Excellent content man. I love it that a frontrunner from the McGrath and Carmichael eras is giving out these gold nuggets for nothing on CZcams. Ryno always was a stand up, no bullshit type of guy. Props and thank ya much.
Definitely way underrated. I had this conversation with a dude at work. He disagreed with me. He said the bike does all the work, all you have to do is sit there. I had to walk away 🤦🏻♂️
Thank you Ryan Hughes! I remember watching you on video when the first Crusty video came out and following part of your professional career as a Honda racer and then factory tester. Times have sure changed. It took me years to learn what I just watched in 3 of your videos. Good to see you are still tearing it up in great style. 🙏
Heading out now to go practice getting my technique corrected. Just started watching these videos, didn't realize how bad my body placement on the bike was. Insane the difference it makes! Blew my mind a couple days ago when I corrected a couple things. Even going slow it made a big difference on the bikes balance/control and overall feel for the bike.
Not saying you made me faster, but over Covid I’ve watched your riding techniques. Last year came out swinging and improved so much, shocked some in my MX community. Love the videos, love the inspiration, charge life!
Ryan, your vids are the best. I'm an old guy getting back in the saddle now that the kids are mostly gone. My first bike was a KDX and I just recently bought a 1998 and 2001. Back in the day I was a pretty good rider. When I got on one now, being 56 and 25 years since i've rode one it felt weird. I thought at first maybe i'm just too old, lost the sack for the game. My arms were tired after riding. I remember from back in the day "if you're sitting down you're doing it wrong" but the bike and terrain was clearly in control. Not so much this video but one of your other ones talks about the bike pulling on your arms. I never remember feeling that as a kid. Honestly, about to quit the whole idea of having two bikes so I can ride with my kids. Your videos about body position, this one about grip, and all of them have turned everything around. Not only am I doing everything you're teaching I practice it all a lot. The bike feels famillar again and I feel confident riding it. thanks for sharing this content. Buy XRP
Thank you sir, and if anybody doesn’t know, Ryan is the damn man, I tried to hang with him for a minute at Glen Helen during a practice, well good luck with that. Thanks again
I was doing a practice section during a gncc race awhile back and ryan was there. The section had huge beach ball sized rocks mixed in sand. Never saw anyone behind me, next thing you know here comes the rhyno. Passed me like I was a spectator in a lawn chair. I knew immediately I was on the wrong track. Lol
Interesting Martial arts comment as I was thinking my many years of training has much in common with riding. Hips, hips, hips! Thank you for making these videos, Riding for years, never good at it. Love to learn..
bob has a great camera, clearest image I've seen so far (although I haven't watched all your vids...yet) edit: I'm not surprised bob is having some challenges; many forms of martial arts engrain wide stance and tucked upper body while riding dirt seems to be quite the opposite
Thanks! I want to add a comment.. One thing I do to combat arm pump is bend my hands outwards for a few seconds and it seems to promote a little more blood flow. I know you're not racing anymore but I sure hope you're able to ride now and then. That would be sad if you can't ride. My riding buddy broke his back recently and I'm praying he can recover and still ride.
Bingo! That's my problem I can't even get thru the first lap without instant arm pump. I am doing all the stretching exercise's and still have massive arm pump. We knew that moto X was the most physically demanding sport way back in the 70s and always had that argument with the jocks until they tried riding one lap and found out what it takes to race motorcycles! and shut them up right away.
One style issue I have is having a finger on the front brake. I can ride with two fingers on the clutch, but not the brake. I've had that go haywire a few times with the throttle hitting when I don't want it to or when I don't expect it. Hope you're still making videos!
Hay Ryan love your tips, one thing i would love to ask ya i try to ride with out a death grip i let my grip on the bars loose it seems work pretty good for me is that a good thing or not i know my hands dont blister up like some of my friends
Lapaglia didnt get the message xD, what a great content ryan you have, i started to watching your videos cuz my father passed away and was a great fan of you.
I also train martial arts. BJJ and Muay Thai (hobby level). I find that there is a common theme with both sports, in that success, or improvement, is found in the habitual practise of the fundementals.
