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Pro Secrets - Clutch Inspection
Inspecting Your Clutch more
Pro Secrets - Nailing Narrow Trails With Robbie Jenks
Riding: Nailing narrow trails with Robbie Jenks. more
Pro Riding Secrets: Walking The Track with Logan Darien
Before every pro supercross race even begins, most riders take a lap around the track on foot. But they aren't just walking for more
Mental Preparation with Ryan Hughes - Pro Secrets - Riding
Ryan Hughes is a badass, plain and simple. He rides like a charging rhinoceros (hence the nickname), and his competition simply more
Helmet Fitting - Pro Equipment Secrets
Proper fit is the most important requirement in a helmet-as long as the lid is a quality one in the first place. Some heads and more
Motorcycle Riding Injuries - Concussions - Pro Training Secrets
Read about concussions from motorcycle accidents. more
12 Top MX Riding Tips To Get You Motocross Racing
Learn the 12 Top Tips To Get You Racing Motocross brought to you straight from our own Jesse Ziegler more
Pro Training Secrets
Read about Prerace Warm-ups with Destry Abbott in Pro Training Secrets by Dirt Rider Magazine more
Turns Onto Steep Uphills with Dick Burleson
Keep your speed up as you approach. Most riders make the mistake of slowing too... more
Jumps Into Corners with Jason Raines
It's a balance between smooth air time and hard braking, but there are a few... more
Taking the Trail Less Traveled with Randy Hawkins
Most people tend to follow the trail in front of them, but that may not... more
Fastest Line Up a Rocky Hill with Barry Hawk
Here, Hawk sets the scene, pointing out the single rock and the spot on that... more
Pro Riding Secrets: Uphill Jumps with Mike Brown
1. Brown approaches the jump in a straight line aboard his Yamaha of Troy YZ250F. He's standing up with his knees bent and his head over the handlebar, and he has already determined how much speed he'll need to clear all three jumps. more
Adjusting Headset Tension with K.C. Agnew - Pro Wrenching Secrets
Nobody likes headshake, but unless you have the proper tension on your bike's headset, the ever-frightening speed wobble is almost inevitable. Especially useful on rough terrain, proper headset adjustment is a very important element to proper handling. We recently asked K.C. Agnew, head mechanic for more
Alternate Smoother Lines with Barry Hawk
There's a characteristic of racing and riding in woods and many other off-road situations that's hard to ignore: People tend to go where others have gone before them. That's often the safest thing to do, since there could be unseen dangers lurking just off the more
How to Tackle Sand Turns with Fred Andrews
There are few things in dirt riding that make you feel more like a spode than trying to change directions while in sand. Either the front end tucks and you hit the deck, or you're so cautious that your turn radius exceeds that of the typical MX team's 18-wheel more
Pro Riding Secrets: Sand Turns With Kellon Walch
If there's one thing Kellon Walch has seen a lot of, it's sand. Growing up in Nevada, he did his fair share of riding in it, and more
Turning In Sand - Pro Riding Secrets
Read about this technique for riding in the sand. more
Bowl Turns with Ricky Carmichael
The limited space in baseball and football stadiums requires obstacles to be very compact. Therefore, to allow riders to maintain speed in the turns, track builder Dirt Wurx uses a lot of bowl turns in its designs. This enables riders to carry more momentum th more
Doubling Trail Obstacles with Jason Raines
Besides being kind of cool and flashy, the seemingly huge double and triple (and other kinds of) jumps motocrossers do can save time and energy. Despite spending all that time in the air, they find it's generally quicker to leap as much as they can at one time more
Riding Technique For Bowl Turns - Pro Riding Secrets
Read about these riding tips for taking bowl turns. more
Slippery "Hawaiian Ice" with Steve Hatch
You don't need to be in Hawaii to experience slippery clay and rock downhills. As many an off-road racer has discovered, this combination can be found almost anywhere. For advice on how to tackle this obstacle without ending up on our head, we turned to Team T more
Mistakes Off the Start with Joe Oehlhof
Face it: Sometimes, no matter how carefully you line up at the gate, you're not going to get the best of launches that earn holeshots. However, that doesn't mean you have to be at the very back of the pack going into the first turn—unless you really screw more
Pro Riding Tips: Attacking Whoops with Doug Dubach
Whenever you go to your local track, you always see a cheater line around the whoops. But if you're serious about riding and racing, you're only cheating yourself by skipping the whoops section every lap. One of the easiest places to make up time on the track more
Handling Big Rock Fields with Russ Pearson
Endless hordes of rocks can be terrifying. A miscue or bobble in the uneven environment can have you on your noggin or visiting your parts counter for new radiators. However, rock fields need not be treated as if they are minefields. Reigning Hare and Hound ch more
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