How to ride faster on dirt bikes?︱Cross Training Enduro
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www.crosstrainingenduro.com How to ride fast on dirt bikes? We will cover quite a few tips but there is one really critical factor we will concentrate on. First? My apologies for the weak attempt at trying to ride fast! Our hard enduro rides are almost always in first or second gear. Need hard enduro training? Work through our video lists. Hard enduro techniques are covered in our training vids. It was so weird trying to ride at speed! But it seemed like a good idea before I pass on these tips we have collected from enduro coaches like Chris Birch, Graham Jarvis and Tim Coleman. Want to learn to ride fast? Once you have combined maintaining good technique at full throttle, you need to work on your braking technique. The fastest riders are almost always accelerating or braking... there is little in between. On your test track, mark where you are first hitting your brakes, then start to brake later and later. Again, it's critical to maintain good technique. Into enduro and dirt bikes? Check out our dirt bike videos. Extreme enduro training vids are our focus. What has been your experience with learning to ride faster? Do you have other tips? Let us know, we will put them in the pinned first comment. First learn to ride slow. Most hard enduro champions will tell you this. Learn to balance at a standstill. Learn low speed skills like riding figure eights at full lock. Work on your clutch slipping skills for better traction. There is a reason almost every hard enduro champion is also an A grade trials rider. As your speed increases, focus on the correct body positioning. Learn the right technique for corners when you are sitting on the seat and standing on the footpegs. Discover when you should sit and you should stand. Did you know there are three different footpeg positions? Work out when you should use each one. Your body positioning should be changing constantly for braking, accelerating, cornering, hill climbs, sand, ruts and rocky terrain. You can work on braking later and carrying a higher speed through corners. If you are enduro riding get into our enduro training vids. Our dirt riding tips are great for developing your hard enduro skills. Graham Jarvis is a classic case. He is rarely in the powerband and yet he flies past other riders using higher revs. The problem with high revs is it feels as though your speed is improving. But many riders just sit on their motorbike like a dead lump of meat so your motorbike is actually fighting your dead weight. Learn how to work with the motorbike and your riding will improve dramatically. We have enduro training vids on all these topics. Use time trials over a set course. Establish your best time using low revs. If you want extreme enduro training see our playlists of enduro skills to learn. Try our training vids for working on your extreme enduro techniques. Then gradually increase the revs until you actually see your times getting worse. This means your technique is slipping so you really need to practice harder before you start using higher revs and full power. Another way the pro riders use full power but control wheelspin is by slipping the clutch. They will often come into a tight corner in third gear then do a controlled release of the clutch with full throttle to rocket out of corners but with little wheelspin.... very impressive to watch! The final key to the puzzle? Get into them. Now the most important factor. Learn to ride smoothly and keep good technique as you increase speed. But often you are actually riding slower because you forget about technique as you try to control all that power. And because you are intimidated by all that noise and wheelspin you hit the brakes too early and end up with slower lap times. So how do you effectively start to use higher revs? Sure, it's fun to roost, wheelie, slide around corners. But when you watch the best riders they are so smooth they don't actually look that fast. And then muppets like us can actually look faster as we bounce, slide and roost around a track half out of control. But we are much slower! A great place to start is trying to ride fast but using low revs. Why? You can focus more on correct technique.
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Looking as far ahead on the trail as you can is one of the tips from Malcom Smith that helped me. Being relaxed, not gripping the bars too tight and don't push too hard too early are important. Getting into a "flow" early will allow you to save energy for later, when you'll need it. Like so many things in life, it's 90% you're mental state.
@nickg2431
4 ай бұрын
I agree with everything you said!I even cover the speedo with a handlebatr bag,it doesnt matter,everything flows best with concentration.
