How To Control Throttle On Motorcycle / Better Control
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- This video will cover how to control throttle on a motorcycle for better control. In teaching beginner riders in the basic riding course I see many riders do not grip the throttle correctly. In this video I will give a quick tip that will help you be more consistent when it comes to gripping the throttle.
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Immediately solved what i did wrong my first practice ride in the parking lot. Instant subscriber! Very well presented.
Thank you very much I am glad I could help and thank you for subscribing!
Same here… it’s wondering why I couldn’t go slow but only stop and fast lol
I refer everyone that asks me how to ride to this channel. I like to say I'm self taught at first but then I'm like nahhh, you gotta check this guy out, impossible not to learn from his explanations. Once again, thank you. Been riding safely for 3 years thanks to all of you lessons!
Always good tips presented in an easy-to-understand fashion. As far as the beard, even more badass.
Thanks I appreciate the comment and the props for the beard ha ha
Another tip to help keep a flat wrist & also promotes safety & proper lever setup is I approach my throttle with my pointer finger extended & covering my brake lever. I do this every time I roll off my throttle even when I don’t intend to brake the bike.
Thank you for watching and for sharing
Yup.
Helpful tip, I’ll try this..thank you
Excellent tips, extremely well presented and easily understood. persevere with the good work.
Thank you very much!
I do not know if I was doing this incorrectly or not. I have never thought about it. I ran out to my garage immediately and started my bike up to check it out! Perfect! Thank you Paul! 😊
Ha ha I like the enthusiasm 😄
@@ProriderCentralTexasRUclips Thank you! I am always eager to learn!
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mate you need way more recognition
I really appreciate that. thank you for watching!
Thats how i had a whiskey throttle once while doing figure 8s
Thank you for taking the time to watch and for sharing.
I always grab the throttle with pointer finger resting on break lever. Helps starting grip be consistent and when I roll off my finger is ready for break naturally.
This is definitely how I was taught.
What’s a good tip for breaking with the front break while not jerking the bike due to releasing the grip on the throttle even
Thank you for taking the time to watch
I did it wrong, and had an unexpected Wheely just on my second ride😢
It can happen very easy. I glad you're ok.
After pushing through 10 minutes+ tutorials with million views,
I finally got what I wanted.
Thank you! I am glad this video was helpful and thanks for taking the time to watch.
@@ProriderCentralTexasRUclips keep thriving brother
@@grimcloud2701 Will do!!
Hey pal, nice videos as always.
On a light note, like your new beard...😃
Thanks and I am liking the beard ha ha.
ty for this my father always told me my throttle control is terrible
HaHa You bet I hope this helps.
Hi Paul, love your 5 to 10 minute clips, they are so precise, obvious due to your skill level.
Having practiced your back of hand paralle[ to arm, i now find the wrist can only rotate upwards about 40 degrees so giving finer control at LOW speed, instead of the hand grip/fingers down and giving about 180 degrees, giving to much throttle. Thanks once again.
You are very welcome and thank you for taking the time to watch.
Good tip......thanks, I speed control is the biggest problem on low speed handling and thinking of 4 things at once.
You are very welcome hope it helps. Many riders have trouble with that ha ha
@@ProriderCentralTexasRUclips Iff I answer to soon it's cause it's 0 degrees in Ohio and I got nothing to do inside but sit on the internet. :-)
@@Dogsled1000 ha ha not at all.
Not an expert on this subject pero hindi kaya yung “nalulunod” while you are rolling the throttle, baka it has something to do with replacing the stock pipe. Baka need ng cat delete, remap, etc. Again, not an expert on that pero naisip ko lang na baka may effect yon. Salamat!
That should not affect the throttle control. Thank you for watching.
@@ProriderCentralTexasRUclips Sorry, my comment is for a different video. Must have pasted it here by mistake.
@@genxriderph no problem
Thanks for this. I took the safety course 4 years ago and havnt been on a bike since. I needed this and I think this is going to fix so much for me
You are very welcome and welcome back to riding ha ha. Thanks for watching
Excellent tip I'm a new rider and have grabbed the throttle incorrectly...Thank you..👍🏾
You are not alone ha ha and you're very welcome
You are a star. I was struggling with the swerve avoidance (UK MOD1 test). I was adding throttle when swerving back and rolling to a stop. It was because I was reaching for the front brake and accidentally catching the throttle. Its all in the wrist position. Thank you!
