Avoid This Common STEERING Mistake

Push a little quicker!!!! Slow steering is a big cause of riders having to make corrections past the midway point of the turn and crash. motojitsu.com/

80mph in a 45, through a curve, one handed, while having an eloquent conversation. The man is an animal.

This is where the term "deliberate" on the inputs is actually more useful (in many cases) than "smooth"... Lots of people get the idea that "smooth" means gently, and that simply isn't the case. You've got to get those inputs where you want them fairly quickly, but it can still be done smoothly. What you don't want is shoving it way too much and then yanking it back to over-compensate, and all kinds of littler adjustments back and forth until you're input forces on a graphic display is just all over the place... You WANT nice smooth, slightly slanted "square waves"... SO be "deliberate" in your actions. Time the push for engaging counter-steer appropriately, and then get the bike over to the appropriate angle to make the turn at the speed you've selected, and your eyes and nose pointed where you want to go, looking as far through the corner as you can. Scanning back is okay a LITTLE for surface hazards and holes and what-not, but the FOCUS should be through the turn... AND yes, it is important that you WORK YOUR WAY UP in pace, getting braver in small manageable measures as you get comfortable with the controls and settle into trusting your bike over time. ANYWAYS, just my two cents... I hope it helps make sense of things. I hope it helps SOMEBODY, anybody... ;o)

I was an MSF Instructor for 10 years and have been riding for 50 years and I can't tell you how much I enjoy your educational process. 👍

I always like learning, and I admit that when I clicked on your video I didn't think I had this issue...then I went riding today, and even though it was sometimes and subtle I'm guilty as charged! Thanks for what you do, constant and never ending improvement!

30 years of experience and just got back to it after a 10 year hiatus... Just realized how much I've forgotten or how much I've never really understood about riding! The internet can be a powerful tool if used wisely ;-) Thanks Eddy!

Just took advantage of our great weather and practiced in my favorite parking lots and put 33miles on my Vespa! Need to get my GoPro so I can share my slowwwwwww raccccceeeee. 😄 Thanks, Greg!

This is what I do. I'm a new rider, only about 200 miles under my belt. I rode with friends last weekend and they said that I was very "upright" through my turns and taking them cautiously slow. I knew about the slow part, but I didn't know what that actually looked like from their perspective! So thinking back to this ride, now I understand that I am just "getting away with" a turn being cautious, making multiple small "corrections" and not leaning the bike. Thanks for this! I hope to work on this this weekend!

One of THE most useful videos for me, and I expect for many other older returning riders who never even heard of counter steering and never even thought about how exactly they do steer the bike. The video on not going to fast into a corner was great, but this should be titled "What do if if you DO end up going too fast" and I think is just as important for someone like me. Going deeper into how the controls affect motorcyling makes us all safer, and your videos are doing a great job in that regard. Thank you for posting, and I will get your app for sure.

Love your videos. Watching that brings back a lot of memories of mistakes, bad habits and long lessons learned. I'm starting back riding again after a 24yr absence, I'm not a newbie but need advanced training. You're vids are spot on, excellent and really help, thank you for all the time and effort you put into your work to help, encourage and inspire all riders at all stages, very much appreciated!

Thanks man ! I have your app and I do the practices in a parking lot every Sunday . This video made me think a lot about my own counter-steering , so much so , that I had to comment . Thanks for all the content . I have taken a basic rider course this season and I am going to take advanced course next season . Thanks so much for everything !!

I have actually done that when I had started and I knew I had been to slow on the counter steering. I always review my mistakes. I use what I've learned in my courses and your vids, also by my driving experiences with standards. I'll take the curve again and push harder and presto. 🤨

Most of what I know about riding comes from you, your books and the books you suggested Greg... ofcourse, I read more and took a course, but I leant so much from you. Thank you Sensei

Great video man, really rewarding applying correct techniques to one's riding and being aware of the improvements. Makes you a safer, confident and faster rider. Top work, keep it up!!

Damn, he is speeding at 125KM all the while taking risky curves with one hand and giving tutorial! Respect!

Wanted to thank you for this video. I've been riding now about 2 years and maybe about 11,000 miles roughly. I think you nailed one of the issues I've been trying to figure out. I'm simply not pushing hard or fast enough in curves. I also find I have a very tough time with things I think should be easy, like turning right from one road onto another road at a slow speed. Also, the "pulling" technique on the handlebar to turn is also eye-opening for me. I went out riding today and played around with that as well.

I feel like I do this fine until speeds get faster. I don’t know wtf is wrong with me but I’m always going slower in turns than I would in a car. I just struggle with knowing how fast I can safely enter a turn I guess idk. Like I know this is the opposite of most people but I have no issue with super tight parking lot Slow speed turns and lean etc but at higher speeds suddenly I find it harder or I’m less sure of my capability

When I first starting riding (k1200 LT, crazy right?) I didnt understand counter steering; I'd shift my weight, alter my butt position and it was never enjoyable. Actually frightining. One day, a motorcycle instructor told me ti imagine balancing a broom on my hand. If I wanted to move it left, I'd first have to move my hand to the right. A light bulb went off and now I understood. Riding was much more enjoyable and fun!

One of your best explanations yet Jarhead. Keep it up Greg

I've just finished the chapter about line selection in "Total control" and you made this video - perfect 👌