3 Tips to Prevent Your Death on a Motorcycle
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- As a rider, many people will caution you to be careful on a motorcycle.
But, what does that mean? How does a rider increase their safety and still enjoy riding a motorcycle?
This week let's look at 3 tips to help you become a safer rider.
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"Never let your ego twist your throttle" I've remembered those words every day for 30 years. I'm also still learning after all the practice, training and daily riding I've had in every bit of that time. For me it's a thrill when I learn something new, so I'm always looking forward to that next new thing.
Words to live by! I've been riding for over 50 yrs and I stiil learn something every time I fire my bike up.
I agree, for me the thrill is doing things better and safer, and learning all the time.
One I would add that often gets overlooked - don't ride emotional.
If you're distracted or upset then you won't be focused on the road and can make bad choices. Biggest time I've seen this is where something happens on a ride - a near miss or a rage incident for example - and riders get riled up and then carry on. Incidents on bikes are terrifying and your body will be flooded with adrenaline and all sorts to push you into fight or flight. When something like that happens don't ride off, or give chase, or smash mirrors - pull up and take 5 minutes to calm down and let the red mist clear.
And don't get upset and emotional about your own mistakes and let them shake your confidence or haunt you for too long. Try to let your mistakes be a lesson learned and then let them go.
Just had a (text-based) conversation last night about it...
"Square Breathing" is a VERY SIMPLE exercise you can use to trigger the Relaxation, Breathe, Eat/Digest modes of your brain... Takes a few moments to learn it, and you CAN advance the technique (build up) to purposefully call on your mind to focus, while improving your general health AND giving you a tool for "on the spot" coping with and then processing emotions... especially difficult ones (anger/rage, fear, heart-break, etc...)
Inhale to a count of 3 {yes, take the full 3-count from "empty" to "full breath"}
Hold for a count of 3
Exhale to a count of 3 {yes, again... take the full 3-count from "full breath" to "empty"}
Hold (empty) for a count of 3
Repeat from inhaling...
There are LOTS of styles of breath and other "coping" exercises, all designed to help disengage the adrenaline, endomorphins, emotional duress, stress, and fight/flight/freeze mode or "lizard brain" functions of emotional overload or panic. This is only one of them... If you find it starts "losing potency" for you, then add a second (or two) and make it a sort of game,,, can you "Square Breathe" on counts of 4? 5? 6? etc... The idea is that you focus your attention and mind on the process of breathing... slowly... deeply... steadily...
It's been preached and practiced for centuries, that breathing slow and steady and deeply will help calm yourself. Even just the counting has been referenced as useful to limit or diminish stress or anger before someone lashes out needlessly or dangerously over something relatively trivial... I mean, how often do we see in TV shows and movies (at least) that a parent, mentor, or some authoritative Character commands the protagonist or a sibling to "count to X" before speaking again... Even Indiana Jones (Last Crusade) when "Young Indy" comes rushing home to his father with the Cross of Coronado, he's excited and angry and exhilarated... stammering and shouting... AND his father tells him to wait... count... to 30... in Greek...
...just as an example...
It's one thing to advise we "pull off" to let our emotions settle out... AND yeah, EVENTUALLY we'll probably calm down all on our own and naturally and sh*t... SURE... Of course, when there's at least 3 or 4 of us together... excited about whatever just happened... How long is that going to take when it's ALL we can possibly think to talk about???
SO... here's this... I can't make you absorb it, nor demand it of anyone. I CAN offer it. It's probably a bit more effective than continuing to rant about "That f***ing cager that almost killed Kenny"... Because, frankly, I'm 45 and I don't think I've got that kind of time... I don't know about you. ;o)
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In the UK we're taught to memorise this saying, "only a fool breaks the 2 second rule". So our following distance must be longer than what it takes to say the saying above.
Maybe you talk faster than I do. :)
I’m not fond of reciting poetry….
@@skunkhome Personally, as long as I'm making decent time, the more space I can get to myself, the happier I generally am about it... The further ahead the next vehicle gets from me, the better I can see around and past them...
YOU can count "hippopotamuses"... hippopotami? Spell check demands hippopotamuses... so count them. ;o)
Being a bike rider has made me a better driver. I apply the same rules when driving than when I'm riding. Keep alert, keep your distance and keep your eyes peeled for the unexpected.
