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I've noticed in road racing and flat track most pros practice on smaller bikes. Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez are often posting vid of them practicing on 450s. Colin Edwards and his crew are usually on TTRs. A lot of the flat track guys do 450s.
I can see the value in it. You really have to focus on fundamentals and technique. Anybody who rides a 125 will tell you that is the case. It also slows it down and makes it safer.
Do people do this in MX? I mean pros or otherwise? I never see it or hear about it. The difference between a Honda 213V and a CRF 450 seems much greater than a 450 to a 125. Why would it work for that discipline and not MX/SX?
I can see the value in it. You really have to focus on fundamentals and technique. Anybody who rides a 125 will tell you that is the case. It also slows it down and makes it safer.
Do people do this in MX? I mean pros or otherwise? I never see it or hear about it. The difference between a Honda 213V and a CRF 450 seems much greater than a 450 to a 125. Why would it work for that discipline and not MX/SX?
The Shop
An exaggerated example is like, you're used to driving 60 mph down the highway all day to work. Now the next day you need to hop in a sports car and drive it 100mph the entire time, through rush hour traffic. You will not feel comfortable at all because you've grown accustomed to the slower speed and therefore be slower than the guy who is speeding every day.
If almist any mxer flogged an xr100 around for an hour each day I guarantee they would be better riders for it.
*Side note: Josh Herrin is a savage.
Pit Row
Yeah he’s got some major talent on a motorcycle, no doubt! That’s awesome you watch road racing. The sport needs more fans like you here in America!
Motocross professionals cross-train on bicycles, which are arguably much slower than their factory race bikes.
A few moto pros will ride some BMX, but not much and you don't see them posting it every day the way you see the MotoGP guys posting on their 450s. And all the road biking is not moto practice, it's physical training which is totally different.
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