get ya back wheel up those berms a bit mate you can whack the power right back on more or less as soon as you hit the corner ,, rather than after it .. Great video to mate
Your doing good mate, in time you will improve for sure
Try get in the habit of standing up practically everywhere exept the corners, but dont stand bend your knees slightly ready to absorb the bumps, get your chin over the bar and most importantly grip the bike with your knees; this is where you gain aloot of your control over the bike. It wont just happen straight away, just try get into the habit of doing it until one day you will do it without even thinking about it
That track looks quite dry and rough with acceleration bumps/braking bumps, so when you are coming up to the jumps in this vid try lean back more to absorb the bumps, then move to the front of the bike as you get on to the face of the jump, but dont let off the throttle, even if you just blip up the face should be allright, you let off the throttle whilst leaning forward your nose diving
For the corners, stand up all the time you are braking for the corner or even going in to the corner; as soon as you want to put the power down thats when you sit; sit nearer the front of the bike, elbows up and lean back at tad just to get abit more weight onto the back wheel for traction when you are powering out of the corner
At this stage you will probably not be relying on rutts and berms for your speed around corners, so if you are approaching a corner with a sweeping turn rather than i.e. a hairpin, you want to sit so your ass cheek it almost hanging off the outer edge of the seat in relation to which way you are turning, inner leg up and forward for balance and outer leg pushing hard on the outer peg. This will help prevent the bike from sliding out, as you are putting weight into the rear wheel creating more grip. Its an art to perfect, leaning the bike over into the corner but yourself positioning your self onto the outside of the bike whilst putting pressure on that peg, but once you get it you will be laughing
One of the most important things in mx is elbows up! If this means you have to push your levers down to get into the habit of having your elbows up in order to operate them so be it. Thats what i did and it worked. I know your not a total begginer but allot of them sit towards the back of the bike, i cant really tell what your doing in this vid, but try stay central and to the front of the bike depending on the situation, you should never really sit to tbe back of the bike, fucus on staying within the front 2/3rds
When you get a rutt, sit forward right to the front of the seat, get your elbows up and look at where you want to go, not where your going. Keep your body in the nuetral position, dont lean forward dont lean back too much, but when you begin to exit the rut and put the power on slowly start the lean back for weight disribution into the rear tyre. Flow into the rut then slowly start putting the power on, dont snap at the throttle. Don t be afraid to lean the bike over, but naturally at first you will not feel comfortable, but keep practicing and you will get use to it. There are more advanced tecniques for staying in a ruts such as feathering your front brake, but i wouldn't worry about that yet just practice your form
Allot of motocross is all about your form on the bike, get your form right in realtion to the different scenarios and you will only get quicker and quicker and find it allot easier, and a hell of allot less energy wasted
I wont get into the bike setup as you have only just started mx, so just practice your form and have fun
Lastly when you jump and in the air you find you are nose diving, give it a handful and it will bring the back wheel down therefore front up. If your front end high, tap the back brake, but at your stage you probably wouldn't have enough air time to find the back break one effective.
This is a seriously brief guide to the basics of mx, there is so much to learn but its so satisfying putting what advice people tell you to practice on the track and it actually works! Eveything i have included here is something i bave tried and tested and they all work, every single technique stated is what i use when i ride
