How To Corner On A Harley Without Being AFRAID.
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- Ride with me as I discuss how to corner on a Harley without being afraid. I ride my Street Glide Special and discuss the 7 DEADLY Sins of cornering on a motorcycle. I also discuss some rules for life -- when you encounter an unexpected corner as you travel the straights of your life.
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Came hear for motorcycle tips and left with that and great life advice
Thank you
It's killin me to watch you all ride on the "wrong" side of the road! LOL
Lol, how do you think we feel growing up with American TV shows
Especially going into a blind corner 🤣
@@jonhelms6496 lol we are all budding stunt men
Ridden 52 years, raced enduros 17, sponsored for 4 years, and I never stop learning new techniques and roads! Riding, for me, is spiritual, as I call my Street Glide Special, "my 70mph alter." Regarding riding rules in general; 1. look at where you want to go - NOT what you want to miss. 2. always approach corners, slow-in, fast-out. 3. use front brake for all braking - except soft or lose down hills. 4. until more seasoned, brake only approaching turns while upright, downshifting will suffice for most turns if done correctly. Practice downshifting and using the engine compression; especially on a Harley will drastically save brake wear, heat and brake fade on long down hills. So glad I found your channel, and i love the Christian, life lesson woven into your riding lesson; very well done! In Christ, Bikers Wave to All you Fellow Riders!
Thanks for watching and also the good advice
I've always heard the first part of #1, but not the "not what you want to miss". Thanks for sharing that. Peace be with you.
Hawley roiders.....smh.....ANY MOTORCYCLE RIDER!
The fear comes from improper training and riding technique. Novice riders don't look through corners and don't point steer properly. When you start worrying that you went into a corner too fast you need to apply more pressure on the side of the handlebar that matches the direction you're going, look through the corner, and don't look at something in the road. It's not just Harley riders who have bad habits; it's all riders.
Thanks, you are correct it applies to all riders
I don’t think leaning more is the answer. Use the correct technic when applying the front brake when going to fast in the corner
Have to say not always is it dued to experience, some have been low or high sided and you get nerves at times, some it make one side harder then the other, sometimes it just bad experience and time will get that back
I think in this situation guy just needed to increase front brake pressure as he went through the turn. Radius is essentially speed + lean angle. Since he was tapped out on lean angle he needed to decrease is speed more but of course on a keyboard it’s easier to say that. It looks like he was trail braking into the corner trailed off then didn’t realize he could add brakes back on gently (something that has saved my ass).
@@David.. well said
My brother in Christ you’re driving on the wrong side of the road
Lol, so I am getting told regularly
Europe??
@@jlynneubanks7348 Australia
Other country ,he is correct
Stressed me out on that first curve 😅
I’ve been riding Harleys for over 55 years and purchased a Hayabusa for my one and only sport bike. When I went down I was doing 42 in a 45. Blew a front tire in a pretty slow corner. But when that tire blew it went straight to the ground,so did I!!!.
After that I went straight through a guardrail post with the side of my chest. I broke everything from my hips up except for my spine and my neck. Spent months in a hospital lost my left lung. Had a flail chest. ( look it up). Took almost a year to get back on a bike. Back to riding Harleys only. When I crashed I had 9 Harleys in my garage and my Hayabusa. Well wrecked the Hayabusa beyond repair. Sold 8 of my Harley’s and kept my 1999 Fatboy with a 124 166 hp. It’s not even close to as fast as the Hayabusa was. But at 72 I don’t need to fast !!!
Thanks, good story - just tragic. It's inspirational that you are riding at 72, well done. The Fat Boy you have sounds awesome!
Damn. Sad story hut your still here and still riding so you still won the game of life.
@@OldNotDead-Club I took a brand new S&S 124 with 130 horsepower. Took it apart changed the cam. Flowed the head’s changed valves and a good header ( RB Racing Black Hole) had it tuned on a Dyno and came up with 166hp. It’s pretty fun to ride.
@@insanejoker972 along with my motorcycle crash I’ve had 5 heart attacks 2 strokes with no disabilities. I do consider myself a very lucky man. All of this has happened in the last 12 years.
