Lovely man...I’m not in motorcycle world but trying to improve my simracing skills and this is massively appreciated. You clearly have teaching talents. New sub mate, keep it up, see you on track!
Great video! I've written a book and online course to teach trail braking to the average street rider. Your video here reinforces my theories and techniques. Best wishes!
Thanks for great video - I have practiced trail braking during road driving. I’m still not getting down shifts and clutch action to work in harmony with the front brake. Can you elaborate on this?
Very good video with a lot of tech details on Trail Braking. Calling it Ultimate … well in the eyes of the beholder. One advice is to train on improving your videos narration skills. You sound like you are going to cry. You need to put some enthusiasm and energy to keep people hooked. Even if it is 8 min. Just my 2 cents
Firstly it can depend upon what sort of machine you are riding. Generally, if you are on a medium to large four stroke engined machine the engine generates a lot of ‘engine braking’ to a point where if there is no slipper clutch fitted you have to manually slip the clutch during down shifts and slowing down particularly in the lower gears to stop the rear wheel locking or sliding, so the rear brake is useless in most cases. If fact a lot of riders use the rear brake mainly to control the front wheel rising coming out of corners over rises etc. However if you are riding a two stroke engined machine the brake is use a lot as the two stroke engine has virtually no engine braking effect, same with electric machines too. There are times or situations where the rear brake is used ie in the rain when traction or grip is reduced, or approaching an apex a light dab can help pull the bike onto a tighter line. It is a very personal thing, I rarely use the rear brake and focus on the front brake and using the engine, with the slipper clutch, as the rear brake, with the exception when I’m on a two stroke machine. Hope this helps. It also shows why learning really needs to be personalized to you as there are a lot of variables. If you want to take your trail braking to the next level we hope you will consider our personalized online coaching options with Mike or other Racers360 coaches! You can learn more about those here: racers360.com/coaching/motorcycle-road-course/
One of the best explanations of trail braking I’ve seen. As an engineer, I really appreciated the charts and graphs with the overlays. Well done!
Vijay thanks for the lovely comment. I wanted to get the video as accurate and informative as possible.
Magnificent video. No fluff. Straight to the point. Mathematically precise. Cheers.
Great video. That dash mounted brake light is pretty cool. Great way to verify how deep you really are braking into a corner.
Thanks Backmarker, I found that fitting the aux brake light was very handy for people to use as reference when I'm on and off the brakes.
I thought for a moment it was his rev limiter light...
That was well explained and demonstrated, thank you!
Lovely man...I’m not in motorcycle world but trying to improve my simracing skills and this is massively appreciated. You clearly have teaching talents. New sub mate, keep it up, see you on track!
Thanks Matias, I've been riding a long time, and now really enjoy coaching. Why don't you try motorbikes for a change from your sim racing?
Excellent video...well explained..
Wow, well explained! Thank you for that👍
This was superb, thank you.
Great video! I've written a book and online course to teach trail braking to the average street rider. Your video here reinforces my theories and techniques. Best wishes!
Cheers for taking the time to comment, trail braking is one of the most popular topics to cover when I'm teaching.
“It’s a confidence issue” wise guy
Thanks agin Matias.
Great! Thank you
Thanks for taking the time to comment Don.
Thanks for great video - I have practiced trail braking during road driving. I’m still not getting down shifts and clutch action to work in harmony with the front brake. Can you elaborate on this?
Cool video!
Excellent video.
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Very good video with a lot of tech details on Trail Braking. Calling it Ultimate … well in the eyes of the beholder. One advice is to train on improving your videos narration skills. You sound like you are going to cry. You need to put some enthusiasm and energy to keep people hooked. Even if it is 8 min. Just my 2 cents
What about combination between front brake and rear brake? should trail braking only be performed with front brake?
Firstly it can depend upon what sort of machine you are riding.
Generally, if you are on a medium to large four stroke engined machine the engine generates a lot of ‘engine braking’ to a point where if there is no slipper clutch fitted you have to manually slip the clutch during down shifts and slowing down particularly in the lower gears to stop the rear wheel locking or sliding, so the rear brake is useless in most cases.
If fact a lot of riders use the rear brake mainly to control the front wheel rising coming out of corners over rises etc.
However if you are riding a two stroke engined machine the brake is use a lot as the two stroke engine has virtually no engine braking effect, same with electric machines too.
There are times or situations where the rear brake is used ie in the rain when traction or grip is reduced, or approaching an apex a light dab can help pull the bike onto a tighter line.
It is a very personal thing, I rarely use the rear brake and focus on the front brake and using the engine, with the slipper clutch, as the rear brake, with the exception when I’m on a two stroke machine.
Hope this helps. It also shows why learning really needs to be personalized to you as there are a lot of variables. If you want to take your trail braking to the next level we hope you will consider our personalized online coaching options with Mike or other Racers360 coaches! You can learn more about those here: racers360.com/coaching/motorcycle-road-course/
@@BlayzeCoaching Thank you very much for the answer! I am getting my A2 licence these days and I find these kind of question very interesting ;)
Never use 100% front brake. Just a warning for any new riders.
Did you actually watch the video? He is talking about 100% effective braking, not 100% of available braking.