What is up everybody Dan Dan the Fireman here
I'm out here with at Ride Arizona MTC and I want to explain to you and it's coming from a guy
I understand that it's coming from a guy I'm explaining
Why women riders should not be scared or women should not be scared of starting to ride. Oh I have over here
I have five different bikes all different kind of seat heights all different kind of, you know
ergonomics and everything and the reason why I bring up women riders with different seat heights different organ omits different looking types of bikes is
because I think
like I said
I think please correct me if I'm wrong in the comments that just the fear of not being able to touch the ground
with my wife for example
she she's very short and she couldn't touch the ground on a few things and
I want to show you that there's a few of these things that I can't touch the ground
I'm also short there's also a few things that I had to go out and practice
With some of these bikes because I wasn't used to it. I'm not it's a little bit scary
I'm one of those people that have high anxiety and it's frustrating for me when I can't get something right or something wrong
And it's embarrassing very embarrassing. So I'm gonna go over here. I'm gonna show you really quick to you turns for each bike
So 10 new turns left and right on different size bikes now
This is something that you can definitely do at Ride Arizona MTC. These are Ride Arizona MTC bikes
I'm out here on the range with their bikes and we're gonna be doing some u-turns real quick and I pick a u-turn because
It's one of the scariest things ever
It really is. It's one of the scariest things ever for a brand new rider
But once you get the understanding the mechanics of it all when when you figure it out
You know the hows and whys, it
becomes much easier and you could pretty much do it to every single bike that you ever get on and
You'll learn that inside the class. You'll learn that on the range here at Ride Arizona MTC
So if you're a little nervous a little bit, you know a little scared
This is a perfect place to try it out in practice you're in the safest spot that you can
Practice obviously motor riding motorcycles is inherently dangerous
but
This is a lot of fun out here and you get coaching some really good coaching. All right
So what we're gonna do is we're gonna hop on this ninja
Now it really doesn't matter what brand
It doesn't really matter what kind
It doesn't matter handlebars, the seat position, the foot position
Every motorcycle is pretty much the same. Okay. You got the clutch. You got the brakes you got the throttle now
You're gonna run it to somewhere the ergonomics a little awkward
so for instance these bikes these sport bikes a little bit hard, a little bit hard for a for u-turn so
Once you kind of figure it out and you get the understanding of how a motorcycle works
Let's go around now. Let's do a right-hand turn
Once you get the understanding of how a motorcycle works you could ride any bike and you'll get that understanding and know how and why
in the class. This is the hard one right here, doing the right-hand turn...
On a
Sport bike a little bit freaky because you have not a lot of room and that's something you'll learn in the class
And I'm gonna keep bringing up the women rider thinks that's the topic of this video
My girlfriend at the time now, my wife was very nervous. Okay, very very very nervous about riding
She never wanted to I've been riding for a very long time with even watching my youtube channel for a while
Been riding for a very long time. I've had her on the back a few times
one day
One day she said I want to ride
as soon as I heard that I signed her up for a ride Arizona MTC BRC 1 class and at the same time
I signed myself up. Sorry, I had to think real quick.(chuckles)
I signed myself up and when I signed myself up, I already knew how to ride. I already had my endorsement
She didn't have her endorsement. She's never been on a bike
She was freaking out and I'm not throwing her under the bus or anything, but that's typical. That's typical
I was freaking out when I took my MVD my DMV
Test so she was freaking out. There's something completely new and I went there to support her and
When she did the class she was amazing
She finally relaxed after a while. Steve and Trina were so fun
Got her to relax. We had another female rider in that class. Now i'm on a scooter
So this one's a little different, but we had another female in that class and she did exceptionally
Well also, very nervous, but then calmed down and relaxed and had a great time. So this one's a scooter this one
Doesn't have a clutch. So this is also something that you could definitely play around on
when you get
This necessary skills to figure all this out. Once you understand the basics of why a motorcycle want's to lean
Why you need to turn your head? All those things will come into play for any and every bike so this is why you need proper training
and
Like I said, I don't want to bring up
I don't want to say too much when it comes to female riders because I am NOT a female rider
I do not understand absolutely everything you
yourself have to go through
I don't understand
Any hesitations any fears and concerns, but as a rider myself my fears and concerns were
This is freaky. This is a very big machine. I
Have no idea I know how to ride a bike, but I'm scared
A lot of these bikes are too tall, much like this bike the Kawasaki KLX
250 SF, it's very tall. I have a 30 inch inseam and I am
Tippy-toeing it. I am tippy toeing it
So do not worry about tallness do you don't worry about the bike that's tall?
