Kitchener Harley-Davidson riding tips
Watch Stan Hazen, Motorcycle instructor at the Ontario Police College demonstrate slow speed controlled riding
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Rekluse auto clutch will help too
100% correct. As a practitioner and occasional teacher of the RLAP (Ride Like A Pro), I see you covered the very basics, of which 98% of riders are clueless.
Nor do they EVER practice panic braking, brake and swerve, or escape routes, which always leads to rear wheel lockup (front brake should ALWAYS be 1st and dominant brake), which causes rear wheel slideout – which I believe is about 90 or more per cent of bike laydowns that could have been avoided.
Another thing to look into they I found long ago was about "vanishing points". This is looking as far as you can see, which will not only prepare you for that bicycle or oncoming traffic over the dang line in YOUR lane, or a revenue-happy cop, but as in racing or just riding in performance mode, you will see the curve tightening (slow down early), or opening up, allowing more throttle roll-on.
If you are slowing down for mere bends in the road; please take up another hobby before you create an accident.
hi Stan how you doing? greetings from Aruba!
I'd like to know more about the difference between slipping the clutch and the grey area.
TIP NUMBER ONE…DON'T BUY A HARDLEY/ABLESON POSERCYCLE!! THEY ARE PIECES OF SHIT!! THEY ARE NOT MADE TO BE RIDDEN, THEY ARE ALL ABOUT IMAGE/POSING! FUCK THESE OBSOLETE PIECES OF SHIT! IF YOUR MAIN OBJECTIVE OF OWNING A BIKE IS TO GET PEOPLE TO LOOK AT YOU AND THINK THAT YOU'RE COOL, YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A PATHETIC POSER! IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN HOW TO RIDE, GET A DIRT BIKE!
best riding tip is don't buy a Harley…that way you don't have to get rid of all your gear and have to buy a leather vest and cut all the sleeves off your shirts – and tell you wife to gain 100lbs and don't wear a bra.
I like it thanks.
You explained this a little better than the instructor where I took my safety course, and we didn't get a whole lot of practice time doing it. So I went out to a parking lot of a closed grocery store and practiced it until I had it down pat equally right and left. I'm left eye dominant, so I had to put a little more work in to the right turn. I'm far more confident at the slow speed turns now and way more confident in the saddle. Thanks for a great video!!
Good advice! I wish you let us hear the audio of the engine revving while dragging the rear brake.
Harley Haters will hate. Hmm they own 50% of the market share of the U.S. big bores, Victory and Indian holding 5 to 10% depends on who's counting. Harley has 35% of the OVERALL motorcycle market, Honda & Yamaha around 15%, Kawasaki around 9%. Just saying.
Terrific tips with just enough repetitions to drive them to memory…
victorys are made way better.
How height is that handlebar?
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That pass at 3:00 was awesome. It would be great to see a video on falling and dropping your bike at slow speeds. I think most people are afraid to try and practice these maneuvers since it pretty much guarantee you will drop it at least once. How to deal with that and how to fall without much damage to your bike.
Excellent demo. Great teacher.
Thank you very much. I will practice practice Practice. thanks again.
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DAMN great job. I have a sportster and I practice trying to get that tight. I learned at safety class but had a rebel. The sportster is like a Goliath monster compared to that.
Your riding skills are on point Sir.
what do you mean by covering the rear brake? a little? are you tapping it or applying a little pressure to the rear brake constantly?
That's true no one can state one bike can serve all needs for every riding condition, is ridiculous .
I used to have Kawi 6R that was great for weaving through busy, city traffic. Wish I kept her.
I would also love to own any of 650 Dual Purpose from Suzuki, Honda or Kawi to ride in the snow.
Me slipping through the city streets of Saint Louis in January, People would trip!
This has helped me a great deal. Thank You
Have your burned up a bunch of clutches leaning to do this thanks.
Very cool. Good points.
This was brilliant ( maybe apart from the music and not 'hearing' the bike ?)
But, for myself personally, the most valuable was hearing that it can take 80 hours or more of practice, and to begin on wider figure 8s to begin with !
I'm sure I'm not the only person who's been too harsh and beaten themself up for perceived inadequacy in this area instead of beginning wider and then tightening up!
Many thanks 🙂
good video Stan, I will be practising
You're substituting balance for throttle which is unacceptable. If you teach new people that you "always have to have a little bit of throttle in" they will never learn how to properly balance on a motorcycle because they assume that acceleration means they're going to be stable. You can absolutely be stable on a bike that is not under power, and it's achieved via balance and practice.
Here is the best tip anyone will ever give you on this subject……don't ride a big heavy ill handling piece of crap…
how does a little brake resistance help ?