Mark improved more in 7 hours than most people improve in 1 year, I would be grateful to get this kind of training one day

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Haha!! Thanks man!!

@donniemcfarland3160

Жыл бұрын

What an excellent teacher!

@krazed0451

Жыл бұрын

A camera on a tripod with this series as your guide would be a great start ;-)

@neilcook8774

Жыл бұрын

Done more riding in a day then I get in a month, I imagine that has a lot to do with it.

I've been watching this channel for almost a year now, and have been trying some of the drills that Rich demonstrates in the videos on my CRF450RL. That bike proved to be more than a handful for this 63 yr old man. I finally bought a proper modern 300 2t enduro bike, which made a huge difference, but I still struggle with the drills. I'm so impressed with the progress that Mark made in one long day of training. It is truly remarkable. I admire his fitness and endurance. It would have killed me. I watch Rich demonstrate a skill and I think to myself, "I can do that", because he makes it all look so easy. Then I go out and try it and find out how hard it really is.

@timhighamrealtor

Жыл бұрын

I'm inspired by the fact that at 63 you're getting out there and trying to grow in your riding skills with such intent. That's awesome, I hope I can have that kind of determination in 20 years.

Rich, you are a talented rider and a tremendous instructor/coach/mentor. Thank you for this great series- your ability to clearly explain these drills and techniques has improved my riding immensely! And it’s been great to see Mark improve his skills each week as well. I love your attitude and amazing work ethic… “ practice until you’re sick of it, and then do it some more… “ - absolutely love it, Thanks Rich!!

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!!

This series was another level, by far best channel on the tube. Thanks to you and Mark for bringing it to us.

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much man! That means a lot!

Mark is such a trooper through this AND super funny…cracking it up at 7:45 Rich is incredible at breaking the pieces down, showing each, and then adding them together

Mark's a f-n stud, man! Can't believe he progressed this much in one day! Gotta step up my game

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Hard work pays off!

Load flywheel, pop clutch, cut throttle. That should save me a few rear fenders!

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

🙌🙌

You nailed it again! Cheers guys!

Awesome training. Thanks bro!

Excellent job Mark! Thank you for putting yourself out there!!

Sad to see the series come to an end but glad to have improved from it Thanks boys 🤙

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! More to come 😁

Ive loved this series. Top teaching my man.

Incredible step by step. Thanks for this x100

These videos are awessome!

Great instruction. Easy to follow.

I love this series. You guys crack me up 😂 The content is absolute gold! Thank you so much Klim! 🤪 Thank YOU Rich. You’re a great teacher.

Such a great series! Mark is a champ! Rich is an awesome teacher! So much learned, can't wait to try this all out.

Loved this series, and Marc has an awesome attitude and perspective. I appreciate the way many steps are broken down and dissecting body positioning.

You are the Ryan Young of big bikes! Both of you are super nice and welcoming! You simplify and encourage! The "Bend your knees," just woke me up! I was leaning forward and back....Knees SO much easier! I view your videos every day....Before I do my "15 minutes," in the back yard...3x a week. At 68 you make me feel like a kid again! Keep it up. Help us all, sleep well.

This an awesome video. Great instructions and easy to understand breakdown

Love it. Informative and entertaining 👌🏽

This is the best class i ever watch

This was amazing! Great to see what 7 hours of pure dedication and a great teacher can do to a rider's skill set.

This is your best instructional video ever. Thanks.

Very interesting and fun to watch, great skill, knowledge, and training.

Just getting back into dirt riding after a long hiatus, and stumbled across this series. This is a training tool masterpiece. Thank you to everyone involved.

Love your drill

Great series Rich. Some of the best drill advice I have seen in my 40 years of riding and I have learnt heaps from you. You are never to old to keep learning IMO. I have shared your YT video among all the guys I know and hopefully your subs will increase hugely. Have shared you info with many newbies on Thumper Talk forum also as I think your stuff is Gold. Kudos mate. Tuning From Aus.

I keep coming back and watching these videos because they’re so helpful! Wish I could’ve been in Mark’s place! Keep it up Rich!

I feel exactly the way you do Mark.

Can’t wait for spring and the snow to be gone ,so I can work on these skills . Thanks from Canada

Best one of your series. Thanks so much for sharing these lessons!

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌🙌

Thank you guys and thank you IRC, this is marketing done right.

@tulsacollins1721

Жыл бұрын

I will gladly watch as many more episodes as IRC will pay you to make.

Awesome 10 part series Rich! I’m gonna be practicing these drills on my new enduro bike very soon. Keep up the good work man!

