There’s a channel called MotoClips UK. It’s a catalogue of what not to do. 80% of clips are of horrific riders and awful choices. They’re usually followed up by a slew of abuse, arguments and gesticulations, too.
Top video. When the gravel clip came up, my immediate thought was “get everything sorted before you start the turn”. Make sure you’re in the right gear, indicator on, brakes on, get ready for observations just before you turn. Making adjustments through turns will upset the bike. Looks like we had a case of target fixation, too. Rule number 1 on a bike is: Regardless of who has priority, you lose in a fight.
Also, the road you want will not evaporate if you miss it. Abort a badly set up turn, go straight, turn around properly, and come back. See that a lot with cars cutting across lanes in dash cam videos.
@@skoorchignat I usually do what the Yamaha rider did. Braking, no swerving, then continue my riding, no need to honk, yell, nor rev in anger. If I am shocked after a close call, I stop by the road side, wait for a minute to calm down, then proceed the journey with a clear mind.
I think this rider at least tried to do something which resulted in reducing the damage: slowing down. I see many riders turn without slowing down. I admit I sometimes do that ✋ And after this video, I will try not to do that again😅
It's really stupid to ride there. But also, in my country, car drivers are educated to make a shoulder glance before switching directions. It's a very important part of driving a car in full sight and being aware of your surrounding. So there is a little reason to be pissed on car drivers, if they never check the blind spot.
@elanazoro I remember the school lesson about it here in the US but man it feels like I can count on one hand I've seen it be done while riding. A skill people forget or take advantage of blind spot monitoring to be lazy.
You can ride right next to someone 3 lanes over, they pull up on a Sunday afternoon with no traffic, look you in the eye, and they still merge right into you. These people are NPCs.
True to an extent, but that car did not blink. I wonder just how many accidents would be avoided on the roads if people used their blinkers properly. Everybody’s gonna forget from time to time, but there’s obviously a lot of drivers who forget most of the time.
Thanks for the video! A long time ago someone told me "in a motorcycle crash, it doesn't matter who's fault it is, the one who's getting hurt is always you". And I like your explaining here. Always try to avoid accidents. Don't stand your ground. Just survive to ride another day.
Love your reviews! My folly: country 2-lane empty road....missed my turn, so continued to next turn onto dirt road, executed a magnificently controlled U-turn and slowly rolled up to a stop sign and stopped to revel in my skill.....placing my foot down, not fully realizing I was at the bottom of an upward slope, my foot simply contacted free air and the Concours followed my foot all the way down! A friendly passerby assisted with getting upright again. 😂
Same thing happened to me. I stopped to see if there was a problem with a one ton farm wife's truck parked in the middle of the road right next to a major intersection out in the 'country'. Another farm woman was standing on the road and leaning into the cab as the two women were discussing whatever women discuss when parked in the middle of a road right next to an intersection from one secondary hwy onto another one. I stopped on the left side because there was no other place to go. I put my foot down, expecting contact with the ground as I was looking to the right and wondering WTF? is wrong with these women or perhaps there is a problem. Anyway, there was no ground to contact and my bike began to tip over and I was helpless to keep it upright. The entire weight of the 500 pound bike came to rest on top of my left foot via the left foot peg. Good thing I wear gear and good quality boots. However, two years later I still have pain in my left foot exactly where the peg made contact. My doctor told me the foot was not broken but I suspect there is nerve damage. Lesson learned: Always look where you put your foot down and where you kick stand is going to go. Another lesson learned: Do not trust truck or car drivers. Expect them all to be deaf, dumb, blind and total morons. Ride Safe you all and thanks for this presentation.
This may seem silly, but I spent years riding a bicycle before I had a motorbike. Those years taught me that falling is painful as well as many techniques to avoid falling or to avoid a painful fall. Yes, motorbikes are bigger and heavier, but many techniques are the same.
Acting like you've invented the wheel here. Nobody misses that similarity, but I don't feel bicycles learned me all that much about motorcycle riding. You can ride a bicycle without mastering countersteering at all, try this on a motorbike and it will get you killed.
@@myrdhina You’ve obviously never ridden a bicycle above single digit speeds. It’s okay, I understand, not every motorcyclist is physically fit enough to get a bicycle above 9 mph, that’s why you rely on a motor rather than pedaling. I suggest you borrow your little brother’s bicycle and ride it down a steep hill with a curve. Then you’ll realize that you don’t know what you’re talking about. The main difference in countersteering a bicycle is that most people don’t realize they do it because bicycles are ridden slower than motorcycles so they lean and countersteer much more subtly.
Great analysis. Too many riders think they are strong and mighty, however on a bike you are weak and vulnerable. Your only pro's are agility and speed (of breaking). A defensive riding approach is a must to survive.
11:10 I was taught to overtake or don't overtake but never sit in a lane next to another vehicle. Hang back until you have space in front to complete the move in one go. If you don't have power in the bike to get clear, (looks like a lower power bike here) then just stay back. I would never sit next to a car like this.
Thank you sir, may I have another? I watch motorcycle crash videos to try to learn and figure out what I would have done differently but having you do it is even better. Hope you will continue with this.
Great explanation of what exactly happened and how to avoid mistakes. It is one thing to see these crash videos and try and figure out yourself. Your explanation of why it happened is great.
Please do more of these. Ive been watching a lot of motostars and as a brand new rider, i'm not always sure what the rider did wrong. It's REALLY helpful to get good explanations this early on in my riding career so I don't make the the same mistakes. Your videos have been super helpful so far. Thanks!
Motostars isn't good learning for a new rider. Most of the clips involve dumb, drama queen bikers who caused their own problems (or failed to see an obvious developing hazard). Then we get the mirror smashing & rev bombing tantrums. Watch Moto Control or Dan Dan Fireman for useful advice. Good luck with your new bike!
@@stevewalker2028 thanks for the advise. There is a lot of cringe behaviour in the videos and I want to keep far away from it, hopefully being more like the Yamaha guy! 😀
Very good instructions and I m glad this channel exist. I recommend it to many riders I know, especially the younger and newer riders. Like you said in one of your videos: learn of others their mistakes. But also learn from those who know it better, like listening to a sensei😊: he went before you on the path. I am riding since the 80’s and I m still alive, so are my 2 friends and we are hitting the apex of 60. That means we learned a lot by experience and by listening to others. We had no schools, there were no instructors… So use that knowledge! I lost 5 friends in crashes😢. Big advice: open your eyes, anticipate. Leave your ego home and your emotions, like the Yamaha person and know, you still learn every day. The only ones who are close to perfect are people like Valentino and co. To get there is a ver long and painful learning curve with hundreds of crashes. Every year there are 164.000 crashes in al devisions together! Did anyone ever see Valentino Rossi brag about his skills? Gentle, calm, friendly…And above all: courageous, which means the night before a race , beeing nervous and a little afraid, but having the balls to overcome. Those are examples, I think.
This is the best technical instructional channel for motorcyclists on YT by a long way. I've been riding over 40 years and I still learn from this channel. I also like Ryan F9 for the style, humour and info but for pure knowledge and motorcycle physics, this is where it's at, no doubt in my mind.
