Overall there are two simple keys for riding adventure motorcycles off-road - get lots of experience and swap street tires for serious dual-sport tires. (Get Continental TKC-80s. Their traction on the street and their longevity are uncompromised by their badass treads). Here are some basic off-road skills… • Favor the rear brake except in emergencies, in which case try your best to straighten the front wheel first before using the front brake and rear brake together. Using the front brake tends to make the front tire knife into the dirt surface and trip the bike up. • Similarly, keep the wheels straight when turning from asphalt to dirt, ideally making the turn completely on the asphalt part and entering the dirt surface at a 90° angle. If you enter the dirt at a shallower angle, treat it like a curve and counterbalance (see below). • Know when to be aggressive on the throttle and when to be gentle on it (sometimes the best defense is a good offense, other times overconfidence will hurt). Speed and momentum are crucial on the softer stuff, but too much will backfire and destabilize the bike. You have to develop a feel for exactly how much throttle by practicing on different surfaces. • Ride standing up in rougher terrain. That makes all the difference because it lowers the bike's center of gravity and makes it more maneuverable. Remember to keep your knees slightly bent to allow your legs to flex, and lean slightly forward on straight sections, more forward the steeper any climbs get. On downhills, reverse that and keep your butt rearwards. • When encountering a road with ruts, either stay inside the ruts or outside the ruts. The problem is continually going back and forth in and out of a rut, making it an edge trap, which can throw the bike down. If the rut is so narrow that your tires are continually hitting against the sides of the rut, that's an edge trap, so only ride outside of that rut. • When riding on softer stuff, shift your weight rearwards to give the rear tire more bite - that also has the advantage of making the front tire "ski" more, creating less drag and making it less likely to trip you. • Counterbalance generously on curves, getting your hips outside the lean and weight on the outside pegs. You should be one gear lower for the speed - that discourages swinging wide and gives you more engine braking if you encounter a surprise around the bend. Your outside leg will be mostly bent, the inside leg mostly straight. Know that you can always make your turn sharper by leaning further (I usually like to just straighten out my lower side arm for that). • When going over mounds, you need to use finesse on the throttle, going from aggressive to gentle at just the right moment heading up, then be relaxed and confident while finessing the rear brake as you go down the other side. Like with everything else, you get better at it with practice. • When encountering hard obstacles you can't maneuver around, (with your butt off the seat and legs flexed), as the front tire gets to the obstacle, hit the throttle a little as you pull up on the handlebars while leaning slightly rearwards (as if to wheelie but not actually doing so) then pogo-stick the rear suspension as the obstacle reaches your rear tire. Practice that in an empty parking lot with a piece of two-by-four. And here's a good video if you ever get seriously stuck... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ob-WZcyGvprOimw.html

Love, love, love.......Thanks Brake! Stay well, all the best from CANADA!

As always amazing advice! After riding street bikes for almost 20 years i'm absolutely loving dirt riding! thanks guys!

Brilliant! and don't blame the bike! (if I had these tyres, those footpegs ...). Best advice ever, and you just slipped it in at the end.

Best tutorial of required skills to become a competent rider.... Great job!

One of the best instructional videos I’ve seen for sure thanks guys!!!!

Hi Guys having done the Portugal trip with you have bought a 2019 FE 250 also to keep my skills up for next years trip which is a bit spooky. Looking forward to the Adv Lite project. Keep the videos coming. Stay safe ride safe. Say hi to the gang😀

Brilliant video! Thanks for churning out great content.

Great explanations and attention to detail in your tuition, thanks.

Thanks for these vids. I ride CRF250L on and off road. Have no riding buddies more skilled then me, and some MTB background plus vids like this is whats making me a half decent rookie and safer rider. Also got MX boots due to your vid because of remote areas where I go usually alone, hated both them and you for first few rides, now they are awesome, feels not only safer for riding but also like dogs and snakes can only brake their teeth on it. Keep up the advices.

Good video! please continue off-road basics tips, thanks!

Great video, quality instructions

Really enjoyed these tips & your explanations. Van BC Canada watching!

one of your best videos so far, thx

Great information...thanks for sharing...

great video with practical tips. Thank you

Good info. Thanks for sharing.

Great job man and I gave you thumbs up for some solid tips! I know what you mean by weighting the pegs and bars that kind of goes hand in hand with 'leaning' the bike one way or the other but if your actually coasting in a straight line sitting and you pull on the left bar the bike actually goes to the right and vice versa for the other side give it a go! ;)

That last "self critical" part you told was gold. I have many friends, who blame it on the bike but they ride so fkin passive. And ofcourse ego gets in the way of doing many things right.

Great vid!

Yeah! Spot on mate. Keep up the geat work. Cheers

Best tips, ride with people who are better than you. If you don’t know anyone better, find people. The bike community is awesome, as long as you go places where other people ride I’m sure most people will let u tag along. That’s how I met my riding buddies and it’s fair to say I’ve learnt a lot from them and had more fun riding with them too.

I'm vertically challenge but this is a great help mate. Have a good day!

Thanks for another vid 👍

Well done...well explained

Thank you 👍

Nice video

Thanks great video!!

Great video

thanks, well understood.

Bluhhtee pess pauwkit! Jaully ged vid!

Thanks a lot for the tips !! :-)

i just got my first dirtbike it’s the frp50 it’s so fun to ride

Good ADVISE.

