So I'm gonna tell you right
now, you cannot drive over the Atlantic Ocean. You have to take a ship. What's up buddy? You are in my lane. Yeah, yeah get off your
frickin' phone, buddy. [MUSIC PLAYING] What is up everybody? Dan D The Fireman here. We're going to be going
over seven stupid and common mistakes, the 2019 edition. How do I turn this
thing on again? I took a caffeine pill with no
breakfast, and I can feel it. The reason why it's 2019 is
because I did this last year. I want to make it more
relevant this year because this is popular. You guys are looking at this up. So I want to make sure you
guys had the right information. And some of this stuff, it's
more like a common sense type thing. So I wanted to change some of
it with some newer opinions. So we're going to jump into it. Please don't make these stupid,
stupid mistakes, please. Freaking caffeine. Number one, last year I talked
about riding after drinking. Now that one, to me, is
a little common sense, a little bit easy for
people to understand. Yes, you do not want
to drink and drive, so let's change it up. Let's change up number one. So now it's gonna be the
Dunning Kruger Effect. I wanted to sound smart. So in the field of psychology,
the Dunning Kruger Effect is a cognitive bias in which
people mistakenly assess-- there you go, not
excess --assess their cognitive ability
as greater than it is. I see that a lot. This is not just a
motorcycle thing. This is something
that a lot of people do when it comes to anything. But drinking alcohol
is one of those things where you feel super
confident, and your skills, your reflexes are still good. It's like, no bro,
I've only had 17 beers. I drive better when I'm drunk. Or I focus more. That right there is a
Dunning Kruger Effect, where you are telling
yourself that you are a better person, that you have better
skills than you really do. And that's not good. That is not good. And that could be for
anything, not just alcohol. But it could be for just
having the motorcycle skills in terms of, I've
been riding for a week, I'm perfectly fine. I can travel cross
country and over the world and drive over the
Atlantic Ocean type stuff. You can't. So I'm gonna tell you right
now, you cannot drive over the Atlantic Ocean. You have to take a ship. What's up, buddy? You are in my lane. Yeah, yeah get off your
frickin' phone buddy. Yeah. So anyways, that's one of those
things, Dunning Kruger Effect. Look it up. It's really cool. I should have had the definition
up here for a quick second there. Dude, you need to
pay attention, man. Dude had a tire in my lane. All right, so riding
in shorts and sandals. This applies to not
wearing any PPE. It's still relevant. PPE, I didn't say pee pee. PPE is personal
protective equipment. That is something that many
industries use for gear ATGAT. Motorcycling is ATGAT,
all the gear all the time. I'm going to start
talking and saying PPE because I think a lot of people
understand what that means-- personal protective equipment,
wearing helmet, gloves, pants, jacket, boots. OK, wear full gear PPE,
full PPE at all times. Please do not ride in
shorts and sandals. It is not safe. You're gonna rip your toes
off, rip your ankles off, rip your legs off, get road
rash, have a bunch of issues. And if you're wearing
just shorts and sandals, that means you're not wearing
a shirt or anything like that. That's pretty stupid and dumb. I know it gets hot
in the summertime, but there are options out there. If you buy a motorcycle
and you start riding, just realize it's going
to be an expensive hobby. It's not going to be cheap,
unless you get secondhand stuff or you find some
good deals out there. Plus, when you buy these things,
it's not like regular clothes. You buy a pair of
motorcycle jeans, they will last you a while. You buy a good
helmet, it'll last you a good about
five years, depending on how much you ride with it. 40,000 miles in five years. I talked about when you
should replace your helmet in a previous video. Please check it out. It gives you a lot
of information. And these things will
last you, unless you gain or lose a lot of weight. You won't fit in it
obviously, but these will last you a long time. And they stay relevant,
and they stay in style. Trust me, you look pretty
cool when you wear full gear. Putting your feet down. Now, this one was back
in 2018 when I said this. And what I meant by it-- and I
got a lot of feedback from it, kind of negative
--is that people were like, man, I put my feet down. Why is that a stupid mistake? What I meant by it-- and I don't
think I explained it very well -- is that, let's say I'm taking
a left turn at a stoplight. Putting my left foot down
like I'm a flat tracker is not a good thing. That is a stupid mistake. You do not want to
put your foot down. Your feet will get gripped-- will get gripped. Your foot will grab the
asphalt. The asphalt will grab your foot, and
it will yank your foot. There is a reason why only
two wheels should be touching the ground at all times. And there's a
reason why you have traction on your bottom
of your feetsies. I keep saying feetsies. It's supposed to be feet. I need to stop making up words. It will grab the ground
and it will yank your foot. So it's really not
a good thing to do. So that's what I meant by it. I have no problem with people
walking, paddle walking, duck walking out of a parking
space at the stoplight, like I'm coming up to. There's no issue with that. That is perfectly fine. Stability is great. But if you're making
a left hand turn and you put your foot down
like you need balance, that's not smart keep. Your feet on the pegs. Let's not do that. [INAUDIBLE] with
taking turns too fast. Now, some reason-- I think the reason why people-- I've never done it. I mean, I didn't
start with dirt track or I didn't start with dirt
biking or off road or anything like that. So that's a habit that people
that ride dirt bikes usually do. One of the things is that
if you take a turn too fast, you start leaning. It's a little bit scary. So what people do is
they put their foot down, thinking that's going
to help them balance. It's not going to happen. So if you take the turn too
fast, you're in a deep doo doo. So what you need
to do is, you need to approach the turn at
an appropriate speed. And only really way of doing
that is through experience. So what you need to do when
you first start riding-- this is the beginner tip-- is to take turns
slower than usual. You can always accelerate. You can always
bring up the speed. But it's a lot harder
to slow down mid-turn. So take the turn
slower than usual. Get a feel for your bike. Get a feel for the
