MX basics

[a13x]

I use mainly front brake to slow the bike down. I use the rear brake to change directions, back it in, pivot turn. Or use the rear brake to bring the front down in the air. Been working on that lately.

Stand up a lot. That's good advice.

[Rada]

As Paul said body position is real important. Weight your outside peg. Weight forward and always have the bike pushing you. This requires you to hang on with your legs so your arms can relax and stay loose.

As for vids. Check out http://rynoinstitute.com/
Ryno does some good instructional stuff as does Gary Bailey and Semics. Back in the day Tony D used to run clinics around the country and they were pretty good.

My best advise is to flow with the ride and have fun. This will keep you loose. Loose and comfortable will keep the arm pump away.

[Pittenger5]

Well, maybe Ill go practice this all tomorrow

[breakdirt916]

awesome, just awesome Ritchie P...you are living my dream!!

how much riding have you done?

I'm in the novice range, but I always found saddle time forces you to learn the bare-bone basics, and the books allow you to fine tune it, one step at a time

[Pittenger5]

Poop, tracks closed today and wont be open till 2nd week of january.

[breakdirt916]

no excuses...take it to the streets

racing away from cops will train your mind to ride MX with the "ride-it-like-I-stole-it" mindset

and in the process you will learn to hop curbs and pull whips over police cars to escape

[typeone]

i started digging through some old DVDs and ran into the Transwold Motocross Skills set. check them out, you can find Vol 2 + 3 around the net pretty easily (torrents), or just buy 'em. pretty decent overviews on various skills + techniques although not for indepth training.

good vids to have in the collection.