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Mate you seem like an awesome teacher

Great series, I thought I had good basics but I realized I need more practice. Thanks for helping me become a better rider!

Such an awesome series you're putting out! Great work as always and thank you for sharing your wisdom with all of us! 👏

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for watching!!

Thank you Mark, takes guts to potentially embarrass your self on YT which you didn't. And thanks Rich, your demos and explanations simply are the best. I'm learning so much from watching and trying / practising technique. Thanks and greetings from England, AndyB

I’ve been following along. (Admittedly skipped a few lessons) but I landed my first couple GOOD double blips over an 18” log. Thank you for making this series. It’s helped me so much

Good stuff! It's all the time between beginner and pro that people don't see, so I know it's hard for someone to feel they've done anything riding with The Irc Tire Guy. With a knowledgable and teacher such as this, and a willing and passionate student it was great to see the lessons applied so well and so quickly!

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! Thank you man!

Awesome, thanks as always! I have a new RM250 and at 5'5" I can relate to Mark on the bike with one leg which makes it challenging to handle. That said more the reason to keep up learning skills to better manage. Thanks!

These vidos are Awesome! Thanks for making them also easy and fun to follow 🙌👌🔥🔥🔥

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

You do great job

I learned so much from this video. Thanks Rich!

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

BRAVO !

This is good, thank you

the hint of dropping the clutch while closing the throttle is great and it is the 1st time I am hearing this. it helps with the biggest 2blip challenge - short time between 2 blips. it saves some time as the throttle closes earlier

incredible... it is so usefull to ride a bike better...can´t wait to train it myself...dammed winter...my son and i will train every episode step by step... the garage is just a motocrosstrainingcenter...but we need to go out...thank you for all the videos!

Amazing finish. I’m so waiting for the snow to melt! Thanks for the great content and amazing explanations

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

You and me both! The videos will always be here!

First thing tomorrow morning!!! Thanks for all these breakdowns, my riding, especially balance and fine control has improved so so much!!!

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Stoked you’ve been following along!

Loved the metaphor you made with the belly and head 😂👌🏽

Outstanding instruction, top notch! Excellent training overall!!! It’s one thing to briefly discuss what to do but with the dialog and constant communication showing how it’s done, along with positive instruction, it makes so much more sense….PPP! Thank you!

thanks and respect for the series. the feature that makes your courses stand out from virtually all others is that you tell what to do and others tell what to achieve, you name like 5 actions while others say: "compress the suspension", for a novice compress the suspension means nothing as this is the result, not actions to perform the picture of Marc is very positive and 100% consistent with the interview next Wednesday I will be missing an episode

This is easily the best breakdown (plus baby step drills) I’ve seen.

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

Thanks for all the work you put into this. I've been following along and having fun doing the exercises. Practicing the single blip is a great idea. I've never tried using the front brake for it, so I've clearly been doing it wrong this entire time :D

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Keep it up! Thanks for watching! Glad to hear you’ve been following along.

Done 10 episodes. Been practicing these mentally for now..:). Going to apply these after 1 week..:).

For the 1st time I finally understand what to do with my hands and hips, I never heard anyone say those things, thanks you 😍

I would love a coaching course like this, but for now this will have to do. Gotta go back to episode one, get over to my local pit and start working thru the drills 🤘🏻

😂. That’s comedy! Awesome job Mark! Man I was dead after 3 hours of training. 7 is intense!! Good job guys and thank you so much for this!

Great job demonstrating basic ergonomics of using the suspension, brakes, throttle , clutch and center of gravity over the bike. So much to learn to be an good rider.

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Lots happening!

@9:52 is the MOST important detail here. It's something to really work on. I lay here in bed rolling the throttle forward and dropping the clutch. Really. This video I would pay for!

Nice teaching... good progress for the student

@rickbaca9248

Жыл бұрын

I'm stealing the idea of the circle of comfort

Late to the series. Great instruction coupled with constructive criticism and lots of specific feedback. Excellent. How can you not be confident when he's teaching

Thanks for your videos I watch them all. Your a really good rider/instructor. you really know how to explain everything very clearly. Let me ask you when your compressing the bike, pulling in the clutch and the front brake are you giving throttle and the brake at the same time to get the fly wheel going? I’m a little confused on that only because it doesn’t seem natural to be doing those two things at the same time, pulling in the break and giving gas with the same hand. Thank you. Hope to hear back.