Awesome! I am glad this video as able to get you through. Riders like yourself is why I started the channel so thank you for sharing and also thank you for watching. And lastly you are very welcome.
This is exactly what I practised this afternoon. I want silky smooth control and I get a bit frustrated when the ride feels jerky. The first I tell myself is to loosen the grip. The other thing I'm trying is to hold my hand against the innermost side of the throttle and loosen my fingers so that the "U" formed by forefinger and thumb modulates the throttle with less tightening of the other three digits. Thoughts please?
If that works then I say do it. You definitely don't want a to have a tight grip.
Thanks a lot. I am learning
You are very welcome and thank you for taking time to watch.
i need to practice having a lighter grip
Thank you for watching and keep me posted.
both of grips are incorrect. because if something happends u need to put ur fingers on brake lever, sometines it costs a lot.
better to hold 2 fingers on brake lever most of the time. its a good habit that can save riders life.
It is really a rider preference. When I see a hazard I will cover the brake. I am a four finger brake using 4 fingers and I practice braking a lot.
@@ProriderCentralTexasRUclips thats the problem-most riders do the same "-i read situation on the road i know before bad situation starts" and so on. but there are a lot of things happening by non realistic (at first sight) scenario. can u predict that tire of heavy truck will blow in 30 meters in front of u? or some sort of wild animal that is trespassing the road, or a dog?
its the same for motorcycle killswitch-always use it to stop the motor first and if bad situation happends u will use killswitch fast instead of trying to reach and turn off ignition key
i am not trying to teach u, just pointing my thoughts about those really important things.
@@bytemyvoid I always listen to other points of view. I don't pretend to know it all and there's always more than one way to skin a cat as they say. I appreciate your insight.
im glad i found this because im having this problem
Love these vids of yours. No messing bout and just excellent advice. Great filming and delivery of information. Thankyou. 🙏🇬🇧
Appreciate it !
You bet and thank you for watching
Thanks alot
You are very welcome
I needed to watch this video YESTERDAY. LOL... dropped my Hayabusa and flew over it.
I am glad you are ok and thank you for watching 😁
I have a 2016 r1. Really jerky throttle. But I find when I consciously remember not to rest my weight on handle bars , my grip relaxes and the jerkiness disappears.
Great advice, and thank you for watching.
Thanks
You ate welcome keep me posted on your progress
as a new rider I have a natural(?) tendency to crank the gas back, when I should be rolling the throttle forward when I have to stop abruptly...frigging scary..help
That is a common problem. What your probably doing is reaching to quick for the front brake before you have completely rolled off the throttle. When you do this and pull in the clutch you will get high rev's. Please let me know if this sounds correct. I am getting ready to work on a video covering this. Thank you for watching and asking your question. I will try to get that video out in the next couple weeks. Until then practice rolling off the throttle then reaching for the front brake.
Cool
Thank you for taking the time to watch.
This is definitely the first tip every single rider should know before touching a bike. I didn't know this the first time many years ago and whisky throttled a big ole bike straight up into the air and it was shear luck someone was right there to immediately kill the engine and help grab the bike or it would have been on top of me almost instantly.
Thank you for sharing I really appreciate it and thank you for taking the time to watch,
Thanks so much! Really helped!
You are very welcome and thanks for watching
My control on my 990 is very snatchy, especially in the first two gears. Frustrating. Going to try this out tomorrow. Thank you sir.
You are very welcome and keep me posted.
You never even mentioned the biggest problem with incorrect grip... And I don't know where it even got its name- Whiskey Throttle.
Yep and I don't know where the name comes from either. I will have to look it up. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
Thank you so I was having problems with sudden acceleration now know what I was doing wrong
You are very welcome I am glad I could help. Keep me posted 👍
One thing I notice I do (beginner) is when braking with front brake I tend to accelerate throttle too just naturally with my hand motion. I have to really think to not do that as my natural hand position accelerated the throttle a little when I pull brake lever.
