Used to practice this on a Sat morning in the local High School grounds. Tutor was a highly regarded instructor and he made us do it time after time, until we got it! It's actually easier to master without the helmet and the guy allowed us to do it like that for the first few sessions. He was the Old Skool biker type and knew everything about geometry, balance, c of g, absolutely everything. He's no longer with us but I've had 40 years on the bikes without a single accident - all credit to him.
The other day I had a very bad instructor at my CBT who dumped me trying to do u turns for 6 mins and failed me. He didn't tell me how to do it and where I was going wrong. It was the old staring at kerb symptom. This video has been invaluable thank you. I'm repeating my CBT tomorrow with a better driving school.
That is a shame. It does nothing for your training to have an instructor who is impatient. If you live in the Midlands, I recommend training with Roadcraft Nottingham.
I did exactly the same, *stares at curb*, drives into curb, panic front brake grab and clutch in, Waaaaaaaaang. And there was a car learner trying to kill us at the time.
The critical thing in a learning exercise is not how much you know at the beginning but how much you improve by the end. Here a good instructor helped a pupil who listened and wanted to learn.
You're much like me, nodding and not speaking even when you know they don't see your head. I feel like it was probably weird for your instructor as it has been the mine. Haha. :)
Mate any chance your instructor could come over to N. Ireland and teach me? this is the bit of my test I'm struggling with and shit scared by. But he's made more sense in that short clip than my instructor has in almost two years!
Two Fearless Riding tips: 1) See if the bike will run at idle. If your Motorcycle Idle Speed is about 5 mph, you can make the turn with no gas or brakes. 2) Gently try counter steering to get the bike to lean. It works at ALL speeds, but you have to push more gently and longer at idle speed. The bike wil lean quickly, THEN turning the bars INTO the turn will finally feel safe.
Late reply, but yeah great! I'm a bit of an old man in a young body though, I got a 700cc bike that is super economical instead of a racing bike. Has the advantage of still looking cool and modern as well as getting 80mpg!
My instructor got pissed cause i used the back break too much 😂 i aint dying hitting a corner at 30 mph after only 4 hours training on a bike 😅 As for U-Turns these roads are wise af and my type of road 🤔 i did them well on site but off site pretty poor
I can't stand u-turns! I've found what has really helped me is trying to lean the top half of my body away from the inside of the turn. For some reason it makes me feel a bit more comfortable. U-turns on a bike just feel so unnatural!
Nice upload. Who's that amazing instructor? . 😉
Dunno but he sure swears a lot. ;)
RoadcraftNottingham I was just going to say that was you, scrolled down and here you are lol.
RoadcraftNottingham thought i recognised that voice.
Nice little sexual joke about squids 😂
Lol thought I recognised the voice of Roadcraft Nottingham
Used to practice this on a Sat morning in the local High School grounds. Tutor was a highly regarded instructor and he made us do it time after time, until we got it! It's actually easier to master without the helmet and the guy allowed us to do it like that for the first few sessions. He was the Old Skool biker type and knew everything about geometry, balance, c of g, absolutely everything. He's no longer with us but I've had 40 years on the bikes without a single accident - all credit to him.
What a good, patient and reassuring instructor! Well done!
The other day I had a very bad instructor at my CBT who dumped me trying to do u turns for 6 mins and failed me. He didn't tell me how to do it and where I was going wrong. It was the old staring at kerb symptom.
This video has been invaluable thank you. I'm repeating my CBT tomorrow with a better driving school.
That is a shame. It does nothing for your training to have an instructor who is impatient. If you live in the Midlands, I recommend training with Roadcraft Nottingham.
I did exactly the same, *stares at curb*, drives into curb, panic front brake grab and clutch in, Waaaaaaaaang. And there was a car learner trying to kill us at the time.
The critical thing in a learning exercise is not how much you know at the beginning but how much you improve by the end. Here a good instructor helped a pupil who listened and wanted to learn.
There's some fantastic riding there. You have a great instructor, I'm so envious!
That was a good instructor. With someone like that helping you it would be difficult not to improve.
Nice bloke. He has his own channel search for Roadcraft Nottingham.
Some of those cars don't seem to care, they just zip on by.
Good instruction and good learning. 👌🏽
God he's a polite instructor aint he?
The instructor sounds very friendly a reassuring.
I just passed my CBT and I still struggle with the U turn. The kerb staring gets me each time.
I’m taking the license now in Denmark,and I wish I had that instructor.he is good 👌🏻
What a great teacher! So encouraging!
Check out his RUclips Channel - Roadcraft Nottingham.
This instructor calm as shot I had an ex military dude calling me shit every time I do something wrong 😂
I had a lady who was dead silent, only went “ummm” every so often. Pretty much worthless for a supposedly highly trained German driving instructor.
