How SKILLED Motorcycle Riders Drive in Traffic LIKE A PRO
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Lane splitting and filtering and getting to the front of lights is actively encouraged and the standard that is taught in the UK where I got my license.
Love it !
Best tip I ever got, and a lot of what you said means the same, is ride defensively as if you were invisible (using high viz of course)!
You are very correct about this. See *Invisibility Training for Motorcyclists* for what is probably the best video on the subject.
@@riderramblings I will definitely check it out, didn't know there was this video you mentioned. Thanks!
I don't lane filter because i have 2 wide cruiser motorcycles and I live in a town with a population of around 3,500 people, so not too much traffic.
When I am first at a red light I turn my eyes to my mirrors when I have no one behind me. Then if I see someone approaching from the distance, I will let off the rear brake for about a second, then reapply the brake to try and grab the person's attention that I am stopped. Once I get a couple cars or, a big truck or SUV behind me I move most of my attention forward.
I also do the same thing when a vehicle is in front of me stopped but I leave about 10 feet of space in front of me for a buffer, and keep in the right side of the lane. I keep in the right side of the lane to move to the shoulder or a parking space if I see someone behind me isn't slowing down.
Very good video Yammie. There is one "trick" I think you missed and that is _observation._ It is probably the hardest to learn and to teach. When riding in traffic you must be 110% aware of the vehicles, pedestrians, road furniture, road surface, weather etc. around you. You should be able to pick up the little nuances (some people call it a 6th sense) that give you clues to what someone is about to do. Not only must to watch where you're going but you must watch everyone and everything around you. Watch for driver's head movement, vehicles' position in their lane, position on the front wheels, people/animals about to step into the road, the rainbow flash of a patch of oil on a wet road, and on and on and on. This takes time to learn
Can't agree more, well said
very true! idrove Taxi for 20 years, and i can pretty much tell when a driver is going to do something stupid. they did it all the time, and i can pick up on how they are driving that causes me to take actions knowing they are about to screw up my day.
It's a fun trick on a road trip telling the driver that that car is about to change lanes and it does.
Thats' the old but right way of riding. Just ride and feel like you are invisible.
Vehicles have body language. And if their windows aren't tinted then you can combine the body language of the vehicle and the body language of the driver or even passengers.
I grew up in Austin and surrounding areas and right now, especially, is a scary time to ride around here. There are so many new people here that have no idea where they are or where they’re going. And we suddenly have an influx of people who simply should never drive.
This is why in the UK most intersections are being replaced with roundabouts, reduces accidents massively.
Texas would disagree, nobody knows how yielding works here they don't even slow down, hell naw they are slamming their shit around em at 50mph and cutting everyone off
Just wanted to say, I'm new to riding, and watching your videos have been really effective at educating me on everything motorcycle related, whether that be buying accessories, or riding on a track
I used to cover brake 100% of time but I found that it put a lot of strain on my wrist especially when at faster speeds and thus more throttle and more wrist bending for longer periods of times. My hands would go numb. Now I only cover brakes when in more dangerous zones, like heavier street traffic, intersections, or just when things looks like I might have to brake. I don't cover normally and that helped a ton with hand / wrist pains
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Video idea: come to UK, specifically London and get your A licence / A2. Do the CBT and see it from the USA Vs UK viewpoint?
I live in texas to and filtering or lane split will get you road rage or shot. It's easy to filter on a sport bike but when you have a bagger like me it's very difficult cause people don't leave room where I live
Just a friendly heads up, at 10:07 it's "trail braking" not "trail breaking". Don't wanna do trail repairs, that's for sure. Lol 😆 oh shitty dad jokes.
I might have posted this before, but I will repeat it. I wear a bright yellow mesh jacket paired with a yellow helmet. The reception desk at my former office could see me from a quarter mile. My office was on the second floor with lots of windows. Hi viz saves more lives than loud pipes.
From me, I always wear my trusty hero 8 and my brightest bag. When people say "I didn't see you." I just show the cops the footage and move on with my day.
Love all of the tips. Cannot fault any of them. Well done vid Yammie
The two things I can add is to give yourself a bit of a buffer. DO NOT TAILGATE. most of the time I beat the crazy people through traffic from sitting back about half a second more and observing what's going on in all lanes. It massively helps seeing danger incoming.
The only other thing is if you are the only person at the lights or the first person in that lane. Look how far back the next car is and watch it slow down. Not constantly alternate between it and the lights. I have been rear ended. What saved me from being crushed by the car in front is the foot on rear brake. And keep your hands on the bars. It stops the car or truck rolling over the rear wheel.