Wow you channel os awesome❤❤❤

Thank you for this lesson. Loading the engine before dumping the clutch was key for me learning to lift my front end with control.

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!! 🙌

Super envious how Rich makes it appear how him and the bike are one entity. I guess it’s like watching Hendrix and expecting to play like him in a few hours. Saddle time!

Hi Rich First of all I wanted to say thank you for all of your videos, it helps everyone so much!! Do you think you can try to set up a GoPro on your handlebar in a way that we can see your double blip movement? Also what size is you hydration waist pack?

FYI, Episode 9 is missing from this 10 part Playlist on your channel. What a great series. Thank you! I'll be working on these for sure once all this snow up here in Northwestern Ontario, Canada is finally gone!

You're a great teacher, Rich. And I want to mention that I enjoy just about everything in this clip. The scenery, the sounds in particular differences between your two-stroke and the four-stroke, the steps in the moments, and most of all your general attitude towards the practice. I just want to be there. And that Klim-guy (Mark?) is hanging on very well, kind of like your little experiment. But isn't his bike just a bit too big/high for him?

Brillant séries

Throttle off while clatch out is something I was always doing wrong ... can't wait for a bit less chill here to start trying it. Also I anvy your student :D you seem like a great coach!

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Throttle off is a common one people miss! Thanks for watching! Appreciate it!

Rich, great series man, there is so much knowledge in these episodes it blows my mind! One question; do you cover your rear brake while lifting the front wheel or simply rely on your clutch/throttle control to not loop out? Cheers from the land down under 🤙

Rich this is really a great Blip'en video. Excuse the pun! But I enjoyed the ease of your quality of explaining this to us. You put me at ease on your presentation. It obvious that you can do this with your eyes closed. But you are a great teacher for this video. Many thanks to you! Will be watching this some more. Your awsome!

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Haha! Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching!

Incredible content as always Rich, hopefully Mark showed you some appreciation after the 'cut' lol. Special thing to have so much one-on-one time with a rider as skilled as you; boss/employee aside 😂. Been to a few hard enduro/trials style clinics with riders of similar calibre instructing but frankly the most improvement I get (and I'm sure I'll continue to get) is from watching your content and working at it on my own. You're an outstanding teacher mate. Thanks again :)

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much man! Really appreciate it!

Excellent

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

Hey Rich, great videos, Im a big fan of your videos. Thank you. Question for you, I’m purchasing a 390rs 2024, at 5’ 8” 175 lbs I cant touch the ground when seated or stopping. I have to slide to one slide. Should a have the bike lowed 2”, will it affect the performance. What’s your opinion, I noticed you are flat footed when riding. Thanks

Working on this drill has helped my overall riding tremendously. Thanks Rich! PS: How do you manage heat on the bikes doing slow speed techniques all day? I usually practice for 5 minutes until I smell coolant then go for a little rip to cool down, would be nice to just keep going. (YZ250)

How are you guys getting subject and sky correctly exposed? ND filters? This footage looks amazing.

I tried the double blip last week when I went out going over a oversized railroad tie and yea I was quite rusty at it. These small tips here will help greatly for me though thanks

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Stoked!! Thanks for watching! Glad to help!

Solid Followers on you tube From Philippines

what do you think about the following stance at the first step 1. Balls of the feet half way on the pegs, the rest outside 2. Slight duck like stance with heels in and knees out when squating?

As always - great content. I've watched all of your videos on double blip technique and hands-down this has the best breakdown of the techniques for the initial lift (the 1st blip). Wish, though, you'd gone deeper into details about the 2nd blip. Keep it up! P.S. Can you do a techniques breakdown on a seated switchback version?

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. No need to go into the second blip if 99% can’t do the first blip. Especially for Marc as the student. There’s multiple explanations on our channel breaking down the double blip. You can watch those if you believe your first blip is dialed.

Hi. Thanks for your videos. If you are on the balls of your feet when you attack an obstacle, how do you manage to control the rear break in case you go too steep? How do you manage to change the position on your feet when you are in a “wheelie” position for covering the rear brake…. In just 0,5 seconds?

Is your bike lowered? I have a Beta 390RS and I can barely touch the ground on the ball of my foot. Im 5’8” 168lbs I feel a little out of control when on unlevel rough terrain. Should I have my suspension lowered? How much of your foot should touch the ground? I ride woods and Mx track. Thx. Awesome videos!!

The place I live is currently the frozen s***hole of Hoth, but I can't wait for springtime to get here so I can get to work on actually practicing through the series.

