Barton Advanced Motorcycle Training

13/10/2026

So, they tell you that if this person for example was to complete all their braking in a straight line they would have far more grip available on the front tyre to turn like this in the wet?
Hopefully you see how obviously incorrect that statement is.
Could the physics and technique obviously on display here help you in your day to day riding? Of course they can but grip is not even the biggest reason to employ this technique on the street. Give us a call to find out more.
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05/10/2026

What the motorcycle needs can change from one moment to the next.
You might be building brake pressure while the bike is upright, then release some of that pressure as you add lean however you need to keep scanning through even while something at the edge of the road tries to pull your eyes away.
This is why we should practice before the difficult moment arrives. Smooth initial brake pressure, threshold braking, controlled brake release, visual scanning, and changing direction at speed are skills you can rehearse until they become familiar.
In an emergency, we don’t suddenly rise to a new level of skill. We fall back on the last level of proficiency.

30/09/2026

Always someone else's fault? Data shows that between 75 and 80% of all motorcycle accidents are as a result of something the rider did or failed to do when the situation arose.
According to these guys too.
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Avoiding Common Motorbike Collisions
Whilst DocBike puts highly trained critical care doctors and paramedics on response motorcyclists to save lives, research undertaken by the DocBike charity tells us that 80% of life-threatening and fatal collisions can be avoided (regardless of who is at fault), by having an awareness of the most common causes of bike crashes and what you can do to avoid it happening to you. DocBike has worked with Devitt’s Insurance and BikeSafe to give you this awareness so that you can enjoy your ride more, become a better biker, and be less likely to crash.

27/09/2026

In the United Kingdom 30% of all motorcycle deaths occur in a corner without another vehicle being involved or then colliding with an oncoming vehicle after running wide.
There is a method of approaching and negotiating corners including completely blind ones that almost totally eliminates the possibilty of this happening using MORE THAN just limit points, entry position and line.
The fact that it is not taught as part of your training or even later by so called "advanced" organisations is arguably one of the biggest reasons the toll increases year by year.
Why not? Although although there is always "talk" of change they are still teaching the same thing they did in 1965. Motorcycles have changed significantly, knowledge is greatly improved, the data is available. Time to employ that knowledge.
Want to know more? Contact Barton Advanced Motorcycle Training

22/09/2026

Who learnt or is still learning how to ride by trial and error (there is always more to learn regardless) but errors still sometimes occur and you wonder why or how.
It is expensive and often painful. There is a way to give yourself a big head start and avoid all that. Give us a call and find out how.
Two options below. Barton Advanced Motorcycle Training

19/09/2026

Being average is just not good enough. In the UK an "average" rider is 45 times more likely to die than a car driver. There are so many ways you can be "above average" (e.g skills and observations) but being so is most evidenced by never being in the situation where you could be part of that statistic. No near misses and no situations where you feel luck was a major factor in your survival. When you realise that motivation and confidence is not necessarily competence and that there is ALWAYS more to learn you are on your way.
Barton Advanced Motorcycle Training

18/09/2026

Want to learn more about what Yamaha Champions Riding School are talking about? Trail braking (front brake, dragging the rear is not trail braking btw) in the wet, scary you might say!
We say likely more often than the dry, for safety not speed.
It is no longer the 60s, time to move on from yesterday's thinking.
Motorcycles have changed, tyres have changed but the conventional teaching in the UK in particular has not. We now understand the physics so much better, let's use that knowledge. Call or message us to find out more. Barton Advanced Motorcycle Training

MORE ON THIS FROM YAMAHA CHAMPIONS

Most riders hate the rain. We look forward to it.
We spend a lot of time talking about creating grip, maintaining traction, and best practices at the edge of grip.

Trail braking is the skill of smoothly trading braking points for lean-angle points as you tip into the corner, keeping the front tire loaded the entire time.

The most unstable motorcycle is an unloaded motorcycle. That means no load going through the suspension into the tires beyond the combined weight of the rider and bike. No load, no grip, no feel

In the rain, this relationship becomes crystal clear at normal speeds. Students immediately feel the benefits of trail braking, 100 points of grip, R=MPH, load management, body position, and direction, without needing race pace or high lean angles.

Rain is one of the best classrooms in motorsports.

So go out and play in the rain. Done correctly, and you’ll be a better, more confident.

09/09/2026

You can spend thousands of pounds improving one motorcycle, then sell it to someone else.
Or you can invest in yourself and make EVERY motorcycle you will ever own better.
Better riders are safer, more confident, and faster with less risk no matter the temp or weather.
Invest in yourself.
Just message or give us a call on 07484375171 to find out more.

04/09/2026

If you have to keep steering the bike to maintain an arc, you are doing something fundamentally wrong.
If you looked deeper into what is actually happening when we take our machines out on the road you will have discovered that there is far more to it than
a. what you were first taught to get a licence and
b. what the so called mainstream "advanced" courses mostly focused upon observation and 60s thinking other than actual knowledge and skills.
If you are aware of Yamaha Champions Riding School and want to learn more about riding based upon proven physics, modern motorcycle design and knowledge rather than hand me down opinion based doctrine then message us or ring on 07484375171 and have a chat to find out more.
The natural radius of a sports tyre at 45 degrees is approximately .5 metres SO, what's really going on when we lean a motorcycle? How can you learn to corner properly if you don't even know why it actually goes around one?