Posts Tagged racing tips

How and When to Breathe While Riding Your Dirt Bike?

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Knowing when and where to take a deep breathe while riding your dirt bike is very important. Many riders forget to breathe all together when racing around the track, mostly due to stress, focus, distraction from other riders and many more reasons. In this riding tip, I talk about the benefits of breathing correctly and often, and where are the best places to do it on a race track.

Shift faster without using your clutch

Most beginners use their clutch to shift gears on a dirt bike, what they don’t know is that they don’t have to use it and will actually shift faster without it. This quick tip explains how to do it and what to do in the event the bike won’t shift.

Quick Tip: Ride with 1 finger on the clutch and front brake

In this image, you can see Pourcel getting ready for the upcoming turn by positioning both his middle fingers on the levers, and getting ready to brake into the turn.

A mistake I see many beginner-intermediate riders make is gripping both handlebar grips with all 5 fingers and only grabbing the brake or clutch when needed. I explain why this is a bad habit in the article, and how you can correct it.

Quick Tip: Use your rear brake to stabilize your bike

chad reed using rear brake

In this article, I talk about the different ways you can use your dirt bike’s rear brake and the advantages to using it in many places other then braking areas.

How can you blitz a whoops section like a pro

In this photo, you can clearly see how James keeps his body neutral on the bike, which gives him much more control

In this article I talk about techniques on how to properly go through a whoops section. Many riders have the misconception that the farther you lean back on your bike, the better you’ll go through whoops. This is not true and read on if you want to find out why.

How to relax before a race and have more energy

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Everyone gets anxious and nervous before a race, even the fastest riders in the world. In this article I talk about ways I used to control my stress level during races and how you can do the same thing too. You’ll also have way more energy with less stress.

How to Heal your Blisters Faster…but will you do it?

Most of the blisters on these hands aren't ready yet.

You have blister problems? You get them every time you ride? Want them to heal faster? I’ve got the solution for your!