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Rupert X
3/5/2010 9:14am
3/5/2010 9:14am
Edited Date/Time
1/27/2012 2:33pm
For the young guys:
1. Three fingers between swingarm and chain.
2. Tighten front handlebar clamp bolts first.
3, Sitting on seat, close eyes and place hands where your bars should be...
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1. Three fingers between swingarm and chain.
2. Tighten front handlebar clamp bolts first.
3, Sitting on seat, close eyes and place hands where your bars should be...
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4. Pro Circuit, Fox, 100% and Scott stickers on rear fender.
The Shop
I always push my front forks through the travel a couple times before tightening the axle clamp bolts, after reinstalling a front wheel...
2) I was taught if you dont stand up enough, to move the bars way up so you want to stand up more, helped me out a lot.
3) Use old cupcake trays to hold all your nuts and bolts
Thanks to Factory Feel and Cole from Fastco.com
Grease the air filter where it meets the airbox, and where the butterfly bolt goes through it.
I know a whole lot more of what NOT to do:
1. Never stick bolts down daddy's exhaust the night before his big race.
2. Never ride through the calm looking section of the river
3. Never use grease to lube your throttle tube
4. Never forget to use wire on your grips. Especially if you change them the night before your biggest race and it's raining.
5. Never ride a bike after a mud race without cleaning out the carb first. (you FI yuppies can smuggly ignore that one)
6. Never hibernate your bike with a tank full of gas, especially with a white tank.
7. Never let your mom use your good set of goggles to chop onions. Those things will smell terrible next time you use them.
8. Never, ever, ever let your dad spray the mud off of your gear with the powerhose, at least not while you are still wearing them. Damn thing left white lines through my new Thor pants it was so powerful. Not to mention the welts on my legs.
9. Never just "assume" you will figure out how to change your fork springs on your own as you go.
10. Never ride outdoors in the spring with your mouth open unless you are lacking some protein.
Seriously, I could go on for days on what NOT to do...
6. loosen your clutch and brake clamps just enough that they move a bit on the bars.
Ride the bike don't let the bike ride you.
Move your bike a lot in the air so you are ready and used to it when it gets side ways over rutted jumps. These bikes are like fighter jets in the air and should become second nature to control.
Grip with your knees.
Drag brake a little through whoops to stop swap.
Gas harder to stop swap in sand.
Pit Row
Oh, and a nickel in the end of the left grip... never had a busted out grip before, true story!
What's the 8mm wrench / chain measurement? Have not heard of that one; do you take the open end and use that for the distance measurement?
Depending on the starting gate you may pick up on a vibration in the moving parts right before the gate drops.
If you have a wife you would like to get rid of buy a bike or two with out asking her.
1. Look ahead coming out of turns to where you want to go, not where you are.
2. Many times just 6 inches off the main line will allow you to miss many of the bumps.
3. Finish your braking before you enter the turn (majority of MX turns).
4. Flow the track first then build speed, this will lessen mistakes and save time.
5. Ride with your lower body, this will save energy and allow the bike to work for you, not against you.
6. Before you spend 5000.00 on engine mods, make sure your suspension and set up are as good as possible.
78c: That clip on the master-link of your chain ? Closed end goes towards direction
of chain travel. Shoulda learned that in Kinder-moto-garten. Use needle -nose pliers.
78 D. Don't neglect that big-ass swingarm bolt. It needs grease regularly. If that thing
gets rusty, crusty and bound up - it's a day long process to get it out - plus, the
better greased that bolt and your your swingram bearings are - the better the suspension-
my dear.
Word
i learned one the other day. i have a bad problem with my tube spinning inside my tire, my valvestem leaning and eventually ripping off the tube (unless i break the bead, and reset tube) i was told to pull the valve core, spin the wheel backwards by hand (but fast) and step on the rear brake quickly and it will move the tube back into place. much easier then removing the wheel!
Mop-N-Glow for the shiny factory-look plastics.
focus on the spot in the 1st corner where you want to be.
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