I'm also what people may call a seasoned rider (30 years of motorcycling) and just like you I'm always learning from Andrey's videos. I also (again, just like you) appreciate Andrey's sense of humor as much as I do when watching Ryan F9. Two of the best motorcycling channels here in YT. Mr. Darcy and Ol'Man's channel displays good moments of irony asperse on their clever texts as well. All the best from Brazil, ride safe mate. ✌
Contrary to what they say, even an old dog can learn new tricks. Every rider develops bad habits and seeing them in others exposes our bad habits to ourselves. Every rider who takes safety seriously should constantly reinforce and add to their existing knowledge.
Agree to all you say in this video. Also, for the first guy, I think this is about the path he selected to go. He might have gained some lean angle (wider turn, less lean angle) if he had initiated the turn a bit later and a bit more to the right. Look at the guy behind him who is filming. He is actually turning more to the right to fulfill the previous turn more before initiating the next turn farther to the right. I think the problem for the guy crashing already started in the previous turn that he should have initiated later and farther to the left and also enden farther to the right to prepare for the curve he failed in. My two cents!
Ride according to the road and visibility. Too fast into a turn means heavy leaning at the worse moment, too fast in general is simply asking for it. Ask me how I know :D
At 60 years old I am planning to get back into riding now now children are getting older. Your explanations are precise and to the point; this most useful tips I have found on UA-cam so far.
In Carno42's case he lingered too long in the right car's blind spot. I would usually stick to the left side of the car so that he sees me in the mirror or if not I can easily just split lane once he merges to the left.
If you look at it again you will notice that it was a brief moment where the rider moved across to get a look at the traffic ahead. For the rider the bike would have disappeared into a blindspot. It may be an unpopular opinion but this is the precise situation where an exhaust that's louder than a sewing machine would have prevented an incident.
@@MrBCRC Doubt it, the sound would be coming from the back into a reasonably soundproofed car, also probably the radio is on / the driver is chatting with passengers / driver is on their phone / has hearing problems...). Better assume noone can hear you. I ride but I also have a car and very rarely hear any "loud pipes". Mostly annoying the pedestrians or revving at traffic lights (that one's really usefull isn't it ...).
@@MrBCRC Yes, it appears that you might be correct, the rider briefly moved left to possibly peek at traffic ahead; however, he did that while approaching parallel to the vehicle in the left lane, which made him invisible. Yes, loud pipes might’ve helped, but not making that mistake would’ve definitely helped. He lingered too long in their blind spot. In my opinion, loud pipes are mostly a crutch for bad riders, and they’re also an excuse for attention-seeking behavior. Funnily enough, while loud pipes might cause others to hear that a rider is nearby, they also reduce the ability of riders to hear surrounding traffic noises such as horns, screeching tires, impacts, etc.
Although most debris finally ends up in a section of the road which is not regulary used (otherwise someone would again bump into it, which does not happen in an unused part of the road). So avoiding a highway gore or uninterrupted lines is a good idea to reduce this risk.
So glad you are making these videos. I hate all the videos floating around of the road rage against "cagers" who want to kill us. It's all so ridiculous and if you ride you will run into these things all the time. We as riders must be skilled and aware It's just the deal end of story.
What a fantastic, extremely pleasant young man. He explains and illustrates in a calm, simple, and humorous manner. So much more realistic and natural than our American 'friends'.
Your comments are excellent. Drama queen motorcycle riders are so annoying, "you tried to kill me!" It's our job to save our own skin. So many accidents could be prevented by breaking, so many riders under-break. But never add lean angle while accelerating. In track schools they will give you a stern talking to for that. Here in California it's legal to lane split but you should only be going 10 mph over the speed of traffic, and only if traffic is moving slowly or stopped.
Andre has the best reactions!!! When you practice motocontrol!!! You can’t become incompetent rider!!! For the best rider will always practice motocontrol
It is good to see someone who knows car drivers perspective explain the situations. I am also a car driver and I even check the pavement RARELY for the bikes before turning right that can jump on me from the pavement to the road. I try to check most of the time when I can remember there can be a motorcycle that can try to pass me from my right shoulder even though I have my right blinker on for several seconds. But it is hard to see even when you check the mirror and easy to forgot to check right mirror - which we do not have to in our country because lane splitting is not allowed - while turning right when I have 30 cm between me and the pavement. Riding on right shoulder or riding on blind spots with a motorcycle is dangerous even when the car driver is experienced and cautious/careful. It is like motorcycles pop out of nowhere when they go faster than the ongoing traffic, like they have been teleported and there were no trace of a motorcycle that pass me on my right shoulder when I check my mirror a second ago.
I'm new to moto riding (one month!) Watching these videos I kept saying out loud (like anyone could hear me 😂) "Dude is way too fast" or "Um, this looks like a bad idea." I've learned so much from you, thank you thank you thank you.
I’m glad you reviewed this video. I find myself watching these videos yelling at the screen because these idiots don’t know how to ride. It’s ok to be a new rider but ride accordingly. These IDIOTS give all bikers a bad name and are the reason people talk about how “Dangerous” motorcycles are.
Completely agree about that Civic driver. And he/she might even have been trying to be considerate to any lane-splitting bikers. Might have been moving to the right to leave extra space for lane splitting. Anyway, whatever the Civic driver was doing, they clearly weren't deliberately trying to get in this rider's way. Great video, as always.
I am so sorry, but that was not a blind spot. Now if you talk about being in the blind spot of visible bad driver, that I can agree on. And by that I mean, the side mirrors of this car were mostly there to look the paint of the car, not for traffic, when I decided to ride motorcycle, my brother (he is a lot into cars) told me if I see that, to be aware those people just don't look to their sides. However, it is not really a blind spot of the car. Proper position of your side mirrors will cover all the area that you can't check with eyes on your side.
A lot of riders have this assumption that car drivers should be looking out for them at all times. Yeah, no. As a long time car driver and a recent motorcycle rider, thank you for calling out on this attitude. Unless you live somewhere in Asia/Africa/South America, cars make like 99.9% of the traffic on the roads. No car driver is ever looking out for you because they simply don't encounter you on the road most of the time. Not to mention that until I got my motorcycle training I had no clue how different riding is to driving - controls, braking, cornering, behavior on the road.. it was a very humbling experience for me who though "if I can drive a car and operate a plethora of different kind of machinery, a puny motorcycle should be child play" boy, was I wrong. I can assure you most drivers don't have a clue either. In addition, cars keep getting bigger and with bigger blind spots. As a result any sort of ridding style that is not defensive and not with the assumption that you're invisible to most of the traffic is going to result with you eventually being involved in a crash even if you weren't technically at fault. Personally I'd rather be the guy at 5:00 who goes about his day after a near miss, than to stand my ground risking getting involved in a crash just to prove someone else wasn't paying enough attention.
Yes, but at the same time, might get him in trouble if the riders decide to sue him about being mocked publicly. That happened several times to ddfm and I think that's what made him give up on his channel.
