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DeltaOmega
I got a dirtbike for xmas but i wont have it till spring. I am 100% clueless about dirtbikes other than the right handle is throttle.
Answer
Welcome to the sport.
This is the motorcycle racing category, but since you are just starting out, I will try and give you some advice.
Find a friend, relative or someone you know that rides a bike already. Have them show you how to ride. It is much easier having someone physically show you then to try and explain it in writing...you know "a picture is worth a thousands words".
Riding a dirt bike or any motorcycle for that matter, is very similar to riding a bicycle. The difference is that the engine is much more powerful than your legs will ever be.
The right hand grip is the throttle, which you are aware of.
The lever on the right hand handle bar is the front brake.
The lever on the left hand handle bar is the clutch.
The lever by the right foot peg is the rear brake (unless you own an old Bultaco..lol).
The lever by the left foot peg is the gear shift lever (unless you own an old Bultaco).
Most transmissions in modern motorcycles work in this order; 1st gear is all the way down, half a cluck up from there(1st) is neutral, half a click up from there (neutral) is 2nd gear, full click up from there(2nd) is 3rd, full click up from there(3rd) is 4th and a full click up from there (4th) is 5th.
With the motorcycle running, engage the clutch, click the gear shift lever down to first gear, give the bike about 1/4 throttle, sit up by the gas tank, slowly release the clutch and as the bike starts to move you can give if more throttle. Once underway you will feel where the motorcycle starts to pull the hardest. This is the "power band" where the bike makes the most power in the rpm (revolutions per minute) range of the engine. Before the bike drops out of its power band, back off on the throttle, engage the clutch, click the lever up to the next gear, release the clutch and re-apply the throttle. You shift to the next higher gear to go faster, when you are coming to a stop, you downshift back down to a lower gear. The object of shifting is to keep the engine running at its peak power, so that you will not "bog" the engine or over rev the engine.
When you encounter rough terrain on your bike, you want to stand up. This allows your legs to act as shock absorbers and will help keep from getting you bucked off.
When you make a turn on a dirt bike; slide up to the gas tank, it is ok to stick the inside leg out to assist you from falling over. You will find that you will want to pick up a pair of motocross boots. Motocross boots have uni-directional bottoms so they slide on the ground. If you are using normal shoes or boots, the tread from the footwear will dig in and could cause you to fall.
Make sure you always wear a helmet, goggles, long sleeve shirt, gloves, long pants and motocross boots. I would recommend you pick up armored riding pants, shirt and a set of shoulder pads with chest protector. You can find used riding gear on Ebay, Craigslist, yard sales and flea markets. Used gear works fine. It doesn't matter if it is dirty, it is going to end up that way anyway.
Get yourself a shop manual for your specific bike. Normal maintenance is extremely important to keep your bike running for years. Here are some basic maintenance tasks. Depending on the conditions you are riding in you may need to do some more than others. After or before every time you ride you have to do maintenance on your bike. Check the tires for wear or cuts, check the spokes to make sure none are broke or loose, check your fuel level, check your air filter and clean it after every 3 hours riding, check your suspension for binding, chips or leaks, if you have a single shock rear suspension lubricate all of the linkage joints after every 9 hours of riding, check your brakes to make sure they are still gripping, check chain slack and lubricate your chain after every ride and change your transmission/engine oil after every 24 hours of riding.
Good luck, have fun and once again, welcome to the sport.
Welcome to the sport.
This is the motorcycle racing category, but since you are just starting out, I will try and give you some advice.
Find a friend, relative or someone you know that rides a bike already. Have them show you how to ride. It is much easier having someone physically show you then to try and explain it in writing...you know "a picture is worth a thousands words".
Riding a dirt bike or any motorcycle for that matter, is very similar to riding a bicycle. The difference is that the engine is much more powerful than your legs will ever be.
The right hand grip is the throttle, which you are aware of.
