Riding up hills (adventure motorcycle hill climbs)
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Join me at Penmerryl Farm in VA for a lesson on ascending hills. Start with the basics and follow Paul Solomonson and myself as we take you to more challenging realistic hills you will find on trails.
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I don't know what's more impressive his technical expertise at riding a motorcycle or his ability to transition from a helmet to his signature drivers cap.
Yeah, I can’t imagine being so vain that I can’t let someone see me without a hat on. Does he sleep in a sleeping hat and then change it as he gets out of bed. How about a shower hat?
lol, I was literally just about to write exactly the same thing;-)
@@veiledallegory blah blah
Yeah it’s just ridiculous for a guy of his age. Just deal with it and act normal. It’s pathetic now. Btw he has some serious skills.
Could be the subject of a future training video?, not bothered about the reasons why it is done but it is done very efficiently
That helmet to flatcap transition is a signature move, I love it everytime... Also thanks for the detailed tecnique..
I never had proper motorcycle training until I attended a weekend class with Bret and Paul with PSSOR. By the end, I had never felt more comfortable on a bike.
People, pay attention to the lesson. 4 weeks ago, I did the exactly canned formula that Bret describes initially, and on a very loose and steep surface the rear tire slipped, so l fell down and broke both bones on my lower leg. The accident was very fast, and I was going very nice and confidently up the hill until suddenly it happened.
So fellow adventurers, watch out for those conditions, and keep in mind this lesson.
Oohh damn sorry to hear that , hope you heal up fast !! it always happens in a split second doesnt it ? been a while thankfully but i think i remember every time ive hit the ground
@@justsomedude445 Thanks Dude! These things happens, there are far worst things happening out there, so I am even glad that soon I will ride again. Healing nice (and boring haha). Cheers!
Sorry to hear that, hope you get well soon! How did this happen, did the bike fell down the hill and you remained under it ?
@@antiR3ality Thanks for the words Z! Answering your question, I wasnt under the bike after the fall, I think that my foot got stuck on something on the ground, and due to the inertia of the movement it twisted and the broke the shin bones. It's so weird that I didn't have a single scratch besides the fracture.
Thanks for telling us about it. I will shift my weight a bit to the rear on my next rocky hill climb.
Great lessons as always, and another fantastic Helmelt>Hat transition by Bret!
Smooth as silk that transition. Think he practices that as much as riding😂🤣
This is why I ride dirtbikes. It all translates to the big ADVs too...
It’s nice to see that the struggle is real at times, even for the pros!
This is absolutely my favorite video of the entire Tkacs output. Humility, Intelligence and Adaptability. The Holy Trinity of trail riding on ANY bike.
The most impressive thing is your communication style. You are truly a master of it.
Thanks
Always a good day when I see the "Bret Tkacs uploaded a new video!" pop up.
Some very impressive riding there, that last hill looks better suited to a 450 with full knobbies on it
Day 1 of training this hill looked sketchy, day 2 myself and a few other riders went down and up multiple times. Bret, Greg and Paul did an excellent job teaching us the fundamentals to negotiate any terrain. Highly recommend ADV training by Bret
The lid to cap move, what a joy to watch, smooth as silk!!! I know the advice will be top notch, of course!
Awesome lesson and video, as always. Any chance you could post some of the hill climb videos without music so we can hear what you're doing with the throttle?
Hey guys, after two motorcycle enduro trainings at the BMW enduro parc in Hechlingen, Germany I feel much more confident when I leave the tarmac. To improve my skills I watch you videos and try to practice your advices. This video is of great value and I'm looking ahead to my next offroad trip to try my very best 😁
That's so awesome - get out there, practice, attend trainings and get better. I root for you Charlie!
You're a magician with that hat! I'm waiting for a moment to see that bald head, but you're so good at changing helmets with a hat that it's amazing! I think I'm older than you and that's why I allow myself to tell you: No baldness is ugly except the one that tries to hide. You are a true connoisseur and expert on adventure rides. I wish you were closer to learning a lot from you. Your baldness has nothing to do with your experience, knowledge, professionalism and expertise. It has to do only with the ego. No one will appreciate you less when the sun shines on your skull. You have so much courage to embark on incredible endeavors and you hide this as skillfully as David Copperfield. Be free! Let it shine! And then I will appreciate your courage even more!
Why do people think I have a self esteem problem?
Maybe this will help... ua-cam.com/video/zL3M42mG568/v-deo.html
Less than 25sec in and I'm already impressed... with his hat donning skills!
Great video! I feel a lot better seeing the struggles, it not just me. I've always had a hard time with direction change and hill climbs on my Africa Twin. A twisty hill climb caused me to take a 50 mile detour in Colorado last summer! I do need to practice getting my weight on the back tire. That is something that I can easily do on my dirt bike, but I have a very hard time doing it on my adventure bike. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for all of your hard work to put this together. I think I speak for us all when I say we really appreciate you and your sharing of your skills!!