@@andrechagas4549 I wouldn't call it mocking because they are only being used for instructional purposes. Also, those riders initially submitted the videos to whatever channel first showed them so I'm guessing they gave up a lot of their sueing ability because of the voluntary submission aspect.
@@andrechagas4549 I wouldn't call it mocking because they are only being used for instructional purposes. Also, those riders initially submitted the videos to whatever channel first showed them so I'm guessing they gave up a lot of their sueing ability because of the voluntary submission aspect.
очень важный и интересный формат. смотрю много мотостарс, мотоюниверс, дёртбайклунатик, мотокраштв - расшифровка таких видео отлично дополняет тему твоего канала.
Love this video! Your humor is great, you clearly have a good grasp not only on biking but also driving skills in general. So many bikers (especially new and inexperienced riders which almost all tend to be sport bike riders) so often don't realize that so many of the mistakes on the road that result in crashes are a result of their own mistakes, and they try to blame others for them. Nice to see someone calling them out.
The first guy gave up on trail braking too early. You can see his light come off. The front unloaded, followed by a premature abrupt acceleration. You are asking too much of the rear wheel. Body position could've helped a lot, even your head weight alone could make a difference. Kiss the left mirror, this will remove a couple of crucial degrees of your lean angle.
Overtaking on right side if you have right-hand traffic and less than three lanes on same direction is forbidden in many countries. I would say that overtaking by right lane is improper most of times.
Good job pointing out those bad riders and mistakes. I am fed up with seeing moto channels showing off "bad drivers", and seeing angry motorcyclists flip off, swear etc. others, when they themselves have 50% of the blame. Aggressive riding and lane splitting do not cope well with the lack of visibility riders need to face. I mean, you can do so, but at your own risk. At least don't make a big deal out of it. And yes, I am currently learning to ride a motorcycle as well. I hope I'll never make such bad decisions.
Super helpful as a new rider, learning from the mistakes of others. My 86 y/o mothers says, “Some people can learn from the mistakes of others and some people must feel”. Feel the crash!
For the first one I don't think he initially scraped, he put on a lot of throttle (you can see the bike suspension jerk as he comes off the brakes and throttles) and the rear tire started to walk out increasing his lean, then scraped and wiped out. If he had been smoother on the throttle he probably would have made the turn (his friend did). Second one was going a lot faster than the rest of traffic, so even if the truck driver saw him (which he may have), the truck driver would have had enough space to make the merge assuming the motorcyclist was going similar speeds. Aside from being vampires, even if you are seen in a mirror, it is very tough to gauge how fast a motorcycle is going. Also what is it with sport bike riders and rev bombing. I cannot count how many riders fail to ride their bikes because they are too busy rev bombing. Forth one made an illegal change of lane over a double yellow from an HOV lane which did not help, he should have waited till the lane allowed for shifting lanes. Always pays to look for debris on the road. Fifth one definitely did not brake sufficiently and took the corner late Sixth one, I remember driving a car in California, and having to deal with motorcyclists lane splitting at much higher speeds than traffic was going. Traffic crawling and some idiot blasting by doing 50+mph. Seventh one, not sure why he drifted from the right blocking position to the left (and slowed down for some reason), but he definitely put himself in a blind spot by doing that. Still that other driver should definitely have shoulder checked. As a motorcyclist I would never ever hang around in a car's blind spot for more than a second or 2. Eight one, I doubt the civic even saw him, it looked like he was changing lanes. Also what that motorcyclist was doing is illegal in all of North America, he was riding on the shoulder/lane sharing, not lane splitting, as there is no second lane to the right of him. Don't think you missed anything, good comments :)
Seventh one was getting a look far ahead at the traffic up ahead and while maintaining safe distance from car in front. Reaction was standard Australian response so no drama there ;-) Cannot look ahead and sideways at the same time. Civic was doing similar. Getting a good look ahead to assess how much traffic there was ahead.
Very appropriate notices. God bless you, guys. Please add more new content about riding mistakes and considerable analysis for new bike riders. Hope to see again
On 3:00 I don't know about other country but in France and most of european country, you're not supposed to go faster than your left lane or else it's an illegal overtake from the right, so the bike was wrong from the start since he wasn't supposed to got that fast.
You produce great video tutorials, and I always enjoy watching them. I've been riding for 32 years, and when riding I ALWAYS assume that people driving cars, trucks, and buses are deaf, stupid, unaware of their surroundings and problably using their phones or navigation. And at least 10% are under the influence of alcohol or drugs. We, as bikers, are responsible for our own safety. Look ahead for quickly changing traffic conditions and when in doubt, brake and be ready to react. And above all, don't ride like an idiot, which was apparent in the filtering and passing on the left videos. I only saw one rider doing a head check over his shoulder, and he unfortunately missed seeing the battery in the road. Keep up the super content!
Awesome video, I'm glad you took this route, haven't checked your recent videos as I subscribed a week or two ago, but very good analyses. Hope you are still doing them, and best of luck to your amazing channel!
Glad to see someone properly dissecting the mistakes made in these examples. There was another channel that used to do this kind of thing, but now it's just devolved into clickbait nonsense.
love your videos as you seem to talk from common sense and not blame it everyone who 'hates bike riders'. i have been riding for 40 years and one accident at age 18 was my fault like some of these in the video. while sitting at home with a broken leg, it just became common sense on how to avoid crashes and cars doing what cars do. but as we say, common sense isnt all that common.
I love your down to earth and logical approach. So many riders arte the cause of their own accidents. It's unbelievable. The one where they try and stand "their" ground against a merging car always has me laughing. Good luck with that ;)
#2 was not riding defensively and the truck driver realised his mistake and was trying to let him pass. Last I looked, motorcycles have brakes. You also have to evaluate conditions and look further ahead than in a car, while maintaining awareness of close traffic. It becomes instinctive after a while.
The second rider with the truck had a protest mentality. He was so busy protesting, he couldn't focus on what he was doing. Protesting makes you lose focus.
Gravel section reminded me a moment when I almost crashed. I was going relatively fast before the turn on a little downhill, planning to slow down just before turning right, on a 2 opposite lanes road, and suddenly discovered that about 2 sq. meters of asphalt have been removed and replaced with sand & gravel (probably repaired some pipe underground). I had to pause braking & turning for a second in order to safely pass that gravel area, and then reapplied brakes & turned, almost crashing in a car waiting on red light in opposite lane. I am a beginner rider, so consider myself lucky for that moment. For the "unexpected" car maneuvers - in my city, you can have 10 like events this every minute, so need to be prepared (many ignore to use turn lights, and some ignore mirrors as well). I learned it from driving cars, long before motorbike, so this "predictivity skill" helps me to compensate for the lack of experienced rider skills.
Another great vid. Surprised there was no mention of car drivers ignoring the blind spots in their mirrors - which I'm sure is the reason why cars so often merge into a lane when a bike is already there. I try to stay out of their blind spots - and remember that my bike mirrors also have blind spots.
We need more videos like this, explaining how to behave in traffic! Motorcyclists may dare to do more than car drivers but we all have our limits! Thank you for the video and the analysis!