My stamina sucks but I’m a pretty happy man. 😋
@@ltsgarage7898 that's awesome
This is great info. I've been riding for 30+ years. One thing I think you overlooked. The mechanical setup of your Harley. A lot of your touring bikes have adjustable rear shocks. Many Harley riders don't know how to adjust the rear shocks to stiffen them up to make cornering easier. Also, with baggers, most riders I know don't monitor the rear tire pressure as well as they should. Mainly because it's such a pain in the ass to check the rear tire pressure, with the bags and crap in the way.
My point is, if you're running incorrect tire pressure, and you're suspension is set too squishy, it's almost impossible to corner correctly.
Very valid points. On mine i have the suspension set near maximum (even when riding solo) and the bike has tyre pressure monitoring - which i though was a gimmick but has turned out to be ultra useful.
@@OldNotDead-Club I ride a 1991 FLHTCU. And when I went to restore it the first thing I found was the adjustable air ride suspension in the rear was leaking. I ditched it an put a set of progressives on it, that I can adjust with a spanner.
It's a safety thing. If there's too much "squish" on the rear, the bike is doing the opposite of loading the weight to the front.
@@ssg11b71 progressives are good I have used them many times
Another good video.
I like dandanthefiremans explanation of looking through the corner and keeping your chin where you want to go, but also “ratcheting” your eyes back and fourth for pot holes. Quick snappy looks at the road and then straight back up ahead.
We all have alot to learn and it’s videos like this that help us think outside out riding and maybe think about what we could improve on that we might not have been aware of.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks for your kind words that's much appreciated
Great job explaining the main points of taking corners properly. The key word for new riders is practice. Find opportunities to practice and increase the speed over time. Everything you need to know is in this video and then practice your behind off, soon you’ll do it all like you have always known how. Very well done.
Thanks and spot on, practice
Great video, i've been riding for roughly 20 years, and still some times something catches my eye and I have to be mindful of target fixation, I also find I tell myself "look where you are going" plenty of fun to be had on a bike, practice and thinking constantly to make it muscle memory 👍
Thanks that's much appreciated - ride safe!
Rule for driving OR riding: never put a vehicle any place your eyes haven't been first.
Another term used is "vanishing point". The point where the road disappears, left, right, or center. If the point is getting closer, you slow down, and vice versa.
A trick I use in the mountain twisties is to scope the trees ahead; if the gap in the treetops goes to the right, the road most LIKELY will curve right, and so forth.
Nice. Well done and Thank you. Lifetime rider, used to teach this, and hearing someone relay the messages to articulately is quite good. Appreciate it!
Thank you
Great advice!! Thanks for it.
My pleasure!
One of the BEST videos for cornering I've seen to date!! 😎👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you that's much appreciated
excellent discussion, Thank you
Thanks
Sage wisdom indeed! Many thanks.
Thanks for watching
Great video! Just got my Sportster 1200 ( admittedly not the big bikes you’re talking about ) …it’s been 30 years since I’ve been on a bike and I’ve been working on all 7 of the issues you’ve raised. Your explanations really resonate and have given me food for thought for my next ride. Also you’ve got another subscriber !!! Thanks!!
Welcome to the channel. Great to hear you are back on the bike. Nothing wrong with a sportster!
Actually Sporty is harder than some bigger bikes they are top heavy I can handle by bigger bike better than my Sportster. Happy trails
This applies to all bikes!even a bicycle requires these fundamentals,only the size determines how heavily or lightly they should be applied.
I don’t know how I never saw this channel until recently. I saw the video the channel did on safety but didn’t realize that there were videos with specifics as well. This man is 100% correct & has a great channel. He’s teaching longevity/survival on a bike.
Thank you
Awesome guidance love that you do these for us many thanks 🙏 oooh cant wait for riding season again yay !!
Thanks, you must live somewhere with very cold winters?
@@OldNotDead-Club yes pretty snowy bc canada
Very well said, agree 100% personally, professionally and recreationally. Like how you dismissed slowing down before the corner but emphasized that single most important factor in almost every scenario.