Cue the dramatic music...lovin' it! Nice work guys.
Certainly a challenge on a large bike. Informative to see where and how the fails occurred followed by the team work to recover.
Yay, more Paul content! Always fun to watch you guys!
This is a very helpful video. I usually just hammer up big hills with loads of throttle, and hanging off the rear a bunch to keep the front light to go over obstacles easier. In my mind, this has always been the best solution.
Can’t wait to try everything outlined here.
what gear u normally use
@@bastijax2757 Depends on which bike I’m riding. I’m not a pro, far from it. Generally just ride by feel, and end up seeing videos like this showing I’m doing things wrong.
This is indeed the best UA-cam channel for learning moto-riding skills and techniques. I would like to get some training from Bret God willing
Great video Bret ! Cheers to all guys
Thanks for the great informative and interesting video.
I like this new idea 💡 of videos
That 'Helmet-off-jazz-hat-on' move is the quickest maneuver I've seen on a motorbike. I had to watch it in slo-mo.
Hello Bret,
Recently i ve bought an Africa twin it s my first ADV. I felt that Adv bikes need different set of skills which i have no idea about them at all. Thanks to your videos both at this channel and at mototreks i have basic understanding of Adv riding. AND i have amazed with your helmet removing cap hat wearing skill which is way faster than Lucky Luke’s revolver draw. 🥳😊
From Turkey with love , Yusuf
I had a coaching session from Bret at the Touratech rally in Plain, WA a few years ago. That weekend I took my Triumph Tiger 800 over the single tracks keeping up with a bunch of guys on 250s. Bret is a gifted teacher!
What a great vid, straight away I realised I'd been climbing slopes/hills wrong - thanks 👍 some good chemistry going on with guys as well👌
Nice to see those ATs get some saddle time!
Had the 17 in dct and now 21 manual atas....they're not small.
Mode wise, off road i shut down all the nanny switches and run it!
Great vid...totally agree...if you're doing it right it shouldn't look exciting.
As ever, wonderful content!
Thanks!
I've got a 16' with some fun bits and its honestly black magic how well it does off road for such a big bike. I take it on long trips too, so it also makes s great touring bike. Such an excellent creation from Honda!
You teach so much simply through the videos. I ride both an Africa Twin and a Suzuki DRZ 400. That last hill I wouldn't have dared to do with the AT. Would have taken my lighter DRZ for that and still not sure if I would reach the second turn.
Respect. Thank you for so much teaching!
Managing those dynamic and complex situations is testing whilst reading the evolving conditions….. As ever…. Great explanation and demonstration. Thank you.
Kids watched this and told me now they get what I was saying.
Thank You.
The end of this video is exactly the same stuff I do with my 2018 V-Strom. Well, try to do, with less success, but at least I know I'm trying to do it right, just need better skillz.
The helmet to hat transfer gets me every time!
Smooth as silk!😂😂
Thanks for posting. As usual, good information. One thing I have often seen, when watching others doing hills, is how do you handle ruts going uphill?
Wow! That helmet to hat transfer was FAST.
YES! Great vid guys showing that you CAN vary throttle and SIT on the back wheel which I tell my buds that look at me like I have two heads. Early riding for many years on the super steep eskers in MI and the bush mountains in AK make you learn these things. IF you do not get up, going back down can be horrifying! And as you always show, off road you ARE going to sometimes drop the bike. No big deal. Steep hills are that mix of fun/scary things on a bike out in the sticks/or desert. You guys make it look easy and give the best advice to all of us. Thank you for all you. Be safe in Africa!!
Excellent tutorial video lesson as always guys. I should say that for that challenging type of technical terrain, I'll go for a mid adv bike so I learn how to man-handle balance and shift of momentum during the ascension. Managing the weight like at the gym, adding extra weight and apply the formula with muscle memory. Hope you guys understand.
Had to go back. For a second I thought guy was wearing a hat under the helmet. Phenomenal transition. 😂😂😂
Nice video. Great information, and it was hoot to watch you guys scope out the hill. Whenever someone says "watch out", that's when things go to pieces.
What a smooth helmet to cap transition!
Great video, now you need to do the "Failed hill climb" video. Tips like stalling the bike in gear, jumping to one side and bull dogging your way back down with clutch and front brake. Kudos to you guys for working those big girls.
That is one that needs to be done... We did that demo during our last class 😅
@@BretTkacs My wife could demo the "Women and children first" passenger dis-mount. She could jump clear smoother than you transition hats.
@@mikeisland7382 😅🤣😆😂
Putting forth amazing effort to provide entertainment and information. Setting the bar heigh for others.