I would suggest for the first guy, it would also be his turn into that corner. Treats it almost like a chicane, but he should have followed the right portion of the corner and steered much later into the corner which would have made the turn much easier to navigate with much less angle. Also agree with you that he could have adjusted his body position toward the corner which would have easily kept his bike more upright.
When in another lane, be just ahead or just behind in steady moving traffic if not filtering. Just ahead allows them to see you. Just behind allows both the rider and driver to see each other in the wing mirrors. By being at the side, you're in the drivers blind spot
I've been on both sides of that merging situation, I can say from the cars perspective, they didn't see the bike because they were riding in the blind spot for quite a while, and from the bikes perspective I've had people pull in front of me while I was moving a bit faster than traffic but never had the riding in someone's blind spot happen to me, I've learned at a young age to look in the mirrors of vehicles ahead of me to see if the person driving is really driving or just sitting in a car moving up the roadway! Tickle of advice there look in your mirrors but also look in other people's mirrors!
min 11, another good suggestion there, don't move with the same speed as cars especially on multi lanes as you can be constantly on blind spot for some cars. Understand when you are in blind spot and get out either by throttle or break
7:20 i wouldn't say that you can't avoid these type of accidents. He would increase his chances to not crash by using correctly positioned and adjusted mirrors instead of the head check. You can check the mirror briefly and still partially look front of you. It was small object on the road but maybe he would spot it if he didn't lose focus from using the head check
Great video! I'd love to see more of these. This is like the dan dan videos of old, before it was full of promotions. Btw, this is probably the best motorcycle techniques channel in youtube. keep up the good work.
Agree with your analysis of the Honda Civic while filtering, always activates my danger sense when I see riders filtering on the outside of the slow lane. Sometimes it's appropriate but cars will see you a lot easier if you go down the middle
i wish i had a video of my motorcycle accident for you to review man. It went something like this: time-23:00. Starting in the right lane, approaching intersection/green light. Right lane begins to come to stop, so i merge into the middle lane, which begins to slow down as traffic hasnt started moving yet in the middle lane (distracted driver or something, i could see the still car ahead of the jeep in front of me.). I go to merge into the left lane, when i notice at the very last second there is a black car with no headlights on in that lane, right where im aiming. I go to swerve, shooting for the gap inbetween the black car and the jeep in front of me, but my front wheel clips the jeeps giant tire, ended up launching myself and the black car swerved around me and fled the scene. One definite mistake i can call myself out on is not slowing down more than i was. ofc i was eased onto the brakes because things were slowing down for the most part, but i was still going a good deal faster than everyone else because from my view i had an opening. Said opening closed very quickly, and blindly (black car, no headlights lol). looking back on it if i was going even a little slower i would have had time to match speeds with the jeep in front of me and just let the black car pass before double checking the lane again and overtaking. ironically enough i was on an instagram live when i did it but i was too concerned with making sure i wasnt too messed up to remember to actually save the live. Thankfully, i rolled. so i walked away with a deep chunk in my elbow where the roll stopped, and some minor road rash on my forearms and stuff. (needless too say, very, very, VERY lucky). Also i wanna say my speed was around 40 mph when i made contact with the jeep. anyway...just wanted to share this in hopes someone can pick something up from it. i know i have, and im also about to pick up a great deal in motorcycle repair...cause im fixin her, and then hitting the road again :)
Watching you tell all this makes me realize I'm a much better driver than I gave myself credit for. Before I rode I watched hundreds of crash videos and each one I would identify the cause. Every morning I left for work I would pray and remind myself. I'm going to work. The goal is to come home at the end of the day. I had many close calls. By far the worst was as follows. I was behind one of those electric utility trucks with a man lift. On the tailgate (which was a large platform you could stand on or work at) they had left a lar metal tool box. It was bouncing around and I thought there's a major bump coming up in about a mile. I moved to the slow lane to take my exit and avoid the pending hazard. Sure enough the bump launched this tool box all over the road. Probably 40 lbs of tools spread out on the road next to me. Including a large metal box. That's why I say situational awareness and predictive behavior are essential survival skills out there, as important as staying calm.
I try to avoid watching crash videos as I find that many of them are posted for sensational effect vs educational opportunities. In addition, it is often a series of events that can lead to the crash vs just one mistake. Your analysis, on the other hand, points to very common rider errors being pointed out which serve as reminders to all of us. Also, you have adopted a riding philosophy that I think is the way all bikers should ride. That is, we can’t control the other guys behaviour, but we can control our own regardless of who is “in the right. “. Being dead right still leaves you dead. Lol
Great video. On the pre-last video (one before the last, sorry for my English) you did not mention that a car driver simply do not see the motorcycle in the mirrors. And this could be avoided by the rider as well 😊
"That was no an accident. The way he rides, that was his destiny." 🤣
I'm going to use that line. Thanks for the laughs.
Yep.
I’m stealing that one too. 😎
Thank you for calling out these riders who have poor control and choices.
There’s a channel called MotoClips UK. It’s a catalogue of what not to do. 80% of clips are of horrific riders and awful choices. They’re usually followed up by a slew of abuse, arguments and gesticulations, too.
Agreed they make all the other riders look bad.
Top video. When the gravel clip came up, my immediate thought was “get everything sorted before you start the turn”. Make sure you’re in the right gear, indicator on, brakes on, get ready for observations just before you turn. Making adjustments through turns will upset the bike. Looks like we had a case of target fixation, too.
Rule number 1 on a bike is: Regardless of who has priority, you lose in a fight.
Yamaha guy strategy
Also, the road you want will not evaporate if you miss it. Abort a badly set up turn, go straight, turn around properly, and come back. See that a lot with cars cutting across lanes in dash cam videos.
@@skoorchignat I usually do what the Yamaha rider did. Braking, no swerving, then continue my riding, no need to honk, yell, nor rev in anger.
If I am shocked after a close call, I stop by the road side, wait for a minute to calm down, then proceed the journey with a clear mind.
I think this rider at least tried to do something which resulted in reducing the damage: slowing down. I see many riders turn without slowing down. I admit I sometimes do that ✋ And after this video, I will try not to do that again😅
@@mikejankowski6321 BUT I WANNA TURN NOW
People ride in the blind spot and get pissed when someone merges into them -.-'
It's really stupid to ride there. But also, in my country, car drivers are educated to make a shoulder glance before switching directions. It's a very important part of driving a car in full sight and being aware of your surrounding. So there is a little reason to be pissed on car drivers, if they never check the blind spot.
@@ElenaZoro Oh i agree, but also positioning yourself where you can always be seen is really important.
@elanazoro I remember the school lesson about it here in the US but man it feels like I can count on one hand I've seen it be done while riding. A skill people forget or take advantage of blind spot monitoring to be lazy.
You can ride right next to someone 3 lanes over, they pull up on a Sunday afternoon with no traffic, look you in the eye, and they still merge right into you. These people are NPCs.
True to an extent, but that car did not blink. I wonder just how many accidents would be avoided on the roads if people used their blinkers properly. Everybody’s gonna forget from time to time, but there’s obviously a lot of drivers who forget most of the time.
