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dirtbike stunting or not
03-19-2006, 06:37 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
totally all bikes are different but most tricks are body position and mind set if you can train your mind to tell you body how to react in different situations any trick is possible. its a great way to learn clutch control but it gets really boring you start inventing new stuff. im trying to get the 636 up and running so in the mean time im stuck to a ttr ive started doing super long coasters shifting down to like second gear and turning into circles
03-19-2006, 06:42 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by Tony_HID
totally all bikes are different but most tricks are body position and mind set if you can train your mind to tell you body how to react in different situations any trick is possible. its a great way to learn clutch control but it gets really boring you start inventing new stuff. im trying to get the 636 up and running so in the mean time im stuck to a ttr ive started doing super long coasters shifting down to like second gear and turning into circles
ps coasters into circles are niiiiiiice
03-19-2006, 07:04 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by FSPalex
its mainly just weight, body position and throttle control on a streetbike. you cant substitute anything else to help you learn that stuff, which is why im not expecting to be where i was on a streetbike before i sold it when i get my next one. Its been almost a year since ive had a STREETbike, i had a 125 and a 50 to use since then though. Plus Z-Units bike for about 15 minutes
ps coasters into circles are niiiiiiice
ps coasters into circles are niiiiiiice
03-19-2006, 07:07 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by Tony_HID
thanks i just have fun with it now ttr's are the best Im kinda glad i got stoppies down good on the ttr its making it easier on the big bike ide like to start rolling 180 someday
03-19-2006, 07:28 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by FSPalex
oh so now i see why youre askin about DB bars in that other thread. I like the feel of both actually, so i'm just gonna turn out the bars on my next bike, best of both worlds.
03-19-2006, 07:57 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by f4stunna
dirtbikes are cool to watch and really fun to ride..... but its just a dirtbike
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i rode my friends 100 this past weekend for the first time. after like the 15 minutes or whatever it took for me to get use to how short 1st gear is i was doin circles. man i wish circles were that easy on a streetbike.
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i rode my friends 100 this past weekend for the first time. after like the 15 minutes or whatever it took for me to get use to how short 1st gear is i was doin circles. man i wish circles were that easy on a streetbike.
03-19-2006, 08:04 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by FSPalex
you cant substitute anything else to help you learn that stuff, which is why im not expecting to be where i was on a streetbike before i sold it when i get my next one.
really now? why don't you go ask M1guh, he stunted fiddies and 125's, and his second day on a F4i he was doing circles
03-19-2006, 08:06 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by GundamnitPete
really now? why don't you go ask M1guh, he stunted fiddies and 125's, and his second day on a F4i he was doing circles
03-19-2006, 08:08 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by FSPalex
i said it cant teach weight, body position and throttle control. dont quote half of what i say..
03-19-2006, 08:58 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by middleschooler
....what its tauhgt me all of that.....throttle control is one of the biggest things it taught me..all of the thigns you said ive learned form riding dirtbikes
exactly...those three are the main things it teachs you, the fourth being brake control
03-19-2006, 09:14 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
until i actually started doing alot of circles on the ttr i didn't realize a lot of stuff like the clutch when you high side out you can do the spin on the back tire right back into another circle
03-19-2006, 10:09 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by GundamnitPete
exactly...those three are the main things it teachs you, the fourth being brake control
03-19-2006, 10:19 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by FSPalex
no. it doesnt teach you throttle control. the geometry is completely different from a streetbike, and throwing a 125 around compared to a 600 is a diff. ballgame with weight. Schooler has a 450 which is heavier and the throttle would be more like a 600. im sick of trying to explain things to 15 yr olds though..you'll see some day pete.
03-19-2006, 10:22 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by FSPalex
no. it doesnt teach you throttle control. the geometry is completely different from a streetbike, and throwing a 125 around compared to a 600 is a diff. ballgame with weight. Schooler has a 450 which is heavier and the throttle would be more like a 600. im sick of trying to explain things to 15 yr olds though..you'll see some day pete.
03-19-2006, 10:52 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
ok..i ride a xr100 for a year..never stunted even relaly ridden a street bike at all......i jump on ernies f3 adn within an hour im doing slow wheelies coming real close to scraping....i guess i just inherited "throttle control" from my stunt genes since i couldnt learn form a smaller motorcycle.....time to make a poll
03-21-2006, 02:11 AM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Dirt bikes DO teach you throttle control.....however, as with many things, when moving to a streetbike, its slightly harder. Carb'd streetbikes such as an f3 are super easy to control because carbs dont respond as quickly. F4i's are the easiest FI bike ive ever ridden as far as throttle goes. If your choppy on an f4i, you need to try harder. Dirt bikes will teach you all the basics and then some. But it wont make you an instant superstunna. It goes without saying that there will be a little getting used to a bigger bike. But then again you can go from your f4i to a friends f4i, and it feels like a completly different bike.
The only thing that really doesnt teach you throttle control all that well is a stock fiddy.....those things are so weak you pretty much have to chicken wing them. But its still kinda teaching you the basic idea.
The only thing that really doesnt teach you throttle control all that well is a stock fiddy.....those things are so weak you pretty much have to chicken wing them. But its still kinda teaching you the basic idea.
03-21-2006, 12:07 PM
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Re: dirtbike stunting or not
Originally Posted by middleschooler
ok..i ride a xr100 for a year..never stunted even relaly ridden a street bike at all......i jump on ernies f3 adn within an hour im doing slow wheelies coming real close to scraping....i guess i just inherited "throttle control" from my stunt genes since i couldnt learn form a smaller motorcycle.....time to make a poll
