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I have some questions for some of the guys and or gals on this forums , I have been here for a while and love this message board . While the opinions you might get are mixed on some topics , hey that's life , dont ask a question you don't want the answer to right?
To get this started , ill tell you a little about myself . I am 25 years old , full time worker , part time business owner , husband and father . Pretty busy guy , I still find time to ride often at home I have miles of single track and trails behind my house , although i do perfer motocross , but have had the hardest time , between me working shift work , and being a husband and dad making it to the track , and when I do I am all alone , and i perfer not to do motocross alone . Anyways with that said , i am probably a mid pack C class rider , Been riding for about 12 years total .
Question is , how do i stay off of the razors edge , not get hurt " atleast to bad " anything can happen and dirtbikes are dangerous i know this. But i always find myself pushing the limits , and i have others to think about now . How to i get better , without tipping off the other side of the edge? This questions comes to me , and well to you readers , after i took on a battle with a 6 inch tree out of a sweeper at about 25mph straight to the sternum ... Needless to say im in lots of pain , and at work currently writing this . Time to start thinking with my big head , hopefully i will get some good advice , but all is welcome .
Thanks!
To get this started , ill tell you a little about myself . I am 25 years old , full time worker , part time business owner , husband and father . Pretty busy guy , I still find time to ride often at home I have miles of single track and trails behind my house , although i do perfer motocross , but have had the hardest time , between me working shift work , and being a husband and dad making it to the track , and when I do I am all alone , and i perfer not to do motocross alone . Anyways with that said , i am probably a mid pack C class rider , Been riding for about 12 years total .
Question is , how do i stay off of the razors edge , not get hurt " atleast to bad " anything can happen and dirtbikes are dangerous i know this. But i always find myself pushing the limits , and i have others to think about now . How to i get better , without tipping off the other side of the edge? This questions comes to me , and well to you readers , after i took on a battle with a 6 inch tree out of a sweeper at about 25mph straight to the sternum ... Needless to say im in lots of pain , and at work currently writing this . Time to start thinking with my big head , hopefully i will get some good advice , but all is welcome .
Thanks!
The Shop
Ride within your limits. You'll have just as much fun.
That and listen to your gut feeling. If you're not feeling it on a certain day, pack your stuff an go home. Better safe than sorry.
You're 25 - your male brain has finally matured / synapsis are finally all connected.
So, there' no excuse to not think about what's really important, now. Is it "pushing" your limits, or your overall life and responsibilities you have? It should be an easy thing to work out.
But, the key thing is : Shit Happens.
And not just while riding a bike.
You could trip over crossing the road and go face first into a gutter edge, and cark it, as just one example, among millions.
A 'bubble wrap / cotton wool' life can kill / maim you, too.
The key is to know your limits. I know when I'm pushing too hard and about to take a digger, it might just be one section or a certain jump but if I feel sketchy I back it down a notch.
If you can't afford coaching maybe get some instructional dvd's from gary semics or something. These will help with technique that you can practice at the track
Pit Row
2nd best thing you can do. Talk to Brandon. Brandon is really good at going WFO on the C track.
Buy all the health, injury, and loss of wages insurance you can.
Maybe double up on the life also.
Same thing exactly not old but 30 and with the family. I used to ride like a savage like out of control pushing the limits try anything. Now i find myself with a bit of fear even. I have a very busy career and cant afford to miss work. I have a 8 year old that needs me to be able to do stuff with her not be layed up with a injury. Im just getting back into the sport after almost a ten year lay off filled with nothing but bullshit. Drinking, drugs, trouble with the law. Been off all that for 5 years and just so dam happy to be back on a bike and feeling positive again.
I guess what im saying is you sound like ur quite the rider already, look at it this way you would whoop my ass and most people practicing at a local track.
keep giving her just keep in mind your priorites. I like what Mav said. Ride hard but if your not feeling it go home.
Im in the exact same predicament and its differnt when you have a family and you cant be pouring huge money into the bikes. I go to the track alone to and its kinda lame when u dont have anybody but ya were just so lucky to be riding!
We are currently in the process of buying a house that has enough land for a little practice track and the Alta is looking pretty damn good right now since there are neighbors close by. The cons of getting back into riding while having huge amounts of responsibility, to the rational thinker, far outweigh the pro's but to someone that lived and breathed the sport for most of their life, there is no better feeling after a good day of riding. No drug, drink or piece of ass can come close to that.
Life is way too short to walk on egg shells. As mentioned, I'm 33 years old and if I could download my life experiences/memories thus far that I can clearly think back on and really stand out to me that my brain retained out of those 33 years, it would probably only be 6 months to a years worth if I'm lucky. Life becomes such a routine, mundane grind of doing the same shit day in and day out that your brain doesn't retain much of it which is why a lot of us don't remember what we did last Tuesday. Some of the best memories I have involve riding dirt bikes.
It's a weird stage of life to be in man, you got real world responsibilities that are relatively new but still have that adolescent part in there that thinks "just hit it 3rd gear pinned, I should make it".
Maybe some older guys can chime in on this but the best I can come up with is use your 20's to find your mate, start your family and career. Use your 30's to grind it out. Kick ass at your job, raise your kids, buy that nice house with 5 acres of land, etc. In your 40's, your well established now (hopefully not divorced) kids are older and more independent so pay shit off. 50's seem like fun age if you kept yourself healthy and in shape somewhat because I see those dudes buying new bikes, racing every weekend, living the dream haha.
That's in a perfect world though, there's a 75% chance (or whatever the divorce rate is up to now) that you could wake up one day being 40 years old, divorced, penniless because your ex and her new man she's been cheating on you with got the house and rapes you for child support and you wish you would've just rode that fucking dirt bike while life was good because now you gotta start all over again. There's no correct answer and you can't plan for shit in life as it usually ends up giving you the opposite anyways.
To sum this novel up, ride it like you stole it.
couldn't tone it down. I'm 54 and still riding. Don't know how to say it any more
clearly- fugging pull your head out of your ass and throttle back. Otherwise
you're going to be like all these others that couldn't learn to ride within their
limits and don't ride anymore. Simple as that.
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