Thanks for the video!
A long time ago someone told me "in a motorcycle crash, it doesn't matter who's fault it is, the one who's getting hurt is always you". And I like your explaining here. Always try to avoid accidents. Don't stand your ground. Just survive to ride another day.
Love your reviews! My folly: country 2-lane empty road....missed my turn, so continued to next turn onto dirt road, executed a magnificently controlled U-turn and slowly rolled up to a stop sign and stopped to revel in my skill.....placing my foot down, not fully realizing I was at the bottom of an upward slope, my foot simply contacted free air and the Concours followed my foot all the way down! A friendly passerby assisted with getting upright again. 😂
Same thing happened to me. I stopped to see if there was a problem with a one ton farm wife's truck parked in the middle of the road right next to a major intersection out in the 'country'. Another farm woman was standing on the road and leaning into the cab as the two women were discussing whatever women discuss when parked in the middle of a road right next to an intersection from one secondary hwy onto another one. I stopped on the left side because there was no other place to go. I put my foot down, expecting contact with the ground as I was looking to the right and wondering WTF? is wrong with these women or perhaps there is a problem. Anyway, there was no ground to contact and my bike began to tip over and I was helpless to keep it upright. The entire weight of the 500 pound bike came to rest on top of my left foot via the left foot peg. Good thing I wear gear and good quality boots. However, two years later I still have pain in my left foot exactly where the peg made contact. My doctor told me the foot was not broken but I suspect there is nerve damage. Lesson learned: Always look where you put your foot down and where you kick stand is going to go. Another lesson learned: Do not trust truck or car drivers. Expect them all to be deaf, dumb, blind and total morons. Ride Safe you all and thanks for this presentation.
This may seem silly, but I spent years riding a bicycle before I had a motorbike. Those years taught me that falling is painful as well as many techniques to avoid falling or to avoid a painful fall. Yes, motorbikes are bigger and heavier, but many techniques are the same.
Acting like you've invented the wheel here. Nobody misses that similarity, but I don't feel bicycles learned me all that much about motorcycle riding. You can ride a bicycle without mastering countersteering at all, try this on a motorbike and it will get you killed.
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You’ve obviously never ridden a bicycle above single digit speeds. It’s okay, I understand, not every motorcyclist is physically fit enough to get a bicycle above 9 mph, that’s why you rely on a motor rather than pedaling. I suggest you borrow your little brother’s bicycle and ride it down a steep hill with a curve. Then you’ll realize that you don’t know what you’re talking about. The main difference in countersteering a bicycle is that most people don’t realize they do it because bicycles are ridden slower than motorcycles so they lean and countersteer much more subtly.
Great analysis. Too many riders think they are strong and mighty, however on a bike you are weak and vulnerable. Your only pro's are agility and speed (of breaking). A defensive riding approach is a must to survive.
When in doubt, buy more time to decide by slowing down before next decision is forced too quickly.
This is a good channel
Even when it's clearly the cars fault, it's your responsibility to make sure you stay alive on the road.
I think you are pretty spot on.
For the shout lady: if you put yourself in the *blind* spot... don't expect to be seen!!!
My favourite: “It’s not even an accident… it’s more like.. destiny!!” 😂😂 brilliant!
More of this! Love your stuff. Your videos and courses helped me get my license and keep on learning. Thanks for sharing your knowlege.
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I was taught to overtake or don't overtake but never sit in a lane next to another vehicle.
Hang back until you have space in front to complete the move in one go. If you don't have power in the bike to get clear, (looks like a lower power bike here) then just stay back. I would never sit next to a car like this.
Thank you sir, may I have another? I watch motorcycle crash videos to try to learn and figure out what I would have done differently but having you do it is even better. Hope you will continue with this.
Much better than Dan the fireman🤙
Great explanation of what exactly happened and how to avoid mistakes. It is one thing to see these crash videos and try and figure out yourself. Your explanation of why it happened is great.
Please do more of these. Ive been watching a lot of motostars and as a brand new rider, i'm not always sure what the rider did wrong. It's REALLY helpful to get good explanations this early on in my riding career so I don't make the the same mistakes. Your videos have been super helpful so far. Thanks!
One big one : tires need to be warmed up. No hard riding on cold tires.
@@PartyChicken407 thank you for the tip, it's much appreciated 👍
Motostars isn't good learning for a new rider. Most of the clips involve dumb, drama queen bikers who caused their own problems (or failed to see an obvious developing hazard). Then we get the mirror smashing & rev bombing tantrums. Watch Moto Control or Dan Dan Fireman for useful advice. Good luck with your new bike!
@@stevewalker2028 I have learned so much from @DanDanTheFireman. He's advice is rock solid.
@@stevewalker2028 thanks for the advise. There is a lot of cringe behaviour in the videos and I want to keep far away from it, hopefully being more like the Yamaha guy! 😀
Very good instructions and I m glad this channel exist. I recommend it to many riders I know, especially the younger and newer riders. Like you said in one of your videos: learn of others their mistakes. But also learn from those who know it better, like listening to a sensei😊: he went before you on the path.
I am riding since the 80’s and I m still alive, so are my 2 friends and we are hitting the apex of 60. That means we learned a lot by experience and by listening to others. We had no schools, there were no instructors… So use that knowledge! I lost 5 friends in crashes😢.
Big advice: open your eyes, anticipate. Leave your ego home and your emotions, like the Yamaha person and know, you still learn every day.
The only ones who are close to perfect are people like Valentino and co.
To get there is a ver long and painful learning curve with hundreds of crashes. Every year there are 164.000 crashes in al devisions together!
Did anyone ever see Valentino Rossi brag about his skills?
Gentle, calm, friendly…And above all: courageous, which means the night before a race , beeing nervous and a little afraid, but having the balls to overcome.
Those are examples, I think.
This is the best technical instructional channel for motorcyclists on YT by a long way. I've been riding over 40 years and I still learn from this channel. I also like Ryan F9 for the style, humour and info but for pure knowledge and motorcycle physics, this is where it's at, no doubt in my mind.
I'm also what people may call a seasoned rider (30 years of motorcycling) and just like you I'm always learning from Andrey's videos. I also (again, just like you) appreciate Andrey's sense of humor as much as I do when watching Ryan F9. Two of the best motorcycling channels here in YT.
Mr. Darcy and Ol'Man's channel displays good moments of irony asperse on their clever texts as well.
All the best from Brazil, ride safe mate. ✌
Motojistu also gets a nod from me for being helpful.
Same here ... riding since 35 years ...✌
Contrary to what they say, even an old dog can learn new tricks. Every rider develops bad habits and seeing them in others exposes our bad habits to ourselves. Every rider who takes safety seriously should constantly reinforce and add to their existing knowledge.
Agree to all you say in this video. Also, for the first guy, I think this is about the path he selected to go. He might have gained some lean angle (wider turn, less lean angle) if he had initiated the turn a bit later and a bit more to the right. Look at the guy behind him who is filming. He is actually turning more to the right to fulfill the previous turn more before initiating the next turn farther to the right. I think the problem for the guy crashing already started in the previous turn that he should have initiated later and farther to the left and also enden farther to the right to prepare for the curve he failed in. My two cents!
