Dirtbike Motocross
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
Dirtbike Motocross
Tips to make easier your firs dirt bike ride
For the ones that don't know anything referring to motorcycles, they are all alike but as a matter a fact there are a lot of various kinds of them. Also there are many modes for categorizing, explaining how the motorcycles are put in use, or according to the designer's intention, or mix of the two. Mainly are accepted six types of motorcycles: cruiser, sport, touring, standard, dual-purpose, and dirt bike. The last type of the list is a motorcycle known also as off-road motorcycle. It has been created and developed for particular activities, above all for motorcycle sports like Rally raid or Motocross. Their weight is lighter; they have simple rugged construction with small bodywork, no allowance for easy recovery after spills, and big wheels with knobby tires. And when we talk about this type of vehicle, must be bring up that exist a number of standards that should be esteemed if you want do ride securely.
You ride and jump in the dirt bike games not having problems, but now you need to give more awareness to this things.
Before all else, when you sit on your bike, concentrate on proper position of your body. Your feet must be able to touch the land if you have picked the fitting bike size. Sit forward on your seed, that affects on all aspects of your riding, especially turns. If you sit too back, the shock compresses more than the forks. That will cause the front of the bike to feel very vague in turns. The front wheel will run a very ample arc and will not have fine traction.
Now you need to concentrate on routine rather than speed. If you have the proper routine, the speed will come as usual and you'll be secure. Most of your riding should be done in standing position, se be aware of these things.
- For easily done contact and command of your foot levers, foot pegs should be in the middle of your feet.
- With hardly bent knees, grip the bike near the bottom of the tank.
- Keep your back a little arched with your bum towards the rear, arms up, elbows forward, with your head over the handle bars.
- As possible try to keep one or two fingers on the clutch and brake levers.
Be acquainted that your body posture changes when you are riding in the sand or mud. In this circumstance your weight should be on the back of the bike. This will give you better traction; you will avoid bogging of the front wheel and prevent yourself from throwing over the bars. You should to be hard on the gas, to keep the bike coasting over the sand.
With more exercise the entertainment will grow up!
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How To Adjust Dirt Bike Suspension
Here's a quick tip on how to adjust the suspension on your dirt bike if it has adjustable forks or shocks. The purpose of adjusting it is to make the suspension perform at its best on certain types of terrain or size/shape of obstacles. The faster you go, the stiffer you'll want your suspension to be. If you are a trail riding, then you will want it to be softer than it would normally be for riding on a motocross track.
Front Suspension/Forks
There are two things you can do to the forks without changing your springs, and these are adjusting the compression and rebound speed. As seen in the picture above, number one shows where the clickers are for adjusting the rebound on the bike, and number two shows where the clickers for changing the compression speed on the forks are. To slow down/stiffen either the compression or rebound on the forks, you will want to turn the clickers in/clockwise with a screwdriver. You will hear a "click" about every half turn, and all the way in is about 15 clicks for most bikes. You do the same thing for speeding up/softening the compression and rebound, but instead of turning the clicker in you will turn it out/counter-clockwise.
Rear Suspension/Shock
It's basically the same routine for adjusting the shock, but the clickers aren't in the same spots. Number three shows where the rebound clicker is on the shock, and number four is where the compression clicker is. The shock is usually around fifteen clicks also.
Setting it up for your style
If your bike still has stock suspension and it's not extremely worn out, then the stock springs are usually set up for about a 130-165lb rider for motocross. If you weigh more than that, you'll want stiffer springs, but if you weigh less than that then you'll want softer springs. Another pointer when you're adjusting you clickers is that you want the forks to be equally adjusted. What I mean by that is when you adjust the right side of the forks compression or rebound, then you will want the left side to be the same, otherwise it might not feel right or be as consistent. This does not mean that you have to have the compression adjusted the same as the rebound for either the forks or the shock. I usually keep them the same because I am not the fastest rider and tiny adjustments like that aren't really noticeable for me. If you are picky about your suspension then you make little changes by having different combination settings (check out the Adjusting Your Spring Rate article for more tips on suspension). If you have any questions, feel free to comment. Thanks for viewing, and good luck!
-Tom Stark
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