Look ahead motocross dirtbike riding tip
Posted on May 23, 2008
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One of the most important fundamentals of riding and racing is looking ahead. This is also one of the single most common mistakes you can spot amateur riders making, staring at the road or track that lies only a few feet in front of them, especially in bumpy or rutted corners or other rough sections.
One of the keys to riding quickly and smoothly is looking ahead and anticipating the road or track that lies infront of you. If you are going to enter a section of ra’ce track fast, you have to look well ahead so that you know just what to expect.
We all should have experienced the phenomenon, you become drawn to what you are looking at.
“Don’t look down”. “Keep your eyes on the road”. The same thing happens on a dirt bike when your riding on a motocross track. If you look at the ruts when your on top of them, you will end up on the edge or go cross rutted. If your concentrating on a nasty bump, or a rock guess where you’ll go?
What you need to do is choose your lines before you get to them and then focus on the next corner or obstacle. This is very important when corning the more you look beyond the corner, the less you focus on the ruts and bumps and the smoother and quicker you will become. You should never let yourself get caught staring at the ground just in front of your front wheel. You will go where you look!
The next time you’re at the track, do yourself a favour and purposely look farther ahead than you are used to.
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