How to ride rocky terrain on dirt bikes︱Cross Training Enduro
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- crosstrainingen... tractionerag.com How to ride rocky terrain on dirt bikes? One of 50+ free enduro training vids... Rocky slippery gullies are great for developing your balance and control of your dirt bike. We want to show you how to ride dirt bikes using enduro skills and dirt bike techniques. This cross training video tackles rocky terrain using a trials riding style to enduro bikes, Romaniacs style!
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Trials techniques are recommended by top and extreme enduro riders like Graham Jarvis, Jonny Walker and Taddy Blasuziak for rocky terrain. Visit our site featuring Australia's 2014 Junior Endurocross Champion, Ruben Chadwick.
So... How to ride rocks and rocky terrain on dirt bikes! Rocky ground and gullies can be extremely challenging and exhausting to ride in, but also a lot of fun - the balance and bike control you develop will transfer across to all other facets of your dirt riding. A quick note - Remember gullies are usually restricted areas on public land. We ensure only minimal traffic on the private properties we use as they tend to be environmentally sensitive areas so we focus on minimal wheelspin.
BODY POSITIONING
Body positioning is critical to mastering rocks. The popularity of extreme enduro, endurocross and hard enduro events has led to cross training - trials skills blended with dirt riding on enduro bikes. This style of riding also lowers your centre of gravity. Usually the moment you start to have trouble in rocky terrain it is because of incorrect body positioning! Subscribe to this RUclips channel for enduro techniques, endurocross training and dirt bike skills.
Stay standing on the footpegs for as long as possible - Everything in extreme enduro terrain throws you off balance, so balancing lays a strong foundation for enduro skills. Trials riders can balance at a stand still for as long as they like, even with no hands on the bars. Cross training has a strong focus on being able to balance on your enduro bike, even at a stand still - this is a handy skill when you have minimal run up to your next obstacle. Balance also means you can spend more time standing on the pegs in tough terrain instead of sitting down, so you will have far more control of your dirt bike. Remember cross training applies trials techniques to your dirt riding skills.
Rocky gullies and rocks can be tough if you have short legs, but stay focused on balancing and you'll be surprised at how little you will need to dab your feet as you apply these techniques. Any jerky responses are likely to dislodge rocks and ensure a foot is needed on the ground. Ride too slow and the rocks will start to bounce you around too much. As a rocky gully opens up, you can pick up the speed accordingly. Pick your line carefully to ensure a smooth a path as possible.
STUCK IN A ROCKY GULLY?
You can wear yourself out very quickly when stuck in a creek bed. Cross training applies the same principles to enduro bike and the clutch becomes an extension of your thottle at both low and high speeds.
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I broke my arm in a fall last week and will be out of the game for a couple months. I'm taking this time to brush up on my skills and learn new ones. Your vids are appreciated. This one in particular gave me a few pointers I can use in Taiwan's crazy rocky riverbeds. Good stuff!
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing so many tips for us to practice on. So glad I found and subbed the channel.
If you haven't yet, check out secretgardenproject, that's where more fun can be found with these guys! They have me really interested in getting a trials bike to play around on...they ROCK! :)
my dad is atv
Used many of your recommended techniques in today's ride... many of them really helped through the technical sections. Working on your balance each time you ride really does help when you get in tough terrain. THANKS FOR THE ADVICE!
CaliforniaDSRiders great to hear... we've been applying the balance techniques to the dirt bikes for over a year now and still find constant improvements in overall riding the more we practice balancing at low speed and even a stand still.
Balance really helps when it comes to riding some of these technical sections on our extremely heavy dual sport bikes!
That was a really good one. Your fantastic videos have helped to improve my riding by leaps and bounds.I am very grateful .
+David Harvey great david, we'll keep pumping them out as long as they are useful :D
Nice video, theres no creek beds here, but thats what most the paths are like anyway :) There is extra incentive not to stop, because the midgies can be BRUTAL!
- Husaberg fe rider, remote scotland.
MovingTargetOne didn't know about the midgies. we all start drooling whenever we see vids of the trials bikes riding up all the flowing creeks up your way... sigh.