The lever on the right hand handle bar is the front brake.
The lever on the left hand handle bar is the clutch.
The lever by the right foot peg is the rear brake (unless you own an old Bultaco..lol).
The lever by the left foot peg is the gear shift lever (unless you own an old Bultaco).
Most transmissions in modern motorcycles work in this order; 1st gear is all the way down, half a cluck up from there(1st) is neutral, half a click up from there (neutral) is 2nd gear, full click up from there(2nd) is 3rd, full click up from there(3rd) is 4th and a full click up from there (4th) is 5th.
With the motorcycle running, engage the clutch, click the gear shift lever down to first gear, give the bike about 1/4 throttle, sit up by the gas tank, slowly release the clutch and as the bike starts to move you can give if more throttle. Once underway you will feel where the motorcycle starts to pull the hardest. This is the "power band" where the bike makes the most power in the rpm (revolutions per minute) range of the engine. Before the bike drops out of its power band, back off on the throttle, engage the clutch, click the lever up to the next gear, release the clutch and re-apply the throttle. You shift to the next higher gear to go faster, when you are coming to a stop, you downshift back down to a lower gear. The object of shifting is to keep the engine running at its peak power, so that you will not "bog" the engine or over rev the engine.
When you encounter rough terrain on your bike, you want to stand up. This allows your legs to act as shock absorbers and will help keep from getting you bucked off.
When you make a turn on a dirt bike; slide up to the gas tank, it is ok to stick the inside leg out to assist you from falling over. You will find that you will want to pick up a pair of motocross boots. Motocross boots have uni-directional bottoms so they slide on the ground. If you are using normal shoes or boots, the tread from the footwear will dig in and could cause you to fall.
Make sure you always wear a helmet, goggles, long sleeve shirt, gloves, long pants and motocross boots. I would recommend you pick up armored riding pants, shirt and a set of shoulder pads with chest protector. You can find used riding gear on Ebay, Craigslist, yard sales and flea markets. Used gear works fine. It doesn't matter if it is dirty, it is going to end up that way anyway.
Get yourself a shop manual for your specific bike. Normal maintenance is extremely important to keep your bike running for years. Here are some basic maintenance tasks. Depending on the conditions you are riding in you may need to do some more than others. After or before every time you ride you have to do maintenance on your bike. Check the tires for wear or cuts, check the spokes to make sure none are broke or loose, check your fuel level, check your air filter and clean it after every 3 hours riding, check your suspension for binding, chips or leaks, if you have a single shock rear suspension lubricate all of the linkage joints after every 9 hours of riding, check your brakes to make sure they are still gripping, check chain slack and lubricate your chain after every ride and change your transmission/engine oil after every 24 hours of riding.
Good luck, have fun and once again, welcome to the sport.
Can anyone tell me something to cheer me up?
booklove45
9/11 has kind of brought me down. Can any one tell me a joke or make me laugh or smile?
Answer
Why are black ppl so good at basketball?
Because they can run, shoot, and steal :P
What do you call a black priest?
Holy shit.
How do you confuse a blonde?
Put her in a circular room and tell her to sit in the corner.
Ways To Annoy People
1. Sing the Batman theme incessantly.
2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sensual massage."
3. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
4. Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of "Beeeep Bip Bip Beeep Bip..."
5. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
6. Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking a camcorder to your TV and then pointing it at the screen. <
7. Speak only in a "robot" voice.
8. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.
9. Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announce that this is so no one will "swipe your grub".
10. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 98 copies.
11. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
12. Sniffle incessantly.
13. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.
14. Name your dog "Dog." 15. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
16. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think."
17. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training."
18. Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for "violating your airspace".
19. Forget the punchline to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a "real hoot."
20. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with Lysol.
21. Practice making fax and modem noises.
22. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc:" them to your boss.
23. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
24. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.
25. Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a "spider person."
26. Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with the prophesy."
27. Wear a special hip holster for your
remote control.
