Dirt Riding makes Better Riders
My favorite riding is off-road dirt bikes, especially jeep trails, fast fire roads, and places that are just fun and fast. I don't care for brutally hard rides, but I do like challenges.
My first foray into motorcycling was in 1978. A Yamaha XS650 Special was my bike of choice, a psuedo-chopper with a sissy bar and little power. After some butt-killing rides I quickly switched to sport bikes, with nice Honda 750 Supersport, a Kawasaki KZ-750E1, a Honda VFR, and others. In my mind I was pretty decent rider after 5 years, several track days and lots of miles.
But once my wife's uncle hooked me up on dirt bikes, I figured out how little I really knew about riding. I was hooked! A good old solid Honda XR250R was worn out at Draper, followed by a Husky 250 WR, a YZ-250, KX-500 and other. Dirt riding made me a MUCH better street rider by teaching me how to slide the wheels, wheelie at will, control the bike even though it was getting squirrelly underneath, and generally just be more comfortable in all conditions.
My first foray into motorcycling was in 1978. A Yamaha XS650 Special was my bike of choice, a psuedo-chopper with a sissy bar and little power. After some butt-killing rides I quickly switched to sport bikes, with nice Honda 750 Supersport, a Kawasaki KZ-750E1, a Honda VFR, and others. In my mind I was pretty decent rider after 5 years, several track days and lots of miles.
But once my wife's uncle hooked me up on dirt bikes, I figured out how little I really knew about riding. I was hooked! A good old solid Honda XR250R was worn out at Draper, followed by a Husky 250 WR, a YZ-250, KX-500 and other. Dirt riding made me a MUCH better street rider by teaching me how to slide the wheels, wheelie at will, control the bike even though it was getting squirrelly underneath, and generally just be more comfortable in all conditions.
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