How to corner on a motorcycle | Gain confidence & skill

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[alanpucknell]

This was a good day. I know a lot of people knock it and say it’s not relevant to the road but it’s more about bike control and using your vision and understanding how it affects your riding. Definitely helped me with my bad habits.

[tomnorris]

I could really benefit from this in the rain.

Riding in the dry I have no issues at all but as soon as the heavens open my brain decides that the roads are instantly made of ice.

[Knotdead]

Always look at where you want to go but not where you are going. Practice makes better but takes years.... nice school.

[cinemenico]

I knocked myself over on a roundabout with a moped once. I've been having a rough time finding back the confidence in taking corners with considerable lean angle when picking up motorcycling last year, over a decade later. I really try but I need to go either embarassingly slow or when I try to push I can just feel the most miniscule vagueness of the front or rear and imagine it wants to break out making me very uncomfortable. I know the limits of the bike must be way beyond what I'm using it at, but I find it tough to trust it is up for it. Had a few scares as well with wet, cold conditions and tram tracks which threw out the rear, which I managed to save, but doesn't help the cause. Maybe I should look for something like that course.

[diaryofawanderingboot]

Trail braking!!!! Underrated/overlooked/life saving skill of the century

[MPrider]

I was there on this day, very nice experience and helped me to regain my confidence on the bike

[rhess]

I have worked on cornering properly for a long time and had to be so slow at first. Got left behind by friends. 6 months later I can ride faster than any of them nearly effortlessly.

[sarahdell]

You need to bring coverage to the US! Would love to support a company who is involved

[WolfyGamerPro]

Somehow, I'm more confident in corners when the RPM is high and I hear the exhaust better. It gives me a sense of more control since I feel the traction and power output better. But again, I still have a lean barrier which I need to work on. Still lack of relaxed upper body and the point that I look at. Some days, I'm in the mood for corners whilst other days, I'm not.

[buddyshergill]

The thing that's a shame about this course is it is to gain confidence but you can only do it if you have a full bike licence when you need it if you've only done the CBT.

[LIKWID]

Great stuff! Cornering is always something to try and improve on. Personally I've found myself doing what the instructor said going in too early and then running wide. Would be good to see if there was courses in Scotland 😁

[rcraven]

Looking at the Apex all the way round That's good and easy on a track or car park or open space but on an actual road you generally don't know where the Apex is going to be, early mid or late or indeed did they give you a reducing apex or bend I think not. That's where the bend seems constant but then closes or tightens up so one has to alter both speed and steering in order to go round without shooting off at a tangent.

[TheValkyrieBiker]

This looks fun. Maybe one day I can do this too as I really struggle with my cornering as a learner.

[ps]

You have to be able to stop in HALF the distance you can see, according to the highway code, not the full distance. This is rarely taught but it is the safest mindset.

[danielbeaty]

What make of motorcycle is the one with the orange tank, please .?

[judgedredd]

Is the California Superbike Training School still operating ? I thought they had stopped.

Its ok on a straight piece of tarmac such as a car park whe one can see where the apex of a bend is but on our country roads that apex may remain blind on entry and is only seen when close up or when passing it

The rider said that he got a few lose moments coming out of some of the bends and that isn't nice out on the road as it could lead to high siding and that's extremely painful never mind exciting..

'Always look through the bend' That's easy on track or on a car park but extremely difficult if one has close scenery on blind bend which many are. So going in too fast is something to be avoided buta common cause of many incidents. With little information one has to learn by experience just what is too fast. With a little caution one learns that going in slower can mean coming out the other side even though one comes out a little slower, one has made the bend with safety and not losing it mid corner or indeed as said running out wide which on a left hand bend means meeting traffic coming the other way. So slow in, steady round and after the apex when you can stand up the bike and accelerate out.

'Look through the corner' has been commented on so consider the advanced way to ride and that is to slow and or brake before turning the front wheel to initiate the turn for the corner and watch just how one is in relation to the 'vanishing' or 'limit point'. The point where your nearside kerb or verge actually meets the offside kerb or verge on the bend. If you are gaining on that point you are going too fast so slow. If you are maintaining the same distance then your speed is right and if it is going away from you after the apex then you are coming out of the corner.

Beware slowing and not showing brakes when approaching a bend as if there is following traffic they may not see you slowing by engine revs alone but by showing lights they will know that you are slowing and they may slow also. This is important with other bikers particularly if the ones following you are less confident or experienced as if you don't show brakes they may not brake themselves and end up go into the bends at speeds faster than you were. One need not use the brakes to slow unless one is going too fast and need to and there is nothing wrong with that as that's what brakes are for but if you can anticipate a slower speed on any particular bend one can come off the throttle earlier and allow the bike to so low without the need for braking but then flash the brake lights just in case you are being followed.

One thing that is not shown in the training is the right road position for left and right handed bends and its important to learn where to put oneself in the road in preparation for either. They differ greatly and unlike a car park the roads have camber to take into account and also the roads have potholes and debris that one might want to miss .

So yes by all means get yourself on car park and learn how to control you machine but that is only about a one third or less of what you need to know. Get some further training particularly out on country roads with someone who knows the law, the dangers and risks and of the systems to be used.

I think that I may have made you aware that a corner is not just a corner It's more complex than that.

Finally never ever cut a corner. or straighten one out as cutting corners cost lives. Take the slightly slower and safer route but one that is just as satisfying and paralleling a bend and the you will be a lot safer than racing round them like lunatics.

[ethanhale]

I love the bike you're riding I love that design not to not too extreme not too big just right best of both performances perfect

[aubreymartin]

Great Video, less music or even volume would make it better me thinks!

[HazardHarri]

What bike is that? EDIT: Ducati Scrambler.

[rcraven]

California Superbike School no longer exists in the UK. They went back home 2 years ago.