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[mulisha_mike]

I am thinkin I am going to give racing a try this season out at the local mx track, just wondering if any body has any advice for racing.

thanks

[stavross]

getting up early sucks

[Blue Haze]

Just have fun :)

[5th pinned]

like blue haze said just have fun.

[mulisha_mike]

i will have fun, but does any one have any advice like how to's or somthing, any thing will help

[Robbo66]

if you cant pass someone, rev the bike hard going into a corner. over rev your bike everywhere when your following, so they can here that your right up there arse. they will tend to start making mistakes, and will open a door for you to go ahead.

[METAL_MULISHA41]

yeah mate go for gold and kick all of den. im thinkin about doing the same but the track is am hour anyway from hear so it sux but anyway u have a good one bruzz...

[Robbo66]

ok, heres some confident boosting..!

you only get 1 shot at life. you only get 1 shot at being 16. why not just go hard. put your life on the line. you chose the sport. theres nothing more certian in life then death. as soon as you are born, you are garenteed to die.
its what we are here for. use the most of this small time frame we have in life. atleast die doing something you love, because you have to die 1 day. go hard, break your leg trying, instead of braking your leg because you dropped it.

dont be scared!
well.. there the words of wisdom i live by. i hope someone who reads this, understands it, and uses life more, and lives life to the fullest. you only got one chance.

robbo

[mulisha_mike]

i completely understand what your saying, hang everything out there and the worst that can happen is youll die, HAPPY

btw that was good logical advice on the revving the hell outa the bike, i'll try it on my little brother and his friends, hehehe

[yamaha_54]

ne other tips 4 passing coz if i get a bad start i allways get stuck behind the slow guys and cant get past which pisses me of coz i no im faster than them. i only started racing about a month ago so the whole passing thing is pretty new 4 me.
thanx

[Robbo66]

yep, ive got more tips. so, your a begineer, and if your right behind someone, obviously there a begineer to MX right? exactly.
say the fastest line on a corner, is the outside, so you cant pass him. try get on the inside and block him. if he can here you coming on the inside, whats he gonna do? shit and let you in. i use to do it all the time.

i was scared of faster riders because they used to block me and coming screaming up the inside. but now thats what im doing to the lap riders, or if i get a bad start.

dont let anyone take your line. but take everybody elses line. just make sure your front wheel is over there back on the inside, and just fly up to them. even if its way slower then following him, he will let you through. it doesnt matter if its the slowwer line, he will get scared. dont wait for an invitation, OPEN the DOOR and walk right in.

i dribbled a little bit there..

hope it helps. i can explain a bit more specific if you want. anything else i can help you with?

[deathtroop666]

you only get 1 shot at life. you only get 1 shot at being 16. why not just go hard. put your life on the line. you chose the sport. theres nothing more certian in life then death. as soon as you are born, you are garenteed to die.

yeah dude i agree!!! RIDE HARD FLY HIGH CRASH HARD!!!!!!!!!!!

[stavross]

learn how to brake properly... you will be amazed when you use the braking posotion properly, how far you can go into a corner past the start of the braking bumps.

[mrwhippee]

just go out there and go nuts. and show plenty of style :D

[The Snitz]

Umm Deathtroop666.. Not the best advice for beginners mate... Don't listen to him play it safe mate

[yamaha_54]

yeh thanx robbo. i tried that reving the shit outa my bike thing 2day wen i was racing and 1 guy actualy pulled off 2 the side of the track and let me past! lol but i spose il get betta with practice

[twisties]

heres some good advice, get your mums broom, cut the handle in half, slide it up your sleeve. if u go into a corner n some guy is anoing you, jam it in his spokes. if some guy is too far away from you to jam it in his spokes, throw it at him. or if youve just got that guy who is a little bit infront of you but he wont let you past even though your much faster, hit him with it. hope i helped :D:D

seriously, take it easy on your practice and see what times you are getting compared to the better guys. n then when it comes to your race every gap you get jump in. dont be shy.