Some time ago, I asked for tuition on how to change gear, up and down, whilst standing on the pegs. I was assured this would be coming very soon, but alas it’s now about a year ago and I am still struggling. Have I missed some videos? If not, just a repeat appeal, PLEASEEEEE can we have some video instruction for gear changing while standing? Always great videos Llel. Ride safe, Dave from Sunny Scarborough.

This is good.

Yet another great set of tips! Thanks !

those boots are awesome i have a pair myself i just struggle to change gears 1:43

Adv light bike? Let's not get this one nicked. Seriously, great vid 👍

grib bike with legs, grippy tank pads are dope

Please talk about SUSPENSION setup. How to adjust clickers and turns.

Awesome....awesome....👍 btw how do we shift gears while riding standing? Thanks

Great tips thanks!do you use a higher seat in the video?

awesome thanks - I'm new to dirtbikes - I'm gonna do the one foot weight drill the next time I ride!!

Loved it. Can you please do a video about slow speed dirt bike drills to practise until we can ride freely again? Thanks.

I could stand up right off the bat and it was pretty rough terrain

I’ve raced fourwheelers for a while and have gotten pretty good at it. So naturally it’s time I try dirt bikes. Any tips before my first harescramble?

Recently traded in my old f800gsa for a new 2019 701 enduro .... relearning how to ride off-road .....thanks for the great vids One question, thoughts on knee braces?

Why would they put such a big seat on there if you weren't ment to sit on it?

Makes me want to go riding with you dude

Once I forgot to switch the gear and I accidentally did a 10 meter wheelie when I started the bike so yeh make sure your on the right gear guys

Crashed my PW 50 a few days ago, wish I would have found this video earlier

So keep the KLR ? It's my fault for buying it?

I have a question, so when I'm riding do I mostly use my pegs to lean the bike, or do I use my hands? When I ride I usually lean the bike with my hands (and they get tired quickly) and keep my body straight. I feel like I get arm pump very quickly. I'm coming from 4 wheelers so managing lean is new to me. So my real question boils down to; do I mostly weight the pegs to lean and grip the tank (staying parallel with the bike) or do I keep conditioning my hands?

When u say weight the handlebar do u mean push down or counter steer?

Great info, I’m getting ready to buy a dirt bike after 30 year hiatus, I’m 6’3/200#, any suggestions?

Tip that I got from a army bloke is to scan the road up and down for obstacles

It all comes to you, just ride

im 16 and i am 109 pounds and i just got a 125 2 stroke, that shit is heavy

Did you put a re map on with the exhaust or is it fine on the stock map?

"The learning curve can be pretty steep without some sound advice...'? Skip this video than ;-)

How do you feel about Steg Pegs for newer riders?

does the balance transfer from mountain biking?

Lets jus say ridin a dirt bike way more complicated than I had intially thought..😅

Hi bro how tall are you?? Can I use this bike with my height 5'11 Ft?? please answer 🙏🙏

If I am 50yo, started at 4yo, raced enduros, motocross, and TT, and have a 34" inseam despite being only 5' 9", can I say I have been stretching my frog legs out with my butt back and arms stretched for 46yrs w/out catching crap? I always take exception to that "never."

This is my first road kzfaq.infoUgkxMesz3KOGEmwmvyKQfLfrRSUXLFzfVHZA and I have taken it out a handful of times and so far it is exceeding all of my expectations. I didn’t want to break the bank on a first bike and the herd is a great option for getting a fast bike with reliable components. I plan on riding this bike for many years to come. Thank you Sava!

Im not meaning to negatively point this out but you had mentioned the opposite. have you heard of weighting your outside foot peg on a corner .

I was always naturally good at all the things required to ride, balance, good throttle control, clutch control etc. once I started paying attention to those things I think I got worse bc then I was over thinking it instead of letting It just be second nature

YA DOG SO RADICALLL

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I have stood so much this summer that I don't even think about it anymore. check out my videos and see.

I was riding lots in the spring I started to get good then all of a sudden I was driving the same trail and I felt all over the place. I thought I was doing something wrong for a couple months. Then all of a sudden I find a bad wheel bearing. And by bad I mean all the balls were gone and just the inner and outer races were left. Explains why I was falling side to side so much. Lol.

I use my ass as a keel weight, LOL. Swing it over the rear when riding sand, swing it to the opposite side when stand up cornering. However i have never seen anybody sit so far on the tank when enduro riding? Mayb im doing it wrong, but it works for me

Tipp number 1 has to be: Get training lessons!

And the next step is to sell your bike and get a two stroke

Bruh he sitting on the tank thats not comfortable or accurate

Need to lose some weight buddy. Imagine what you’d be able to do then

Dirt bikes have big lovely seats? bullshit

Are you kidding me? Sometimes you need to sit far back, for better acceleration or when riding in sand to unload the front wheel. What recipe for a disaster are you talking about, just curious? And you never sit as far forward as you showed in your video, not even in turns, that's way too close. Putting too much weight on the front will send you over the bars in no time, especially in sand. Generally you're much safer staying too far back than too far forward.

Some time ago, I asked for tuition on how to change gear, up and down, whilst standing on the pegs. I was assured this would be coming very soon, but alas it’s now about a year ago and I am still struggling. Have I missed some videos? If not, just a repeat appeal, PLEASEEEEE can we have some video instruction for gear changing while standing? Always great videos Llel. Ride safe, Dave from Sunny Scarborough.