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In Europe we avoid intersections by using roundabouts, I know Americans have problems about that, but the only danger comes from one direction and usually by just slowing on the approach there is no need to stop.
@Yammie Noob good video. Maybe you should do an in-depth analysis of the graduated motorcycle licensing system here in Australia because everything you spoke about is covered and taught including how lane filtering is legal for fully licensed riders. Best advice I received while doing my training to obtain my license was to ride like everyone is going to try and potentially kill you and to always, ALWAYS, perform head checks and set your brakes and never ever speed.
Here in the UK we call head checks “life savers”, with good reason. Ride safely.
Tks. much.
The problem in my country is that there are no proper lanes, and nobody has lane discipline or is even aware of the existence of such a thing. So the only way to survive is to weave around like a madman or public transport.
I have tried many times to follow traffic rules but in a place where 95% of the people don't follow it just makes it more dangerous for those following it.
I know right. You are probably a better rider because the only one trying to keep you alive is you
@@jeremycox8261 True
4:31 when others say ‘sit in 1st gear to enable a quicker getaway’ it isn’t to display some superhuman skill, it is to have the ABILITY to get away quickly if you see or hear something happening behind you! If you aren’t in 1st gear then you will have lost that opportunity to escape in the 1-2 seconds it’ll take you to put it in first and go!
YN: “Don’t speed”
Also YN: “let’s let a teenager do massive street pulls on a turbo ‘busa!”
I love this channel.
"Do what I say, not what I do"
Don't speed in traffic.
Yeah, because content creation and teaching new riders is the same thing. ;)
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I understand the context. I’m just poking a little fun.
@@Motodidakt
I’m well aware. I wasn’t crapping on Yam. Just breaking balls.
One advice I would like to add is to try to always be in the left/right (preferably left) side of the lane. Doing this will allow for better visibility to other car drivers so that they can notice you in their side mirrors. Some car drivers just dont pay attention to their rear view mirror or the car might just dont have it (trucks, vans etc) or have it dirty/obstacled.
Moreover, sometimes there is debris lying in the middle of the lane and cars dont even have to swerve to avoid it unlike motorcycle riders sticking to the middle
If you are riding closer to the sides you have better chances to avoid such obstacles, and if something is lying closer to the sides you might notice cars in front of you swerving and you will have more time to react
Rule #1 YOU ARE INVISIBLE! Ignore all other rules, but never forget #1
I always lane filter and always try to overtake every car, as counter intuitive as it sounds I’m actually safer compared when I first started riding and waited behind cars. Like you said someone tried merging into me and I have to get out of my lane on the edge of the road. It’s much safer to be in front of all cars!
Agreed. Better to stay just slightly faster than cars otherwise they will change lanes right into you, especially on highways. Then you don’t have to worry about cars coming up into your blind spots as much too.
Wow, I am surprised by this video. You are a true ambassador for motorcycle riding. Everything that you have said has merit and you pushing safe and sensible riding is to be commended. In Australia, we call it defensive riding - whereby you picture the worst case scenario from every other road user to anticipate their stupid moves. We also refer to the bubble, where you and your bike are surrounded by a distance bubble, and you move that bubble around to keep away from the other vehicles, such as cresting a hill and moving your bubble away from the centre, in case the other vehicle veers over towards you. Well done mate, excellent vid, cheers.
Yam said hi vis, I'll take that as a blatant LED under glow endorsement 😂😂 Thanks 👍
Best tip I’ve ever had is:
Ride like you’re invisible i.e. don’t ever anticipate another vehicle or pedestrian has seen you.
I’ve expanded this to also include: Ride like you’re barely visible i.e. don’t sit in blind spots, place yourself where it is nearly impossible to have 11:36 not seen you. Flash brake lights (as you said) etc.
Also, if you don’t want fluorescent clothing, have a bright helmet. Which is what I do.
Bonus Tips: i was taught this on my lessons, use speed and agility to get away from other cars as they pose the greatest hazard on the road.
Thanks for commenting on the ridiculous notion of keeping your bike in gear at a stop with the idea you'll be able to sense and react to an impending rear-end collision. Always thought that was a false hope right there.
i wanna note that these tips also very much apply to bicycles.
I'd personally color coordinate my outfit and not choose a different color helmet, gloves, jacket, etc than my bike (given the bike isn't something dark to begin with). My thinking is that your advice basically does what camouflage does: breaks up your silhouette and makes you harder to distinguish. Not a good thing. We humans are great at pattern recognition. A rider who can easily be recognized as a motorcycle rider is a good thing, because it means you're being recognized at all. The stereotypical street rider look is something a lot of people can recognize and register in their mind, a jumbled mess of colors and materials on a bike, less so.