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Haha! They’ll always be here!

wild day

I very appreciate that detail explanation of the first blip but having hard time understanding the second one. Please anyone correct me if I'm wrong: as soon as first blip is done and the front wheel is in the air we're going to repeat the steps of the first blip with small changes - we holding clutch and giving revs, and as soon as front wheel touches obstacle we moving body forward to compress front fork even more and then throwing our body up (instead of backward as first blip) at the same time releasing the clutch and decreasing revs? And do we need to use front brake when front wheel touches obstacle?

Any downside to using the rear brake to load the front suspension? I naturally do this for loading a wheelie and it seems to help with the complexity of the first blip.

Good stuff. I rode trials for 7 years and if I had a good coach like Rich, you all would know who I am. haha Also, because of Rich I'm addicted to IRC and as a result 4 of my friends as well.

How do you prevent the engine from dying when you release the clutch? Also doc you pull on the bars?

Just binge watched em all! I guess that’s no real feat given that Mark did them all in 7 hrs…Saw Marks progress from start to finish. Great program you put together

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Savage!!

This is a great technique to follow and I had a go at this over the weekend. When compressing the front end, is your right foot on the ball of the foot or do you cover the rear brake? Cheers!

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Personally I stay on the ball and move to my brake only when needed

15 steps in the first step... 🤕 Great humour and teacher! Super good!

Can you please do a breakdown of how to ride backwards? :) I already have a pretty good balance, can stand still or come to a complete stop and balance, can ride up the hill and stop and balance, but when I try to roll backwards I lose balance immediately :) Is there any trick or hint to learn it faster?

Can you give me a little advice? When I compress the suspension and pull in the clutch, I gave some throttle. But when releasing clutch and closing the throttle the bike goes a bit limp, is it because I did not give it enough throttle initially?

Do you recommend first or second gear for training this?

Mark is great! I hope to see him in more of your videos. Maybe get him on a two stroke to make life easier……

Mark, cheer up. Maybe you need to get on a BETA RR 🏁

Best breakdown I’ve seen. I’ve wondered what the advantage of the double blip is vs just popping the clutch right before the obstacle, hitting the front tire 3/4 the way up the obstacle to send the front tire skyward and over, and then having the the rear tire hit to bring the bike level again? With the proper preload of the suspension it seems to work for just as large an obstacle, but has less chance of error for me.

@IRCTireUSAMoto

Жыл бұрын

Haha! Sounds like what you’re describing is the double blip.

@gophop

Жыл бұрын

A double-blip is smoother and more consistent. Ram and splatter work on vertical faces. But as it gets more sloped at the top and undercut at the bottom, it becomes very difficult to actually hit that 3/4 spot with one throttle roll from the bottom up. And you don't get the suspension compression. On double blip, you drop the front onto the obstacle, which loads up the suspension. Also, if you have a sharp face on the obstacle, using ram/splatter can get you a flat/dented rim pretty easily. But look up the video where Rich comes out of the pool from a stop (he's in the video with a young pro rider). It's something like 4ft high. There you have to ram and splatter with one zap because you don't want any rebound back that a double blip creates. The bike gets vertical enough that it's more important to maintain forward momentum to actually get some forward movement, else you tip back in. If you want to be more technical, there are 2 components to the movement of the bike over obstacles. There is a vertical and a horizontal vector. The total force is limited by your grip and wheel torque. There is a theoretical limit on how much drive you can generate. You split that drive between upward and forward motions. Some obstacles require your input to convert more of the energy into forward movement (high front lift), others require more upward movement (low front lift), and some are in-between. Double blip allows for that modulation by altering the amount of suspension load. Once you go up against a high enough object, the angle of the bike alone drives the rear wheel into the ground and compresses the suspension, so only one big throttle burst is needed.

@gpaull2

Жыл бұрын

@@gophop - Thank you for the explanation…that pool ledge is exactly what I was thinking of when trying to explain what I do!

@joncov

Жыл бұрын

the main difference is horizontal speed. when "popping the clutch right before the obstacle" you use the approach speed to clear the obstacle "horizontally" - you need some horizontal speed before hitting the obstacle with the front wheel. at 2blip your approach needs to be slow - only this enables you to hit the obstacle when the front wheel is moving downwards. the horizontal speed to clear the obstacle is generated by the second blip of throttle. this blip generates both vertical and horizontal drive it results in a lot more control at 2blip and lower risk of bad consequences of hitting the obstacle at high horizontal approach speed. you are slower when using double blip, but you have a lot more control plus there is a height which cannot be cleared w/o double blip