The misunderstanding about "covering the brakes"
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Motovlog, there is a weird myth about covering the controls that I talk about and poke fun at in this video.
People are riding around with their hands contorted into weird positions to "cover the brakes" which ends up being counter-productive.
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"'havin a li'l cry in me 'elmet" ... this video taught me Welsh as well as not to cover front brake with foot, which is important top tip for motorcycle in 2025, much engagement. I'm also offended and motivated to comment, then watch more videos from this channel. 10/10
@@StreetSinner you've got me all sussed out 😂
Idk man you clearly have no idea how people ride with two finger brake cover or why and don't even give an argument throughout the vid other than that you need to release the throttle before braking and that you have no throttle control, just moaned about "it's stupid" "it's silly" for the whole video. The only two points you made above are wrong lmao, releasing the throttle while braking in the (comfortable and just as controllable if you're used to it) cover position is easy and the whole thing is still quicker to start prog braking overall. Thinking you are always going to be aware of every danger and with plenty of time spare to pre cover is naive, sure you can predict easy obvious shit like intersections but instantaneous car swerves, hard braking from the car in front of you on your commute, covering the brake is literally taught in adv riding courses as the safer technique to speed up reaction time.
Your whole argument is "I'm not used to it so I feel less in control and therefore it is stupid and anyone riding like that is stupid". If you have learned to hold like that and practiced it you do not have any discomfort or worse throttle control, only the benefits you clearly don't understand
It’s pretty crazy how confident some riders can be while being completely wrong
Haha I just had to watch one of my videos to check. I tend to have 1 finger resting on the brake and clutch when Im in heavy traffic, although I occasionally keep my finger on top of the brake lever at other times because Im just so used to it being there. My excuse is 1 finger panic braking isnt going to get me in trouble....
NOOB
@@StormTEC Its trail braking tho init....
@ Haven't seen you do it tbh! The people I'm thinking about have their hands in such weird athritis inducing positions
@@StormTEC I did try some stupid grip at the start and almost crushed my fingers.
I cover mine when I see a car waiting to pull out from any junction because thats just common sense. And cover my clutch too so I dont stall
This is purely down to preference. I ride with my palms almost flat like resting on a mouse, covering the clutch with four fingers and the brake with two, everywhere. It's comfortable (try placing your hand in a rest position on your desk or chair palm down, the way it lands is in a natural position. It doesn't rest balled up in a fist like your clutch hand does. Two fingers over the brake prevents me from 'whiskey-throttle'. Every now and then I try holding the throttle like you out of interest and it feels dreadful, the throttle feels abrupt and jerky, going over potholes or bumps can cause a slight blip of the throttle. I grew up cycling road bikes and I covered both brake levers with both hands and that habit carried over. You'll also see people who hold the throttle like you sometimes roll onto the throttle in order to reach their fingers over the brake when they panic if their levers are too close, so covering the brake constantly can reduce the time it takes to go from throttle to brake and there's no vague guessing where the brake is in an emergency, because you're already on it just in case. Again, this is preference. What seems 'weird' to you feels natural to us, and the way you hold the throttle looks unnatural to us. Different strokes for different folks.
It's not a preference, it's incorrect.
The question to ask would be, driving a manual car, do you cover the clutch and brake while driving? No, because how would you? You use them when needed.
Mechanics love drivers that cover the clutch whilst driving
Yes thank you for putting this out, Ive been in numerous arguments with mongo's about this, heard all the standard rebuttals, even when I mention 'Well how do you safley & effectively accelerate & change gear with 2 fingers constantly hanging on the break" Mongo's! You cover the breaks when necessary like junctions, not all the time, only exceptions I can think of is when filtering , I might do a post about this subject also on my channel, Cheers & subbed!
Ride safe
Yeah, you don't drive around with your left foot on the clutch and your right foot covering brake whilst accelerating with your heel, so why do it on a bike?
If I see someone covering the brake and/or clutch for no reason I always assume they are a shit rider.
Older europeans tend to do it and yanks do it all the time
I've been seeing it on American bike crash videos
@@StormTEC cause they are shit riders
Amazing how people self report being a shit rider while trying to call others shit riders. Take any adv riding course and they will teach you to cover the brake and will actually give reasons why leaving it uncovered is worse rather than just whining "it's shit" "it's stupid" without explanation like you guys. Throttle control is just as good once you get used to it and releasing the throttle as you start braking is still easy. All you get is improved reaction time for unexpected events. Thinking you can just pre-cover when you predict danger like going through an intersection is so naive, you really gonna do that when the car in front of you slams on the brakes? Something like 80% of motorcycle crashes the rider doesn't even use the front brake at all, they happen that fast (ref f9 vid on abs).
@ it’s not thought on ROSPA it’s not thought on iam. Police are also not thought to do this.
The only time you do it is when you’re anticipating hazards.
Why would you cover it on a straight road?
You seem to be missing the part in the comments above and in the video where it says to do it.
@@sugggggon and yes it identifies tou as a shit rider who can read the road or plan ahead