Same here, I drive my car as defensively as my bike, I ride unentitled to anything, but my safety, indulging in unbridled right-of-way is a recipe for disaster
same here.. 150cc bike.. 1.4L sedan
i noticed ive become more cautious and i drive slower on my bike than i would on my car
And look ahead by at least 3 car lengths
"Obviously your ambition outweighs your talent."
That has got to be one of the sickest burns I've heard in a while.
Great video; thank you for posting videos like this.
Great points! Our safety is about 95% in our hands. I certainly try to maintain the thought of my invisibility, not invincibility, while on the road. Y'all behave now! 😁
That's what I tell people when they think me riding a motorcycle is a death sentence.
Kevin, you're right on, as always. I also agree with Kaw Boy and I add another mindset: I EXPECT them to turn in front of me and if they don't, I'm pleasantly surprised. Sure beats expecting them to NOT turn in front of me. That sets up a whole different scenario. Thanks for the reminders.
Starters riding at age 4, racing at 7, broke some parts on the bikes and myself. No one's fault but my own. Started on the street at 15, rode for 15 years and never had an accident or even went down. Hung it up for 20 yrs. as the kids grew up and just got back on about a year ago. Still, knock wood, Haven't been down. Every day finds me coming close due to drivers either not seeing me or just being stupid. These tips are priceless and I take them to heart. I refresh skills and learn new ones often just to stay sharp.
I made up a saying as a youngster and its always on my mind.
"Ride like you're a ghost and everyone's out to get you."
I don't do 4th gear wheelies while splitting lanes and I try not to assume what others are doing or thinking. Time and time again I have gone to make a move or pass and almost always decide to wait it out and often it has been the safe thing to do because I have watched chaos unfold in front of me and my waiting paid off. Makes me shake my head and have a fear respecting laugh at times. I enjoy riding and I ain't afraid of dying but there's no desire to to depart just yet. I save the tricks and speed for dream land, my woman says that I snore like a hog and that she's seen me shifting gears and twisting the gas while I'm sleeping. Be blessed my fellow riders and remember, ride like you're a ghost and everyone's out to get you.
I believe that following distance is THE biggest safety factor in or on any vehicle. It’s not that the others aren’t important, they are, but the ability to avoid vehicles or debris is paramount. Keep the good stuff coming Kevin.
Exception to Tip #1:
When riding through a busy intersection, I always fall in close behind the vehicle in front of me.
Leaving too much space can allow an impatient left turning vehicle, or right at red, from side street, turning vehicle to take me out.
From 60 years of riding, use that vehicle as a block to defend you.
I do this as well. Or if it’s 2 lanes I’ll go side to side with the other car going through the intersection using them as a kind of barrier from getting hit by someone making a left hand turn. Might as well use the other vehicles on the road to your advantage.
Just make sure the car turning left can see you before the intersection. Twice recently I've seen bikes so close to the SUV they were behind I never saw them. Had I just hit the gas as soon as the vehicle passed, I would of run them over.
@@csolivais1979 I ride invisible mode. Nobody can see me.
best advice anyone gave me when I started riding an older man at the gas station admiring my Triumph said- you'll never be better than that bike. Very true- like my past training in the Infantry we were taught to always be in 360 degree mode - meaning always expect the unexpected and recognize threat and do a quick threat assessment. This served me well knock on wood no accidents never been dropped since i started my MSF course April 2015- 44k miles later.
The MSF "Ride with a Strategy" makes so much sense. A coach colleague coined, " best way to avoid a crash is not show up."
Love the tips Kev, keep up the great work. I’ll add a tip, and a story about how one of your more recent videos probably saved my life. The tip is, even if you’re a safe rider 99.9% of the time, all it takes is one bad decision, one time being just a little careless, and you can wind up seriously hurt or worse. I’d consider myself a safe, defensive rider. I don’t show off, and do my best to ride within my skill set. I’m constantly on UA-cam, trying to expand my knowledge base. You and Dan make truly excellent videos, (though I’d give you the edge Kev, Dan has a bad habit of using click bait thumbnails and video descriptions 😉). Anyway, I was riding on a two lane road this past Monday, and was headed for home, since I knew we had some rain headed my way, (I could actually see the rain a few KMs away), so I was rushing a bit to try to beat it. Pulled out to pass a pickup truck towing a long trailer with probably 50 meters left in the passing lane, (sorry for all the metric system my American friends, it’s all I know 😏). Well, right as got out to pass him, a civic going way over the speed limit came over the hill in front of me, and I guess I progressed too fast with my progressive braking, because I put that bike into quite a wobble. The only training I have on how to control a wobbling bike is from one of your videos, and that probably saved my life, truly, because I was able to stop the wobble and get back into my lane, all within about 2 seconds, which is really all the time I had to do so. So ya, again, thanks Kevin. You really are making a difference.