[FoXRaCiNG.2]

stand up! u can controll the bike much easier. and listen to what robbo is dribbling on about he spoke to me bout that before the race and i got 1st in c-grade and now i'm in b-grade ! so GO hard but stay in controll, and most of all have fun:p :p

[scobes]

I've been racing mx for 10 years, and on sunday had my first senior race day, teh last race was a mermrial trophy race, a 10 lapper, with a handicap start, all day i won the 125/250f class, so in the handicap i was put 23rd out of 25 so i was with the A grade 450f rider and stuff, adn I won the race, i did this not because i could do a normal lap time quicker, just that was passing was so good, i wassed all teh riders back that took off before me, tehn alpped to 10th, and then double lapped some people.
I feel to pass good you just gotta go for it, when i was younger i use to alls get pushed around on teh tarck, but then i learnt to push back, Most riders use all the putside lines, so at practise do all inside lines, i am a prodomiantly inside line rider anyway, then as soon as you get a slight chance or opening just go for it and push them out, if you have to, but the biggest advise is, never use the same line as the rider in front of you, whether the otehr line is slower or not, because if you keep staying behind them, there gonna make mistakes and if they stop right in front of yo uor something you won't capitalise on there mistake

[Will86]

dudes im gettin pumped to race just from reading this thread.....boys n girls when robbo talks u listen....hes a wealth of information, like the stone on the starting gate !!!! robbo dont stop dude!!

hahahaha man i wanna race!

[scobes]

Originally posted by Will86
dudes im gettin pumped to race just from reading this thread.....boys n girls when robbo talks u listen....hes a wealth of information, like the stone on the starting gate !!!! robbo dont stop dude!!

hahahaha man i wanna race!

Robbo the mx teacher thats the funniest thing i've heard all day, take some of your own advise robbo, and then try and win:D

[FrEe_ RiDiNg]

Robbo66

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ok, heres some confident boosting..!

you only get 1 shot at life. you only get 1 shot at being 16. why not just go hard. put your life on the line. you chose the sport. theres nothing more certian in life then death. as soon as you are born, you are garenteed to die.
its what we are here for. use the most of this small time frame we have in life. atleast die doing something you love, because you have to die 1 day. go hard, break your leg trying, instead of braking your leg because you dropped it.

dont be scared!
well.. there the words of wisdom i live by. i hope someone who reads this, understands it, and uses life more, and lives life to the fullest. you only got one chance.

robbo

lol robbo dats da sickest quote i swear (im so proud of you)

[mulisha_mike]

does any one have tips for doin the whoops? i can double and sometimes triple the first few sets but then i get outa wack and have to do the little kid way over e, goin over them singally

[ALLEN]

i was just about to ask about whoops might be racing for the 1st time on sunday,went to griffith to watch my mate to see if i wanted to do it and now im so pumped,i cant wait!

[redbull_fmx]

hey mulisha mike i might not be any pro but with whoops i just hit them about 3rd gear 3/4 throttle and just dont back off and keep all the weight on the back end and aboput halfway through i hold it flat. i just read what robbo said and yes it is awesome i live by that when my mates are being pussies and wont do a jump i step up and do it and at the moment i am paying the price for doing it with a screwed back but it will heal and i will be back into it to show my mates they may be fast at mx but they dont have any balls to jump big

[Robbo66]

yeah. what Redbull said basically. try going in a gear higher then normal. if you need to you can hit the gear shifter and drop a gear, but its a bit harder to change up.

lean back, but try keep the front end from going to high. try jump them, and let your rear tyre land in the nice grove, and keep the front end up, but not to high. just enough to get over top of the whoops and stay skimming along the top.

practise makes perfect.

[yamaha_54]

lean back and hold it nailed, usualy works 4 me. it sux i like whoops but we r not allowed 2 hav them at motocross :(

[mulisha_mike]

i went to the track last week and was tryin to be as fast as i could and was passin allot of guys that were in the 250c class (i talked to almost all the guys riding that day) but i always screwed up right at the end of the whoops and it slowed me down allot. and my brother was doin them awsome on his 80 but one of the whoops at the end of them is about 9 inches taller then the previous one and he caught his front tire and went over the bars, screwed himself up pretty good

[m@d_FMXER]

yeah i wanna start racin aswell i think i have the skills

[scobes]

for all you racers, theres new mxracing forums at,

www.mxracing.tk

[m@d_FMXER]

i might check that out

[Robbo66]

you might think about checking it out? hehe

[scobes]

yep check em out, cause i made em:D

[I_Bleed_blue]

yeh im getting into racing in 2 weeks. i have my own track 2 so ill get lots of practise and me and my baby(yz85) will hopfully rip it up

[fmx69]

ANYONE RIDING IN THE THUMBER FMX AT MORNINGTON IN 25/7/2004??