How to Adjust Your Dirt Bike Chain
The first you need to do is to ensure that your dirt bike chain is in need of adjusting. To test this you simply have to place two fingers on the swing arm right behind the guide. If you notice…
Category Dirt Bikes
How to Adjust Your Dirt Bike Clutch
The main reason you would adjust your clutch is to enable you to give drive from your engine to the back wheel of the dirt bike. You want to adjust the clutch so that there will be no pressure on…
Polishing Poopy Plastics
I got really angry at my 400ex for lacking a good shine on the plastics. So, I set out on a mission to polish them to a near mirror finish. This process is sure to work on Honda brand black…
How to Prepare Your Dirt Bike Goggles?
Preparing your goggles before an event can make the difference between making the pass or taking a soil sample. How are you going to perform your best if you can’t see? The most difficult aspect of goggle preparation is determining…
Making An Old Bike Competitive
Here are a few tips on how to make your old bike competitive against the newer roost rockets. Comfort Don’t underestimate the power behind feeling comfortable. If you are comfortable, you gain confidence, and with confidence comes speed. You might…
What Are Your Racing Goals? Do You Have Any?
Every rider should set goals for himself to gauge their progress. There are two types of goals in motocross, short term and long term. Short term goals Your short term goals should be set with the knowledge that they will…
Motocross Is Won In The Corners
Count the number of corners on any track. Take that number and add that many seconds to your lap time. If there are 20 corners and you lose 20 seconds every lap, after three laps, you’ll be one minute behind…
“This Track Is One Lined” Ever Hear Anyone Say That? Ever Wonder Why?
Track owners and track builders don’t cause a track to be “One lined”. Riders cause that to happen. Most tracks are 25 to 30 feet wide, or at least they should be. We just ride in that one line all…
Why Are You Sitting Down? Get Up Off That Seat!!!!!
When you look at the seat on a motocross bike, it’s pretty long. But you only need to use about half of it. The front half. Motocross proverb #1——motocross is won in the corners. Corners: the only place you really…
What Does It Take To Get Off The Gate And Get The Holeshot?
First, what is a holeshot? The rider that gets to the first turn in front of everyone else and stays in front through the turn, just got the holeshot. Where is the holeshot located? Some people think that the starting…