You just touched on something that I’ve wanted to know for years, where to apply pressure on the bars in a turn. Now I know about using the widest pad part on the bars but can you answer this. In a left hand turn, is the left hand pulling the bars or is the right hand pushing the bar?
I know this will sound fucked up, but what about mounting bars backwards if they don't have much sweep? i was mounting new bars and before installing them was holding them backwards and it felt way more natural. i was so close to putting them on that way but thought it would fuck me up. i have a problem with my elbows down having started riding at 37 yrs and nobody telling me what i was doing wrong. i am 50 now and bad habits are hard to break i noticed that with the bend the opposite direction you are automatically in a better position. so, why do they make the bend the wrong way?
i adjusted my handle bars back and then repositioned levers in more then reorentated the lever position after .. but not its in my right hand thumb and top behind nuckels. no wear or any other issues other than next day elbow and inflammation feels like in bonebut pretty sure its viens noving up and close to surface, where I don't want them. are you talkin about flow to your obvious extremities that's a good thing like breathing helps do that thinking probably makes you also not have that flow that you like as well I need to bring my elbows in to ride still allowing an out is going to cause me injuy more so than the one feel now so how do you make yourself keep your shoulders available outward on the top but always conscious to tuck in quicker than you thought (-:?
Been thinking about getting an Enduro or a trials bike for years. The street is boring no matter how much commercials try to trick you into light to light and cafe/coffee shop meander riding Watching your vids almost pushed me over the line to get one.....almost but not yet. No time.🤷
Be like Nike, “Just do it!’ Even better, get an Electric Motion ePure Race trials bike. Put some stumps and logs in your yard and say fuckall to the neighbors bitching day or night 😋
💯Kung Fu 🦏 Wisdom It's working! Thank you... faster, less tired longer by separating lower body for rear upper for steer. Will apply hand technique next. Much appreciated 🙏
when you get on the bike give her all its got until it hits the top make sure it comes off the needle couple times and bounces on itself and then you should be on just like that super snot! if you like you're in a situation where you are stuck helps you the most that I found get you back to where you want free from thinking self-conscious stuff! ouch😅
okay so how does that work when you're riding singletrack and trees are right there and you have to bring your shoulder and instead of your cuz it causes your hands then especially on my right one and my index to ring finger on the right give me issues serious my left one isn't aware of what is going on with the right and that sucks when I am both aware at the same time they're doing things wrong then my right arm stiffens up and it's not even on the handlebars as my left is in la la land and then I end up just waiting to die... lolol ugh?
Not bad advice, but I could improve on it. Your body position will be different during braking than it is for regular attack-position riding, and I personally don't even use the clutch except for starting. That's all to say that the times you're using your levers will be when your body is sitting and in a different position. Set your levers up for the position in which you use them and adjust your posture to stand/sit correctly. You shouldn't need your levers to do that for you.
toughest sport on earth??? Thats a strong comment, I disagree.. Maybe one of them like , big wave surfing, dh biking, big mountain freeskiing, Moto gp etc.. Anyway really good vid!
It’s not a comment, it’s clinically verified. Anecdotal experiences of toughness don’t have weight. None of those other sports you mention are even close to as tough as motocross. That doesn’t mean they aren’t really demanding on the athletes, but they don’t compare in the slightest when it comes to output. All except for Moto GP last only seconds to minutes of intensity.
and when you are done riding he can teach you how to catch fish really well as well..and carpentry...etc...lol..always a bar-b-q when jesus rides with us
lol..when jesus gets on a dirtbike...you pay attention...son of God i'm pretty sure he knows how to ride...and if you dont repent for bad riding..broken pelvis..thats how jesus rolls...pun intended lol
found that even it's MX oriented, all your advices solve a lot of problems riding and learning enduro !! Thanks !
Excellent content man. I love it that a frontrunner from the McGrath and Carmichael eras is giving out these gold nuggets for nothing on CZcams. Ryno always was a stand up, no bullshit type of guy. Props and thank ya much.
Completely agree Ryno is a gem I’ve been riding for years and his tips have helped me a lot
Couldnt have said it any better. Thank you Ryno
"The toughest sport on earth..." Amen.