@agustincuevae
3 ай бұрын
Great comment 👌🙌
@kurtschultheis555
2 ай бұрын
You said it all in a nut shell perfectly. Who ever you are I bet you rip on your bike
@kurtschultheis555
2 ай бұрын
I’m 61 and I love riding fast on dirt bikes. Thanks for all your useful intel
@bobromans4476
2 ай бұрын
@@kurtschultheis555 Thanks Kurt, I'll be 65 soon and don't ride as fast or far as I used to. Riding a mountain bicycle really helps my skills and stamina. My evening beer therapy sessions, not so much.😄
A old rider told me, look for the guys who are the middle of the pack in the morning but in front of the pack at the end of the day. They have the most efficient technique. High Average speed is more important then a high top speed.
My secret to fast riding....being utterly content being a slow rider and not succumbing to peer pressure and not riding out of my comfort zone. Not very 'manly', but great for longevity.
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
That's been me the past 20 years lol. If we hit some open tracks and one of the guys hits the throttle I just let 'em go!
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Light on the bars. Learn to move your body around at all times when riding fast. You guys rock! Quite honestly your vids helped me out so much in the beginning of my riding journey. Big ups 💪
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
Always great to hear a vid or two helped, Harlan!
A bit less hammering on single tracks these days as I no longer bounce, but I used to have a technique I called 'Pursuit Mode'. It's kind of the off-road equivalent of a police motorcycle style for getting somewhere swiftly. No power band rooster tails up to full speed, then flicking down through every gear with the back wheel locked up into a corner. It's more of a steady and linear acceleration to a fairly high pace, maintaining that as a constant, then start bring it back down a tad earlier. This avoids wheel spin for both acceleration and braking. Get through corners with the bike in a neutral state (not jacked forward from braking, adrift from skidding or completely overrun any decent line), allowing you to start laying the power on early. It can be applied to unfamiliar tracks, but goes a long way to mastering a looped circuit as opposed to having to back off to an undetermined amount - you can bring it up a notch (if possible) with each lap.
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
I think that's been my style for years now, just trying to be smooth and carrying corner speed instead of hard on the throttle and braking. Bit of a cost saver in the long run, I almost never replace brake pads lol.
I will add that as your speed increases your vision needs to reach further and becomes important. Be careful not to target fixate
Hey, I can speed up the video too and go "faster"!! 😂 All very good points. Having your suspension set up correctly for your weight makes a huge difference too. If the bike isn't bouncing around you have a lot more confidence.
@nickg2431
4 ай бұрын
Probably the thing beginners focus least on,the suspension,which is actually one of the most important!
Practice the basics/ride slow and recognize mistakes speed comes that pretty easy in my opinion. I learned to slow wheelie before I could do them at speed. I remember the first time i tried it at speed after many hours I was shocked with how easy it felt to me
All sounded good to me! I’ll never be fast, but I don’t care and don’t need it. Often tempted by the trials-thing though.. Les in UK 🇬🇧
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
Same here, speed has never been my thing. But getting through slow technical terrain smoothly and without issues? Love it!
Always with the good advise.
The older I get... The faster I was! 😜
Body position has been key for me. Getting ahead of the acceleration and braking, by getting forward or back on the bike is HUGE for going fast. Allows your arms to remain relaxed and properly work the controls. Makes it feel like you’re not going as fast because you are not death gripping the bike.
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
Makes a big difference hey? I wouldn't mind updating the training vid on body positioning one day...
@jacobjones2855
4 ай бұрын
@@crosstrainingenduro i'm with Dmitriy. aj catanzaro/motoacademy videos drive this point home. If you stay the gas with a 4 stoke (on on the pipe with a 2 stoke) in the desert you will be smoked otherwise. Casual/trail riding you can get away with it.
Awesome video. I’m always thankful of this channel, It had help me so much for years, now I am one of the “more experience” rider on my area Cuenca-Ecuador 😅, I go out and try do to drills, focus on a couple of tips until they became natural, and move on to new ones, one time like 4 or 5 years ago, I was exploring on a mountain single track on my little XR 190 farm bike, I couldn’t keep forward it was to steep and muddy, neither turn around, with the mountains at one side an a drop at the other side, been stock more more than 1 hour, I remember I video of your of how turn a bike around itself on the back wheel, lifting the front wheel, and I did it, I was so happy I so grateful with you. And I still am, for that and for so much more. 🙏🏻 thank you.
