One of the BEST DRILLS for the Average TRAIL RIDER!

Today the IRC Tire Guy starts the adaptability series with proper acceleration and deceleration form.

[Chris-uteq]

As others have said, rode in my youth and getting back into in my senior years. I'm viewing this as safety training to help me explore the wild places. Thank you for posting! 👍

[TruePatriot]

What a GREAT video! My knee won't allow me to practice this way, but it's nice to have these basic concepts laid out so clearly--I wish I'd seen this 40 years ago. But thank you, Rich Larsen--your teaching are very important!

[krproton]

Been riding motorcycles just about all of my 61 years, but getting back into offroad riding. Abysmally slow in my first two harescramble races, but trying to up my game by improving my conditioning and technique by riding more between races. I'll be keeping the techniques in this video in mind and practicing them during my ride tomorrow and from here on out. Thank you so much for giving me some direction. 👍🏻

[mustgofaster]

Fantastic video series. Very informative, and provides the “why” not just the “how”

[philgoogle]

What a revelation Rich. That lack of weight shift timing is the reason why I'm exhausted after riding with my much more experienced colleagues who are 5-10 years older than me. I thought it was just me trying to exaggerate my body position in turns but realise now its not just side-to-side but back and forth as well.
I'll be definitely practising one handed stop-and-gos obsessively from now on.
Thank you so much Rich👍

[chrisian]

At 51 and with a new 300L this video and many others by you are my guide. Thank you. I’ve learned so much from just this video it’s crazy. The only problem is that all I want to do is go practice.

[kennethvolker]

This is a great video, I flew Cobras and Apaches in the Army for quite a few years and your breakdown of each maneuver reminds of some of the Instructor Pilots that would give our annual Check Ride. I’m 65 and just got back into riding looking to be a very good technical rider. Thanks for your help.

[brianejay]

Thanks! You broke that down perfectly and backed it up with solid video examples. I’ll be practicing this the next time I ride.

[adamherzing]

You are a phenomenal instructor and rider! Thanks for all of these videos, I learn something new every single time!

[billc]

This is fantastic! You explain it so much better than I could ever hope to do. And you are so right when you say that a ton of other videos mention the attack position or any of the other key terms but none of them talk about the preemptive movement needs to happen but so many people just gloss over because it has become second nature to them. Thank you for doing what you do and helping all of us become better riders!

[derekwoods]

Thanks for helping! Much appreciated for those of us who have tons to learn.

[raymondsiewert]

That was one of the best explanation of body position for dirt bike riding, no matter the discipline ! You are a great rider . 😁

[Dissentient]

So stoked on your content. Thank you for the upload!

[BigDaveTALKS]

Once again, thank you for the great info. About the arm pump, I now have a habit of just slowing down and resetting when I start feeling arm pump. This usually happens in the beginning of my ride before I am warmed up and riding too fast for my brain, but afterwards IT'S ON. Hey I wish I would have had this information a month ago as far as pulling the clutch in. It only took once to learn that mistake. I took a turn too fast and as soon as I pulled the clutch the bike actually sped up and I went off track towards a tree, didn't hit it, but I sure did learn what I did wrong really quick.

[MotoJB]

Such good instruction and a great rider!

[ShadowsFirst]

Thank you again for these videos Rich! I'm gonna conquer one of those concrete barriers this year. Right after I figure out where they come from. Big goal for me I've been working towards. This is the year, I can feel it.

[jimbrown]

I'm always amazed at how bad I ride.

[bbarker]

I'm hoping to use these to get more confidence to ride like I used to. I had been off of bike for way to long due to life & medical issues.

[michail]

Thank you very much for all the helpful videos. I see the tangible improvements in my riding👍. One question about braking without a clutch - I do focus on this a lot, but I struggle to ride very steep downhills without pulling the clutch when braking…simply the speed preventing engine stall even at 1st gear is too high. I guess at such scenario using clutch is inevitable:)?

[AntiStressKit]

Rich, this is super helpful, follow your channel avidly and put these drills into practice. Would you agree that with proper form and taking the load off of the arms, the majority of the strain is now mitigated by the quads, hamstrings and lower back muscles? Thanks