Riding dirt bikes tips for beginners

The most valuable things to learned as an amateur that improved my riding the most:

1. DON'T FIGHT YOUR BIKE! RELAX! Let the bike do the work and go with it. As you get better you don't tire as easily because you learn not to fight and wrestle your bike.
2. Sit further up on the bike, closer to the tank.
3. Keep the balls of your feet on the pegs, avoid kicking your feet out to balance!
4. When going through sand, lift your butt toward the rear of the bike and gun it, the faster the better, and relax, go with the flow!
5. Of course, always stand up, especially when doing whoops.
6. Instead of jamming on the front brakes, downshift and let the motor slow you down instead. This prevents you from sliding out of control.
7. When you downshift, you don't need to engage the clutch. Just downshift.

from Susan Connelly
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