@crosstrainingenduro
3 ай бұрын
De nada! Great to hear. 😎
Been at this for over 4 decades (ugh) and got into trials 2 years ago, everything ypu say about learning to go slow actually making you faster is 100% correct. And as a bonus its huge fun as well.
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
Even in motocross the best riders are so smooth they often look slower... and they got that way by focusing on technique first, speed later. At least the majority did it that way!
@Aldershot1993
4 ай бұрын
Yep. Look at Aussie Jett Lawrence. Winning in supercross his first 450 season and looks like a robot. Incredibly efficient and crazy good. This after winning motocross with the same efficiency
Never ride faster than your guardian Angel can fly.
By riding faster, you can avoid some hazards that slower riders have to be wary of...like drop bears. Those things will kill ya!
You've got to be comfortable on your bike period if you have a 450 but have barely ridden then you're hurting yourself ..it's just much bike.. so like you said work your way up to speed you will get faster by going slower and learning how to ride properly
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
We rode the Sherco 300SEF four stroke a while back, even that seemed ridiculously fast for us. A 450 is probably going to be overkill for most riders until they get some very serious skills... although a different story if they just want the grunt I guess.
Don`t take the lid off the Moonshine till back at the truck.
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
😂
Another tip would be to train at mx track every once in a while. Just try riding for as long as you can, standing on your pegs and focusing on efficient body position when cornering, braking or accelerating.
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
A trials and motocross background can be a potent combination for hard enduro.
1:51 - Smoothless is how I am generally described, yes.
Nice video skipper,My teacher is fast but you never really hear his bike being "wrung out"he,s also very quick in very tight single track and concentrates on smooth laps,very effective.
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
I love watching Graham Jarvis helmet cam footage. Even on the fast sections he almost seems reluctant to get into the powerband. It doesn't sound that fast until you see him rocket past others.
@nickg2431
4 ай бұрын
@@crosstrainingenduro Today,a lot of adventure riding 1 gear higher than usual(similar terrain) I "felt" a/faster and b/less tired.The experts who teach this know best!By the way very nice skills on your older Husa videos i was impressed!
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
Thanks Nick! I loved that FE570 but it could be pretty heavy in the slower terrain lol.
Ride slow and safe when technical and never fall or get stuck but don’t get slow where it’s possible (straights) to go fast 👍
@jamesdenton3692
4 ай бұрын
I find I have to ride slow on the straights to rest up for going even slower on the tecky bits after I fall down.😁
Ride with faster riders
One of the best ways to go faster…shift up 😅 But seriously, a higher gear and lower revs can definitely make you realize some things.
Ride a slower bike. Once you're outriding the bike, only then get a faster bike. This explains why I still ride a slow bike!
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
Amen to that, Mal. I'm always amazed when guys new to dirt riding want to be a 450 enduro...
Not looking ahead is definitely my achilles heal.
Case and point Stefan Merriman who was a schoolboy trials champion and an enduro world champion a few times over. Super quick !
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
I think Wade Young is the main exception to all the best hard enduro riders having a trials championship as a junior or senior rider.
@nickg2431
4 ай бұрын
My guess is that when you are a great trials rider,nothing looks intimidating even when you approach it faster😃
I like your riding do you hwve any video of your videos like edit of only riding?
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
We did a string of supporter vids like that a few years back but generally everyone wanted me yapping away in every vid.
That's some beautiful looking dirt, no rocks, where is it ? Doesn't look like Ipswich 😉
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
A mate's private property in Daguilar Range. He's cut 15km of tracks into the side of the mountain. 👍
Video approvato da Trialista 😎
ride Kx 500's
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
😂
Jett Lawrence’s body position NEVER CHANGES.
@nickg2431
4 ай бұрын
Was that a joke pl explain if so?