Just my philosophy, everybody is free to ride their own ride.
Roundabouts! You need more of them 😂
New bikes front brake have a clicking noise when you slightly pull it. That is the brake light activating. You can do this without actually braking when down shifting to let ppl know your slowing down
I'm not sure about the whole "tap the break" thing. I'm pretty capable of putting enough force on my rear break, without actuating it but still activating the rear light. I guess tapping might arouse a driver's attention yes, but it's an added measure to smooth riding. Just, learn where your rear light, lights up without also applying braking.
There is typically an adjuster for the microswitch that turns on the rear brake light. It's an easy adjustment to change how soon the brake light turns on when you push the brake lever.
@@dgphi yep, usually you just have to turn a screw. you want the light to turn on a bit before the brake starts biting
Ryan that is exactly what Yammie was implying, activating the brake light, but not everyone has your level of finesse to find the point where the lights come on without engaging the brake.
The problem with filtering at the light is there has been little to no explanation to car drivers the what, why and how’s of it - even the benefits they get out of it.
Final tip: Take the backroads.
I recently got into an accident, the one time I did not take the backroads someone pulled out cutting across two lanes in front of me.
Deer though
It never fails to amaze me how filtering and splitting are illegal in the us
Not California. I feel sorry for the other states because it’s like doing the Trench Run and exercising a privilage at the same time.
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Riding with my buddies in a group on a trail for the first time and for whatever reason the wanted to race thru the turns. They issue was they left too much space between the group and the bikes in the back got cut off by cars and got stuck behind them. Group ride turned into friends being a mile or 2 up the road having to pull over and wait for the rest.
Great job bro you got to teach the kiddos
Speeding is good only if you brake before the speed camera and after speed up again
As a new rider, this will get your hurt. This is for experienced riders.
Great video Yammie. Here in San Francisco bay area covering brakes and tapping rear break on throttle chop is key. I can't imagine you folks that get hassled for lane splitting and filtering. Wonder if we will see a national filter / splitting low?
In the UK roads are too narrow to filter so best to stop near the centre line on the right. And wearing hi viz is much better than not wearing it even if drivers dont register hi viz.
Nice moonwatch Yammie👍🏼
Awesome stuff
The brake tapping is a great advice 😊
Nice Speedmaster, great advice too!
'don't become a statistic' got me 🤣🤣 bro, you've made my day
How did saying a commonly used phrase "Get you" ?
I don't understand what is Filtering vs lane-splitting. quite frankly I dont' think anyone else does either. In california we lane-split. it works. everyone should be doing it. Most of the world does it.
im here in houston and i lane filter allday. passed a troioper once while doing it. he gave me a "are you for real?" lol but didnt pull me over.
As much as california is nutty and weird. Im glad lane splitting/filtering is no big deal here
Thanks for the tips yam... I will use then when i get my license
That was so great!
Killed it my dude! Great video! 🙌
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and if you going too wide In turn, just knee down.
10:08 Cover your **BRAKE** (not break)
All US States should allow lane-splitting/filtering for motorcyclist and should be taught in your driversED that it’s ok and safer for all around, hands down. Motorcycling should be encourage my brothers and sisters👏 And my girlfriend wearing her G-string on the back of my JIXR is all I need for high viz... people will notice! Ok I don’t have a girlfriend, but if I did she’d be wearing that G-string yo. That was just humor brah chill.
As long at you stay at a respectable speed and not screaming between the cars. Scare the heck out the drivers screaming past at 10K+ RPM.
@@kgaydos7 You are so right about that. Unfortunately it’s those riders that stick in the minds of car drivers whenever it comes up for voting to allow it.
Great video! Honest and righ
Nice advice yami👌👍
It may seem like common sense but for beginners, this is big help.
Nwy this is a must Skills for pros and season riders.
I miss my bike back home in the Philippines, cancelled my plans I buying a new bike here in the United Kingdom. Miss riding though 😕
Covering the brake is a surefire way to piss off the MSF instructor.
“Tap the rear” - that’s what she said
Got rear-ended, car doing 60 + was at intersection
I wear hi-viz helmet. and jacket. No guarantees but def is super noticeable.
Tks. much.
That's the good shit, amigo yam
Life saving mod: strobing break light.
Deceleration trauma sucks
I ride with two fingers on my brake lever at all times
I live in LA, I split lanes and get out of everyone’s way, but I don’t flip people off…
I ride in LA, split all the time. Drivers here are used to it and are generally helpful as we engage in this practice, often pulling way out of the way. Unfortunately there are splitters in LA who will immediately rev-bomb a car if they can't get through to demand they give them more space to split. Even I hate those guys.
