How to balance on a dirt bike︱Cross Training Enduro
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- From our 70+ training vids at www.crosstrainingenduro.com How to balance on a dirt bike! Learning to balance properly can transform the way you ride in technical terrain. We can show you how to ride dirt bikes using enduro techniques and dirt bike skills. Apply these trials techniques for balance as recommended by top endurocross and extreme enduro riders like Graham Jarvis, Jonny Walker and Taddy Blasuziak who are all former trials champions.From our huge collection of free training vids featuring Australia's 2014 Junior Endurocross Champion, Ruben Chadwick who's not bad at balancing. The popularity of extreme enduro, endurocross and hard enduro events leads to cross training enduro - trials skills adapted to dirt riding on enduro bikes. How to balance on a dirt bike? Almost all of the best extreme riders are former trials champions. Balance in your dirt bike riding 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 learning how to balance on a dirt bike. So learn how to ride enduro bikes our vids range from basics for the beginner dirt rider to advanced hard enduro racing!!
So... How to balance on an enduro bike. When riding tips come from extreme enduro rider, Graham Jarvis, people tend to sit up and listen. In a recent interview, he said "Doing exercises to improve your balance will make you a better rider. If your balance is good, you’ll use less energy to ride." The rise of extreme enduro, endurocross and hard enduro events has led to cross training - trials skills applied to dirt riding on enduro bikes. Are you a beginner dirt rider? Interested in hard enduro riding, endurocross training or wheelies? Watch top trials riders like Graham Jarvis, Chris Birch or Tim Coleman. It's like poetry in motion - from a standing start they can flip their bikes in mid air through 180 degrees, or climb a six foot vertical wall... no dirt bike fails for these guys when learning how to balance on a dirt bike so get into our enduro training videos. He gained his exceptional balancing skills as a former top trials rider. As Graham Jarvis says "Going fast is the easy bit, it’s going slowly that will help you develop control." Most of us ride dirt bikes because we want to go hard and fast, but cross training slows us down to learn some key skills that some of us sorely need! Then you can build the speed up again, especially if you aim to compete in extreme enduros or endurocross. A good sense of balance is always important when dirt riding. Enduro clutch and throttle control technique videos? Subscribe to our Cross Training Enduro dirt bike channel for endurocross training and dirt bike riding skills. Maintaining traction is a critical skill highlighted in our dirt bike videos. Learn how to balance a dirt bike with tips from who has applied his trials riding to his techniques.
Body positioning is critical. Body positioning and weighting are fundamental skills in trials, and watching top trials riders is all about balancing. A key part of moves like this is the use of body positioning and weighting for balance - choosing when to exert pressure on the pegs and when to de-weight or lift the bike up. Become a subscriber to this dirt bike channel for extreme enduro training tips vids with techniques from Graham Jarvis, Ruben Chadwick, and Tim Coleman on wheelies, pivot turns, clutch control, traction and other critical skills for learning how to ride a dirt bike videos for beginners or enduro racers. While an enduro bike is heavier, these skills still play a major part in getting through extreme enduro terrain with ease and learning how to balance a dirt bike. Want to learn how to ride dirt bikes with our free enduro training videos? Cross Training Enduro is a mix of trials and dirt riding techniques. This dirt bike channel also includes lots of wheelies, philosophy, reviews, and dirt bike fails videos. Enduro training tips are based on techniques from Chris Birch, Graham Jarvis, Tim Coleman and other hard enduro riders. Cross training means you will almost always be standing on the pegs of your dirt bike and learning how to use your body weight and positioning to maximum effect to apply trials skills to your dirt bike technique.
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The big lad there is a legend, shows how accessible endure can be don't have to be a beanstalk to do it!
big lad , u meant fat dude , hes good uses body weight
I know he could easily outride me with his eyes closed, but every time I see him the short sleeve tshirt and trials helmet bother me more than is healthy
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ive been practicing this technique. its very hard. arms legs and fingers are sore. but after a few days i can now almost balance standing still for atleast 30sec. dont know if i will ever have to balance longer than that. but i can say. that i feel 100× more in control of my bike now. THANK YOU for the videos. keep them coming!
congrats brian, it has all sorts of benefits for dirt riding across the board.
I love your commentary on dirtbike riding you sound so laid-back and yet you’re so good at riding I’m subscribed. I think II’m hitting the bell again.. count me in
Awesome, thank you!
Great videos! Been looking for stuff like this for ages!
Guys, you make very, very useful videos! Thank you! Looking for more videos from you!
these lessons are amazing. I am new with motorcycles because i got license for 125cc bikes about half year ago. i have done some basic things like riding in sand and little hills but i have not thinked about balance so much. I think I am going to start doing this tomorrow. Keep up the good work.
this is an awesome video thanks for the upload☺ im getting my first kawasaki klx 140L tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to learn rp ride it
Nice vid.looking forward for more...thx!
