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  • 5
    Apr

    Why Riders Crash: 7 Mistakes That Lead to Motorcycle Accidents

    MotoPhilosophy
    By Dave
    38
    0
    Let’s talk about crashing—or better yet, how not to crash. Because honestly, it’s the last thing any rider wants. Crashes ...
    Read More
  • 29
    Mar

    Military Secrets That Saved My Life on a Motorcycle

    MotoPhilosophy, Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    23
    0
    When I first threw a leg over a motorcycle, I had no idea how much my time in the U.S. ...
    Read More
  • motorcycle cornering gut instinct
    22
    Mar

    3 Riding Instincts That Feel Safe—but Could Get You Hurt

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    118
    0
    Instincts are powerful. They’ve kept humans alive for thousands of years. But when it comes to motorcycling, some of those ...
    Read More
  • 15
    Mar

    Respect the Slowest Part of the Corner

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    109
    0
    When I first learned to ride, the focus was all wrong — and it set my riding development back for ...
    Read More
  • 8
    Mar

    Five Motorcycle Myths That Need to Die

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    412
    0
    For years, myths and half-truths have spread through the riding community—some harmless, others downright dangerous. Today, we’re exposing the biggest ...
    Read More
  • 28
    Feb

    What is MotoGP and Why Does it Matter?

    MotoLife
    By Dave
    317
    0
    You may not have any desire to race, so what could you possibly learn from watching MotoGP? Today, I’m going ...
    Read More
  • 15
    Feb

    The Secret to Confident Motorcycle Riding (It’s Not What You Think)

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    428
    0
    You’re watching videos, practicing, and doing all the right things—but still, doubt creeps in. You wonder if you’re making the ...
    Read More
  • 8
    Feb

    Ducati Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak: Power, Precision, and Pure Riding Joy

    Motorcycles, Reviews
    By Dave
    765
    0
    The Ducati Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak is a motorcycle with MotoGP DNA coursing through its veins. With a 1200cc, 170-horsepower, ...
    Read More
  • 1
    Feb

    Feeling the Grip: Developing Motorcycle Sensitivity

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    532
    0
    How do you feel grip on a motorcycle? It’s a tough one, because “feel” is subjective. I can’t give you feel any more than ...
    Read More
  • 24
    Jan

    Are “Quick Start Guides” Doing Riders a Disservice?

    MotoPhilosophy
    By Dave
    437
    0
    I recently received a great question on YouTube: “Why not just give step-by-step instructions like a refrigerator manual?” It’s true, ...
    Read More
  • 18
    Jan

    Are You Limiting Your Rider Skills by Avoiding Cold or Wet Weather?

    MotoPhilosophy
    By Dave
    495
    0
    This question plagues many riders, especially beginners, as winter sets in. Do we miss out on crucial development by sticking ...
    Read More
  • 8
    Jan

    The Misunderstanding that Changed Everything

    MotoLife
    By Dave
    761
    0
    Riding a motorcycle is all about precision, control, and safety—especially when it comes to cornering. One of the most misunderstood ...
    Read More
  • 26
    Nov

    Overcoming the Fear of Leaning

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    835
    0
    A Guide to Safer and More Confident Riding Leaning on a motorcycle—just the thought of it can make some riders ...
    Read More
  • 27
    Oct

    How to Avoid Over-Slowing in Corners

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    665
    0
    If you’re trying to integrate trail braking into your riding but keep hitting a frustrating snag—finding yourself over-slowing into corners ...
    Read More
  • 14
    Sep

    A Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycle Shifting

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    1112
    0
    If you’ve never driven a car with a stick shift, the idea of managing a clutch can seem intimidating. You ...
    Read More
  • Honda E-Clutch Full Review
    30
    Aug

    2025 Honda CB650R / CBR650 Review and the Amazing E-Clutch

    Motorcycles, Reviews
    By Dave
    15855
    1
    Game Changer or Gimmick? Until recently, the motorcycle transmission has remained, effectively the same.  For sure there were a few outliers ...
    Read More
  • 23
    Aug

    The First Thing to Upgrade on a New Bike

    Maintenance, Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    1331
    3
    It’s the best day in any rider’s life—New Bike Day! Whether it’s your first motorcycle or your third, the thrill ...
    Read More
  • 19
    Jul

    The Critical Braking Mistake Every Rider Must Avoid

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    730
    0
    Mastering Trail Braking: A Guide for Public Roads Have you ever been told, “Never brake in a corner”? While it ...
    Read More
  • 20
    Jun

    2025 Honda Grom Review

    Motorcycles, Reviews
    By Dave
    2644
    0
    Exploring the New 2025 Honda Grom: A Day at Barber Motorsports Park Barber Motorsports Park greeted me with rain-soaked skies, ...
    Read More
  • Motorcycle Foot Position
    7
    Jun

    Have You Been Wrong About Foot Position?