I really like how you patiently explain riding techniques in detail. And that there is no golden rule that applies to all situations.
Cheers from a rainy Nürnberg/Germany, Günter
Nice helmet to hat switch! Well done. Not sure if it’s so smooth or so fast or both…. Seamless! Expert info as usual. Thanks!
Great content. Thanks, Very well done.
Sir, when are u planning to setup a session in india 🇮🇳. We are excited to get training from u. 🤟😊
Thanks for putting out such great content. Bret your videos are the best I have found easy to understand and to the point. Very relevant for adventure bike riders. Keep up the great work.
Thanks 😊
These steep and technical single trails are not what big adventure bikes are designed for. That’s not to say it can’t be done. Obviously Bret is an expert and can make it look easy (even though we didn’t see him clear it) but if you want to do this type of riding get a proper dirt bike. You’ll save money and won’t wreck yourself. Over 200KG of bike falling on you never ends well.
Another great video and very entertaining watching the walk through of that last hill 😅👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Dat 🧢 hat transition doe. Dayummmm!!!😁
Literally watched it 7 times.
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That helmet to hat transition was impressive, Kudos
Please make a video on how to fall safely without injuries. This is the first lesson I need to remove some fear and then learn the rest 😀
Get a small dirt bike and start with basic trails and expert tuition. If you’re of average ability you’ll probably advance quite quickly. The confidence comes with it.
@@thomberes8532 This. If I know it’s about to go down, and there’s a very slim chance of saving it. I just let it go, and get out of the way.
Exactly the thing i wanted to ask for. How do you prepare for possible falls on a climb like this ? Can you do anything to reduce risk ? How to practice it ?
The helmet to hat transition is as slick as it gets.
What I want to learn is the technique of putting that cap on whilst taking the helmet off. That's one sleigh of hand right there. Kudos!!! :-)
would love to see a video on sand hills, especially with a turn mid way up.... deeper the sand the better, my personal nemesis down here in southern Arizona
Check out the hill I tried to climb on my scrambler
Nice man. Great respect for the guts
digging the beard, my man. Looking good! It suits you.
Enjoyed seeing you on an Africa Twin. I have given up on KTM after owning and riding many of them. The Honda isn’t perfect, but it’s good enough at everything and it’s very dependable.
Next I think, is my transition out of baseball caps…
I tipped over backing out of a climb recently. Your last two videos targeted confidence and hill climbing, which are both relevant for me as I'm going back to finish the climb this week. Thanks Bret!
I've watched many of your videos and I've got to say, your biggest skill is the ability to put that cap on so fast......
You should definitely make a video tutorial about taking off that helmet and putting on the hat.
Wait a moment Bret!?! Are you describing me at the 2:00 minute marks?! Are you watching my progress into driving offroad?! AHHAAH kidding ,, but true 🙂
Momentum, power delivery and body position.
I was at an infamous SVRA last week practicing hill climbs on my 500 EXC. My goal was to make the climbs as uneventful or as you say, "boring" as possible. This technique in my mind will be safest for future solo RTW single track where momentum as a crutch is a safety liability. I got my ass handed to me, it obviously requires a lot of understanding and experience, where even possible, to tractor up low traction, steep hills. At this SVRA the steep hills have a top layer of clayey soil - think 1 foot deep of pavement size pebbles with no tar, all constantly shifting and re configuring under your moving tire. Keeping the front tire down near the top while keeping traction in the rear so I could boringly crawl up became seemingly impossible. 2 weeks ago at a state forest where short needle coniferous forest single track provided tons of traction, I felt like a hero climbing slowly and in control wherever I wanted. I'm learning and loving it, and getting plenty fit having to lift my bike 5 times a day near the tops of hills!
Excellent video. Sure wish I had you guys or even hills around me.
another great and fun video, thank you for sharing it with us.
Hills, bikes and terrain all look a little familiar 😉
Awesome session, thanks guys, will put this into play!
I know this is about motorcycles and riding up hills, but man that beard looks awesome on you! 👌
I've been told the current look is modeled from the evil Spock look 😆
I really appreciate that you show success and failures. Super informative and allows a mediocre rider (myself) to see what next steps can be. Cheers and all the best
Forget motorcycle videos...you have definitely mastered the skill of slipping on that cap the moment you take off the helmet; very clever indeed.
So why not change to better color caps. Try Black or Navy Blue instead...
I wish I was there with you, Bret, but I don't even have a bike !
Thanks WOW KEEP IT UP HAT'S OFF HI FIVE THUMBS UP WELL DONE 👍✌️👌🎯👽💯
This would all be much easier on my old KTM 450. As compared to my huge & expensive GS. It’s back to the two bike system for me.
Agree. If you want to do this riding on a big adventure bike then you can afford expensive repairs and time in hospital. There is good reason for the well trodden wisdom of keeping dirt bikes light.