It sounds like you aren't completely rolling off the throttle before squeezing the front brake. The next time you go out practice rolling off the throttle then reaching for the front brake. Let me know if this helps.
Sir, so as an instructor, you dont teach your students to 'cover' the brake lever while the hand is on the throttle, which would, by simple range of motion, keep their hand on the throttle in a better position...along with, by way of how you demonstrated, teach them to brake with two fingers and not the entire hand-full? Maybe im nit-picking, but...your 'tip' was a little flawed sir...all due respect.
I teach braking with 4 fingers . I think you meant to cover front brake and I don't teach that either. I teach to use rear brake when doing slow speed maneuvers.
Excellent job I just learned something
Very cool that is what it is all about!!
Seriously universally applicable. I was guilty of this boo boo.
Starting next ride, my technique improves thanks to YOU!
You are very welcome glad I could help
Very good video useful tips thanks Paul!!!
You bet sir and thanks again for being part of the channel.
What's your ride? BMW?
My personal bike is a Kawasaki Concours 14. For work I ride the BMW RT 1200
Thank you sir i always made this mistake and really needed advise on this. Am grateful
You are very welcome I am glad I could help. Keep me posted on your progress and thank you for watching.
Practice, practice, and practice some more. GO COWBOYS.
Ha Ha
took my first ride today around my neighborhood. just wanted to practice being on the bike, feeling how to steer it, etc. Stayed 15-20 mph the whole time, but was noticing that even at that speed my hand and wrist were getting tired. Thanks for the tip, I'm going to give this a try tomorrow during my little neighborhood ride around to practice.
Welcome to the riding community and thank you for watching and leaving your comment 😊
The hardest thing to teach new ruder is maintaining a flat wrist and the importance of it.
You are right about that. This is the simplest way to be consistent
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Thank you for watching.
Great tip man!👍
Thank you sir I hope it helps and thank you for watching
Hopefully this saves me during my retest
What issues did you have?
@@ProriderCentralTexasRUclips teach said I wasn't giving enough speed and it was because I felt like I was giving too much and would quickly accelerate when I wasn't meaning to. It was a mix of fear and excitedness I think. But he kept telling me that if I had enough speed then I wouldn't have to keep putting my foot down which is what cost me the skills test
This video has truly given me some insight since I had problems with this during training. Thank you so much!
You are very welcome. Keep me posted on your progress. I always like to know how riders improve
I wish all your videos had control captions available
I am working on going back adding it.
very helpful instruction,thank you!
You bet and thank you for taking the time to watch.
Couldn't figure out why I had such bad throttle control until now! Thank you!!
Glad I could help and thank you for taking the time to watch. I really appreciate it.
Incredibly simple, but so effective, thanks Paul :-)
You are very welcome. Sometimes simple is better ha ha
Thanks man this helps alot.
Very good to hear I appreciate you taking the time to watch and leave a comment.
Greetings from Türkiye
Welcome to the channel and thank you for watching I really appreciate it.
Thanks Paul very helpful take care and ride safe
Thank you and you do the same.
Thank you for the advise 👍🏼
You bet I hope it helps and thank you for watching
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Thank you!
Great info. Thank you.
Thank you and thanks for taking time to watch.
In order to cover the front brake, I grip the throttle by cradling it between my thumb and index finger. It felt awkward at first, but it pretty much forces me to keep my wrist flat. This also gives me a much better feel for the throttle by making it more of a wrist motion and less of a hand motion.
I like it. I always so if you find something that works do it. As they say there is more than one way to skin a cat ha ha. I really appreciate you watching and for your comment.👍
@@ProriderCentralTexasRUclips Thank you sir for all of the information and guidance you provide. It has made me a much safer rider.
@@GixxerRider1991 You are very welcome and thank you for being a part of my channel.
I was waiting for someone else to make this comment. I am always covering my front brake lever once my motorcycle is rolling.
Great tip!!!
Thanks I appreciate you watching
Really useful thanks! 👍
Glad I could help and thanks for watching.
Thank you for the tip Sir!
