Never driven a bike before and going motorcross tomorrow!

Phate · 29 Apr 2006 at 19:54

well ive never driven a motorbike before i've been on the back of my dads etc. but recently dad and his mate both bought KX250F motorcross bikes, and they've been going for a few weeks and ive finally convinced them to go on a sunday instead so i can come (i work saturdays) and so we are going tomorrow, and i've got myself a pair of motorcross boots (currently wearing them

) and i simply can't wait, now i kinda no how to change gears on a bike etc but is there anything i should look out for as a bike newb? im not expecting to go and do 40ft jumps lol just gonna go round slowly hehe

so just wondering is it really wierd from driving a car all the time to going on a bike? a motorcross bike for that matter!

cheers for any info people

Mic · 29 Apr 2006 at 19:55

Dont fall off.

Sound advice that.

Phate · 29 Apr 2006 at 19:57

Mic said:
Dont fall off.

i thought on the world superbikes they came off when the crowd died down to keep their attention

paradigm · 29 Apr 2006 at 20:04

Well your first downfall is expecting to "drive" a bike. You "ride" a bike

Sagalout · 29 Apr 2006 at 20:09

Well depending on the course you're in for a damned steep learning curve!

Try just going round the car park first.

Biggest difference in power delivery will be the power band - generally most cars are constant and smoothish throughout the rev range whereas motox bikes hit a power band meaning you go from low power to turbo nutter power in the blink of an eye haha.

TbirdX · 29 Apr 2006 at 21:00

Take plasters and possibly bandages, you're going to need them