how people are that scared to lean. When I first had strugglin with leaning, I used my dad's bicycle snd practiced aggressively. Went back on the motorcycle and I was perfect at that. And not to mention my car racing experience for 13 years. Helped me tremendously with throttle control, shifting, and clutch control and braking skills. I was a master after that

I dunno Jerry. I see basic riding skills here. My idea of advanced riding skills are like, max lean angle at min speed, U-turn on a hill (fore&aft as well as side slope) dealing with immediate road hazards at speed like surprise pot holes and debris. To name but a few. Not knocking your skill as a rider or a teacher (highest regards and respect), just your definition of the word "advanced".

i use a dirt soccer field (no empty parking lots)...have to negotiate the weeds, rocks