I fully agree with you 💯. I love bike night but I hate it when they are like come on down and enjoy a cold one. beer is fine but NOT when you ride!!!
I love your content, it's always sobering and blatantly truthful. And that's EXACTLY what us riders need to hear.
I was an aviation maintenance tech some time ago. I like the aviation rule of "8 hours bottle to throttle." Now, I'm not much of a drinker but I follow that rule anyway.
Thanks Kevin.... Leaving for Europe on the 10th of May. It will providing riding a 6-7k mile trip. S/b fun. 13 countries and 2 drive on the other side. Safety is #1.
11 months ago, I wrecked my motorcycle. Never thought I would hit gravel in a corner. Lost it in a easy curve, all by myself. I had just taken off my helmet. It was so hot outside.
I broke my neck, opened up my skull, broke my arm in 10 places and broke my leg. But, I am all well now and getting back on the horse. I will improve my riding skills, for sure. I am a 70 year old, woman and lucky to be alive. Thanks for addressing this in your video.
This presentation shows that you are the most humble and vital street riding coach on the tube.
You and I both started in the mid 70s at 14 with a deputy Sheriff watching us ride our small cc bike, behind the DMV and saying OK. We have learned the same philosophy to the street.
There are bold riders.
There are old riders.
There are few bold old riders.
Like my daddy, (a long time rider), always said, "When ya think you know it all, and when you think your getting good at riding a motorcycle, YOUR "FIX'IN" TO MESS UP"!! Always listen to good council y'all, always. Thanks MCrider!!
I've riding for 22 years but I keep coming to your video just to stay safe on the roads, and who doesn't love Casey Stoner famous quote on Rossi and I'm a huge Rossi's fan.
Iam an Undertaker, and I wish every Rider a smooth and save ride!
I hate to do my job with motorbike riders!
Be carful!
I love this video!
A good ride from Bavaria!
It seems like when people hear that I ride motorcycles all year round, they want to tell me the worst motorcycle horror stories they know. It was the same all three times my wife was pregnant, people wanted to tell her about all the strange births, or miscarriages, they had ever heard. I noticed that, back when I was still a pastor, people would meet me and do one of two things: either tell me how faithfully they attended their church, etc, or they would cuss as much as possible, hoping to rattle my cage. None of those things effect me. People seem to enjoy trying to upset people. Most people likely do it because of some hidden insecurity in their own lives that make them want to do that.
Thanks Kevin your video is not only informative but a good reminder. The reaction I get from some people when I tell them the number one killer on motorcycles is alcohol and not speed and not other drivers they are quite surprised especially this day in age. To be honest I become overconfident I've only been riding for a few years the bikes I've owned are light and easy to control motorcycles. But being a little overconfident is also been helpful I don't over react now when someone decides to share my Lane cut in front of me or just be stupid on the road. 90% of that confidence come from following your advice and admittedly small amount of parking lot training I've been doing. I've said it before without your videos and training I don't think I'd be here as a whole person or even alive one thanks again Kevin.
You have to be the most calm, sensible, and concise motorcycle coach on the internet. Thanks!
Thank you! 😄
I stick to a 4-5 second rule as my own rule.
Tip: ride with clear mind, example such as NOT riding when you and your spouse/partner just had a fight/argument, got a bad news like you owe $$$ to uncle Sam, etc.
All of your tips are valid yet, there can be MANY more that can be added, if you really think about it.
We ride for pleasure, no hurry to "take 1st place?" even on vacation rides.
Got rear ended TWICE at a stop sign/light so far, BOTH times due to idiots distracted by their phone...beyond our control.
What you CAN control, you need to be mindful of them and practice what YOU, Kevin, "preach".
Thanks for your good work🤙
You should have millions of views on this video! Thanks for the wonderful tips
My personal motto was Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry “A man’s got to know his own limitations”
Couples with “to thy self be true”
Kevin, agreed 5 times! I’m basically a new rider. I have training and a degree to teach motorcycle safety yet it does not give me the full skill set that I need to feel safe. I use that feeling to my advantage and I ride within my means. Moreover, I watch your videos and I learn - constantly🛵
Sadly v few accept that the most dangerous place for a rider is the public roads.
