Understand How To Lean Your Motorcycle Farther! If You're A New Rider You Need To Watch This!!

How far can you lean a motorcycle? There’s more to it than just pushing your bike to its limits - it’s about learning and understanding the balance of grip, bike control, and technique necessary to ride faster and safer. We dive into the key factors that affect lean angle, clears up common misconceptions like the myth of “chicken strips,” and learn why every rider should focus on the fundamentals before worrying about pushing their limits. Whether you’re carving corners on the street or chasing faster laps on the track, this is everything you need to know about leaning with confidence.

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[xinyuxue]

I got a friend, (you know who you are if you are reading this) that really have no business on a v4, never been to a track on a motorcycle, cares about his tire strip because to him it represents his progress. Wants to go fast on the street, has a kid on the way, and after countless time telling him he needs to take it to the track if he wants to push his limit, he told me that on the track he know he will crash, he dont have a suit, and a lot of "yes, but..." stories that i cant even keep track of... I am exhausted in trying to telling him to going to the track.

[edgeofentropy]

I have never needed to lean at 60° on any public road...ever. You can't be leaning that far, regardless if your bike is able to do that, because public roads are unpredictable. If you are on a racetrack, that would be different, but you spend the vast majority of your riding time on public roads where you can't predict anything. OP, you have said it well. This video is thumbs up worthy.

[jackflash]

Good advice. I'm a 50-year street veteran with half-a-dozen trackdays in there. I see far too many "kids" come up out of the city and try to play Road Racer on my mountain roads... too often with tragic results. F*** the chicken strips. Stay smooth, steady on the brakes, let the bike do the work. Look UP.

[leprechaun]

I’ve been riding for 9 years and this is truly an incredible video. I’ve learned more in this than 90% of other YouTubers out there. Thank you so much for sharing!

[JustLucasRacing]

Good video man. I wish there were more high level riders like yourself that made straight forward and concise videos.

[JonasArbaciauskas-fpxp]

That thing you said about leaning while on the street really resonated with me. No reason to lean hard and push the limits on a casual ride with your friends. Thanks bro

[Bailey-kj]

When asked why my BMW M1K has chicken strips, even though I'm getting 45-50 degrees lean angles on the streets, I simply say because my bike cost me $45k. I kinda don't want to crash it. 🤣🤣

[rrstryker]

A suspension setup video would be very helpful.

[ktmrider]

I am riding for 30+ years, had Sportbikes, went on track days a lot, and it was very pleasuring to see such a good summary video of what is really essential. I figured these out during my years through try & (fail &) learn, what a boost would it have been if I saw this video 25 years ago.. Actually the risk/reward ratio of street riding made me switch to off-road. Electronics create such a sense of false security, that I am worried about the lives of our beginner generation who is riding, remembering how reckless I was I'm my 20s trying to impress and get p***y....

[complex]

I can't believe you're still sub 1k subscribers this video was so concise and informative. Will be sharing this and you've earned my sub.

[RideLikeAChamp]

Hard to swallow truth for egoists and squids but this is the best advice some one can get and experienced proficient ider like you can give us. I learnt it the hard way so switching to Ninja 4 RR to master the craft of track riding since track truly humbles you and exposes your street riding loopholes. Understanding proper Vision, throttle and brake control can make a rider really fast yet safe, wish I had realized it earlier.

[MikeM]

At 79 I now don't push hard on the street. Only does it on race tracks. Though had to brake hard once because of a deer on the race track!
One thing you didn't mention was wet races. For some reason all my crashes last years had been in rain. Must be age.
Quit riding Harley in 1965 and went the sport bike route.

[kyleabram]

This should be a mandatory watch at every dmv before getting an endorsement. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve had the “stop caring about your chicken strips” conversation with other guys in the short time I’ve been riding. 4 of my buddies got bikes around the same time I did and every one of them was/is super concerned with their chicken strips and it’s mostly due to comments from other older more experienced riders unfortunately. One of my buddies has already laid his bike down luckily at relatively low speed. Fortunately I found videos like this one when I was first getting into it and got my ego out of the way early. This has been the most succinct video on the subject I’ve come across, well done.

[MrMikey]

Great advice mate. My Dad and Uncle raced back in the 60s and 70s and even though their bikes were very different to ours, the message was always the same. Keep the bike as upright as possible to achieve better times.

I attended California SuperBike school as an adult and they said the same thing too.

It’s a shame that so many guys think their chicken strips are the measure of their ability.

[camronbell]

Thank you. You talked some sense into a new rider. I was given access to one of my friends motorcycles, and I immediately took it out to the back roads where I used to street race. In the moment I was confident and in control. Looking back I got lucky.

[VManiac]

I was suprised to see how much of this stuff I picked up just from watching people ride. I've never been to a track but a lot of the things about leaning specifically at high speeds and why you do it, are something I'm surprised I learned on the street. Definitely should have learned it at the track, and improved that way, I just don't have the money to do so :( Will be going at some point to learn EXACTLY where my limits are. Great video. Definitely deserve more subs than you have.

[arslu]

1997 GSX-R to 2018 Panigale still serves Its purpose despite being 7 years old but a bit neglected now because ive leaned into cars now, but still memories a memory

[stephenzimmerman]

I'm planning my first track day this year and this is a very helpful video! Will watch it again! Definitely helped me set my ego back where it belongs. I don't try to push it extremely on the street for the reasons mentioned but I'd like to think I'll be a competent beginner on the track. Gotta kill that ego before it kills me! Super excited for a track day finally! 😁

[Isaac_Clifford]

badass video! i just picked up my first liter bike, lookin at tracks as we speak

[JESSEverything]

Ive only been riding for 3 days and i can tell this is high level info. Solid channel. One day I hope to be out on a track.