But that's the point of the video. On that Africa Twin you can do what you'd do on your 450 with the right skills and it makes you a better rider all for it.
Your transition from helmet to hat are smoother than Michael Jackson's criminal.
Man you guys need to come to PA mountains where you have that and enormous boulders everywhere 😬
You all need to come ride the Ozarks!!!
Hello, Mr. Tkacs. As always, thank you for the very insightful video. I may be a aking a stupid question and please ignore me if I do. However, there is one point that was not covered. As many, if not most adventure bikes, come with traction control these days, what would you recommend the setting for traction control should be when doing such technical climbs? On, off, somewhere in between (more intrusive, less intrusive)? The reason why I'm asking is that I ride a 2017 GS. A couple of years ago, I went to an event where I tried to climb the gnarliest hill I have ever seen (very steep, covered with loose large rocks). I had the GS traction control in normal Enduro mode and I did not manage to climb the hill. Every time I would gather up some momentum, the rear wheel would slip off the rocks, the traction control would kick in and I would end up dropping the bike. Some time after, I plugged the stick for the pro modes into the motorcycle and found that, at least for me, the far less intrusive Enduro Pro traction control setting allowed me to climb some stuff I would never have approached otherwise.
I had similar experience with an Africa Twin, had to reduce TC or even switch off, as well as with a 701 Enduro needed to switch off TC. Off course good tyres helps traction. In that matter, E07+ on a heavy Africa Twin makes the Brets' climb a performance showing his skills.
So much of off-roading on either a bike or 4WD is about actively responding to every bump and slip in traction while taking advantage of inertia. As I think you've already surmised, traction control interferes with that sense of your bike/ 4WD being an extension of your body, which means you can easily over or undercorrect for any movement and slippage. Traction control also doesn't cope well with slippery surfaces, since it's designed to compensate for the rare slip one gets on the road when wet, icy or braking.
Yup. I was just climbing a slippery hill with my AT and traction control hindered me...
@@aportilla007 Great question. I ride with Eduro Pro on, as well as knobby tires. So far it’s worked, but I haven’t attempted real difficult climbs. The traction control has failed me on two occasions, when the rear wheel has suddenly sunk into a hole filled with construction pebble. The TC cut the power off and, without momentum, the bike came to a sudden stop and I fell. Live and learn.
Technically going down a hill gets you In more trouble than going up a hill , especially if you had to go back the same way ! Kudos
Well done I would crap my pants and add many oh crap not doing it ever again and then over and over lol.
Can't wait to train with you guys in the fall! I'll order the turn signals now..😁
the commercial for VOLTAREN pain gel is at this point a perfect product placement
I ride a few adventure bikes the AT is tough bike. And even tougher's ride in the rough. I would use the Tenere for something like that.
I need a full tutorial on the Helmelt>Hat transition
The most important thing I've learned about drive on climb is to first make sure there's no cliff behind it...
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How did you place your cap on your head so seamlessly when removing your helmet ?! 0.15 That was so slick!
Brett, you’re a fantastic rider and I know this must be an exceedingly difficult hill (here’s the “but”), but I reckon you would have made it to the top on my little KLR650! (Lovingly known as “the tractor”…)
All that power those big adventure bikes have is convenient on the highway, but seems mostly irrelevant on the dirt. To me those bikes seem too powerful, heavy and unwieldy for anyone but yourself to take on challenging dirt tracks.
I’d be interested to hear your views on this.
Thanks,
MvR
I agree a KLR would have (and did during class) make it up without any issue.
Bikes are a choice of the rider, even a KLR is far from an ideal off-road platform. We don't pick the bike that is best, we pick the one we like/can afford/already own/buddy talked into/was on sale/comes from a manufacturer that has convinced us it the best, etc.
Great!
Jesus, maneuvering those behemoths in that terrain looks difficult..
Ive really been trying to find coaching on how to manoeuvre sharp hair pins on steep tracks with loose powdery dirt and rocks, or loose pebble type gravel… would be amazing if you could help with that!
if ya walk the trail, ya clear the trail!!!
Hey, you do a pretty snazzy job of replacing that helmet with your hat!
I want to learn more about your technique to switch helmet with hat (both directions). It is so quick! 😃👍 0:16 (0:13-0:18)
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Great video as usual
Excellent video!
Wonderful instruction Bret! I skimmed through the the comments to see if Traction Control was mentioned. Many bikes have it and my ‘17 AT has 3 settings and off. I am never really sure what setting will give me an advantage with challenging climbs. I recently climbed a rock ledge and my front tire popped up, lost balance and fell perpendicular downhill. Ouch. I was on level 2. What are the effects of TC and under what conditions will it be a benefit? What conditions could it be a hindrance?