2 Common riding mistakes: foot position and hands/fingers

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I just need a course from this guy on the transition from helmet to hat 😯👍. Good video like always and very nice place to ride 👍

Those helmet cap transitions are crazy fast and smooth!!! 🤣 💀

I recognize the first mistake from horse riding. I teach my students the same principle, but explain it differently as riding boots are more flexible. When I tell them to turn the toes parallel to the horse instead looking like Charlie Chaplin, they can force the foot, but it doesn't give the correct effect on the rest of the leg. Therefore I started telling them to push there heels outwards. When they did that the knee/rest of the leg automatically reacted on that movement in the positive direction that I wanted to teach them. When off roading I told that myself as well. That I need to push my heels outwards. Now I even do it when riding on the road.

Currently riding through the jungle in Thailand. I have consciously stopped flipper footing. Level of control has improved massively. Thanks, I needed this.

Two fingers on the clutch lever and two on the front brake lever while covering the rear brake with right foot on slow corners, especially off-camber uphill tracks, body position and look through the corner. Appreciate your instructional videos.

About 4 years ago I was taught to only use 2 fingers, and to keep them on the levers. So much so, I’ve worn the black powder coating off my brake lever where I rest each finger! I just noticed it about 2 months ago.

Flipper foot off-road broke my ankle when the bike went down… it’s so true to tuck em in!

My bike comes with a rider system where the rider uses the number of fingers best suited for every situation, as they arise.

Despite riding dirt bikes since the early 1970s, I was a four finger rider until my first track school at Pacific Raceways on a Suzuki Hayabusa. It was a CLASS school with Reg Pridmore. The acceleration of the Bus was so strong exiting the bus stop chicane that I switched to two finger clutch and brake for more control. Been doing two finger ever since on both street and dirt. Nice video! Will take your foot position advice to heart. I tuck my feet in when I get in tight spaces but am no doubt lazy in more open riding. Definitely need to improve on that! Thanks!

I trust my instinct and use 3 for clutch and 2 for brake, that speech assures me, thanks... 👏👏👏👏

Good stuff! Been riding dirt 35 years, this is the way! Man I wish I had a teacher back in the day like this!!! Thanks for sharing!

Great stuff Bret...the foundation to riding is key...starting at the base and controlling the clutch and brake...always good to reinforce the basics - keep the videos coming...thanks!!!!

Bret, where the heck were you in "69 when my hodaka super rat gave me lesson in foot grabs bush.... followed by " tree smacks fingers". all hard learned lessons passed down by great people like you, keep on teaching. Its hard to break my 50 year old habits but Ive learned alot from your channel and rider courses.

Bret, you just keep flowing with fantastic tips in all areas of adv riding I love your channel and learn so much.

Great seeing a video on the very basics being covered. A great teacher never forgets it always goes back to the basics

Driving my motorcycles more than 35 years it's always learning . Thanks for your tips Bret!!

Dude! Your helmet to hat transition is stunning! Commendable!

Great to see Kyle from Backcountry Adv Moto. His Idaho BDR series were the very first videos that got me interested in ADV riding. Thank you both for all the great content!

Excellent short but concise video!! I never thought about the flipper foot but I am a relatively new ADV rider (1 year) but now I know. Thanks Bret!