Definitely way underrated. I had this conversation with a dude at work. He disagreed with me. He said the bike does all the work, all you have to do is sit there. I had to walk away 🤦🏻♂️
Gymnastics & professional prize fighting are up there too.....
Not the toughest at all football was way harder
@@djp3819 yea but it's definitely not the toughest sport..people just started saying that horse shit to bring up ratings
@@johnnybgood774 if you’re an average joe, you are correct. The guys trying are having 6month injuries 10x more than other sport.
holy shit, ive been trying to understand ...elbows wide forever. the way you explain it makes sense... thank you... your teachings are invaluable
Like graham javis said:the trick to going fast is getting good at going slow.
Thank you Ryan Hughes! I remember watching you on video when the first Crusty video came out and following part of your professional career as a Honda racer and then factory tester. Times have sure changed. It took me years to learn what I just watched in 3 of your videos. Good to see you are still tearing it up in great style. 🙏
Heading out now to go practice getting my technique corrected. Just started watching these videos, didn't realize how bad my body placement on the bike was. Insane the difference it makes! Blew my mind a couple days ago when I corrected a couple things. Even going slow it made a big difference on the bikes balance/control and overall feel for the bike.
Not saying you made me faster, but over Covid I’ve watched your riding techniques. Last year came out swinging and improved so much, shocked some in my MX community. Love the videos, love the inspiration, charge life!
Big fan ,you're an animal!! Thank you for doing these videos I'll be working on this as soon as my ribs heal.
Ryan, your vids are the best. I'm an old guy getting back in the saddle now that the kids are mostly gone. My first bike was a KDX and I just recently bought a 1998 and 2001. Back in the day I was a pretty good rider. When I got on one now, being 56 and 25 years since i've rode one it felt weird. I thought at first maybe i'm just too old, lost the sack for the game. My arms were tired after riding. I remember from back in the day "if you're sitting down you're doing it wrong" but the bike and terrain was clearly in control. Not so much this video but one of your other ones talks about the bike pulling on your arms. I never remember feeling that as a kid. Honestly, about to quit the whole idea of having two bikes so I can ride with my kids. Your videos about body position, this one about grip, and all of them have turned everything around. Not only am I doing everything you're teaching I practice it all a lot. The bike feels famillar again and I feel confident riding it. thanks for sharing this content. Buy XRP
well.. XRP is not going well after a year haha
I would love to have a KDX. I got a 2023 KLX and like it a lot. I wish it had a bit more power though.
Hope you are still riding! I am about the same age as you, and have a similar story!
Thank you Ryan for sharing these tips already writing all your tips in a note pad to try at the next practice day
Great video has really helped me out and reduced my arm pump thanks 🙌
That's a great little tip. Sets your whole arm and chest position properly. Thanks.
Thank you sir, and if anybody doesn’t know, Ryan is the damn man, I tried to hang with him for a minute at Glen Helen during a practice, well good luck with that. Thanks again
I was doing a practice section during a gncc race awhile back and ryan was there. The section had huge beach ball sized rocks mixed in sand. Never saw anyone behind me, next thing you know here comes the rhyno. Passed me like I was a spectator in a lawn chair. I knew immediately I was on the wrong track. Lol
Damn Ryno it’s been a lot of years! Great to see you are well!
Interesting Martial arts comment as I was thinking my many years of training has much in common with riding. Hips, hips, hips! Thank you for making these videos, Riding for years, never good at it. Love to learn..
Great info Ryan. Thanks for sharing!
❤ sr it’s a pleasure to see you continue growth sharing your blessing you were gifted ❤
Thanks, great tips. keep em coming.
- also great video picture quality. well done Sir
The greatest light tip ever thanks so much
Learn the basics..and have fun..doubt and fear are kill joy..gotta love what you do and everything follows..u gonna be great.
bob has a great camera, clearest image I've seen so far (although I haven't watched all your vids...yet)
edit: I'm not surprised bob is having some challenges; many forms of martial arts engrain wide stance and tucked upper body while riding dirt seems to be quite the opposite
damn, now i know why i get this blister on the thumb ;-) thank you i will try out youre tips next time on the track. nice videos :-)
Thanks! I want to add a comment.. One thing I do to combat arm pump is bend my hands outwards for a few seconds and it seems to promote a little more blood flow. I know you're not racing anymore but I sure hope you're able to ride now and then. That would be sad if you can't ride. My riding buddy broke his back recently and I'm praying he can recover and still ride.
