Ride Steep Tight Corners Lesson for ADV and Dual Sport Motorcycles / Hills & Turns

In this quick lesson you will learn the techniques you'll need to safely ride up and down steep tight corners on a heavy adventure bike. Professional motorcycle instructor Dusty Wessels demonstrates on his BMW R1250GS Adventure how to use #Vision, #CounterBalance and #Momentum techniques that will work for all riders on off-road capable motorcycles. Help Us Make Videos!   / mototrek   CONNECT WITH DUSTY AT https://West38moto.com MUSIC BY MATT JORGENSEN https://mattJorgensen.com PRODUCED BY TIM TYLER https://timtyler.com 00:00 Scenic Intro in the Anza-Borrego Desert 01:05 Intro from Dusty Wessels 01:55 Uphill Cornering Techniques 04:20 Downhill Cornering Techniques 07:30 Remember these key techniques #adventuremotorcycle #r1250gs #motorad #bmw #tim.tyler.cine #bmwmotorrad #west38moto #findMOTOTREK --------------------------------------------------------------------- riding steep and tight uphill and downhill corners will require you to use momentum vision and body position the two most important things to riding uphill are commitment and momentum if you're not committed and you're not sure about how steep the hill is hop off your bike and walk it. when entering an uphill corner it's best to have as much speed as possible you can always ease off the throttle and gravity will slow you down normally when we're riding uphill we want our weight forward in this case that's the same on the approach but as soon as you get into the corner we need to shift our weight outside we also need to shift our weight back this is because we want the front wheel to track better in the terrain that we've got in a turn so we want to lighten it up we also want to put as much weight as possible on the rear wheel to gain as much traction as possible what's going to determine how much weight you shift to the outside and back is how fast and tight you decide to take this corner the slower you go the more weight you have to shift outside as you're riding through this uphill turn and you've got your weight shifted all the way to the outside keep it here our tendency is to see our exit and want to go and what we do there is shift our way to the inside or we just move neutral a bit that can cause the bike to fall and at this point if the bike falls you don't have the ground as close to you as you do when you're on flat ground so you're going to fall and you're going to tumble and the bike is going to fall wheels up that's a bad position for everybody to be in right here the key is to keep your weight outside all the way through the corner until your wheels get straight before you move your body back to the neutral riding position when you're riding your adventure bike up steep hills that have tight corners your vision is going to come in chunks you can only see what's in front of you right now you won't be able to see your exit right away as you go through the corner keep your eyes up and focus as far down the trail as you can for safety purposes always ride right when you can ride the furthest on the outside of the corner this is going to reveal what the trail is going to throw at you much sooner that's a good one for this corner it's a left if i'm way outside i can see the whole road as my vision comes clear i don't know what the traction looks like up there i don't know what trail obstacles are going to be just remember your vision's coming in chunks you can't see everything right away when riding downhill it's important to control your momentum there are multiple ways to control your momentum going downhill through a corner you can use your brakes you can use your clutch or you can use the engine brake if you're comfortable in first or second gear with the steepness and tightness of this corner use your engine rig it's the smoothest way down the other way to control your momentum downhill is to use your brakes if the hill's too steep and the corners too tight for first gear engine brake that's just too fast for you pull your clutch in compress your front brake and get your weight back why your front brake downhill it's the best brake because that's where all the weight is now if it's too loose underneath you or there's a lot of baseball sized rocks and that front wheel is having a hard time engaging terrain and getting traction to control your momentum add in your rear brake do this nice and easy you don't want to lock your rear wheel because it'll slide just add the rear brake in enough to compress the suspension and squat the bike and assist the front brake in controlling your momentum when riding off road and approaching steep downhills and corners body position is very important