You are very welcome I hope it helps.
You helped me a lot, thank you!
Very happy to be able to help and thank for taking the time to watch.
thank you Paul
You are very welcome and thank you for watching I really appreciate it.
Did my cbt today they said I’d need to go back tomorrow just work on my throttle control as I’ve never stepped on a bike, but this videos helped me so much that I think tomorrow using this will get me a pass, thank you!
You are very welcome and thank you for watching. Please keep me posted.
Thanks!
Thank you so much
Thank you!
You are very welcome I hope it helps
This def help and you’re absolutely correct a little throttle at the wrong time is def to much throttle. Problem solved thanks to you .. From DC✅
You are very welcome I am glad the video helped. Keep me posted on your progress.
I just took the MSF class and failed because I couldn't get the throttle position right...it was like my hand automatically rolled on the throttle even though I wasn't trying to give the bike gas..I got so discouraged because I've been wanting to learn how to ride for awhile now but I had kids and life happens..so I waited until they graduated high school...I've never ridden a motorcycle before so I am extremely new and I felt like I was expected to have some form of skill for this class...teacher was very impatient and feel like he gave up on me so quickly..now I feel like they just ripped me off for 350$...not a good experience!!😥😔
I am sorry to hear that. It sounds like your wrist was rolling when you turned the handlebars which is a common problem. The easy fix is you need to stiffen your writs a little which will keep it from rolling. Do you plan on trying again? I did a video covering this topic here is the link
ruclips.net/video/opKdNsdzuFA/видео.html
@@ProriderCentralTexasRUclips thank you for the pointer and yes I do plan to try again but only once I gain some experience which is another issue because I don't know anyone with a bike for me to practice on and my husband said it would be dumb for me to buy one and learn on it so I'm not sure how I'll get the experience. Just very frustrating when you have your heart and mind set to do something and it doesn't workout the way you hoped it would...hopefully it'll happen soon...I'm 41 yrs. Old so not getting any younger here lol...
@@ameda28 I believe everything happens for a reason. Was the throttle your only issue?
@@ameda28 I believe everything happens for a reason. Was the throttle your only issue?
@@ProriderCentralTexasRUclips no,because of my issue with the throttle I had trouble with balancing so I kept dropping my feet to try to steady myself...
Man your'e an awesome instructor! I learned something with the first video I watched of yours.
Thank you so much I really appreciate it. Keep me posted on your progress.
I did just that and my instructor was constantly reminding of the correct way. I know I will learn a lot from this channel, I subscribed immediately.
Thank you for being a part of my channel I really appreciate it.
As a new rider trying to get a hang of throttle control this is really helpful thank you!
You are welcome and I am glad I could help. Thank you for watching.
This was the perfect tip for me. Thanks a lot! You have a new subscriber.
You are very welcome and thank you for watching and subscribing, welcome to the channel.
So simple just found your channel it’s awesome
Thank you very much and welcome to the channel. I hope you get a lot from it. Let me know if you need any help with anything
@@ProriderCentralTexasRUclips much appreciated thank you what’s your opinion on trail breaking for cornering ?
@@Ricardo-kv5tk I am a believer in using trail braking using the front brake for cornering. There are many benefits.
@@ProriderCentralTexasRUclips perfect thank you for advice will start practicing it , I just go my bike a week ago and In South Africa we have riding academy’s to learn basics but the instructor taught a large class of us to never use the front breaks and it didn’t make any sense in his defence his says people grab on to the break so it’s best to only use the rear break it really confused me so I decided to just ride around my block from now on to get a feel for front breaking as I feel it’s much easier than only using the rear break do you agree that I continue to practice front breaking just around my home or stick to the instructors advice of only using the back break ?
@@Ricardo-kv5tk I also teach the basic course in
Texas and we teach beginners not to use the front brake as well. There is a proper way to do it and it is actually much safer if done correctly. Here is a link to a great video that describes trail braking Let me know if the link link works
ruclips.net/video/Fy1AIAc76Qo/видео.html
Thank you I finally got what I was searching for
I am glad I could help and thank you for taking the time to watch.
Ty very much, rly help me.
You are very welcome glad it helped you