Motorcycle U-Turn Made Easy | Mod 1 Tips #2

The dreaded U-Turn! I think it's something every rider was nervous about while learning to ride. It's also one of the easiest maneuvers to get wrong. Turning a big heavy bike around in a small area can be nerve wracking. There's so many things you're trying to think about. When do I turn? Where do I look? What do I do with the bike? In this video I'm going to break down how I do a U-Turn on a motorcycle and also some practice tips to make it easier and with a little bit of practice you'll be able to do the U-Turn anywhere and with confidence.

Hopefully everyone is enjoying short series, just a reminder the setup in these videos isn't to scale for the mod 1 test area. There is a link below should you want to practice this to scale in your own time

Link to the Gov website for the Mod 1 layout and size guide.

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[seans]

I quit riding for like 15 yrs. I forgot a few things like look where you want to go. I have my U turn confidence back now. Thanks for the help.

[cdotmac]

Great explanation - this video helped me overcome my nerves about U Turns and helped me pass my Mod1 on my first attempt today! Thanks for the content mate.

[MrVibeless]

I failed mine friday. Im gutted. Ive never had a problem with u turns until the actual day. Im guessing nerves undid everything id learned.
The biggest laugh is I did a tighter turn turning around driving up to the u turn bay area no problem.
Thanks for the extra tips mate. I hope it helps me next time.

[Cbt_boys_on_s]

I passed my mod1 first time and without any your channel helped me massively and the examiner was brilliant this is Monday and my instructor has booked my test already for a week today now I’m really worried so watching your other videos over and over thank you for your videos there brilliant

[matthewsisson]

Great video sir
I’m really struggling with confidence to get the bike turned on my lessons but watching your video has given me the belief to crack this now

[michellemackie]

I wish i had these videos for when i was doing my MOD 1, you make it so easy to understand!!!! Love all your videos 🏍🏍🏍

[jonluxon]

I passed my Mod 1 first time yesterday thanks to your amazing videos!

I was having mad problems with the U-turn but after watching this video a few times I finally was able to nail it!

I can't thank you enough for all your really helpful videos, you're a true legend!!

On to Mod 2 in 2 weeks!

Thanks again!! 👍

[doncaulfield]

Thanks so much for all this information....about to sit my test in Ireland and there is so little information out there...this is ready-made, direct, easy to follow tips thay are really applicable straight away...thumbs up for all the quality content...keep up the great work...long live the sv650 😉👍

[IKS-Exploration]

great video this is the best bike training channel yet keep them coming :)

[ScarySquirrel]

I had my first day of my DAS yesterday and really struggled with U turns. Watching this video though, i see that they had me training in a much smaller space. The turn was much tighter and i was having to initiate the turn much quicker as well. I'll try out some of the tips from the video today and hopefully improve.

[dengue]

past my cbt and got my cbf125 and been doing this and slow moving not for mod 1 but just for confidence and practise
sometimes i do it for fun instead of a long ride

keep up the GREAT!! videos i love them and they help me out as a new rider

[osker]

Mod 1 in two weeks videos a great help thanks man

[davestatham]

Great video and I'm really shocked on the size of the area. I've been practicing on a side road which is the width of two parking spaces. Loving the channel and at the moment I'm practicing on my 125 and all your videos are really helping. Still working on my speed at the moment trying to get to 50mph. Thanks and I'm looking forward to emergency brake and avoidance video.

[jaypincott]

Thank you for your videos helped me so much 🏍️

[HD-CVO]

Thanks for this wish I’d watched earlier haha did cbt yesterday and had chance to practice u turns on a break I thought it was 2 bays was panicking cos I couldn’t do it consistently 3 bays will be easy now I e practiced on 2 🤦🏼‍♂️

[BillyHey]

U turns were my nemesis for a long time before my Mod 1. Probably not helped by the fact on one of my first practices I dropped the bike and that was forever on my mind. In the end the best tip I got was get used to feeling your right elbow tucked into your side. Once I got that every one after that was a breeze.

Still don't like doing them IRL though, unless it's a wide road. At least once the test is done you can dab a foot if necessary.

[miketipping]

Great vid hopeful of finally passing, I haven’t tried in over a year because I failed like 4/5 times and just got so pissed off with myself. I could do it all day long during practice but as soon as I got in the test foot went down 😞

[_fleur]

Maybe stupid question sorry, but for going slow/controlled in the U-turn, are you keeping the clutch at the "biting" point and pulling in on the clutch if you need to go a little slower (instead of fully letting clutch go), or breaking?

Thanks for the great video!

[dawndavies]

I got refused to be taken out on the road my CBT I could not do the u turn adequately on a geared bike and it was tighter than this. took it on a moped, then went on a gear conversion with another school. no issues. be careful who you take your course with.

[joannaborley]

So. Do all test centres have to be 7.5m for u turn?