Ego exceeds skills.
I don’t think ive ever seen a rider at a stop or intersection place their bike to have an escape behind a stopped vehicle (Easily done usually).
Following distance can also avoid
rim/fork damaging pot holes.
Well done video.
Another basic is the infection alone from bad road rash can kill you.
Thanks for everything you put out there.
I am a very new rider in the UK, failed my CBT twice as I'm a slow learner and can't get safe enough in a day to be on the road as it is the law for the provisional license in the UK.
I have decided to purchase a 125cc bike and practice the manuvers and slow riding in the big parking lot just behind my house so I can gain some confidence before spending even more money on the CBT.
Your channel and the wisdom you provide has helped me a lot and for that I'm very grateful. Thank you.
I dont go on main roads now .BIKE SAFE .😉❤
Linda Bellamy uk
Kevin, your continued advice for Motorcycle Riders is priceless. I hope they sure take it seriously for their safety.
This is one of Kevin's best PSAs, and his vids are among the best on YT.
I am never disappointed with your thoughtful and sometimes _poetic_ but always accurate content.
Thank you!
I knew a guy in the Marines everybody called "Turbo". When I asked they told me it was because he totaled his brand new R6 - his first bike - IN HIS GARAGE. That story has always stuck with me, and I strive, every time I get on my bike, to not be Turbo.
Being a motorcycle rider of 30 years and a big rig driver learned in 18 wheeler class drive as far as you can see not by whats just in front of you saved me in both types of vehicles of what was happening way ahead of me
I’m a new rider…. This stuff is gold and I have soooo much to learn!
I remember back in 97 riding my buddy’s new bright yellow Magna while he rode my XS650 because he wanted me to “experience” his new bike. I soon found myself laying on the tank of that magna doing 140mph at 2am through the farmland of northern Illinois wearing nothing more than a pair of SUNGLASSES 🤦♂️ Somehow by the lord’s grace and mercy I survived my younger years!🙏 After that time I didn’t get back on a bike until 2010 when I bought an old 85 VT1100 and started at least wearing a helmet and trying to ride defensively. The last one I had was an old virago in 2015. And I’ve tried to stay away from riding because of the risk but I just get that itch every few years because I just love motorcycles! So about a month ago I bought a new 2022 CMX 500 Rebel because I don’t wanna live scared and I just love this little Honda! So now at 49 I’ve got the ride like a pro videos 2 jackets gloves nice full face helmet and great boots and picking the roads less traveled and more than happy to just do the speed limit. But even so my wife and I seen a motorcycle fatality in Longview Tx yesterday (live in TX now) didn’t see the crash but seen the body covered as we drove by in our van😢 We heard that a car pulled out in the of him. And I don’t know but I imagine he was going too fast hugging the right side of the right lane not looking far enough ahead? But whatever happened it just made me wanna study this stuff even more as I just want motorcycles to be in my life. So a BIG thanks to you and people like you who take the time to do these useful videos! In the name of Jesus may God Bless you and keep you safe brother!💯❤️
About helmets and skills. My son-in-law had not ridden for some time and was on his first ride on a new to him HD Sportster. He was about 5 or 6 hours into his highway ride through the mountains. He was wearing a new Bell classic styled open face helmet with a clear bubble style face shield. He was also wearing sunglasses. According to the nurse driving the car behind him he went down hard at 35mph on a curve, apparently face first. On impact the bubble shield pushed itself from convex to concave meaning it became convex into the rider's face. The force shattered the sunglasses and bruised and scuffed his face, he had a major laceration around his eye caused by the broken sunglasses and his eye was swollen shut and the eyeball was nothing but broken blood vessels for a few weeks. He had a brain bleed resulting in three MRIs and needed surgery on his foot and ankle involving a lot of metal pins as his hipster non-motorcycle leather boot was ripped in half off his foot. He had no memory of the accident nor the 30 minute chopper ride to the hospital. All this at 35mph. Proper gear folks. Don't ride beyond your skill level.