Start wide, finish tight.
Ride according to the road and visibility. Too fast into a turn means heavy leaning at the worse moment, too fast in general is simply asking for it. Ask me how I know :D
At 60 years old I am planning to get back into riding now now children are getting older. Your explanations are precise and to the point; this most useful tips I have found on UA-cam so far.
We’re like vampires. Good one!
Wampires😉
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Lol, I was about to write the same thing. 😂
Your comments are clear and simple. Easy to understand. Thank you.
Keep it up man. Bought 2 of your courses and its been helping me a lot with the mt03!!!
In Carno42's case he lingered too long in the right car's blind spot. I would usually stick to the left side of the car so that he sees me in the mirror or if not I can easily just split lane once he merges to the left.
If you look at it again you will notice that it was a brief moment where the rider moved across to get a look at the traffic ahead. For the rider the bike would have disappeared into a blindspot.
It may be an unpopular opinion but this is the precise situation where an exhaust that's louder than a sewing machine would have prevented an incident.
@@MrBCRC Doubt it, the sound would be coming from the back into a reasonably soundproofed car, also probably the radio is on / the driver is chatting with passengers / driver is on their phone / has hearing problems...). Better assume noone can hear you. I ride but I also have a car and very rarely hear any "loud pipes". Mostly annoying the pedestrians or revving at traffic lights (that one's really usefull isn't it ...).
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Yes, it appears that you might be correct, the rider briefly moved left to possibly peek at traffic ahead; however, he did that while approaching parallel to the vehicle in the left lane, which made him invisible. Yes, loud pipes might’ve helped, but not making that mistake would’ve definitely helped. He lingered too long in their blind spot. In my opinion, loud pipes are mostly a crutch for bad riders, and they’re also an excuse for attention-seeking behavior. Funnily enough, while loud pipes might cause others to hear that a rider is nearby, they also reduce the ability of riders to hear surrounding traffic noises such as horns, screeching tires, impacts, etc.
I love motocontrol … the best rider videos ever!!!!
I believe that You are much more informative and thorough then most other motorcycle channels that do this type of content . Keep it up it’s awesome.
That battery gave me chills. I have seen so much debris on the road, including an entire sofa.
Although most debris finally ends up in a section of the road which is not regulary used (otherwise someone would again bump into it, which does not happen in an unused part of the road). So avoiding a highway gore or uninterrupted lines is a good idea to reduce this risk.
So glad you are making these videos. I hate all the videos floating around of the road rage against "cagers" who want to kill us. It's all so ridiculous and if you ride you will run into these things all the time. We as riders must be skilled and aware It's just the deal end of story.
What a fantastic, extremely pleasant young man. He explains and illustrates in a calm, simple, and humorous manner. So much more realistic and natural than our American 'friends'.
Glory to Ukraine.
Please stop using America’s internet and America’s UA-cam. Only America’s friends should use them, anybody else using them is a hypocrite. 🤡
Your comments are excellent. Drama queen motorcycle riders are so annoying, "you tried to kill me!" It's our job to save our own skin. So many accidents could be prevented by breaking, so many riders under-break. But never add lean angle while accelerating. In track schools they will give you a stern talking to for that. Here in California it's legal to lane split but you should only be going 10 mph over the speed of traffic, and only if traffic is moving slowly or stopped.
Andre has the best reactions!!! When you practice motocontrol!!! You can’t become incompetent rider!!! For the best rider will always practice motocontrol
It is good to see someone who knows car drivers perspective explain the situations. I am also a car driver and I even check the pavement RARELY for the bikes before turning right that can jump on me from the pavement to the road. I try to check most of the time when I can remember there can be a motorcycle that can try to pass me from my right shoulder even though I have my right blinker on for several seconds. But it is hard to see even when you check the mirror and easy to forgot to check right mirror - which we do not have to in our country because lane splitting is not allowed - while turning right when I have 30 cm between me and the pavement. Riding on right shoulder or riding on blind spots with a motorcycle is dangerous even when the car driver is experienced and cautious/careful. It is like motorcycles pop out of nowhere when they go faster than the ongoing traffic, like they have been teleported and there were no trace of a motorcycle that pass me on my right shoulder when I check my mirror a second ago.
I love your sense of humour, earns my subscription!
Very instructive reaction video! Much better than most other reaction videos!
Thank you, please more.
I'm new to moto riding (one month!) Watching these videos I kept saying out loud (like anyone could hear me 😂) "Dude is way too fast" or "Um, this looks like a bad idea." I've learned so much from you, thank you thank you thank you.
I’m glad you reviewed this video. I find myself watching these videos yelling at the screen because these idiots don’t know how to ride. It’s ok to be a new rider but ride accordingly. These IDIOTS give all bikers a bad name and are the reason people talk about how
“Dangerous” motorcycles are.
Never ever ride same speed on the side of cars. You either stay back or speed up front (to ensure the driver sees you)
Completely agree about that Civic driver. And he/she might even have been trying to be considerate to any lane-splitting bikers. Might have been moving to the right to leave extra space for lane splitting.
Anyway, whatever the Civic driver was doing, they clearly weren't deliberately trying to get in this rider's way.
Great video, as always.
One thing you didn't mention in the video starting at 11.00... it's a bit her fault as well. She keeps hanging around in the blind spot of the driver.
Agreed. We can see the biker lets the gap with the car ahead increase. I'm partially thinking this was made on purpose to create hate content.
I am so sorry, but that was not a blind spot. Now if you talk about being in the blind spot of visible bad driver, that I can agree on.
And by that I mean, the side mirrors of this car were mostly there to look the paint of the car, not for traffic, when I decided to ride motorcycle, my brother (he is a lot into cars) told me if I see that, to be aware those people just don't look to their sides. However, it is not really a blind spot of the car. Proper position of your side mirrors will cover all the area that you can't check with eyes on your side.
A lot of riders have this assumption that car drivers should be looking out for them at all times. Yeah, no. As a long time car driver and a recent motorcycle rider, thank you for calling out on this attitude. Unless you live somewhere in Asia/Africa/South America, cars make like 99.9% of the traffic on the roads. No car driver is ever looking out for you because they simply don't encounter you on the road most of the time. Not to mention that until I got my motorcycle training I had no clue how different riding is to driving - controls, braking, cornering, behavior on the road.. it was a very humbling experience for me who though "if I can drive a car and operate a plethora of different kind of machinery, a puny motorcycle should be child play" boy, was I wrong. I can assure you most drivers don't have a clue either. In addition, cars keep getting bigger and with bigger blind spots. As a result any sort of ridding style that is not defensive and not with the assumption that you're invisible to most of the traffic is going to result with you eventually being involved in a crash even if you weren't technically at fault. Personally I'd rather be the guy at 5:00 who goes about his day after a near miss, than to stand my ground risking getting involved in a crash just to prove someone else wasn't paying enough attention.
Never appreciated my car till I did my cbt, only rode offroad at the time..