You are nice teacher…thx for your videos 👍
....so much to learn.
more gold!
Awesome info!! Thank you!
This is great advice.
Great stuff Rhino. The dancers hand position
Bingo! That's my problem I can't even get thru the first lap without instant arm pump. I am doing all the stretching exercise's and still have massive arm pump. We knew that moto X was the most physically demanding sport way back in the 70s and always had that argument with the jocks until they tried riding one lap and found out what it takes to race motorcycles! and shut them up right away.
Thanks bro good advice as always.
Your the man!!
Always enjoyed watching Ryno ride. One tough Dude.
Hey ryno keep the videos comin from Jersey Jeff I stayed at your house with Nick desiderio in like 2012
That hand thing, turning the hands....thanks Ryan
One style issue I have is having a finger on the front brake. I can ride with two fingers on the clutch, but not the brake. I've had that go haywire a few times with the throttle hitting when I don't want it to or when I don't expect it. Hope you're still making videos!
Hay Ryan love your tips, one thing i would love to ask ya i try to ride with out a death grip i let my grip on the bars loose it seems work pretty good for me is that a good thing or not i know my hands dont blister up like some of my friends
Lapaglia didnt get the message xD, what a great content ryan you have, i started to watching your videos cuz my father passed away and was a great fan of you.
Wrists,elbows,shoulders all on the same plane!
Same plane. That’s a great way to think about it. Thanks👊
Thanks! Subbed.
What are your thoughts on bar bends? Would a straighter bar almost force you to rotate the hands in? Just wondering.
Thank you. We got to spiritually connect with a motorcycle to feel the flow
Correct but hard to maintain
He learned that from Gary Bailey 1987 when he was 14 years old. Bailey always said to regrip and turn the throttle like a doorknob.
This is also true of motogp riders
I also train martial arts. BJJ and Muay Thai (hobby level). I find that there is a common theme with both sports, in that success, or improvement, is found in the habitual practise of the fundementals.
Thank you
When did Jesus start riding dirt bikes?
No doubt - maybe we should listen to this guy !
When
@Addex Aren't they both legends..
Jesus would trail ride. Plus golf and surfing.
On the Third day when he rose again
You just touched on something that I’ve wanted to know for years, where to apply pressure on the bars in a turn. Now I know about using the widest pad part on the bars but can you answer this. In a left hand turn, is the left hand pulling the bars or is the right hand pushing the bar?
Neither. Left hand pushing. The bike is a gyro
Both
I know this will sound fucked up, but what about mounting bars backwards if they don't have much sweep? i was mounting new bars and before installing them was holding them backwards and it felt way more natural. i was so close to putting them on that way but thought it would fuck me up. i have a problem with my elbows down having started riding at 37 yrs and nobody telling me what i was doing wrong. i am 50 now and bad habits are hard to break i noticed that with the bend the opposite direction you are automatically in a better position. so, why do they make the bend the wrong way?
Poor bob practice makes perfect.Ryan is right though finally someone with some common sense about riding.
i adjusted my handle bars back and then repositioned levers in more then reorentated the lever position after .. but not its in my right hand thumb and top behind nuckels. no wear or any other issues other than next day elbow and inflammation feels like in bonebut pretty sure its viens noving up and close to surface, where I don't want them. are you talkin about flow to your obvious extremities that's a good thing like breathing helps do that thinking probably makes you also not have that flow that you like as well I need to bring my elbows in to ride still allowing an out is going to cause me injuy more so than the one feel now so how do you make yourself keep your shoulders available outward on the top but always conscious to tuck in quicker than you thought (-:?
I just started riding quads. Is all of his advice applicable to me too?
Yes. Your bike isn't a gyro so it turns like a car and not a bike, but you need to position yourself like you're riding a bike. Good question
I been racing dirt bikes since 10 years old brazilian jui jitsu classes way harder than any mx race for me
👍
yeaaaaaa
Nice
Ryno's broken neck is healed up hahha!