Good advice.
Fastest I been on the street is much too fast I'll put it this way I covered 25 miles a huge circle around my house in I think it was 8 minutes
Bet you learned that "Don't Speed" lesson the hard way.
Btw...yellow mean slow down 🥴
What if you stalled in between cars?
Have you ever been ticketed for splitting?
On the subject of mirrors not only are we not looking at them all the time, let's be honest...most mirrors on bikes are just there so we are street legal. You can hardly see out of them. So filtering to the front of a line at a red light should always be a thing.
I’m a human pylon LoL 😂 so they see me LoL and I have bunny 🐰 ears on my helmet ⛑️ hahahhhha 😅
They should teach lane filtering in driving schools, so people in cars know we’re trying to be safe and not being dicks.
He said a chernobyl spec vest I'm dead
Wow
Just got my motorcycle license Yammie
You are not in the position to teach us what safe riding is... U must know this right? Hahah
Having been thru a serious wreck, I'd say the opposite could be argued as well
Hi Vis also in UK is super emthpasised
Just yesterday I was sideswiped by a woman in a SUV. I initially thought it was a police officer trying to get by me so I kept checking my mirror and noticed that this car was getting closer and closer to me and I thought I was going to get rear-ended so I moved over a little bit so I can get a better view of the SUV. So what happens next this woman pulls up abruptly beside me hits my shoulder with her mirror and then proceeded to tap my mirror with her mirror and almost caused me to go off into the side of a parked car. She got in front of me and she looked as though she was going to run for it but about 4 or 5 car lengths ahead she stopped and said what happened? I looked at her and I said what do you mean what happened did you not see me? I said if not I am sure you heard me because I am the loudest thing out here. Now I do not really care for a very loud motorcycle but I got back in the ride and said I'm going to have something loud like the police have this should help some what keep me safe. Well I found out that a lot of noise and being seen does not keep you safe from an intoxicated person. Since I was not hurt and my mirror was just pushed out of alignment and it's something that I could fix I let her go after I asked her several times if she was okay. Sometimes it could be a diabetic crisis going on with a person and they may seem as though they are intoxicated so let me not being a doctor and doing a blood test I could not really entertain it was intoxication.
I just had a horn put on that will wake the dead
Nice
Great vid
just watch like 15 ddfm videos youll get a lot of knowledge
Good video ty
Remember that everyone is trying to kill you and you're invisible. That's how you get this old.
I want to know what "trail breaking" is. I ride a scooter got my Red P plates (2nd year of riding)
Well said bra 👏 Oz busa boy
Generally excellent information with one major exception…. If you’re riding on the street and not paying attention ALL OF TJE TIME you should be doing something else…
Hey Uncle Yams, totally off topic here but EuroCycle out here in Vegas is trying to sell me the Yammie Noob Street Triple RR special. How hard did you push the bike when you rode it? Should I buy your demo or buy new?
I used it for its intended purpose on track, but it should be 100% fine.
Thank you sir. But I'm gonna need your autograph on it now if I buy it. Thinking of trading my rs660 in on this beast.
hi-vis, cop repellent
Getting stuck between cars that seem set on matching each others speed and boxing me in makes me want to pass on a shoulder. Illegal? IDC.
Easiest tip for daily riding: everyone else is an idiot
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I agree with 90% of what you are saying. Picking where you speed is a huge thing for sure but where I live there is no tracks unless I drive 6 hours one way and the cost is insane here. I try and pick spots that are clear from any other vehicles to open up a bit but I agree knee dragging on a country road around people isn't a smart idea.... also slowing down and enjoying riding comes with experience and time. Everyone in the beginning just hammers it 🤷♂️
All of the channel upgrades and you can’t afford a new marker 👀
Sorry I have a BMW XR, but I am not gonna wear High vis Yellow or Green. Ick
A good compromise for me is to wear a white helmet. They really pop out. Also, they are cooler in summer, which is important where I am.
I think this guy has a kid
Ride like you’re invisible 😎
If you try that go between cars thing at lights here in Wisconsin I can guarantee more than honking. A lot of drivers here are angry and very concerned about what everyone else is doing. Some would chase you once the light turns green sad to say.
Here in Virginia, it is a misdemeanor with jail time and fines. They consider it as reckless driving and can take away you motorcycle at time of arrest. I do perform during the summer when it is hot as I have a air cooled bike. As my water cooled bike that is large and hard with panniers. But have a entry to make it legal, just waiting for them to pass the law.