@2strokin70
4 ай бұрын
Yeah but he also is riding in supercross and Motocross little bit different than trials or Enduro but no he doesn't move at all he's an excellent Rider he's just so tall too he lets the bike do all the work underneath him and it appears he sits there and does nothing he doesn't even grip the bike with his legs really most of the time
@chadrides914
4 ай бұрын
@@2strokin70 right on, yeh it’s unreal watching him. Never seen anything like it, same position all the time, yet he’s likely the fastest rider this world has ever seen.
@jamesdenton3692
4 ай бұрын
@@chadrides914 I would love to have a race-off with the Jet and Bubba in his prime !!!
@derekwoods8199
4 ай бұрын
I’d be shocked if Jett wasn’t able to be great at technical slow riding as well. He has incredible balance (see vids of him holding his stiff aired up MX bike at a stop without putting a foot down) and technique.
Just be careful is my tip .
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
Amen to that. It actually doesn't take too much speed to potentially kill you if you actually hit a tree head on. 250 to 300G is about the lethal level for brain injuries and from memory you'd get that kind of impact at only 40kmh if I remember the research correctly. Thankfully our helmet hits the ground or objects obliquely in the vast majority of accidents.
@chrisharris1641
4 ай бұрын
@@crosstrainingenduro I’ve only got a em escape r and that can get hairy sometimes. I’ve fallen off and it hurts . I normally fall when doing trials stuff , slippery logs etc . Thankfully it only does around 40 mph .
I'm too old to be riding fast anymore. I don't bend anymore, I either break or tear. Therapy sucks.
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
😁👍
@tonystewart9504
4 ай бұрын
It would seem Im still made of rubber.67 next bday and just went up to gasser ec300 which I went over the handlebars of last Sunday on a steep downhill ( whisky front brake if there's such a thing) Nothing broken or torn so no sympathy from my mates ,just a polite request to get out of the way.
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
Always good when you walk (or ride) away from it Tony! My first time over the bars wasn't much fun as the bike landed on me. Painful ribs for about nine months...
Just turn your right backwards and you will ride faster 😊
00:47 ''Clutch Slipping skills'' Yep, case in point; EV's need to integrate a clutch mechanism, slowing down and speeding up does not cover what we need, in technical situations, which are many and varied.
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
I'm really interested to see what Taddy will say after a year of racing with Stark Varg. At this point he's saying it's just taken an adjustment to his riding style and the lack of clutch isn't a problem. Plenty of arguments for and against but often from guys who've spent little time, if any, on e-bikes. Keen to see what pro riders say after a lot of ride time.
@ReagenMcKenzie
4 ай бұрын
All the instant torque might mean you don't need a clutch
@bikersoncall
4 ай бұрын
@@ReagenMcKenzie Yes, could be, as my mechanical mind (two hamsters on wobbly wheel) contemplates this equation, I can see that not only the instant available torque, but perhaps even more critical would be the ability to apply torque linearly and in precisely measured torque in the first few millimeters of throttle twist, predictability would be key I'd say. But I would imagine there will be aftermarket clutch kits , if they EV bike builders don't make them optional. Not everyone is going to go for clutchless, Recklus would not be in the 'traditional' clutch business as well as their 'flagship' model if that was what 'everyone' wanted.
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
There seem to be arguments both ways about whether a clutch is really needed. I suspect most of us will simply adjust the power curve and traction control to where we want it, and just use throttle to dial in the precise we want. But I do wonder if guys with exceptional clutch skills (e.g. pro hard enduro riders) will find they can't quite match the combination of throttle/clutch control.
All good tips but you forgot to mention the most important one: get yourself a smokin' hot wife/girlfriend. All the guys on the podium seem to have one.
@crosstrainingenduro
4 ай бұрын
Which comes first... the chicken or the egg? 🤔😗
First step - get on machine
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Twist the throttle more is how you ride faster
Grow some balls. #1 tip
most of your footage is with you sitting down😂
Get a electric mountain bike