You need to do something about the sound of the bikes in the background - otherwise excellent videos and education.
Nice Mullet
Been thinking about getting an Enduro or a trials bike for years.
The street is boring no matter how much commercials try to trick you into light to light and cafe/coffee shop meander riding
Watching your vids almost pushed me over the line to get one.....almost but not yet.
No time.🤷
Be like Nike, “Just do it!’
Even better, get an Electric Motion ePure Race trials bike. Put some stumps and logs in your yard and say fuckall to the neighbors bitching day or night 😋
here is dark, cild and rainy, enjoy for us
💯Kung Fu 🦏 Wisdom
It's working! Thank you... faster, less tired longer by separating lower body for rear upper for steer. Will apply hand technique next. Much appreciated 🙏
Even flow just started playing
when you get on the bike give her all its got until it hits the top make sure it comes off the needle couple times and bounces on itself and then you should be on just like that super snot! if you like you're in a situation where you are stuck helps you the most that I found get you back to where you want free from thinking self-conscious stuff! ouch😅
Try Australian NRL for toughest sport on earth, no pads there!
okay so how does that work when you're riding singletrack and trees are right there and you have to bring your shoulder and instead of your cuz it causes your hands then especially on my right one and my index to ring finger on the right give me issues serious my left one isn't aware of what is going on with the right and that sucks when I am both aware at the same time they're doing things wrong then my right arm stiffens up and it's not even on the handlebars as my left is in la la land and then I end up just waiting to die... lolol ugh?
He has beautiful hair I wish I had beautiful hair
Is that Perris?
Cahuilla creek
Great advice! Jett Lawrence talks about the same thing!
Toughest sport on earth! What about bar sweep? I run 41 mm sweep to keep my hands aligned better.
Extream enduro 3 hour races
It demands total fitness like no.other sport
He looks like the Frank Zappa of motorcycles
Zundapp
Yo, when I try to squat like that, I drop a deuce right in my shorts
Ryno
U wearing knee braces or knee guards?
Slow is smooth smooth is fast
Want to force your hands and elbows into attack position!? Drop your levers 45°
Not bad advice, but I could improve on it. Your body position will be different during braking than it is for regular attack-position riding, and I personally don't even use the clutch except for starting. That's all to say that the times you're using your levers will be when your body is sitting and in a different position. Set your levers up for the position in which you use them and adjust your posture to stand/sit correctly. You shouldn't need your levers to do that for you.
I can actually picture Rhino replacing Woody Harrelson on the movie "2012".
Get an old 2T and ride it slow. The sound will be fast enough.
Ride it slow but in a gear to slow to sound fast asf. Also don't use brakes just rev the bike with clutch into corners and then dump the clutch
when did Charles Manson get a new crf 450?
Whaaaaaaaaat?
Love your content and respect your experience.
Not a wordsmith.
I eat junk food and im older than he is and i look 10 yrs younger
A real adult wouldn't need to brag like that. Try again in ten years.
toughest sport on earth??? Thats a strong comment, I disagree.. Maybe one of them like , big wave surfing, dh biking, big mountain freeskiing, Moto gp etc.. Anyway really good vid!
It’s not a comment, it’s clinically verified. Anecdotal experiences of toughness don’t have weight. None of those other sports you mention are even close to as tough as motocross. That doesn’t mean they aren’t really demanding on the athletes, but they don’t compare in the slightest when it comes to output. All except for Moto GP last only seconds to minutes of intensity.
@@JohnHowerton137 yup, people will never understand until they ride MX.......
and when you are done riding he can teach you how to catch fish really well as well..and carpentry...etc...lol..always a bar-b-q when jesus rides with us
Bob needs to work on his hand position. Lol
Bob was good. You checked him too late. He f***ed up the first bit a little...
lol..when jesus gets on a dirtbike...you pay attention...son of God i'm pretty sure he knows how to ride...and if you dont repent for bad riding..broken pelvis..thats how jesus rolls...pun intended lol
Sorry, i may get kicked in the face riding. I WILL get kicked in the face folliwing martial arts. I hate being kicked in the face