How To U-Turn on Adventure Motorcycles / Works with Street Bikes Too

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Years ago, in a galaxy far away I completed a 2.5 week long police motorcycle school and part of the final test was a speed u turn inside 2 parking stalls. We had to accelerate in, brake hard and turn a U turn inside the lines of 2 parking stall & full throttle out, simulating a pursuit. It was a blast! I still do it today on my adventure bike.

Every time you talk about riding techniques, I learn SO much - even after riding for 30+ years and taking other courses. You're my guru Brett. Gotta come down and take one of your classes soon. Thanks so much for posting these videos.

Finally, after all these years, a flawless how-to video on motorcycle handling. Thank you.

I have been riding motorcycles all my life I am 77 years old and I wish you had been around when I started but I have learnt so much from watching you now thank you you are the best

Excellent way to demostrate leaning vs no lean to turn tighter

This guy is so good at explaning things, complete with visuals and so on. 10/10.

Thank you for your videos. I have been riding 42yrs and you are teaching me thing I never knew. this will help me in my new style of riding, Adventure.

It is probably one of the very few channels where the explanations are short and to the point, beside being done in proper English. Even for experienced riders, who`ve been riding for years, it is good sometimes to go back to the basics and clean up some of the bad habits we picked up along the way. Thanks and looking forward for some more.

I would love to do a bunch of figure 8’s in front of our house while waiting for my wife to come out to go on a ride. It was a blast and great practice!!

Tight U turns are a MUST on ADV bikes!!! Handling an ADV bike in crowded places is a Must! Slow speed skills is a MUST have for us on BIG bikes! Parking lot practice is HUGE!!! Great Video!!! 🙌👏🤙👌🖖✌👍👋🙂

All this time I thought only pros could ride this way. After watching your video over and over again and a significant time practicing turns, I'm able to comfortably make locked handlebar turns feel so much more confident. Thanks!

Bret, I've watched hundreds od videos on riding and you are one of the most relaxed riders I've seen. You are definitely comfortable on your bike and it shows. Look forward to your next video! PS you should do some of your travels.

I've been doing low traction U-turns in a high traction environment, time to go hit the road and practice this, Thanks.

Very well explained, especially the turning radius and leaning with high traction. Thanks !

Excellent video, just discovered your channel and despite riding for over 35 years and can honestly say I am nowhere nearly as skilled at the u-turn as you! Never too old to learn a new skill I guess. Thanks!

Great U-turn instruction from a very able teacher. I've been riding 30 years and still don't feel 100% comfort with this skill - will try your lean and coast technique for sure! Thank you for great videos.

It’s incredible to see how Bret manages the weight of those heavy monstrous motorcycles with so much ease. 🙏🏼

Great video! Thank you. I've been riding motorcycles, on and off road, for 30 years. The first time you try to make a tight U-turn on one of these high riding 650 pound monsters, it's different. The center of balance, your body position, and how much you turn the wheel (not at all on some street bikes, all the way on these), all changes. The way you lean away from the turn to hold up the bike, which you do on a BMX bike but do much more on one of these, is worth practicing even if you think you know what you're doing. Thanks for posting this.

Great, easy to understand video. I practice doing this every morning when I get to work, it's fun and I get a lot of comments about how easy I make it look doing tight u turns and figure eights. Thanks for the video.🏍