Thank you and thanks for watching
That was an awesome video. Much appreciated and thanks for the life’s corners, I’m dealing with life’s corners right now with my relationship great video
Glad it has helped
Great tips mate.....just returned from a tour of Tassie and without knowing I used most of these tips! For those who are new to riding, take note, these do work 👍
Thanks, hope Tassie was awesome
Great video, great words of wisdom.
Glad you enjoyed it
Another great video! You nailed it. I wish every rider, old or new would watch this.
Thank you that's much appreciated
Very good and accurate advice. I personally think the focus on Harley riders is a positive change. This knowledge is often mistakenly associated with metric bikes/riders when it applies to all motorcycles. I also have find some riders are more reluctant than others to embrace these proven riding techniques. Cheers
Thank you. Great point!
Once again a great job!!! Enjoy the channel IMMENSELY
Thank you, much appreciated
Great on point video. Celebrating 50 years on the street and I am on a Triumph but your advice will help anyone on any bike. Still ride after getting bashed by cagers twice in my 20's doing hospital time for both. I do ride with my high beam on during sunny days. Just want to be seen since that is my biggest personal fear. Thank you.
Thanks for watching stay safe
Stopped by looking to sharpen my skills, was surprised at the life lesson in the middle. Starting a new business and that advice came at a good time. Thanks an ride safe.
Best of luck!
I am about to get my first Harley SG and I watch all of your videos! Very informative! Thank you
Thanks, it's going to be fun congratulations
Thanks for this video. Good advice for any bike, and any biker. Good stuff!
Thanks for watching
Great video. I really liked the info between #4 & 5. Great stuff.
Thank you, that's much appreciated
Good riding and cornering advice... AND some good "follow your dreams" advice!
Thank you
Great content and great job editing your video to keep it flowing. Also appreciate the life advice.
Thank you, that's much appreciated
Its taken me about 3 years to really get back to being comfortable compressing myself into the corners like I did when I was young. I'm 60, and it not only feels good again, I ride safer than I used to. Thanks for the video, good stuff!
Thanks much appreciated
That's the thing your not young your are OLD!
Very good video. I ride a BMW R1200CL. The best lesson I ever got was to look where I want the bike to go, not down at the curve of the road or whatever. Point your head and the bike will follow.
Thank you
Excellent Tutorial Thank you
Glad you liked it
Thank you for the video!!
My pleasure!
Thanks a lot, my friend! I've been riding since I was a kid, but that old saying "You learn something NEW everyday" definitely comes to mind watching your videos. My grandma and Paw Paw told me that when I was growing up and being a Helicopter Test Pilot has been undeniably a game changer. LOL 😅
God bless you and your family! 🙏🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁
Thanks much appreciated
Thanks great video!!!! I like the comparison!!
Thanks that's much appreciated
I appreciate this video, I put my bike down in a gravel washed corner about 2 years ago, I'm still riding but can't break away from that fear and have never rode the same way since, been slowly trying to get bike to the rider I used to be keep it upright and safe yall 🤟
Thank you and please don't let fear beat you. Check out this video it has a segment on fear in it...
www.oldnotdead.club/articles/three-deadly-mistakes-new-harley-riders-make
Same, ever since I dumped the bike practicing in a parking lot with mud and gravel, I've been scared to lean like I used to. I don't even know what's sand and what's not.
I just had that happened, I had to relocate my finger 😂 but ima about to get my bike all ready to go
Hi gents. Great video. Very thoughtful, well presented. Thaks for that.
Great video! I’m a bike instructor in the Uk. Have a Glide & a Crossbones. Can’t fault any of your advice in the video. Spot on 👌🏻
Thank you that's great to hear
On point video mate! Very informative on all accounts. 👍🏼
Much appreciated! Thank you.
New subscriber. Watched several of your vids and love the friendly banter. This vids got good advice for any riders of any bike. I'm a 60yr old guy whose been riding since I was 11yrs of age and built my first bike from bits at 11yrs of age back in 73. 👍🏍️💨🇬🇧
Thank you and welcome to the channel
@@OldNotDead-Club love and respect from an old arthritic biker in England who won't quit riding even tho I'm in pain until I can't get on my bike. 👍🏍️💨🇬🇧
@@FREE_PUREBLOOD333 Thank you
5:20 Woah that was such an excellent visual aid.... thank you!!!
thanks
Yes bro another good vid.
