RIDER SKILLS: How To Stop Dropping Your Motorcycle At Slow Speeds

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

We all know that a motorcycle is less stable at slow speeds, which is when so many falls happen. For street riders, it’s usually parking lots or roadside stops where slow tip overs happens, but adventure riders have an even higher tip over rate, just because of the nature of riding an adventure bike. We tend to ride on dirt, gravel, rocks, mud, over uneven and slippery surfaces and that’s part of the appeal of adventure riding. How do we avoid falling over at slow speeds? What are the key ingredients that some riders have mastered so that they can slowly work their way around obstacles at slow speeds and not fall over? What’s the secret? Photos and links for this episode can be found on our website at adventureriderradio.com. Adventure Rider Radio is the original and longest running adventure motorcycle and travel podcast and has been produced weekly since 2014! You can count on us to be there for you every Thursday with a new and exciting episode, we never miss a week. And we hope we can count on you for your support. Become a Patreon supporter for just $5 a month and get a sticker and ad-free listening. Make a one time donation of just $10 and we'll send you a sticker. A donation of $50 or more also gets you a shout-out on RAW. To become a supporter please head over to the Support page on our website. Thank you!

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0:00.0	Have you ever dropped your bike while doing a slow speed maneuver, like turning around or maybe going around an obstacle?
0:06.0	Of course you have. We all have. The question is, what do you have to do to stop dropping it or at least reduce the frequency of it happening because it can be really
0:16.2	frustrating even disheartening to have it happen time and again and often what happens is you end up
0:21.1	avoiding rides or areas or spots where you have to ride slow
0:26.0	and go around some sort of obstacle like turning around to things like this and it's uncomfortable
0:30.8	and it will also limit where you can go.
0:33.4	And why is it that you look at some riders and they seem to have no trouble doing it at all?
0:38.0	Well according to chief instructor Clinton Smout, it comes down to four key fundamental points.
0:44.0	And if you work on each one individually,
0:46.5	they will eventually become a collective skill
0:49.5	that will put you in the category of that rider that rarely drops their bike.
0:53.4	I mean you're still going to drop it occasionally even the best riders do, but it will be less
0:57.4	frequent the more you work on these four key points.
1:01.0	Today on Adventure Rider Radio's exclusive rider skills program,
1:04.8	How to Stop Dropping Your Bike. I'm Jim Martin. This is Adventure Rider Radio.
1:09.7	Stay with us. We got a good one for you. So, I'm Sam Mannequin.
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