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    2462
    0
    Every summer, I coach what we call the A.R.T., the Advanced Rider Training. It’s a riding school taught at our ...
    Read More
  • we don't fully understand how motorcycles work
    23
    Mar

    How Do Motorcycles Actually Turn

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    10525
    0
    Countersteering is probably the most misunderstood concepts in motorcycling. When I was learning to ride, it was widely dismissed. Then ...
    Read More
  • Motorcycle Leaning in a corner on a road in bad condition
    8
    Feb

    Learn How to Gain Confidence In Your Tires

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    2806
    0
    You want to be able to trust your tires? Yeah? You want to know what it feels like to be ...
    Read More
  • Washing a motorcycle in the driveway
    8
    Dec

    How to Wash/Detail A Motorcycle

    Maintenance
    By Dave
    3168
    0
    I really like to put the motorcycle up two stands so I can spin both wheels, to clean the wheels. ...
    Read More
  • 28
    Aug

    Stop Getting Scared in Corners

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    2547
    0
    What if I told you that what you read on the internet, or maybe what you were taught was totally ...
    Read More
  • Tire Damping
    25
    May

    87% of Riders Don’t Understand This

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    2287
    0
    You’ve been thinking about your tires the wrong way.  I know we get all caught up in compounds and carcass ...
    Read More
  • New Rider Mistakes
    21
    Apr

    Five Mistakes Made By New Riders

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    7937
    0
    I’ve been a professional motorcycle coach since the year 2000. And these are some of the biggest mistakes I see ...
    Read More
  • The best beginner motorcycle
    10
    Mar

    The Best Beginner Bike Doesn’t Exist

    MotoLife
    By Dave
    2865
    0
    If you are trying to decide what bike to buy, what bike is right for you. There are two questions ...
    Read More
  • motorcycle couple riding together
    9
    Feb

    Ensure a Smooth Ride With A Buddy/Spouse

    Accessories, MotoLife, Reviews
    By Dave
    3604
    0
    Motorcycling is an individual sport, often done collectively.  A lot of us enjoy the camaraderie riding with pals, but sharing ...
    Read More
  • 19
    Jan

    Are You Discouraged About Your Riding?

    MotoPhilosophy, Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    2491
    1
    Learning to ride a motorcycle at a high level of proficiency is challenging and so many of us struggle maintaining ...
    Read More
  • ride your motorcycle based on speed and direction
    17
    Sep

    The Riding Technique Only Expert Riders Understand

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    6791
    1
    I can go through the exact same corner a thousand times, and it will be slightly different each and every ...
    Read More
  • motorcycle riding a steep downhill corner
    12
    Aug

    How to Master Downhill Corners

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    5661
    0
    You might’ve seen a downhill corner and been filled with dread. That certainly was the case for me. But now, ...
    Read More
  • motorcycle riding a corner at sunrise
    22
    Jul

    Be Afraid of This Motorcycle Technique

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    4976
    0
    One motorcycle riding technique that we need to be afraid of
    Read More
  • motorcycle in the back of a toyota tacoma
    3
    Jul

    How to Load a Motorcycle in a Pickup

    MotoLife
    By Dave
    27796
    0
    How to Load a Motorcycle By Yourself Maybe I’m just a product of my environment. Growing up in the Rocky ...
    Read More
  • Motorcycle on Chief Joseph Highway
    24
    Jun

    Three Steps to Defeat Riding Fear

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    4468
    1
    Fear is holding all of us back. Fear prevents us from becoming the riders we want to be. So what ...
    Read More
  • KTM RC390 Cup RR. RC 3C
    9
    Jun

    Track Bike Build // Series Finale

    Maintenance
    By Dave
    3620
    1
    The KTM RC390 is a lot of wonderful things. Powerful is not one of them. In this final episode we ...
    Read More
  • Motorcycle trail braking
    13
    May

    The Always, Onlys and Nevers of Motorcycling

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    3864
    0
    We hear it all the time in our sport. Always do this, never do that, the only way is this ...
    Read More
  • Motorcycle Touring
    20
    Apr

    It’s Time You Did Some Motorcycle Touring

    MotoLife, Travel
    By Dave
    3235
    1
    This is my actual, first bike. How young was I when I was that little? My mom would complain that ...
    Read More
  • how to buy a used motorcycle
    10
    Feb