You obviously want to get a bike that will fit you
But do not worry too much. You don't worry about the bike. That is too tall
Do not worry about any of that stuff once you get the understanding from the class
It becomes a piece of cake. So if you are a brand new rider
any type of rider male or female and you want to learn the basics and you want to learn how to get your
Endorsement you want to learn why and how to stay safe, come out here, Come out here to Ride Arizona MTC
Trina and Steve or myself and somebody else
Could come teach ya, we can come coach ya, get you prepare to ride
So you're not too scared of these beautiful machines that will give you a lot of fun
Now I'm gonna go from a bigger bike one where I can barely tippy toe
To a bike that is more friendly for us shorter or vertically challenged riders
This right here is your typical Cruiser. It's a little Suzuki cruiser
Honda Rebels are a lot like this. Well, we got Nikki a 2018 Honda Rebel 500
So it's really low seat height and it's something that she can flat foot
and that is something you might want to look into but you could come out here
And play around
Well not play around you learn
You learn how to ride
Different bikes if you want to choose to it's the beautiful thing out here. It's a nice safe environment. The the pavement is
expertly cleaned brand new paint lines
wonderful coaches
These are all different bikes doing u-turns within a 20 foot box
Different bikes, different ways to learn you come out here you practice you learn on a sport bike
you can go out and go home and
apply that to a
cruiser
I'm not out here trying to demonstrate and show you that I could do u-turns
Anybody can do u-turn once you get enough practice
But that's the thing if you're scared to start, you're never going to get the practice and you don't want to practice
bad habits, you don't want to practice things that
That can be an issue
If you practice the wrong way, thousands of times you're going to be an expert at how to do the wrong thing
so if you come out here to Ride Arizona MTC, you practice on this beautiful range with
Really good MSF Coaches
Practice on different bikes if you absolutely have to you might start off on a sport bike like I don't like it
Can I try one of these cruisers that you have? Yes, you can if we have spare bikes
That's the greatest thing about this place and you can practice practice practice in a safe environment
Practice the good way the right way to do it
Practice it a couple dozen times here
And then when you take it home you practice it a couple
hundred times there you're gonna be practicing the safe way the right way
And a way that you're gonna be
Understanding. That's the one thing that I came away from this class at the BRC 1, the BRC 2, the advanced class multiple times here
I was able to understand every single time and that's the great thing about having the coaches here
So this this video was more so kind like a vlog while I'm riding around inside this little parking lot
I know it's probably not what some people expected and
It was directed at female riders and possibly new riders
because at the end of the day female riders
And I'm using my wife as an example
That's the only thing I know is that it's really nerve-wracking for a machine like this and to put yourself out there
It's not something that
She's done a lot and honestly something for myself as a new person
Extremely nerve-wracking to start something new
Especially with something like this in front of people and they make it so much fun out here
When she did it and then now it's my goal to make it fun for you guys when you're out here
And I'm coaching. So come on out here, come out here to Ride Arizona MTC
I keep saying that name because that's what it is. Okay, that's where I'm at. I'm here on the range
This is where I did all my training
so I just this is like home to me and I hope you guys enjoyed it and the whole point
Like I said of the u-turn is to show you that once you understand the concepts after you take the class you can apply it to any bike you want
Alright, so, that's it. Hope you guys ride safe. Be safe and I'll see you later