Subbed for one of the best learning series.
very good videos and tutorials i like your channel very much
Great channel!
Correction: Graham, Johnny, etc. are the best enduro riders in the universe until some alien dudes come to earth and prove otherwise!
These are the most useful videos on the intertube!
Thanks so much for making and posting them!
+Chuck Hurler true chuck, there will always be some enduro alien with his/her/its anti-gravity bike that makes hill climbs redundant!
And Graham is the oldest extreme rider in the world !
this is something that i've been trying to do more of lately, thanks to your videos. really slow, trying to almost stop and balance in the rougher terrain. it's quite enjoyable really
65elcamino283 it doesn't happen all the time, but occasionally we'll get over a big log, land in rocks but still balance at a standstill for a few seconds then move off.... excellent! it's something i was amazed at when watching the trials riders at first but then gradually started to do the same thing - occasionally. :)
CROSS TRAINING, ENDUROCROSS & ENDURO TECHNIQUES totally! i am at awe when the trials guys are at a standstill, then completely spring up a giant obstacle to land on top of it at a dead stop...then hop off that giant obstacle to land at a dead stop.....are you friggin kidding me!? they make it look so damn easy! at my current skill level, i am happy when i can come to a stop at the base of an obstacle (small outcrop of rock mind you...and i mean small) then controlledly ride over it, then halt on the other side, using my legs stretching out to balance when needed like in your videos. that has transformed my riding abilities. no joke. rough downhill terrain that i would have said "HELL NO" to before-envisioning myself losing controll and barrelling downhill to my demise, i am now plodding down excitedly-but slooowly mind you-with confidence. :-))
65elcamino283 sweet! it's such an awesome feeling and really glad if i can pass a bit of it on from all the guys i learned it from. :)
Great vids!! Unfortunately you've made me want a trials bike now!..... :)
this channel is freakin tresure!
Great videos. Now time 4 practise.... ;-)
somthing i learned from bull riding : practice balancing on a basketball. see if you can do a minute. the muscles used here are also the ones used to clench the bike with your legs and knees
Subbed and share on my FB page! Awesome idea for a channel. I really hope to see lots of content.
good find
I'm new to dirt biking and these videos have been incredible. I have been mountain biking for 22 years though, including some DH stuff with my recent focus on enduro mtn biking. A lot of the balance techniques, looking forward and body positioning relevant to that flavor of mtn biking can directly be transferred to enduro dirt biking (especially feeling comfortable going down steep gnarly downhills) and makes for good practice when I can't be on my KTM.
Added bonus, I can ride my mountain bike around my property without pissing my neighbors off.
Interesting tid bit: One can buy a brand new KTM, Husky, Beta, etc. dirt bike for LESS money than a brand new carbon framed, high end enduro mountain bike, some of which are now exceeding $10,000. E.g. Yeti SB6 Carbon XX1: $11,600
when sam joined us last year we were blown away at how fast he was learning to ride a dirt bike, then found out months later he was a very good enduro mountain bike rider already. now he doesn't impress us at all! :)
A half clutch lever is a saint
You guys make this looks so easy. It's not fair. At first I couldnt balance longer than half a second, just long enough to get my feet on the pegs. Now, I can only balance for, at most, 5 seconds before the bike starts to topple, and I have to hop down. Even that is rare. I've been doing it at a stand still, though with full lock. It is so incredibly fatiguing. I have to bring a can of coke because after about 10 min of balancing practice, I'm too tired to ride home.
I'm going to try switching to super slow riding instead next weekend. See if I'm more successful. I've tried it in the past, but I always stall the engine. Maybe, I'll go for higher revs. Thanks for these video. They are super helpful.
+aseredy 10 minutes is along time to practice balancing, i'm tired after one minute! it can help a lot at the start to let your tyre pressure down to 4psi or even less, also point down a gentle slope so the weight is more on the front. it's a very handy skill to have in the tough terrain. :)
Awesome Tips! Thanks!
if you have trouble keeping revs up maybe your idle is too low, if not practice by going to a local farm and politely asking to tail their cattle, slowly, jersey and dairy cattle are best
Great stuff. Just broke out the 91 dr350 to give this a try. Man this is really difficult! Hope I can get this before I die of old age!
