Tim Coleman Static Balance Lesson 1

This is lesson 1 in the Tim Coleman training series. This is the first lesson he gave at the Hancock NY training days!

[samwize]

What helped me a lot is to focus on balancing my body and not so much the bike... so long as you keep your bodies centerline of gravity constrained with the bikes center. You could at first also try deflating your tires a bit. that makes any errors much more forgiving, although fine tuning your balance should be done with tires inflated to spec. another piece of advice, if you cant do it standing try sitting on your seat when you can sufficiently balance while sitting, go ahead and try slowly rising to your feet all the while keeping equal pressure on the foot pegs. Disclaimer: I am most certainly not a professional and in fact only been doing this for 3 days 30min each but I went from not being able to balance even for a second to balancing for several minutes.

[thenobleandmightybeaver]

I practice static balance and riding as slow as I can all the time on my front lawn. I’m pretty sure all my neighbours think I am the slowest dirt biker in history (which may be true).

[nickg]

absolutely top class advice clearly explained by a pro with many useful tips -whats not to like!!

[pauldowling]

Awesome enduro lessons and discussion, thanks PrimalEnduro!

[dfinley]

Starting my 30 day static balance challenge ( was unaware it was a thing lol) great videos I'll be watching you 30 day challenge series as I go along

[Cross-Country-Biker]

Thanks for highlighting skills to practise. Good homework exercises

[bsb]

Been doing this 20 minutes a day for 3 weeks now. Best I can manage is about 2-3 seconds of balance before I have to put my foot down on the ground again.

[savageenduro]

Another great video. It’s like I was there!!! Well done

[oldmanmtb]

I just now starting to practice slow riding and static stops and man does it make a difference...i forgot who said it but he said "want to be a better rider learn how to ride slow first"..

[timsilva]

Haven't ridden in 6 months due to broken and dislocated ankle. Been practicing this in the garage for a few days. Got up to a minute yesterday, then today I was having trouble at 5-10 seconds. 🤔 Was it the beer?
I did find it easier to get balanced on the seat in the beginning. Like a warm up. Seems like head up, looking out the garage 25 feet helped.

[muddyboots-mac]

Nice demo, at 3:34 where should our eyes looking at which part of the bike?

[TAllyn-qrio]

I am 59, have a 2021 KTM 300 XCW and my balance is shit! As a teenager, I raced MX 250 expert and balance as super. In early 20’s I began racing road bikes (pedal road bikes) and I could stop at a red light…feet strapped in pedals…lean down grab front wheel….wait for light to turn and go…now, I would break my neck in a heartbeat. I am going to start doing this and might be able to put on a sock w/o falling over. 😮🤭😛

[grendelprime]

I do this on my Harley RoadGlide or my KTM 690 in crawling traffic. It helps the time pass and once a bike cop pulled up next to me wondering what I was doing and laughed about it after I explained.

[tysonmoore]

Step one: have strong legs😂 awesome video mate! I’ll definitely be trying this when my new bike arrives from a the dealership!

[stringy]

Very good for an old bloke just starting

[hurelllucieer]

Fantastic explanation. This is my next project.

[ktkace]

Possible to practice with a scooter or a single cylinder race replica?

[babar]

Very nice human contact ... well explained :)

[claudiomartins]

Maybe I can have someone clear up a question for me please?
When I was learning static balance on a trials bike and now on an enduro bike, something isn't making sense...
Using the leg as an outrigger... Logically I'd assume that if the bike is falling to right, the left leg would come out to counterbalance... However as soon as my left leg comes off the peg, the bikes falls faster to right because that's where all the weight is? What am I doing wrong?

[victorbeazel]

I push my front wheel into the middle of an old atv tire to practice static balancing in my garage. Don't use too fat a tire though, or there won't be much challenge in it. Then I put my iPad on a shelf in front of the bike and watch YouTube videos.