Your reaction is so much better than that fireman dude
Yes, but at the same time, might get him in trouble if the riders decide to sue him about being mocked publicly.
That happened several times to ddfm and I think that's what made him give up on his channel.
@@andrechagas4549 Fellas suing for being mocked publicly now? Dave Chapelle was right about the whole country turning into
@@JeanRoiwell, if you're making money by mocking people, it might come back at you
@@andrechagas4549 I wouldn't call it mocking because they are only being used for instructional purposes. Also, those riders initially submitted the videos to whatever channel first showed them so I'm guessing they gave up a lot of their sueing ability because of the voluntary submission aspect.
@@andrechagas4549 I wouldn't call it mocking because they are only being used for instructional purposes. Also, those riders initially submitted the videos to whatever channel first showed them so I'm guessing they gave up a lot of their sueing ability because of the voluntary submission aspect.
очень важный и интересный формат.
смотрю много мотостарс, мотоюниверс, дёртбайклунатик, мотокраштв - расшифровка таких видео отлично дополняет тему твоего канала.
Love this video! Your humor is great, you clearly have a good grasp not only on biking but also driving skills in general. So many bikers (especially new and inexperienced riders which almost all tend to be sport bike riders) so often don't realize that so many of the mistakes on the road that result in crashes are a result of their own mistakes, and they try to blame others for them. Nice to see someone calling them out.
great video. i love your educational comments as well as your jokes/banter.
I agreed with you 100%…. How refreshing to find someone calling it as it actually is.
The first guy gave up on trail braking too early. You can see his light come off. The front unloaded, followed by a premature abrupt acceleration. You are asking too much of the rear wheel. Body position could've helped a lot, even your head weight alone could make a difference. Kiss the left mirror, this will remove a couple of crucial degrees of your lean angle.
Overtaking on right side if you have right-hand traffic and less than three lanes on same direction is forbidden in many countries. I would say that overtaking by right lane is improper most of times.
Very logical explanations Andre. I remember these vids thinking same. 👍
Thanks for this video. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
A true pro, no questions asked. Thanks for explaining what the correct attitude is
Good job pointing out those bad riders and mistakes.
I am fed up with seeing moto channels showing off "bad drivers", and seeing angry motorcyclists flip off, swear etc. others, when they themselves have 50% of the blame. Aggressive riding and lane splitting do not cope well with the lack of visibility riders need to face. I mean, you can do so, but at your own risk. At least don't make a big deal out of it.
And yes, I am currently learning to ride a motorcycle as well. I hope I'll never make such bad decisions.
Very well done on pointing out these mistakes and unfortunate occurrences.
Super helpful as a new rider, learning from the mistakes of others. My 86 y/o mothers says, “Some people can learn from the mistakes of others and some people must feel”. Feel the crash!
This is the best motorcycle knowledge channel I've seen.
man, you just made a new subscriber.
I really like your videos.
For the first one I don't think he initially scraped, he put on a lot of throttle (you can see the bike suspension jerk as he comes off the brakes and throttles) and the rear tire started to walk out increasing his lean, then scraped and wiped out. If he had been smoother on the throttle he probably would have made the turn (his friend did).
Second one was going a lot faster than the rest of traffic, so even if the truck driver saw him (which he may have), the truck driver would have had enough space to make the merge assuming the motorcyclist was going similar speeds. Aside from being vampires, even if you are seen in a mirror, it is very tough to gauge how fast a motorcycle is going. Also what is it with sport bike riders and rev bombing. I cannot count how many riders fail to ride their bikes because they are too busy rev bombing.
Forth one made an illegal change of lane over a double yellow from an HOV lane which did not help, he should have waited till the lane allowed for shifting lanes. Always pays to look for debris on the road.
Fifth one definitely did not brake sufficiently and took the corner late
Sixth one, I remember driving a car in California, and having to deal with motorcyclists lane splitting at much higher speeds than traffic was going. Traffic crawling and some idiot blasting by doing 50+mph.
Seventh one, not sure why he drifted from the right blocking position to the left (and slowed down for some reason), but he definitely put himself in a blind spot by doing that. Still that other driver should definitely have shoulder checked. As a motorcyclist I would never ever hang around in a car's blind spot for more than a second or 2.
Eight one, I doubt the civic even saw him, it looked like he was changing lanes. Also what that motorcyclist was doing is illegal in all of North America, he was riding on the shoulder/lane sharing, not lane splitting, as there is no second lane to the right of him.
Don't think you missed anything, good comments :)
Seventh one was getting a look far ahead at the traffic up ahead and while maintaining safe distance from car in front. Reaction was standard Australian response so no drama there ;-)
Cannot look ahead and sideways at the same time.
Civic was doing similar. Getting a good look ahead to assess how much traffic there was ahead.
I said it b4 alas ill say it again! This channel is awesome 🔥🔥
Thanks for your accurate commentary & great sense of humor.
Bro, you are so much better at these than DDFM. Keep at it! Love your sense of humor 😂.
Agreed 100% Between here and Ryan F9 it's all you need.
Amazing understanding of all situations and traffic in general. Not sure how I did not see this channel before.
Very appropriate notices. God bless you, guys. Please add more new content about riding mistakes and considerable analysis for new bike riders. Hope to see again
On 3:00 I don't know about other country but in France and most of european country, you're not supposed to go faster than your left lane or else it's an illegal overtake from the right, so the bike was wrong from the start since he wasn't supposed to got that fast.
You produce great video tutorials, and I always enjoy watching them. I've been riding for 32 years, and when riding I ALWAYS assume that people driving cars, trucks, and buses are deaf, stupid, unaware of their surroundings and problably using their phones or navigation. And at least 10% are under the influence of alcohol or drugs. We, as bikers, are responsible for our own safety. Look ahead for quickly changing traffic conditions and when in doubt, brake and be ready to react. And above all, don't ride like an idiot, which was apparent in the filtering and passing on the left videos. I only saw one rider doing a head check over his shoulder, and he unfortunately missed seeing the battery in the road. Keep up the super content!
Awesome video, I'm glad you took this route, haven't checked your recent videos as I subscribed a week or two ago, but very good analyses. Hope you are still doing them, and best of luck to your amazing channel!
Thank you motocontrol. Great tips to keep riding on the road
You are one of the most valuable channels for me! I'm sure you are saving many lives ❤ thank you!
Glad to see someone properly dissecting the mistakes made in these examples. There was another channel that used to do this kind of thing, but now it's just devolved into clickbait nonsense.
love your videos as you seem to talk from common sense and not blame it everyone who 'hates bike riders'. i have been riding for 40 years and one accident at age 18 was my fault like some of these in the video. while sitting at home with a broken leg, it just became common sense on how to avoid crashes and cars doing what cars do. but as we say, common sense isnt all that common.
gotta love the props for no drama riders that manuever through moving obstacles 👏🏼 whining only takes up RAM
Andrei Andrei the fire man
I love your down to earth and logical approach. So many riders arte the cause of their own accidents. It's unbelievable. The one where they try and stand "their" ground against a merging car always has me laughing. Good luck with that ;)
#2 was not riding defensively and the truck driver realised his mistake and was trying to let him pass. Last I looked, motorcycles have brakes.