+guyguypiepie1234 the old cable clutch would give your left hand a good workout but otherwise old bikes are all good for learning balancing on.... especially if you let some air out of the tyres :)
great video, well edited.
thanks for the feedback :)
we had play days get together we had slow race would be about 10 of us about 500 feet last one across the line wins but half way would have to wheelie over 45 galon drum then carry spoon in your mouth with egg my friend lynn could stop his tl250 and climb on to front fender and back on to his seat and he always won i was second or third that is how cool it was now 40 years later you are showing the world the most techincal and physical demanding sport on this planet and you dont need 8 other people to help you put a ball in a net that is 7 feet wide now top people have mechanic gj try to go between two trees 29 inches at 40 miles an hour with 33 inche bars your pegs have to be on swing arm pivot then 29 degrees or less rake on steering i could go on but i wont thanks dennis mcnutts
Subbed and shared on my facebook and website. Looking forward to learning more
thanks mr sump. had a look around your website and looks like you enjoy putting back into the riding community too... :-)
I watched this years ago and it helped me.. This year I have been teaching my son to ride his CRF70. There is a lot of rock where we ride, so he is going slow and learning. I follow while couching on our headsets. During this I am forced to ride slow (very slow). In fact the only riding I did this year was with him. There is no way I would ever go this slow all day if not for my son. I was am doing something I love with my son so it was all good. Remembering this video I tried to stand as much as I could and really focused on balance. This past weekend I had a chance to lead on some single track while others where hanging back with my son. All of that slow riding brought me to a new level. I was way faster. Spot on advice in this video!
great to hear doug, it's amazing how that slow riding and balance can change so many aspects of our riding.
People really under look balancing when learning I think, even though it's the most important skill you will learn off road. It's the main reason why I am able to ride my XR650L with no issues, even though I can only touch the ground with one foot when stopped lol Great video!
thanks grant. taken a few people out recently and started the dirt ride with some balancing, figure eights and tips on body positioning. amazing to see how quickly it made a difference to their riding in technical terrain.
+CROSS TRAINING ENDURO SKILLS - I need your help :)
I'm practicing my balancing on my 125 2T and because of the slow speed I'm riding when practicing balancing and more stuff you show in your videos, my spark plugs are fouling. My oil ratio is 2% so I think it too much rich for that kind of riding. I can go to 1.7% but then I need to adjust my oil ratio each time I'm changing my riding style even though it is on the same ride (say I'm practicing on slow speeds for 30 min and then I'm riding faster with high revs).
How do I find the sweet spot of being able to practice slow and not kill my spark plug? :)
I could suggest obtaining a cheap 4stroke
what would be an ideal time frame to practice this? Like 30 minutes per day 3 times per week? Or devote a couple straight hours of it in one day?
not really sure, none of us are professional trainers or the like. but we all just incorporate it into our rides... whenever we stop somewhere we try to balance as long as we can. never gets boring that way! trials riding though, we'd always warm up with a few minutes of balancing, then of course it happens all the time during the ride. hope that helps...
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There was a typo in the Japanese translation o:)
What yamaha is the large lad in blue riding?
WR450F, mitch
Does it help to weigh as much or more than the bike?
idriwzrd that's a really interesting point... one of our riders is heavy but very fit and strong and its incredible watching him flick his bike mid air. i think extra weight helps but only if fit and already having good technique? be interested to put this on a forum and see what others think.
Newbie here, how about overheating? Won't it be a problem while the bike stands allmost still? Thanks for any pointers /info.
a four stroke might start to overheat after quite a few minutes, depending on the model... a two stroke? never, but you might oil a plug eventually.
@@crosstrainingenduro Allright, thanks! I have a four-stroke... I've seen some mounting extra fan to pull air thru the radiator.. Seems like a good idea.
@@maikelnait4495 My buddy mounted a fan to his radiator. It works great, but can be annoying when you're stopped. The fan is set to turn on at a certain temperature, so once it hits that temp it will kick on and make a bunch of noise. Then shut off for 10 or 20 seconds until it heats up again, then it kicks on again. It can be annoying, but better than damaging your bike. He says it was easy to hook up too.
@@t60six87 Ok, thanks a lot for the help. I mounted a fan a week ago and so far so good. But as I said I'm a beginner and don't really do so technical stuff yet so it cools ok still.
is it possible to stand still on heavy bike?
it's harder but can be done. i can balance at a standstill on the DR but it's more difficult. a good trials rider can even balance a road bike at a standstill.
Excellent videos guys! You guys have a FB page?
yam831 no but might start one up soonish...
CROSS TRAINING, ENDUROCROSS & ENDURO TECHNIQUES just started one up. don't know if it will take off or not but figured it only took a few minutes to create it :-) facebook.com/groups/286482934888736/?fref=ts
I can apply so fucking much from horsesports to this kind of riding, trust me, when you can stay on in a full buck in a flat saddle this is childsplay.
Got to play hell on the poor clutch though. Can't be good riding the clutch that much.
Well this is hard on a dr650
You can balance on a DR650 at a stand still with practice. czcams.com/video/RM9Mg7xKbiY/video.html
Damn that's impressive! Guess I should start with the engine off and sit at full lock?
We've got a whole training vid about how to do it in progressive stages....
i almost for got sorrey i see all your follers ride your mountian bike every day under water swimming and jog bottom line 250 lbs you 30 horse power how far can you pack your bike i can not belive bike shops are not paying you for promotions you probally triple sales the ulltimett day 2 hour corse 4 hour ride chang peoples live no more weight loss proghams