How To Accelerate Your Motorcycle - Better, Safer, Faster

how have I just found this channel. I did 6 track days and I always thought you were supposed to wait - for example - halfway through a hairpin before getting on throttle. And then I started heavy braking all the way to turn in point, COASTING until I felt the bike was about to FALL over, then get on the gas and hope I had a good line to get me through the corner. I would push the bike into the ground because I would have to get on throttle and just could not find speed. Yesterday my instructor told me to gas right after trakling brake - tip in a 1%, 2%... so slow. revolutionary.

This is why i expect when I watch motorcycle content on YouTube. Mind blowingly informational and also makes me reflect on my practices till now. I have only done a track session once and 99% ride on the street in India, where corners are the most unpredictable as any dumbass from the opposite direction can hit you unexpectedly. But being calm when taking that corner due to all the mind prep done with those 100 decisions along with a much more manueverable motorcycle, I see myself being at the safest possible risk. A risk that is fun yet adrenaline rushed, where you just don't panic and just admire that sweet spot. Teaches you about life too. When life throws a curve, chill out and just go with the flow, than make one impulse decision that makes you high side and crash. If unfortunate, fatally. Kudos!

I manage this concept using the idea of ‘maintenance throttle’ during turns… feeling your rear wheel’s traction telling you how much more juice you can give it as you go through the apex

Very nice of Jason to share his knowledge. Any time you are turning you can think that you are on the arc of a circle with a certain radius. A constant radius turn can be taken with a constant radius (it takes a moment to get from straight up to all the way over and back again at the exit). The fashion in racing is to trail brake in and accelerate out of the turn. The radius of your arc may be changing the whole way through the turn. This works well with the traction circle. You can use 70% of you braking (or accelerating) force at the same time as 70% of your cornering (centrifugal) force. Long turns, you may be a maximum lean angle and constant speed for a bit. The point where your radius is smallest is likely the slowest point of the turn. Identifying your point of minimum radius is a useful marker. This is well before the apex if you are accelerating out hard. There are many factors that affect turns. Radius (of the corner changing), camber, elevation (uphill, downhill, crest of hill), traction and combination of turns to name a few. So, there is no "this always works" rule. That makes it fun.

The throttle we can control is a varied thing over time. Old school flatslide carbs used to open 50% when you open the throttle 50% and the needle in the carb lifted 50%. Whacking it open bogged the motor. Then we have CV carbs that open the needle based on the amount of vaccum instead of 1:1 with the throttle. Then we go on to fuel injection. Any onto ride by wire to manage power PRODUCTION. All those evolutions affected how we open the throttle to get the most from the engine. Thank you for reminding about the power/traction balance of the algorithm to master. I am affirmed to know the motorcycle still needs a rider getting this right! Love that you’re putting out niche content that is captivating to me (personally speaking). These are topics few these days dig their teeth into. I’m here for this ride!

Something to consider or a different explanation that I learned from a riding school - that 1-10% of throttle is a "maintenance input" where you're not accelerating or decelerating. To overcome the engine braking. Use it to point or settle the bike before rolling further/accelerate. Great content!

Excellent video and nice of him to be open and share. It sounds like riding with some mechanical sympathy - working with the bike instead of trying to force it and getting in its way. It’s less stressful on the bike and the rider. Good stuff! 👍

Thank you very much both of you. 64 and still learning!

Wow what a great video!! I could listen to pro riders all day long, this guy is so descriptive. I've been a road rider for near 44 years and consider I know how to ride but I love taking on board info like this. Thank you👍

FWIW. I think you have struck gold in the right balance of "character & content" with this video. Great first person experience advice, mixed with technical and explanation. I don't feel your other video's had this kind of balance (TBH some of the war stories detract from the information you're delivering), and you've really done well to refine the product and deliver a great video.

What the heck? How did I find this video? This is gold. Thank you for sharing this to the world and put it into simple words even I could understand. 👍

Great content, and thanks so much to Jason for taking time out to share his knowledge.

Well, “I got boring but fast” might not be the best slogan but I can totally relate to what you try to say 🤓. Even with todays electronics mastering throttle control is the key to go fast AND safe. I had the pleasure to do some one on one coaching with Eric Bostrom. Following Eric gave me similar insights - no matter how hard I tried I could never mimic his drive out of corners and while I had near-death experiences trying he looked like he leisurely rides to a coffee shop.

Your videos are such good quality. Keep up the work your gana be huge!

Excellent explanations, practice, practice, and practice!

Thanks GoGo ! Awesome explanation with the hand .

Thanks very insightful. This also highlights the importance of having a good position and not putting weight on the inside handlebars especially on the right handers.

Thank you for sharing this! Subscribed!

What an awesome video. Can't wait to try this out on the public roads haha

Jason is a nice dude. Thank you for the interview