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The Scottish six day trials is pretty epic :)
Such a detailed explanation. Never found such a wonderful video. No words are enough to thank you. Thanks a ton ! 🙂🙌
Our pleasure!
I found my self in one of these soft ball size rocks road a couple days ago. It was a tough ride for me, I felt I had no control of the steering. Dropped my bike of course and nearly gave myself a heart attack. My body did tighten up and yes I was worn out.. I was able to ride through it somehow. Us newbies has to start some where, I should have watched this video before heading out on my own. Lol
How are you riding rocks now?
Excellent tips for any Rider!
As a man with "stumpy little legs" I resemble that remark. I love your videos. Where's the donate button? I'll hit that shit.
Blake Craft cheers blake, but not doing for the money... just want to put something back into the two wheeled community. :-)
The conditions I have coming up are small rocky bedrock embeded and submerged in mud and grass ... did he say I have stumpy little legs? Lower Geeeahhh :D
im a pro at the pause button, just now need to learn to cross-train "here hold my beer"
keep the vids coming
Gummy Bear lol!
Thanks friend
Prego!
My legs got absolutely worked after about 40 miles of forest service roads that had multiple sections of washouts and landmines of rocks jutting above the dirt. These roads are like Jekyll and Hyde, sometimes you could open it up and go 30 mph, and then you get to a few miles that are just brutal and you wonder how long before your bike's parts shake off. Maybe I need a better attitude because I could not wait to get back to my cabin. It stopped being fun. So I'm trying to get some tips here.
It's definitely not everyone's choice, Rob. I love technical rock sections where you are down to first or second gear. But when it's faster and endless it can just be a spine jarring nightmare!
Today I actually found a solution to the rocky sections making my riding miserable. I call it the one cheek wonder 😂. I found that if I position one butt cheek, or just the back of the upper thigh, on the seat, it makes those rocky, bumpy sections so much more bearable. My legs got a breather, I was absorbing the impacts, and my man jewels were not getting made into pancakes. I rode 50 miles, but easily could have gone another 50. Glad I found this out, because it made a world of difference to my riding comfort!
Great video....I just need to put all that in my head...
I learned a lot! thanks!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Killer video
Cheers David!
Awesome tips, definitely going to help me with my riding as I’m just getting into dirt bikes. Funny thing is, your creek beds looks like most of the trails here in northern Ontario 😅.
Must be some great riding then! How far north? Calabogie... or further?
@@crosstrainingenduro Parry sound area, so a couple hours west of Calabogie. It's totally great riding here and there are some smoother trails that help for learning but for the most part super technical. I tried to ride a fun little trail I do on my quad but there's this one hill that's not a super steep angle but all boulders, I made it halfway up but then got stopped abruptly by a big boulder and stalled so I walked the bike the rest of the way up, any tips?
Sounds like a great climb! We've got a training vid about slow technical climbs, might be some handy tips in that?
@@crosstrainingenduro Yeah, I'll check it out!
Interesting! I was riding north of Sault Ste Marie towards Searchmont - a trip I’ve done countless times on a quad and snowmobile. However I just got a ‘23 WR250F and thought I’d ride that up. Haven’t rode a dirt bike since the early 90’s lol! Felt like I was thrown to the wolves, same rock hills you’re talking about but also deep river crossings (with hidden boulders), mud, beaver dams, missing culverts with pop-outs, on and on. Literally all the challenging terrain in a lot of these videos. Only crashed once but I’m basically in hockey equipment. Super daunting and wondering if I made a mistake and should have bought a second ATV for a nice relaxing ride to the camp! Was fun though - just exhausting.
Really awesome video! Could you do a vid of how to do in deep, rocky water?
***** unfortunately that's probably getting too specific z. we've already done a vid about riding in rocky creekbeds that should help though.
good stuff awesome riding
+steve henley thanks steve but we regularly ride with experienced guys and know our riding still has a loooong way to go :)
Is a Goose really loose?
