Originally Posted by 636blurr
Ok so there are just wayyy to many people going down from what I see are mostly avoidable wrecks from new riders. So this is something that definatly can help people understand control alot more.
The Debate has raged for years if Dirt riding makes you a better street rider or not. There is no Debate, only stubborness on the street side to not see and accept the bennefits.
Here are some reasons why the dirt helps off the top of my head, feel free to ad.
First off it helps in the most obvious area which is throttle and clutch control, second it helps in the braking area, although braking is completly backwards on a dirtbike, rear brake more than front brake usually, you understand what braking does under different surfaces since riding on the dirt you usually encounter mulitple terrain types. If you get on your front brake to hard, it washes, you learn right off to let off your front brake and your fine. If you go around a corner and your rear end is sliding, on dirt, thats calld fun and you stay in the throttle and ride it out woo hoo. Panic situations, on the dirt there is always something new thrown at you, be it an animal, bumps, ditch, rock, tree, pickup, maybe some old people backing out in front of you in a RV at the campsite. So it really helps you in those oh shit situations.
The pothole, ditch thing is everywhere, so its to be expected, you learn to unweight your front end, lean back far and take the obsticle and its not even a problem. So apply that next time you hit a pothole, dog, ect. You would be surprised how fast your body can shift in heartbeat.
Now this seems obvious, but I guess its not, going back to different terrain types, some dirt or gravel on the road will no longer be an issue to you. that right there is a huge plus, as most people tense up, which is what you want to avoid when riding.
And the last thing I can think of its its cheap if you mess up, usually you just go down, slide a bit, laugh, pick up the bike and ride on, no real damage, sometimes you have to fix a broken lever or shifter, but usually, it doesnt get to much worse than that unless your getting pretty extreme.
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