28. Do not add any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you'll be saying more any moment.
29. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.
30. Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
31. Give a play-by-play account of a persons every action in a nasal Howard Cosell voice.
32. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
33. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
34. Drum on every available surface.
35. Staple papers in the middle of the page.
36. Ask 1-800 operators for dates.
37. Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings.
38. Sew anti-theft detector strips
into peoples backpacks.
39. Hide dairy products in inaccessible places.
40. Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page.
41. Set alarms for random times.
42. Order a side of pork rinds with your filet mignon.
43. Instead of Gallo, serve Night Train next Thanksgiving.
44. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a "croaking" noise.
45. Honk and wave to strangers.
46. Dress only in clothes colored Hunters Orange.
47. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.
48. Tape pieces of "Sweating to the Oldies" over climactic parts of rental movies.
49. Wear your pants backwards.
50. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints by the cash register.
Yo mamma's so fat, when she walked in front of the TV, I missed five minutes of the show!
Yo mamma's so fat, when she walked into a hotel and asked for a water bed, they put a blanket over the ocean
Yo mamma's so fat, when she sat on a rainbow, skittles popped ou
Bob was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was
really pissed.
She told him "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the
driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds AND IT BETTER BE THERE !!"
The next morning he got up early and left for work. When his wife woke
up, she looked out the window and sure enough there was a box
gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway.
Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway, brought
the box back in the house.
She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.
Bob has been missing since Friday.
Why are black ppl so good at basketball?
Because they can run, shoot, and steal :P
What do you call a black priest?
Holy shit.
How do you confuse a blonde?
Put her in a circular room and tell her to sit in the corner.
Ways To Annoy People
1. Sing the Batman theme incessantly.
2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sensual massage."
3. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
4. Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of "Beeeep Bip Bip Beeep Bip..."
5. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
6. Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking a camcorder to your TV and then pointing it at the screen. <
7. Speak only in a "robot" voice.
8. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.
9. Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announce that this is so no one will "swipe your grub".
10. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 98 copies.
11. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
12. Sniffle incessantly.
13. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.
14. Name your dog "Dog." 15. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
16. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think."
17. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training."
18. Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for "violating your airspace".
19. Forget the punchline to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a "real hoot."
20. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with Lysol.
21. Practice making fax and modem noises.
22. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc:" them to your boss.
23. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
24. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.
25. Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a "spider person."
26. Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with the prophesy."
27. Wear a special hip holster for your
remote control.
28. Do not add any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you'll be saying more any moment.
29. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.
30. Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
31. Give a play-by-play account of a persons every action in a nasal Howard Cosell voice.
32. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
33. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
34. Drum on every available surface.
35. Staple papers in the middle of the page.
36. Ask 1-800 operators for dates.
37. Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings.
38. Sew anti-theft detector strips
into peoples backpacks.
39. Hide dairy products in inaccessible places.
40. Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page.
41. Set alarms for random times.
42. Order a side of pork rinds with your filet mignon.
43. Instead of Gallo, serve Night Train next Thanksgiving.
44. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a "croaking" noise.
45. Honk and wave to strangers.
46. Dress only in clothes colored Hunters Orange.
47. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.
48. Tape pieces of "Sweating to the Oldies" over climactic parts of rental movies.
49. Wear your pants backwards.
50. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints by the cash register.
Yo mamma's so fat, when she walked in front of the TV, I missed five minutes of the show!
Yo mamma's so fat, when she walked into a hotel and asked for a water bed, they put a blanket over the ocean
Yo mamma's so fat, when she sat on a rainbow, skittles popped ou
Bob was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was
really pissed.
She told him "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the
driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds AND IT BETTER BE THERE !!"
The next morning he got up early and left for work. When his wife woke
up, she looked out the window and sure enough there was a box
gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway.
Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway, brought
the box back in the house.
She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.
Bob has been missing since Friday.
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