There are some dudes that will go cautious on bends others scream it. Confidence, skill, maybe like accidents before or whatever....you ride to your comfort.
All the years I've rode was only cruisers because I love the chill of cruising. Man for me its nothing to prove but some blokes ride way too quick for their ability man.
All you said was 100% like starting at the tree to hit or turning in too quick but that comes with experience and their confidence and skills grow.
Thank you much appreciated
Great tips. One more. Ride as much as you can. I,ve been riding on and of for 35 years. ( hard and fast ) Got on a few months ago after a few years. I feel like i,m a newbie again. Just taking it easy. Getting the hang of it.
I maybe old but not dead.
lol thanks. Take it easy until you have your eye in again
Thanks all the techniques good stuff
Thanks for watching much appreciated
Wonderful Coaching Brother.... I ride an Ultra Limited so all this is so relevant
Glad it was helpful!
Bro, thank you for this video. You have a subscriber for LIFE.
Thanks and welcome to the channel
I love watching your videos, your an influence to all people who love to ride motorcycles in my opinion. Inspired me to start a channel. It has its challenges in itself for sure.
Thank you - god luck with your channel
Thanks again for the (also outside the literally road cornering) wisdom. 🙂
Thanks for watching
New adventures of a better control I I have had motorcycle training but thanks for two new tips I will be implementing in my ride thank again for your time for my safety of riding my 2022 cvo road glide. The wicked orange colored one.
Thanks for watching that's much appreciated
Just bought my first Harley today. My grandfathers Sportster 1200C. Pretty excited to start learning to ride it.
Some great life advice there, lost my brother to suicide two years ago at the end of this month, it’s been bloody hard. He left his xr and a Buell Thunderbolt behind(not going unfortunately) but mentally riding has been a blessing unexpectedly. Hopefully all the practice I put into corners and u-turns on the xr650r pays off when I get a low rider s in September. It should have a far lower centre of gravity which should help. The xr was almost unrideable for the first 8 months before I put a lowering link on it, it was like a bloody draught horse.
The new compulsory riding course to get your license was great for explaining how you start out wide and finish in tight.
Your mix of riding talk and life talk is bloody good!
Very good advice explained very well👏
Thank you . Glad it was helpful!
Just stumbled across your channel. You do a great job of delivering your content!
I appreciate that! Thank you very much.
Really well explained instructions. Even if you know this stuff, this is well laid out and refreshing. Great video, thanks.
Thank you that's much appreciated
Most Harley's I have ridden have handled reasonably well and remarkably good at low speed manoeuvring once you have a feel for the bike and clutch control. Reading the road, picking the right gear and speed comes with experience. I grimace every time I see a rider braking too late into a bend and some even coasting around. Training is not to be ashamed of. I have seen many a mature rider at HD dealership taking a bike out for a test, clearly having not riden for years. I have not been on a motorcycle this year (health issues but on track for fitness for next year!) and will look for a rider assessment when back on the road, this despite having been an instructor and riding at an advanced level. Never too late to improve your skillset!
Tha ks, wise words
Dragging floor boards is always a blast
Lol true
Good talk thank you
Thanks, that's much appreciated
Thanks for the video. I've been riding since 1966 and didn't even know about counter steering until about 20 years ago. It made a hell of a difference in my riding and in my confidence. I'm 72 and still learning.
Great you are riding at 72! Keep it up and ride safe
I just started about 7 or 8 years ago . Harley and sport bike . Once you counter steer it changes things alot.
Your 72 and riding a bike now I am scared!
@@BendOver-vd5ur You shoild be more concerned about the 16 year olds who are riding for the first time.
By the way, my riding is better than your English grammar, punctuation and spelling; the contraction (or abbreviation, if you prefer that term) for 'you are' is - you're.
Excellent video brother, great info. God bless.
Much appreciated, thank you
Good stuff here. Did 3 plus hours in the mountains here practicing on the curves.
