The holidays are a time of year when a lot of first timers are out there on new bikes. We thought this would be an ideal time to review the basics of dirt riding for all the newbies and coaches
Whenever you go to your local track, you always see a cheater line around the whoops. But if you’re serious about riding and racing, you’re only cheating yourself by skipping the whoops section every lap. One of the easiest places
You don’t need to be in Hawaii to experience slippery clay and rock downhills. As many an off-road racer has discovered, this combination can be found almost anywhere. For advice on how to tackle this obstacle without ending up on
Face it: Sometimes, no matter how carefully you line up at the gate, you’re not going to get the best of launches that earn holeshots.However, that doesn’t mean you have to be at the very back of the pack going
Face it: Sometimes, no matter how carefully you line up at the gate, you’re not going to get the best of launches that earn holeshots. However, that doesn’t mean you have to be at the very back of the pack
You don’t need to be in Hawaii to experience slippery clay and rock downhills. As many an off-road racer has discovered, this combination can be found almost anywhere. For advice on how to tackle this obstacle without ending up on
The limited space in baseball and football stadiums requires obstacles to be very compact. Therefore, to allow riders to maintain speed in the turns, track builder Dirt Wurx uses a lot of bowl turns in its designs. This enables riders
Among the most mentally challenging obstacles are whoops, especially deep ones found on real supercross tracks. Get out of rhythm, even for a second, and you’ll probably find yourself slamming face-first into the ground. Forgiving they are not, but there
There’s a characteristic of racing and riding in woods and many other off-road situations that’s hard to ignore: People tend to go where others have gone before them. That’s often the safest thing to do, since there could be unseen
Besides being kind of cool and flashy, the seemingly huge double and triple (and other kinds of) jumps motocrossers do can save time and energy. Despite spending all that time in the air, they find it’s generally quicker to leap
The limited space in baseball and football stadiums requires obstacles to be very compact. Therefore, to allow riders to maintain speed in the turns, track builder Dirt Wurx uses a lot of bowl turns in its designs. This enables riders
“I let off [the brakes], and I sit down right at the beginning of the turn, lean it over, stay right in the [turn] and just flow the whole way around. The key here is not to use too much
Keep your speed up as you approach. Most riders make the mistake of slowing too much to scope out the hill, forcing them to use too much throttle too late. This results in wheelspin or wheelying.Scan the trail and look
Copy CutChoosing the best line is just one of the many last-minute, high-speed decisions professional racers make during an event. The ability to choose wisely comes with experience. In this example, we have a fairly rocky, rutted uphill that’s not
Most people tend to follow the trail in front of them, but that may not be the best option. Conditions can change so dramatically that the primary path often becomes degraded, in which case it’s faster and perhaps safer to
Cobra photos courtesy of Alan Jones HILLSDALE,
The third annual Haunted MX for kids
MURRIETA, CA (October 27, 2010) — KTM
Cleveland – Fans of Lincoln Electric and