Tomosan a good point, in these politically correct days it is probably unfair to stereotype geese as sexually or morally loose. :-)
mmmm slippery slimy training creak's I 💚enduro
thanks mate
pleasure....
i need to remember to spread the legs more. or am i supposed to grip my tank? im riding rocky trails like this all the time and i feel my balance is good but freak out when front just swipes. and anyone knows why he has 2 strings attached to his water bottle via handle bars? @ 02:15
recently did a vid about when and how to grip with the knees, will. but i think it was a supporters vid... if so i'll no doubt do a condensed public version in the near future.
wat was in that bottle on the front fender?? is it smthing im not aware of?
MrCleardark there are quite a lot of bikes in that clip so not sure which one you meant... but i figure it must have been extra water?
I have been wondering, a great deal, about steering stabilization kits, on a 650 (or 250) dual sport ... I live in a region with lots of stepped rocky terrain. I also intend to explore the coastal beaches. But I will be on the highway, as well. ... So ... Given the rather high cost, I am wondering how much a stabilizer kit would reduce my fatigue and help me to maintain control, in creek-beds and rocky terrain. ...
ANY THOUGHTS OR ADVICE ?
phrankus2009 couldn't commment unfortunately. way out of my budget & never ridden a bike with one. hear lots of comments ranging from guys saying they are fantastic, to guys saying they just compensate for lack of riding skills.
Seriously, a dirt bike tire cannot damage a creek bed, water is way more powerful. As a construction worker, engineer, and dirt contractor.... you can't hurt dirt.
Tel that to the pleasure hating "environmentalists".
Thank you for not using this camera anymore lol
What is the best bike for enduro?
jarett baker already done an entire video about that: ruclips.net/video/HIdBljML-80/видео.html
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thanks thanks.....
My trench digger 500 would not be welcome there lol ;)
Rondo Cat Honda or Kawasaki?
@@jonellwanger7258 It is a KTM 500 EXC 4 stroke, not the worst and I have now learned to tame that beast without it digging to much. But a Kawasaki or Honda 500 2stroke would dig a lot deeper ;) (I hope I one day will get to try one of those 2 stroke beasts)
Rondo Cat 🤦🏻♂️forgot about the KTM... I’ve been checking those out...! I miss my old kawi 500, the bike in my picture. but, that starter button is looking starting good.
@@jonellwanger7258 Yeah it is good to have a starter button but I dread the day when I have a empty battery and it does not work... There is no kickstarter and roll starting a 450 or 500 4 stroke is pretty much impossible on gravel if you do not way 200kg... (I have tried). Maybe I one day will install an aftermarket kick-start to feel safer.
I had a 1983 KX Kwazaki 125 2 stroke modded with dampers front and back from a Suzuki RM125. It was much higher then original because of the mod but it is the only bike I have ever had that I felt confident riding fast in turns on loose gravel (think it must have because of the longer wheelbase and low angle on the forks).
Rondo Cat I’ve seen that... but I was thinking I would just get a kicker installed just to stay safe. (Think the 16-18 had that provision.) But I cant remember... haven’t checked em out for a while.. one day!
So do I have this right. 83 kx125, with suspension from Suzuki? Or what’s the dampers? 😅🤷♂️.
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"opeate that pause button?" Just what are we talking about here...?
Mark Griswold to fully read the disclaimer you need to hit the pause button to have time to read it.
CROSS TRAINING, ENDUROCROSS & ENDURO TECHNIQUES Yeah, I realize that. Was just commenting on the "you must exercise that hand a lot" part. ;)
I really love your videos and there are really helpfull but the voice over sounds very boring.
***** i AM bored. i'm chairman of the bored, plus i'm a very boring person and rider. as i always say, anyone unhappy with the vids is entitled to double their money back.
CROSS TRAINING, ENDUROCROSS & ENDURO TECHNIQUES lol, dont be mad bro. I just wanted to give you some advice..if you don't appreciate it just let me know without bashing me.
***** bashing? i did just let you know your advice (which was actually an opinion) wasn't appreciated, there would have been a big difference if it was a bashing (at least here down under) :-)
Balance? Everything fun in life is unbalanced. Too much too fast too crazy. Here, I’ll hold the camera.
you hold my beer, i'll hold the camera lol