You also have to evaluate conditions and look further ahead than in a car, while maintaining awareness of close traffic. It becomes instinctive after a while.
Nice content, loved the format. Need more of these educational breakdowns
Love the straightforward explanation/review. No 🐂💩 and funny 😄.
Great content mate. You explain things in an engaging way and is super helpful to us riders.
The second rider with the truck had a protest mentality. He was so busy protesting, he couldn't focus on what he was doing. Protesting makes you lose focus.
Gravel section reminded me a moment when I almost crashed. I was going relatively fast before the turn on a little downhill, planning to slow down just before turning right, on a 2 opposite lanes road, and suddenly discovered that about 2 sq. meters of asphalt have been removed and replaced with sand & gravel (probably repaired some pipe underground). I had to pause braking & turning for a second in order to safely pass that gravel area, and then reapplied brakes & turned, almost crashing in a car waiting on red light in opposite lane. I am a beginner rider, so consider myself lucky for that moment.
For the "unexpected" car maneuvers - in my city, you can have 10 like events this every minute, so need to be prepared (many ignore to use turn lights, and some ignore mirrors as well). I learned it from driving cars, long before motorbike, so this "predictivity skill" helps me to compensate for the lack of experienced rider skills.
Another great vid. Surprised there was no mention of car drivers ignoring the blind spots in their mirrors - which I'm sure is the reason why cars so often merge into a lane when a bike is already there. I try to stay out of their blind spots - and remember that my bike mirrors also have blind spots.
It's just fun to watch your videos. Always such a positive attitude
We need more videos like this, explaining how to behave in traffic! Motorcyclists may dare to do more than car drivers but we all have our limits! Thank you for the video and the analysis!
I love the witty commentary,
especially in tandem with the accent!
I would suggest for the first guy, it would also be his turn into that corner. Treats it almost like a chicane, but he should have followed the right portion of the corner and steered much later into the corner which would have made the turn much easier to navigate with much less angle. Also agree with you that he could have adjusted his body position toward the corner which would have easily kept his bike more upright.
This video was very useful and entertaining. I hope you will do more contents like this :)
Thank you, I think every rider/driver should see these kind of videos. Everyone will be much better😊
Pls do more video like this
When in another lane, be just ahead or just behind in steady moving traffic if not filtering. Just ahead allows them to see you. Just behind allows both the rider and driver to see each other in the wing mirrors. By being at the side, you're in the drivers blind spot
Thank you for interpreting the videos, you make the best comments and suggestions in all videos I watch. Do more of this content. 👍
I've been on both sides of that merging situation, I can say from the cars perspective, they didn't see the bike because they were riding in the blind spot for quite a while, and from the bikes perspective I've had people pull in front of me while I was moving a bit faster than traffic but never had the riding in someone's blind spot happen to me, I've learned at a young age to look in the mirrors of vehicles ahead of me to see if the person driving is really driving or just sitting in a car moving up the roadway! Tickle of advice there look in your mirrors but also look in other people's mirrors!
min 11, another good suggestion there, don't move with the same speed as cars especially on multi lanes as you can be constantly on blind spot for some cars. Understand when you are in blind spot and get out either by throttle or break
Very good explanation that is hard to find👍👍👍👍👍
Love your videos. You are spot on with every one of these. Great job. I hope more riders will watch these and learn something.
7:20 i wouldn't say that you can't avoid these type of accidents. He would increase his chances to not crash by using correctly positioned and adjusted mirrors instead of the head check. You can check the mirror briefly and still partially look front of you. It was small object on the road but maybe he would spot it if he didn't lose focus from using the head check
Great video! I'd love to see more of these. This is like the dan dan videos of old, before it was full of promotions.
Btw, this is probably the best motorcycle techniques channel in youtube. keep up the good work.
Please do more analysis like this in future. I love your knowledge of biking and your factual analysis.
Agree with your analysis of the Honda Civic while filtering, always activates my danger sense when I see riders filtering on the outside of the slow lane. Sometimes it's appropriate but cars will see you a lot easier if you go down the middle
i wish i had a video of my motorcycle accident for you to review man. It went something like this: time-23:00. Starting in the right lane, approaching intersection/green light. Right lane begins to come to stop, so i merge into the middle lane, which begins to slow down as traffic hasnt started moving yet in the middle lane (distracted driver or something, i could see the still car ahead of the jeep in front of me.). I go to merge into the left lane, when i notice at the very last second there is a black car with no headlights on in that lane, right where im aiming. I go to swerve, shooting for the gap inbetween the black car and the jeep in front of me, but my front wheel clips the jeeps giant tire, ended up launching myself and the black car swerved around me and fled the scene. One definite mistake i can call myself out on is not slowing down more than i was. ofc i was eased onto the brakes because things were slowing down for the most part, but i was still going a good deal faster than everyone else because from my view i had an opening. Said opening closed very quickly, and blindly (black car, no headlights lol). looking back on it if i was going even a little slower i would have had time to match speeds with the jeep in front of me and just let the black car pass before double checking the lane again and overtaking. ironically enough i was on an instagram live when i did it but i was too concerned with making sure i wasnt too messed up to remember to actually save the live. Thankfully, i rolled. so i walked away with a deep chunk in my elbow where the roll stopped, and some minor road rash on my forearms and stuff. (needless too say, very, very, VERY lucky). Also i wanna say my speed was around 40 mph when i made contact with the jeep. anyway...just wanted to share this in hopes someone can pick something up from it. i know i have, and im also about to pick up a great deal in motorcycle repair...cause im fixin her, and then hitting the road again :)
Watching you tell all this makes me realize I'm a much better driver than I gave myself credit for. Before I rode I watched hundreds of crash videos and each one I would identify the cause. Every morning I left for work I would pray and remind myself. I'm going to work. The goal is to come home at the end of the day. I had many close calls. By far the worst was as follows. I was behind one of those electric utility trucks with a man lift. On the tailgate (which was a large platform you could stand on or work at) they had left a lar metal tool box. It was bouncing around and I thought there's a major bump coming up in about a mile. I moved to the slow lane to take my exit and avoid the pending hazard. Sure enough the bump launched this tool box all over the road. Probably 40 lbs of tools spread out on the road next to me. Including a large metal box. That's why I say situational awareness and predictive behavior are essential survival skills out there, as important as staying calm.
I try to avoid watching crash videos as I find that many of them are posted for sensational effect vs educational opportunities. In addition, it is often a series of events that can lead to the crash vs just one mistake. Your analysis, on the other hand, points to very common rider errors being pointed out which serve as reminders to all of us. Also, you have adopted a riding philosophy that I think is the way all bikers should ride. That is, we can’t control the other guys behaviour, but we can control our own regardless of who is “in the right. “. Being dead right still leaves you dead. Lol
Great video. On the pre-last video (one before the last, sorry for my English) you did not mention that a car driver simply do not see the motorcycle in the mirrors. And this could be avoided by the rider as well 😊