leaning, or get a feel for what your bike can do. After you have an
idea of what that is, then you could take the
turns a little bit sharper, a little bit quicker,
a little bit faster. Obviously, within
the speed limit and within the recommendations. And there you go, buddies. Yeah, buddies. [LAUGHING] Yeah. Leaving without looking. So if I just go through
this intersection without looking left or
right, that's pretty dumb. It's still relevant. So if I just go like this and,
boom, get hit from the side, that was really dumb. I did a quick look
before I start talking. But, guys, you need
to look both ways before you cross the street. I think momma and dadda
told you to do that. Look left, look right,
look left again. Then go. Get out of that intersection. And that applies--
what's up buddy? That applies to leaving
any intersection. That applies to leaving
a parking space. That applies to everything. You want to be at least
two to three steps ahead when you're riding. We're playing chess,
not checkers, all right. We need to figure
this stuff out. So it's still relevant. So getting hit leaving a parking
lot is a really stupid mistake. You really shouldn't be
getting hit when you're taking off from a parking lot. You know what I mean? Getting hit in an intersection,
that happens way too much. That is one of the most common
causes of motorcycle accidents with another vehicle. That is insane. Let's prevent some of
that stuff by looking. Let's prevent some of that
stuff by looking at least four to 12 seconds ahead. Let's pay attention, everybody. All right, class? So just using one brake. Man, I see this happen a lot. We all pretty much
come from cars, right? What is our braking? It's a pedal, right? So we're all used to
slamming this rear brake. We're used to using
our right foot. I'm using both right here, right
foot and I'm using front brake. You know why? Because you get better-- oh, I need to downshift. [LAUGHING] I was stalled. Using the front
and the rear brake to stop gives you the greatest-- no, actually it gives you
the least stopping distance. Gives you the greatest
stopping power. Just using the rear brake
is about 20% to 40% of the-- oop, I'm in neutral. --20%, 40% of the power. Looking left, looking
right, looking left. 20% to 40% of the stopping
power, that is not a lot. The front brake gives you
the remainder of that. When you apply them
together, you get 100%. So guys, you need to understand
how to use the front and rear brake in conjunction. Conjunction junction,
what's your function? You need to figure that
out and learn how to do it, because that is what's going
to give you the best stopping power. Do not slam the rear brake. If you press super duper hard
while you're going at speed, you're going to produce a
rear skid, unless you have-- Even then, it's going
to be difficult to stop. There's tactics to
release a rear skid, so you don't low
slide or high side. Same thing with the front brake. There's definitely
techniques to do that, and you can learn that at
an MSF course, the BRC 1, BRC advanced class. These are all different classes
you can definitely take. They're a lot of fun. We do that at ridearizonamtc. Look it, left, right,
left, straight this way. Cool, cool, cool. Next, next, sunglasses or
a tinted advisor at night. Oops. Well, I'm wearing a
tinted visor because it's going to get a little
bit sunnier out. So I put this out here because
I see a lot of people doing this because they want to, because
they want to look cool. It's not the safest thing. I did recommend keeping
a pair of safety glasses that are clear in
your jacket pocket, or a saddle bag, or a backpack. So then, if you are caught
out in the darkness-- into the darkness --you can
put those on, flip up the lid. And now you have a pair of eye
protection while you're riding. And then, you can take them
off and put the lid back on when it gets a
little bit sunnier out, a little bit lighter out. I didn't do that today. So depending on
the level of tint, this can be extremely dangerous. Today, it wasn't so bad because
it is getting sunnier out. Now, it feels like just normal-- yeah, it looks normal to me. But definitely don't do that. So it's still relevant. Oh my gosh, guys,
guys, guys, guys! Bald tires, I see
this all the time. First off, I understand,
motorcycle tires are ridiculously overpriced. I pay more for motorcycle tires
than I pay for my car tires. And I only get two
tires out of it. The labor is more intensive. I could change my own tires. I'm sure I could change
my own motorcycle tires, but it's a lot of work. And I won't do it. So I understand why people
ride with bald tires. But please, just remember,
once again, we have two tires touching the road. Two very small
pieces of contact is keeping us upright on the road. Having them bald, having
tires of no tread, or any channels for water or
debris and anything like that, that is extremely dangerous. It's even more
dangerous when you have tires that are showing
the wires, that are damaged. Holy crap guys, I see
that way too often. And I think a lot
of the time it's because they are expensive. I understand that. I understand that. But what's more expensive? What's more expensive,
hospital bills or a tire? I bet you your deductible-- if you have a health
care deductible --I bet your
deductible is way more expensive than a set of tires
for the next five years. I bet you. So this is still very relevant. What's up, buddy? He's on something. This is very dangerous. Tires do cost money. I understand it. But guys, everybodys,
please, please, please double check your tires. I do have a tire guide. I have it in my DDFM
Training Manual, module 1, how to read the codes
on the sides, what to do when it comes to when
the tires are getting low, how to check when
they're low, how did how to pretty much
take care of your tires, how to break them
in, all that stuff. It's on the DDFM
Training Manual module 1. Please check it out. It's really good
information, along with all this other stuff. But right now, I'm just
going to tell you, double check your tires. Make sure they're there good
age, they're not dry rotted, and there's no real damage. And do pre-ride check
every once in a while. I mean, hopefully every time,
but every once in awhile, double check your tires. See if they're doing OK before
you head out on the road. You do not want to have
a blowout while you're riding because now you have
one tire that's giving you traction, and it's a big issue. OK? All right. This was my seven stupid
mistakes that you should not make, updated for 2019. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Please hit that
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