Right ON! I think a lot of beginners fail to recognize all the potential problems out on the road. And by beginners I mean any rider who has not developed proper respect for what it means to safely operate a motorcycle. Looking back I rode like a beginner for about 10 years . Luckily I did not hurt myself or someone else. That in my mind is just arrogance from falsely assuming that now that I am comfortable riding a motorcycle I have it all figured out. Think of when you were fifteen and you had your first solo drive in a car. Fast forward a couple of months and look at all the risks you were willing to take just to let your friends know that you are a "skilled driver". A lot of us are fortunate to still be here today. That same kind of thinking is what new motorcycle operators face. Some of us deal with it better than others. If you are not mindful of the dangers lurking on the road, your luck will run out at some point. And that is not the kind of thought that we like to associate with motorcycling.
This video is so apropos …
I retired from teaching 3 years ago, my retirement gift was a 2019 softtail slim!!
I rode dirt bikes as a kid, until I ran from the law and the law won, my parents sold my honda.
Only riding after that was to
“Borrow” my dads Goldwing- until he drank & rode to a week long coma and life altering personality and skill set change. It haunted me.
I never rode until I retired and took a MSC class w my best friend. It even made me a safer car driver.
FF: no longer teaching, but I was asked to Chaperone some students of my pre- med class to a level 1 Hospital “Trauma day”
I am licensed in sports medicine. The Orthopedic surgeon I work under the auspice of also called MC “donor-cycles”
The group I rode with rode faster and faster. I got comfortable w highway then they rode faster. I rode faster to keep up….( pretty solid skills dirt wise but void of road skill nor strategy)
I went 70 , them 80
80, they went 100
I maxed out my slim 107 M8
They went ….
I decided after meeting a few other more reasonable riders…
I dont ride much w my best friend now… if so , on my terms.
Back to Trauma day event….
EVERY Doctor, nurse therapist, paramedic who presented
Talked about the trauma they see and care for ….
Drunk drivers, V of DD,
GSW and areas and without fail
Motorcyclist!
By the time I left I was questioning my life choices.
With Covid, i had a recent existential crisis and finally made a will for my loved ones.
After Trauma day… I seriously considered… living life less full but living.
Then I saw this video.
I follow 4 sec, always have after MSC.
They are crazy in Chicago.
I ride w reasonable safety minded riders.
No alcohol til after ride.
My promise to Earl a wise old Harley dude on my Alley.
I rode slower on unknown roads…
Your reminder that most of MC crashes are rider alone crashes helped me reconsider.
I love the analogy of no champaign … the celebration is arriving alive.
I am also a hang glider pilot.
3 things.
Am I in shape to fly this craft physically, mentally and emotionally?
Pre- flight:
Checking EVERY component.
Is this wing safe and solid to fly?
Weather:
Is the weather, wind storm conditions within my rating to fly this with me today?
Roger✅
I fly
Who wants to live forever, in a cage?
Calculated risk. I love It.
I turned over my rock climbing guide books, cams and worthy equipment to my son as my power to weight ration is not where it was ….
In summary, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Your insightful, advice wrestled me from me fear to ride this season and maintain mindfulness and maintain road strategy and skill.
A grateful fan/ student of your rider safety techniques!
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MFTL
Motorcycle soul food. Thanks Kevin. Your care shone through on this one.
Kevin, great reminder video, agreed 110% !
Just to add a bit; here in Minnesota the M-DMV recommends four (4) second following distance... more if you're a new rider like me. The FMCSA and First Student bus co demands six (6) second following distance. In Minnesota a bus driver can be pulled over for violating this distance, and if convicted, the penalty is being pulled out of service for 180 days. (six months)
My personal following distance, on my bikes, is a minimum of four (4) seconds. I do this religiously. I'm combining this with good lane position to see as far up the road as possible and of course, I keep my head and eyes UP.
marcus
PS rainy here in Minnesota, soooo watching safety videos!
No matter how much you know - you never know enough!! good job Kev !!
Wise words.
Yup! Full Face. I was "only going down the road" to pick up a breakfast sandwich!
30 years ago now....., I was hit by a pickup truck, making a left turn, whilst I was stationary in a line of traffic. I was wearing a half helmet.
Three airborne somersaults, (according to eyewitnesses), one left knee reconstructive surgery, a demolished left front center tooth in a mouthfuls of blood, a broken nose and multiple ashphalt cuts across my whole face and an ambulance ride later, I concure. Full Face is the way to go. I never got the sandwich either.
(I was riding my restored 1965 Harley Panhead which only added insult to the injuries).
