now how many of you have done or still do this when stopping quickly or emergency breaking.
now in this video I'm going to go over two causes for this and share how to fix them,
so if you're struggling with this you're watching the right video so hang tight.
hey guys I'm Paul the motor guy and welcome to my channel where I pass on riding tips, practice
drills and defensive riding strategies. now I'm a rider coach, a motorcycle sergeant and owner and
instructor at ProRider Central Texas, where we teach police riding skills to civilian riders.
now let me start by saying that if you're having trouble with this you're not alone,
this can creep into anyone's riding. I had one of my motor officers come to me and say
hey sarge, I'm having trouble when it comes to emergency braking or stopping quickly
to take off speed in order to get through some of the patterns. now when I asked him
what trouble he was having he said that when I put the clutch in when braking the bike has high revs.
now what I had him do was ride down at about 35 miles per hour and then I told him to start
braking at a certain point. now it only took one pass to diagnose the problem now the reason it
only took one pass is not because I'm that good but because this is a common mistake that I see.
now let's get into it, I'm going to cover two mistakes that cause this problem.
now the second mistake that I'm going to discuss is the one that I see the most.
now the first, mistake is your grip, sometimes riders will grip the throttle with the wrist
rolled forward and their fingers pointed towards them like in this next photo.
so let's say that you grip the throttle with your wrist rolled forward and now
you have to stop quickly. when you roll off the throttle to apply the front brake
the throttle isn't fully rolled off because of the way you've gripped the throttle,
so when you pull in the clutch it causes high revs. in this first video I'm going
to demonstrate this. now in the video I'm gonna roll off the throttle to where my wrist is flat
and I'm able to reach the front brake lever. I will then release the throttle so you can
see that I did not fully roll off the throttle, now you should be able to see the throttle turn
so as you can see, the way you grip the throttle is important. now I recommend gripping a throttle
with your fingers pointing down this will give the most consistent grip. now I did a video covering
how to grip the throttle, so if you haven't seen that video be sure to go check it out after this
video. I will leave a link up top and in the description below. now what I think is the most
common mistake is simply this, riders would tend to reach for the front brake lever too quickly.
now by the way this is what the motor officer was doing, so let me explain.
now when riders are riding and they have the throttle rolled on and then they have
to conduct an emergency stop or slow down quickly, they get anxious and the reach for
the front brake lever too fast, before they actually completely roll off the throttle,
which again causes high revs when the clutch is pulled in which looks and sounds like this.
so here's the fix, you need to think of it as two separate moves, so first you need to completely
roll off the throttle and then reach and squeeze the front brake lever which looks like this.
one, two
now the more you practice this you will be able to shorten the time between rolling
off the throttle and then reaching and squeezing the front brake lever.
now this is something that you can practice sitting on the motorcycle with the engine off.
you will simply roll on the throttle as if you're riding and then you're going to completely roll
off the throttle before reaching and squeezing the front brake lever which looks like this.
now once you feel good doing this, you can then take it out to the parking lot
and practice it while you're riding. now when you're doing this you don't need a
lot of speed you're just trying to ingrain the movements of completely rolling off the throttle
before reaching up and squeezing the front brake lever. now I'm going to go out and
demonstrate what it looks like when you practice this while you're riding so let's go check it out.
one, two
now I did a video on emergency breaking where I gave seven tips.
now if you haven't seen that video be sure to go check it out before practicing the
tips in this video. I'm going to leave a link up top and in the description below.
I hope this video was helpful and if you found value in this video, smash that like button
and don't forget to subscribe. now until next time practice, practice, practice and ride safe