That would be fun
Thanks for the clear information. From Arizona ✌🏻
Thanks for watching
What a great video !!!
Thank you!!
Very good pointers mate, we can all do with more practice cause that means more riding 😎👌
Thanks mate, yep we all need to practice
I told my buddy who was struggling on corners to do exactly as you said and he looked at me like I was the idiot lmao...he now understands
Good stuff, mate. Glad I found your channel and, yes, I am your most recent subscriber!
Welcome to the channel - thank you
Great advices, especially the last one, bringing your body inside, is the most important imh => on every motorcycle, on harleys where lean angle is limited evwn more, it is even more important to understand that, as you mentioned, it reduces the required lean angle at a given speed, makes it more safe!... Thumbs up!
Thanks, yeah that's probably the most important one
YOU GO GIRL
You know, I've attended 2 multi day riding coursers (one for me, and one with my wife), and I've watched hundreds, if not more, of videos. Your video is the first to cover counter steering with a clear explanation. You may be the first one to explain it at all.
Thank you
@@OldNotDead-Club It gets to me every time I watch videos of people going down, or getting hit by a vehicle in a curve. If you watch carefully, you can almost always see them fighting the handlebars in the wrong direction, in what should have been a manageable curve.
steering by understand throttle control in a corner .
applying a less throttle - slowing down - pulls you into the inside of a turn &
adding a little throttle - speeding up - pushes you to the outside of a turn .
Thanks
Great vid. as always - tnx.
Thank you that's much appreciated
Good advice.
Thank you
Awesome awesome video especially the words of wisdom at the end! Like attracts like brother
I appreciate that!
Im glad you touched on gear choice for cornering. I road raced for over 20 years with many championship titles and can tell you that nothing is more nerve racking then going into a corner and missing a downshit, being in the wrong gear will unbalance the chassie and suspension, you are WAY better off being in to low of a gear then to high of a gear!
Thank you, wise words
Agreed, the HD gear box can take it
I agree, it sucks to be "missing a downshit".
then going? *than going …
Fella Aussie here.Great points and explanations.I find explaining what to do when cornering.instead of saying turn your head in the direction you want to go.I say point your nose where you want to go……Why ?.Cos turning your head doesn’t tell you how much.Pointing your nose to where you want to go,literally forces you to turn your head the correct amount.
Once you in the corner,your nose direction should be continually be changing as you go through and exit the corner,so if your exit is to a straight,your head will be looking straight down the road ahead.
IF there is an immediate change from a RH corner to a LH corner,you have already started to point your nose towards it and much easier and less movement of head to pointing your nose to the LHS…..Been riding 50 years,done 2 advanced riders courses,Rode Perth to Sydney via coast on a 650 Yammie in 1978,then Sports/sports tourers,most of the time.Ducatis St3s-abs was last then a 10 yr break due to illness,Now on a 2020 HD Lowriders with upgraded suspension.Even after 10 yrs off bikes,I found I still had all the right understanding and skillsof how to handle a bike in the twisties,just needed to sharpen them up and get use to the weight of the Harley.
Great advice, thanks for watching
Your videos are well done.
Thank you very much!
Well done sir.
Thank you
Excellent video man. 💯
Appreciate it!
Here in the USA, taking a basic motorcycle course, on a lighter bike, of course, is a good refresher of all the points OND makes here, plus you get to EXPERIENCE exactly what he's talking about, on a closed course, supervised, with instructors to help curb any bad habits you might have developed in the past. I highly recommend it, it's a good health insurance policy for riding motorcycles, teaches you how to improve your knowledge so that it prevents you having to use those emergency skills and drills you've been taught also. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
I think taking a motorcycle course is great anywhere. There's always more to learn
I agree with you if you always do what you did you'll always get what you got sometimes you have to look at yourself from Another person's perspective and check yourself.
Thanks, perspective is always good
Excellent advice, Once you get over target fixation, I say "keep your eyes on the horizon and your brain will take you where you need to go" All your advice is good, bro. I used these techniques on my Hayabusa before I got an HD, used to scrape the fairing on my favorite off ramps.