Thanks Kevin. Everything you talked about brings me back to my course. I believe all motorcyclists need to be professionally trained before licenced, and continually learning!
One of my personal problems is getting back on my dual sport after a day at the motocross track. My brain still wants to ride on the road like I had been riding my dirt bike on the track. Be aware.
Well, I'm 68, been riding since 13 , that's when I broke my collar bone, but I've had no serious accident since.
Sure, a few skids and scrapes but remarkably little damage.
Still on a 14 year old 225 Yamaha in the hills of Costa Rica.
I just quit riding in the city. Of course that is easier now that I am retired.
Love you, brother! Keep these type of videos coming! We should get a patch that reads: MCRider SAVES LIVES!
I live in the Appalachian mountains it blows my mind how many folks can’t ride curves
Your two biggest allies on a motorcycle for safety are space and speed. First, keep as big a distance as possible between you and others, on the highway or back roads. I routinely let tailgaters pass me. I figure I'm safer behind than in front of someone. Second, don't speed in residential areas. Cars very rarely don't see a motorcycle when the motorcycle is traveling at the speed limit, and you both have time to react . There is a time and place to go fast, it's just not in busy areas around blind curves. I'm 58, been riding since I was 18. Totaled one bike at 19. No accidents since.
Hi Kevin, I would appreciate your thoughts on a common problem I face on the road.
The roads I ride are often single lane two directions with only a line separating them. When following cars I hold back 2-3 seconds and take up positions in the car wheel line next to the central lane divided line.
About 60% of the time this results in the car behind me driving right up on me.
I have thought sometimes that this is ok because I am creating a good stopping distance for both of us, but what if they are distracted and end up going into me.
I don’t like to be dependent on others for my safety.
My options then are to overtake the car in front, which introduces dangers that may be more than those presented by the car behind.
I have tried indicating to the car behind that they are too close, but this is normally ignored and then it annoys me more.
I would be grateful for your experience of this or your followers.
Thanks again
Great stuff Kevin and cracking me up at the same time. Soooo many times when I am riding, I hear your words in my head encouraging me to back if off a notch and remember the strategy. Thanks!!
LoL yep, I hear Kevin in my head while riding all the time. He’s the voice of my motorcycle conscience.
I took the MSF class again this past weekend because I ride a trike and my two wheels skills have suffered some atrophy. Great class and great coaches.
Great advice and glad I found your channel.
I got the bike itch when I was 21. Wanted a sport bike, but didn’t trust myself so ended up with a new 2005 Honda Shadow 750 instead.
17 years later, I just put a deposit down on a 2022 Honda CB1000R Black Edition. Been going back and forth on whether or not I should actually get it as a close family friend recently died from a bike crash, which got me spooked. Especially because I know this bike is much more powerful than my Shadow and every review I’ve seen on UA-cam comments on how fast it is.
Your channel reminded me that risks can be mitigated greatly by self control and cognitive awareness. I’m going ahead with the new bike…and sprinkling in periodic views of your videos to keep me in check and always learning. Sub’d.
I watch every single video you make, the things you say and do inspire me to soak up more information and practice more and more. I can honestly say you inspired me to get my licenses after 30 years of riding and I feel today I have become a better rider in 2 years than I was after 30 think you
Murdercycle. Donorcycle
Safely is the riders responsibility. You forfeit right of way. I prefer to stay upright rather than fight for right of way.
Do you want to be right or alive ?
I want to be left alive.
Amen. May we all listen to MC Rider and may we all live forever.
I love these videos from a man that is passionate about bikes and riders.Thank u sir💯👊🏾
I'm so glad to watch this video before getting a new Kawasaki Ninja 400 soon. This is very serious and helpful. Thanks for this important info.
All good tips indeed... here's a couple more - I like to assume the car waiting to pull out hasn't seen me, so I'm ready for it. Another good tip is to always have an escape route.
Watching this after my closed to death accident yesterday. Thank you
Going to work in the winter, I followed a truck through my village and then out onto a fast two lane road.
Trailer had a tarpaulin cover and when we got up to about 50 mph, a huge sheet of ice about 3 inches think and the size of a snooker table top floated up into the air - if I hadn't given myself 2 seconds + my morning wake up distance I would have been slaughtered - even when it hit the road and broke up it was still a real hazard.
And when I was getting myself back together after this near miss, a second and then a third sheet flew off as the truck got to 60 mph.
