..Fear. Over the years as a Motorcycle Coach one thing stands out with riders..Fear. It’s as simple as that. The fear of trying a new skill, fear of not knowing what to do in certain situations (like over-cooking a corner, finding yourself having to make a U-Turn on a hill, or riding in wet conditions)…
Keep telling yourself “I can do this” and your body will begin to believe you. So will your motorcycle. Too many riders, when challenged, tell themselves “I CAN’T do it“…why? My thought is because they haven’t tried it or, because they tried it and it didn’t go as planned. Things like starting and stopping on a…
Alex Haley once said “when you see a turtle sitting on top of a fence post you know he had some help”. Well, you know the same thing goes with most anything we do. Sometimes we don’t have the skills to get where we want to go and could use some help. Here is where…
A lesson learned is only ‘learned’ when you apply it. That means practice. All too often a rider comes out of a training/coaching program thinking ” OK, I got it” and then takes off down the road. Good, enjoyable, fun riding comes with having good skills and mastering those skills on a regular basis. Practice. You…
How do low speed skills translate and become valuable in higher speed (as in normal traffic, freeways, canyons and track day) riding? It’s all in how well you use them. The concept here is learning how to place your motorcycle anywhere you want, whenever you want and how you want…at whatever speed you want depending…
Whats holding you back from feeling in control? Holding you back from being confident in situations? Holding you back from getting outside your comfort zone? Holding you back from having as much fun as you can on your motorcycle? For most of us it comes down to three things…lack of confidence, lack of skill and…
Ok?? Over the years as a Motorcycle Coach I have heard this all too often. A new rider gets out of the MSF course, gets a motorcycle (often times the one the boyfriend / husband / best friend wants for themselves), maybe takes one more class and is ready to head off into the sunset….
So, the other day I was talking to a friend and he was telling me all about how grueling the workout was with his trainer at the gym the day before and how much he had to work on before he saw him again. My friend really wants to have a killer body, even though…
As a coach I hear that many times. Here is what it comes down to…self doubt. You see a skill exercise, you walk through it, you watch a coach do it and for some reason you get paralyzed when it’s your turn. Why? Self doubt and lack of trust in your motorcycle. You can do…
“Felix the cat, what a wonderful wonderful cat…whenever he gets in a fix, he reaches into his bag of tricks.” You have to be a ‘Baby Boomer’ or raised by parents who are to get that. …We as motorcyclists aren’t much different. When we get in a situation (the “oh crap” moment) we need to pull…