Thats hard riding!
@@OldNotDead-Club Yes, I wouldn' do it now, but I recommend 1st gen busa if you can find one unmolested.
There are a lot of guys who thought they could buy extended swing arm kits and "improve" their bike lol. pass.
Amazing explanation dude!
Glad you liked it!
That Indian Larry bike with the twisted down tube and concaved tank is one of my favorite custom bikes of all time... I fantasize about that bike all the time .
I recognized him and the bike instantly....
Rip Indian Larry 😢
Thanks, one of my favourites too
Being in the right gear for the corner is probably the most important .being able to throttle out of the corner if need be huge
Excellent tutorial whether you ride a Harley or not. I've been riding for over 50 years and I still make mistakes. It's always good to get back to basics and practice. I do quite a bit of steep mountain single lane switchback riding in Arizona and New Mexico on my Harley and proficiency in cornering is tantamount to survival.
Thank you and well said!
If you call your bike "a Harley", something tells me that... Not one biker calls a bike by the brand but by model and year.
@@corneilcorneil what's the video title? What's your point then?
@@whiskeythrottleracing My point? That somebody who calls "his" bike only by brand is not a biker or rider, somhe have no riding experience or skills... and so we are back at the title... afraid of his own machine... or stupid and not afraid at all. In both cases, we have a deadly cocktail.
@@corneilcorneil I have no clue as to what you're talking about, Corneil. If a person's "biker or rider" vocabulary does not suite you then visit places where you can be with people of your caliber. Even if you were right in this instance, a real "biker" wouldn't waste his time pointing out something so trivial.
Good vid, with a lot of truth about many things, not just riding
Thank you that's much appreciated
I'm not the biggest of Harley guys, as I'm more of a metric guy, but I love seeing American bikes being appreciated and enjoyed around the world. When I was stationed in Korea, I'd always have a wave of pride seeing a Harley in Seoul, or talking to some Finns on a TDY about their love of riding old Harleys back in Finland.
Thanks, there are plenty of other great bikes too. I have had great experiences with triumph and many Kawasaki's
Thank you for the help in life has got me out of a bad place thank you. Hope some time can met up for a ride
Thanks, it's good to hear I could help and I'm glad you are ok. What part of the world are you in?
Awesome ! Grass on the road from mowing usually ends up bad also
Thanks that's good advice
@@OldNotDead-Club Your welcome
Counter-steering is one of the most important defensive driving techniques a rider of any motorcycle can learn. It has saved me from so many wrecks when some a-hole 4-wheeler has cut me off or turned across in front of me. Definitely great in turns too, but a have to have in your defensive driving arsenal.
Thanks I agree
I was doing some great cornering today.. on the interstate where multiple freeways converge.. it’s always my favorite spot to ride.. because .. there are so many lanes all turning into different directions and one point there are 8 lanes..that’s were they all split apart.. so no matter which direction you coming from or going, you have a lot of pavement…and at certain times there will be little traffic.. so you can come flying fast and max out your lean angle ,, if you overshoot your lane you’ll still be safe provided you don’t hit another vehicle.. it’s just a great patch of freeway for high speed deep turns
There are some excellent roads every where, sounds awesome
outstanding content.
Thank you, that's much appreciated
Good stuff, real info.
Thanks, that's much appreciated
@@OldNotDead-Club 70 years old and been riding since 1966. Thank you for giving the younger riders square information.
@@Nick-tx7fx that's fantastic - riding at 70 is an inspiration to many people
I was speeding through gears a few weeks ago, got up to fifth and went to downshift and didn't feel the shifter so I looked down and saw it was gone I was stuck in 5th for a lil over 6 miles, I didn't stop at stop signs and luckily I knew a route to get home without red lights.
If you are working on your Harley or have someone else doing it make sure you put loctite or some adhesive on when tightening things down.
A great reason to go riding
It certainly is!
It’s crazy how much more fun riding is once you get over that fear. My buddy told me how to corner in the simplest way, n I couldn’t believe it. Now my pointed straight pipes are ground flat n dip so hard lol
Thanks for watching
Your push steering explanation was easy to understand
thank you