Priceless info Roadcraft .. I always thank you for taking the to upload these.
Those gloves look fireproof. Much easier with summer gloves.
Dem for master- baters
simple: look at where you want to go. throw your shoulder out, lean against the bike and make the turn with a slight pulling motor.
you can do it easily without a pulling motor.
That calm voice! :D
GERdogge1988 bnfb
Good instructor.
Great...my instructor told me I need to practice that more.
Great instructor.
You're much like me, nodding and not speaking even when you know they don't see your head. I feel like it was probably weird for your instructor as it has been the mine. Haha. :)
+Patrick Wenning Well it's a one-way radio, so when he asks questions it's all I can do!
That was surprisingly uplifting
Glad you liked it!
A good piece of instruction. I don’t mean the technique, but the method.
Russ was a great instructor.
Good practicing, good advice, good job.
Thanks!
Nice job mate, well done
Mate any chance your instructor could come over to N. Ireland and teach me? this is the bit of my test I'm struggling with and shit scared by. But he's made more sense in that short clip than my instructor has in almost two years!
Ask him, link to his channel is in the description.
Two Fearless Riding tips: 1) See if the bike will run at idle. If your Motorcycle Idle Speed is about 5 mph, you can make the turn with no gas or brakes. 2) Gently try counter steering to get the bike to lean. It works at ALL speeds, but you have to push more gently and longer at idle speed. The bike wil lean quickly, THEN turning the bars INTO the turn will finally feel safe.
Don't know why but this played out like a video game tutorial.
Ha ha
That's the bike I passed on 😉...is that Russ i can hear ?
+Max Black It is! I didn't pass on this bike. Hated it compared to the blue one.
trained by roadcraft by any chance?
Says it in the description brah.
+KingLies viewed the vid on my phone so the descripton did not open sorry about that dude
Don't be sorry, not everyone reads descriptions. He did post in the comment section though. ;)
tbh i seen his comment after i posted the comment but i thought it was too late and just left it there how you been finding rideing big bikes?
Late reply, but yeah great! I'm a bit of an old man in a young body though, I got a 700cc bike that is super economical instead of a racing bike. Has the advantage of still looking cool and modern as well as getting 80mpg!
this ASMR is fantastic... :p
Nice ..not an easy one to carry out
Great instructional video!
Glad you enjoyed!
Good instructor. Great squid
My instructor got pissed cause i used the back break too much 😂 i aint dying hitting a corner at 30 mph after only 4 hours training on a bike 😅
As for U-Turns these roads are wise af and my type of road 🤔 i did them well on site but off site pretty poor
knew i recognised that voice from roadcraft haha
i struggle with u turn am not judging u feel like your going to drop the bike or put your foot down 😭
Thanks for posting!
+Melissa peterson You're welcome. Hope it helps.
Counter steering is so important in this exercise
Counter steering is almost non existent in doing a U-turn.
I have the impression that the instructor does it badly himself. Or does he do it to somehow gradually teach the student?
ruclips.net/video/zimWTIegDYg/видео.html
Only 6Mtr's here in Australia for the U turn on the test.
Had the bike for two weeks now and done 1,000 miles but still can't do a proper U turn ... embarrassing
Great instructor!! Maybe it's the English accent thats so calming? :D
Nah, plenty of us are cunts too!
I can't stand u-turns! I've found what has really helped me is trying to lean the top half of my body away from the inside of the turn. For some reason it makes me feel a bit more comfortable. U-turns on a bike just feel so unnatural!
+ramsy66 I agree. I've done like one in the last 2 years and it was in a car park.
ramsy66 try it with sport bike...
you mean counter balancing?
Pretty sure he could have turned an articulated truck in that road... 😁
Hate u turns. Can't grasp them and now have to do my test on a poxy small bike cos can't do on a 650 uuuuh 😣
Hey. Did you ever over come them
good confiedence bulider trainer
wouldnt he have failed at the u turn on the busy road? There was an oncoming car and he technically cut it off.
The car is further away than the camera shows. It's also not a test.
Boring hell iso you did the U turn in a distance 2mtrs bigger than the test... well done
Thanks?
No way that road was 9 meters wide
The camera I used gives a warped perspective.
Wow
7.5 meters! thats a fuckin joke? No counter steering. Teacher cant turn tight himself. what a joke. GB exams whaha
The fuck you rambling about?
KingLies over here its 6meters and you have to show that you can countersteer. in this video even the instructor turns like a noob
Did it help? Getting it all off your chest? There's a good boy. Do you feel better now?
Jep.
I'm pretty sure counter steering is not involved in a u turn like that. Counter steering occurs at higher speeds.