And on a slightly different subject, if you're doing 90 in a 60 mph and a car or truck pulls out on you - it really isn't their fault...
Really appreciate your advice. Thank you Sir. I'm feeling good about my soon to be motorcycle lifestyle, at least WRT single vehicle accidents. I don't drink, won't be on the road without Basic Rider Course or license, and I drive within speed limits of law and road conditions.
All good tips Kevin thank you. Here is Australia the minimum following gap is 3 seconds on bike and in a car.
Just seen a LLN video about a rider that got decapitated running a red light and T-Boning a Camry at 80 plus mph in Chino CA…
This is your best video for some time Kevin, thank you.
I'm a pretty new rider and you are scaring me sir..... thank you !!!
Hey Kevin definitely the best advice so far.,
Good words.
Thanks Kevin, God bless.
I already applied those and 1+ for me is to avoid heavy traffic.
As new rider I was pasing a school when a soccer ball came over the fence .Quick as a flash I out with my foot to kick it back .
It hit a post and ricocheted back right at my head .
Greetings from the PPRC great advice as usual. Thanks for doing these videos.
Very glad you included #4 & 5 in this excellent video.
Thanks, Happy Easter, God Bless
Situational awareness is the key. Your eyes are your best friend. Always keep your eyes moving, keep a good following distance and don't ride like a squid.
Thought it was time to read up again on motorcycle safety. I started not fully stopping at stop signs and looking both ways and had a brush with fate. You get complacent sometimes. I thought to myself. "You only get one try to do things safely on a motorcycle. Be it going around a corner or just simply pulling out of your driveway.
All great tips and truths
Your spoken common sense has earned my subscription. In return I will earn a long life of motorcycling by following these common sense tips
Great advice…nicely done👍
Good tips; easy to remember. Ty.
Here a tip open face helmets with slide forward when you are catapulted blindfolding you so you won't see the ground coming up on you. MSF won't tell you that.
Great points to follow for all! I have visited the pavement and dirt leaning to follow those points, locally minor injuries and a motorcycle to get fix. Thanks! Cheers from Mexico!
Great stuff Kevin as always! The rule I follow is ride alone. In other words allow lots of space all around which applies to every vehicle: boats, planes, trucks, kiddie coups. I just wish people in NE US would adopt this as it is easier on everyones nerves. BTW this is rubber season. Soon as weather starts to get warm so does the 3x capped retreads on big rigs. Watch out everyone.
Thank you, Kevin for your teachings and repetitious safety and life saving skills.
Thanks for the solid advice.
Well spoken good advice.
The other day, I was riding to work. Was heading toward an overpass and was starting to go up the incline. Lo and behold, as I was halfway up the incline, I was greeted with two vehicles approaching me. A dumbass in a black suv was attempting to pass another vehicle over a double yellow on an overpass. This black suv barely made into the proper lane with about two feet between me and his front bumper. This is the first time I've felt this close to death as a rider. My heart was still pounding by the time I made it to work. Never mind all the dumbasses that have pulled out in front of me.
Great Safety Tip's ! Bro Your Spot On ! Thank You
Getting my back x-rayed right now, hit some gravel around a sharp turn, locked up rear brake for a split second and the bike did 180 and threw me off my st1100. Luckily we weren't riding very fast (15-20 mph) when it happened but my lower back is not completely right and my ribs are sore.
I'm about to take another long road trip soon. From the Carolina coast to the mountains and up to Washington DC. Thanks for the refresher Kevin. Its also funny how motorcycles and fire arms are so similar. 1. Never place your hand on the throttle till ready to go.2. Have proper respect for it. 3. Keep it pointed in a safe direction.
Have fun!
Great video Kevin. Solid reminders for everyone as we ramp up for spring riding!
Awesome video Man! I reside in Central Texas and believe me Austin traffic is a bear! With that being said/typed I do lane filter when necessary! I always keep an egress path open! Head on a swivel at all times. Thank you for the valid information! Keep the wheels turning and the beavers grinning! 🦫
Thanks for all that you do. Getting back to basics is best for all of us no matter how long we have ridden. Thirty minutes or 30+ years. Like you said our goal is the trophy of the next ride. How great is that to put the odds in favor of that trophy? 😎
U r really hammering it in.. good job
Great advice, thank you.
Solid tips and I appreciate what you do. Thank you for the video
Good content and easy to remember. TY.