The safest cornering technique you'll ever know

Well, look at how the front was moving, if I hadn't relaxed the chassis it might have been inclined to oversteer and Tuck and I would have gone down like a shot. Buffalo, welcome back guys. I can see that you have been enjoying yourself. The first three instructional videos and I trust

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yone is practicing the

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s from now on. I want to start moving things forward a little bit based on what you've learned in this episode. I'm going to focus solely on the curves and

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ything is based. In something you've probably never heard of and I'd like to call relaxing the chassis, what most people don't realize is that when a motorcycle corners, believe it or not, the steering has to shift in the right direction. opposite direction.

It's crazy, but when I turn the bars this way, I'll turn to the right. When I turn the bars to the right, I will turn to the left. Setting your frame geometry to steer the bike before leaning is the best way to maintain traction at all times. The goal of this exercise is to teach you to instinctively relax the chassis and what this is is the beginning of stepping back and backing up and the power slide is just an exaggerated version of a normal corner. I'm going to show you how to start the Back and Swipe Steps.

It all starts by relaxing the chassis. To get started with this

technique

, you need to trust what I'm saying about turning the steering in the opposite direction than you want and I can demonstrate it to you. You just put it in second gear, go forward and just push one side of the bar and see what happens. What you feel is that the chassis relaxes in its geometry and now you combine those original techniques, you push to the right, you relax your left elbow up. As you push your right elbow up, you will see the triple clamps initially rotate to the left and the bike relax to the right.

Now I'll show you this in real time through a very fast curve. I'll get there fast and this I don't even want to call it technique, I want to call it instinct, so I'll approach a left corner, which means I'll be waiting for my left, I'll lift my right elbow and brake as the chassis relaxes I'll apply a little bit of brake on the rear part is already out but not because it is blocking the wheel but because I am relaxing the chassis there is a big difference, here we go, did you notice? My inside leg comes out We've all seen the Moto GP Heroes get their inside leg out, that's not just because they're adding wind resistance when braking, but because it's this natural Instinct dirt that comes out to compensate for the steering and relax the chassis in the corners. curves. at those speeds it's two wheels skidding, okay, the same standing technique applies, but I will keep my feet on the pegs, there will be no compensation, I will use the upper body weights compensated, okay, you would have seen it, then the chassis relaxes with natural power. slide now, this is a safer

cornering

technique for two reasons: one, my driveway is much safer because the rear is facing out.

Well, by setting up that relaxed chassis, I've taken on all the expectations and all the responsibility for traction. front wheel out of the equation I've set the bike up to a two wheel drift, even if the traction changes mid turn the front wheel is not just going to come loose and lose, it's just going to go into a two wheel drift, both wheels wider, it is a much safer way to enter any corner when the chassis is in that relaxed position, it doesn't have to be completely on its side, it can be a minute of relaxation and the rest will become instinctive as you get the feel of it. second place to go out with all your power.

We're already set up, just think of it as a push, pull, push, pull, push, pull, but without physically pulling or pressing anything, it's just subtle body positioning and waiting. Okay guys, now I want to show you a little more of a real-world scenario where you've been distracted by some obstacle, whatever it may be, only to be hit with a surprise turn immediately afterwards and, generally speaking, if that obstacle has altered chassis, unloading the suspension, whatever, gives you minimal time to brake and one more reason to actually start. this relaxed chassis and what I want you to do now is right when you're pressing left to turn left.

I want you to put the weight opposite the outside peg. Okay, ultimately in this situation, I'm coming into a corner too hot because I had to go down a step. See you as soon as I recover from The Landing. I'm leaning into the corner waiting for the inside bar, it's relaxing the chassis and I'm waiting for the outside peg to maintain traction at the rear. strange technique again but this time I have like a U-turn like a very tight turn right after a big distraction this is the Matterhorn it's an old send how much you relax the chassis how much weight you apply on the inside outside Peg bar it's all relative to the corner end how severe it is, it's tight, it's just a basic dogleg, okay, this is tight, let's go, we need a little acceleration, okay, look how the front was moving if I If there wasn't prioritized and relaxed that chassis, it could have been inclined to oversteer and Tuck and I would have gone down like a damn Buffalo, the other part about this technique when it is much more advanced, but if you are a serious man.

Off-road rider or one who really enjoys his off-road riding, watch the transition from standing to sitting in the tired Apex. Okay, I've done it. Okay, now I want you to focus on the transition, so the transition from braking to acceleration, the entry to from Apex to the exit of the corner right now because this corner is tight for a fast corner. I'm going to brake standing and then transition to sitting while I go from braking to accelerating. Well, that was a perfect scenario to show you The benefit of the relaxed chassis, the beauty of that was that the rear wheel came loose, okay, and it didn't push the front and throw me to the ground again for you, it's all about the transition, set the chassis relaxed to get power back, okay guys, same thing again, but never.

Will this technique be more valuable than in a surprise off-camber descent situation? Gravel, especially good, I say more than ever, you have to be as smooth as possible in the transition, okay, distraction, what's good, okay, then the jump was my distraction, case with the front end heavily completely. unloaded on let's call it a downhill surprise it's a little hard to talk to you while I'm attacking some of this stuff but I'll do my best okay distraction oh wow I'd like to talk to you about braking but that's too comprehensive, I don't want to guide you guys in Australia, this is really advanced stuff, but even if you can absorb and apply 10 of that technique with the intensity that I've been doing here, you will put yourself in a position to become a better cyclist, you will learn exponentially valuable skills. to better survive off the road.

It's not just about being the fastest cyclist in the world, but about being able to go fast safely. That was fun, guys, look seriously, you can't learn to drive. a bike on the internet just takes these skills, techniques and methods very seriously and very lightly, try things incrementally and build up gradually, it takes years of practice, it's that simple, but

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ing what to practice is everything, um, and look, I have years of these things locked up and maybe you can help. In fact, you can become a member of my channel for a small monthly fee and you

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