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Edited Date/Time
12/17/2019 9:34pm
https://youtu.be/Q81eNNt_uK8
Motocross Addiction is contagious. The first sign is a fever. I’ve been spending most of my entire life, trying to figure out how to go faster on a dirt bike. I realize that sounds pretty stupid to most people, but that’s because they don’t know about motocross. So, let me shed some light on the subject.
Once upon a time, back in Ohio, when winter was turning into spring, I had a friend who would going around saying, I got the fever, I got the fever. This was his way of letting all his friends know that he couldn’t wait to start riding again. What is it about motocross that pulls so many, fun loving people in, hook line and sinker? Well, it’s exciting, fun, competitive, challenging, and it satisfies, the need for speed.
Ask anyone who has ridden and raced long enough to reach a high skill level, and they will all tell you; nothing compares! The higher the skill level, the more the rider and motorcycle have become one! This means they are no longer limited to you own physical strength and endurance, but also the motorcycle’s. Now, they can run over 70 mph, they can launch over 100 feet through the air, they can climb long, steep hills within seconds. They now have, super human strength and endurance. The engine and the front and rear tire contact to the soil, has become highly tuned into their sensory perception. Since they’re always moving, their eye site has developed the skill to slowdown motion and acutely notice and remember every 10 yards of track in front of them, and nothing else. This movement and horse power is controlled with their body movements and intricate, sensitive feelings through their right wrist, hands, fingers and feet. Their hands, fingers and feet have become hard wired into the clutch, throttle, front and rear brakes, and the shifter. Pro racers make a rough motocross track, the bike and themselves look like poetry in motion!
Not only is the engine revving, their heart rate is also revving, engaged by physical exertion and the edge of danger. When practicing, and especially while racing, their mind and body has to be all in, 100% focused on the task at hand, and nothing else, not even for a millisecond. Welcome to the realm of total flow concentration.
The rewards of staying in this flow, while just practicing is amazing. Flowing through an entire day of racing, and winning, is beyond words. Once you taste it, you want more, and before you know it, its in your blood. You’re living a, Life Behind Bars” (handlebars, that is) for the rest of your days on this planet. If not, actually on the bike, at least in the industry, around awesome, like minded, good people! Just be sure to stay contagious, keep running a high temperature, and let everybody know, you got the fever.
Learn all the techniques of motocross at… https://gsmxs.com
Stream and Download all my techniques and training videos at… https://garysemicsmxschoolsandvideos.intelivideo.com/
Motocross Addiction is contagious. The first sign is a fever. I’ve been spending most of my entire life, trying to figure out how to go faster on a dirt bike. I realize that sounds pretty stupid to most people, but that’s because they don’t know about motocross. So, let me shed some light on the subject.
Once upon a time, back in Ohio, when winter was turning into spring, I had a friend who would going around saying, I got the fever, I got the fever. This was his way of letting all his friends know that he couldn’t wait to start riding again. What is it about motocross that pulls so many, fun loving people in, hook line and sinker? Well, it’s exciting, fun, competitive, challenging, and it satisfies, the need for speed.
Ask anyone who has ridden and raced long enough to reach a high skill level, and they will all tell you; nothing compares! The higher the skill level, the more the rider and motorcycle have become one! This means they are no longer limited to you own physical strength and endurance, but also the motorcycle’s. Now, they can run over 70 mph, they can launch over 100 feet through the air, they can climb long, steep hills within seconds. They now have, super human strength and endurance. The engine and the front and rear tire contact to the soil, has become highly tuned into their sensory perception. Since they’re always moving, their eye site has developed the skill to slowdown motion and acutely notice and remember every 10 yards of track in front of them, and nothing else. This movement and horse power is controlled with their body movements and intricate, sensitive feelings through their right wrist, hands, fingers and feet. Their hands, fingers and feet have become hard wired into the clutch, throttle, front and rear brakes, and the shifter. Pro racers make a rough motocross track, the bike and themselves look like poetry in motion!
Not only is the engine revving, their heart rate is also revving, engaged by physical exertion and the edge of danger. When practicing, and especially while racing, their mind and body has to be all in, 100% focused on the task at hand, and nothing else, not even for a millisecond. Welcome to the realm of total flow concentration.
The rewards of staying in this flow, while just practicing is amazing. Flowing through an entire day of racing, and winning, is beyond words. Once you taste it, you want more, and before you know it, its in your blood. You’re living a, Life Behind Bars” (handlebars, that is) for the rest of your days on this planet. If not, actually on the bike, at least in the industry, around awesome, like minded, good people! Just be sure to stay contagious, keep running a high temperature, and let everybody know, you got the fever.
Learn all the techniques of motocross at… https://gsmxs.com
Stream and Download all my techniques and training videos at… https://garysemicsmxschoolsandvideos.intelivideo.com/
Great job putting it into works Gary.
The Shop
I love MX and will ride until I can’t anymore... who is riding this weekend, I know I am!
edit: Gary is one of the guys I idolized growing up along with Gary Jones and many more. They are just enough older than me that they were into their prime while I was a young teen. What other sport or activity is there where you end up on an internet forum communicating directly with or at a big race competing against your heros?
Btw Gary, I raced with you in the Golden State Series in ‘84’!
I've long held the belief that you and David would be best choice because of your skill, experience AND the fact you raced the 70's/early 80's machines. Anyway, what kind of advance notice do I need to schedule something with you for later in the spring ? I'm currently rehabbing from 8 anchors put in my shoulder to stabilize a detached Labrum that happened earlier this season from a little incident at Mid Ohio Vintage days,lol. I'm planning on being ready for the Daytona Vintage races , but we'll see .
Anyway, its great to have you on this site and hopefully we can get this old carcass back up to speed !! Talk to you soon, Mick
When are you coming back to Ohio? 2 of us would like to take a class. I suppose we have the right to remain silent....
On the other hand, some things non riders will never understand...
In the mean time u may want to get a head start with this... https://garysemicsmxschoolsandvideos.intelivideo.com/
Pit Row
Please Write A Book On Your Racing Career.
I'm not sure if it's just been this site, or, over the years, I've seen various stories about your GP career, by you, on other sites or magazines, but, they all were remarkable tales, told superbly.
Things like your getting that (year old?) RC500, and your racing it, and, I think using it for a Moto win (can't recall if you got an Outright?) at the Canadian GP - with your family going up to see you.
And, well before that, with your racing for Kawasaki etc, in the Nationals. You were there for so much of the revolutionary years of MX, and, you've shown remarkable authorship capabilities.
Even just a compilation of those various tales, I, and a fair few others, I think, would buy.
Rob Andrews / Robgvx (here) is about to release his book, and I've been waiting on it eagerly, it should be fantastic! Such a thing by you, would be equally so.
To repeat : Please write / compile and publish your own book of your career in Racing .
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