    How to Buy a Used Motorcycle

    MotoLife
    By Dave
    3558
    0
    Ten Tips On How To Not Get Cheated There are a lot of benefits that come from buying a used ...
    Read More
  • New Rider Not Covering the Brakes
    13
    Jan

    One Simple Habit To Reduce Reaction Times

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    5929
    0
    There’s two main things that are killing us as riders. The first is running wide in corners.  The second is ...
    Read More
  • Motorcycle hitting a perfect apex
    5
    Dec

    Why Street Riders Need This Track School

    MotoLife, Reviews, Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    5609
    0
    Street riders sometimes think that a track-based riding school wouldn’t be applicable to them, and in many cases, they are ...
    Read More
  • Mountain Biking on a Ridge
    3
    Nov

    One Exercise Changed Everything

    MotoLife, Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    3807
    0
    Over the years there have been three specific things that fundamentally improved my riding in a dramatic way.  The first ...
    Read More
  • riding motorcycling during fall colors
    1
    Oct

    I Was Wrong

    Media, Reviews, Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    8029
    1
    What I learned from Champ U One of the frustrations with what I try to do is some people criticize ...
    Read More
  • Do lighter wheels matter?
    5
    Sep

    Are Lighter Wheels Better?

    Maintenance
    By Dave
    5425
    0
    If the marketing kitsch is to be believed lighter wheels are better in every way shape or form. So, we’re ...
    Read More
  • patiently awaiting an upcoming corner
    27
    Jul

    Patience, Grasshopper. Let the Corner Come To You.

    MotoPhilosophy
    By Dave
    4546
    0
    We all know that one of the coolest things about motorcycles is corners.  Seriously, that whole lateral lean thing is ...
    Read More
  • 11
    Jun

    Was Your Riding Instructor Wrong?

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    5997
    7
    So, I’m not going to lie. I’m in a bit of a mood. I’m growing really tired of all the ...
    Read More
  • Ducati Multistrada in a Corner
    17
    Jun

    Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Riding

    MotoPhilosophy, Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    14939
    3
    So, you’ve decided to do this!  You are going to learn to ride a motorcycle.  Or perhaps you’re just moto-curious. ...
    Read More
  • see everything motorcycle vision strategy HUD
    6
    May

    See Everything | Look at Nothing

    MotoPhilosophy, Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    8372
    0
    Have you struggled with where to look, how far ahead you are supposed to look? Have you struggled with target ...
    Read More
  • motorcycle cornering
    12
    Mar

    A Better Way to Corner

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    31245
    1
    There is a better way to corner a motorcycle than the way you may have been taught in your basic ...
    Read More
  • 22
    Aug

    Wait For It: Why Delayed Apexes Work

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    41730
    6
    What is the perfect line through a corner? How on earth do you find the line? What happens when you ...
    Read More
  • sand in a corner on a motorcycle
    21
    Jun

    How To Deal With Sand In A Corner

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    14828
    1
    It’s probably one of our biggest fears as riders. We’re using up traction to lean and turn through a corner, ...
    Read More
  • Motorcycle Scared in Corners
    2
    May

    How I Stopped Being Scared in Corners

    MotoPhilosophy
    By Dave
    8627
    1
    I almost gave up on motorcycling, a culmination of struggles led to a single moment that had me ready to ...
    Read More
  • Tools you need for your motorcycle
    12
    Apr

    Tools You Need for your Motorcycle

    Reviews, Tools
    By Dave
    8886
    2
    Even if you are not really into working on your bike, every rider should know how to do a few ...
    Read More
  • Become a faster safer rider
    15
    Mar

    Seven More Tips to Become a Better, Faster Rider

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    6452
    0
    You loved our first video so much so we’re back with seven more tips to be a better, safer, faster ...
    Read More
  • motorcycle sunset utah
    21
    Dec

    Which Bike is Right For You?

    MotoLife
    By Dave
    4273
    0
    It’s one of the most common questions we’ve been receiving; “What the difference between all the bike types? And which ...
    Read More
  • motorcycle cornering posture
    25
    Oct

    Perfect Cornering Posture for the Street and Track

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    8979
    3
    How you sit on a motorcycle during cornering can make dramatic changes to how the bike behaves. We’ll discuss how ...
    Read More
  • motorcycle trail braking into a corner
    19
    Jun

    Why You Need to be Trail Braking

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    8126
    3
    Have you ever wondered how to trail brake on a motorcycle? Or have you ever been told that trail braking ...
    Read More
  • Seven Tips to be a Faster, Safer Rider
    25
    Feb

    Seven Tips to Become a Faster, Safer Rider

    Riding Techniques
    By Dave
    3556
    0
    We all want to be fast and nobody likes falling down. So how do we achieve this mythical balance between ...
    Read More
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