So I tried Motocross... Guess what happened.

Anyone wanna guess why a roadracer should not enter a motocross race when he has had 3 hours tops on a dirtbike.. Espescially the 250 class..

 

I used to hit my head a lot. I imagine that's what happened to you.

 

Cased a double and shortened a vertabrae or two?

 

Put your knee down rolling T1?

 

Your handle should now be Speedbump?

 

Actually all three..

1st moto. I learned why whip the ass end around so much. In 6" of loose dirt, there is very little corner speed to be found. So I fell over. Not crashed, fell over.

2nd Moto. The course was designed with a single before the table top. You hit the single and land on the back side of the tabletop right. Wrong. In my case, you hit the single, and in mid air you learn that hitting the brakes does weird things, like make the front end drop like a stone. Needless to say, I did a faceplant, and the crowd approved.

Race. Applied all I had learned before and was smiling large until I, you guessed it, cased the double. I'm now a few inches shorter than Dave K

 

HAHAHA Ya I suck at MX. Ive got 20 hours total on my dirt bike and it taught me to be comfortable with the bike being upset, but in tight turns, all I do is fall over. At 15 hours I finally learned that you dont slide off the seat to the inside of the turn where the outside foot is barely touching the peg...in MX you weight the outside peg EVERYWHERE IN THE CORNER lol.

 

try supermoto. with jumps. there are so many things fundamentally wrong with that sport. slicks on dirt. all the rear brake action. putting your knee down. its all wrong.

 

Well, I'm glad you're OK except for the new mutation.

 

MX is for sub-25 year olds with rubber bones.

I do not qualify.




But I do like trail riding at a sissy pace.

 

amen!

 

Glad you're okay, but would love to see some pics of your learning experience.

 

Try being a MX'er and doing your first track day on a gsxr 600. Pretty much the same deal EXCEPT crashing on asphalt at any speed sucks alot more than dirt (I know, i did both)

Just get back on the horse. Its a blast!

 

I went and watched some District 29 AMA stuff today and it reminded me why I sold my 4fiddy (To MadBrad nonetheless). I kept getting hurt. All the +35er's out there I salute you!

 

I'll post up what pics my wife took. She was laughing way too much to get really good ones

I have found that trail riding and hare scrambles are much better suited to my riding style. I defenitely give the full report on my first venture.

 

There. Fixed it for ya...

 

Harescrambles look like fun. Drunk or sober.

 

1. Please tell me you've changed the spring...

2. You do realize it's a 10 year old woods bike right?


I'm glad you're having fun with it.

 

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2. For a 10 year olds woods bike, I beat everyone out of the hole. And the damn thing needs a steering damper above 2nd gear.

3. Please tell me you've been nicer to the TL than I have been to this KTM