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1. Buy the biggest Fox head sticker you can find
2. Place that giant Fox head sticker in the back window of your ride
3. Buy a Monster energy cap and tuck your ears
4. Crush ass
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My first full size dirt bike was a YZ426 I purchased at 35. I was told by someone, "respect the throttle" which was good advice for a newb. I rode about 1x a week for the first few years and gained skill pretty quickly. I started racing vet class stuff at 38, and by 40 I had made it to the local Vet expert class.
I've had a bunch of bikes since that '01 YZ 426. All of them 450's except the 350 I bought a little over a year ago.
I still prefer the power of the 450. :-)
So, get after it, but be careful and "respect the throttle."
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These are my suggestions taken mostly from the other posts.
* richard932 Definitely grease both wheel bearings stearing stem bearings swing arm bearings and shock linkage bearings. But a 450 isn't a beginner bike. Have fun
I've heard a lot that bearings aren't greased properly in initial setup. Confession: I just went out and rode. My bike is a 2005. I don't ride that often, but I better do this too one of these days.
Schedule this for sometime in the next month or so. Right now go out and ride it!
Wear all the protective gear you can afford. Crashes suck.
Get health insurance if you can. But, sometimes you just have to ride. Yes, this is bad advice, but sometimes for mental health, I have to ride.
Respect the throttle. Start on smaller jumps, then table tops, then doubles. Coming up short on a jump sucks big time. Don't do it. If you're going to err on coming up short vs going long, go long.
When you're working on jumps the most important thing is that you're landing correctly every time without the front end too low or too high. Don't push for longer jumps too quickly. Let it come to you.
Ride at your own pace. Even if some kids on 65's are passing you like you're standing still, and everyone's pointing at you and laughing. Go your own pace which will vary a bit from day to day.
As long as you hold your line (don't wander from the left to the right to the left), you'll be as safe as you can be on a Motocross track. There are still going to be guys who land jumps a bit to close for comfort no matter how well you hold your line. When this happens kick their ass for me. They deserve it! Not really, but give them hell anyway. I was in a race last year and didn't jump a double that I wasn't ready for. I took mostly the inside line and held my line. A kid decided to jump even more inside and I could've reached out and just about grabbed his back wheel as he flew 3 feet above me. I definitely talked to him afterwards. The line he took didn't exist, and there wasn't championship money on the line. I made sure he knew that was a bad decision.
Have fun out there!
To start it is pretty easy. You just give it a couple easy kicks until it becomes hard to push. Then kick it as hard as your can. Itll start. Once it starts ride it straight down the street to the dealership and trade it in for a ttr125.
If not, just be careful...that is a big boy bike.
You got this bro!
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