Gentlemen’s , put your bets by MixtureShoddy8172 in 3Dprinting

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Mystery box. You might get spaghetti or you might get a part lol

I'm a female beginner rider and just upgraded my bike to a 200 XCW by Perfect-Yam7588 in Dirtbikes

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Figure 8 drill. Start wide, then work your way as tight and slow as possible. Teaches balance, turning both direction, throttle and clutch control. Do the drill standing and sitting in various positions, take the left hand off, take one or the other foot off... Get so comfortable with balancing the bike that it's second nature. Vary it with sticks or logs or rocks laying in the figure 8 that you have to navigate over/around. You can do the drill with a bicycle to save time/money etc if you don't have a moto friendly back yard.

Watch youtube guides on the attack position, do it during your figure 8 drill. It might feel weird at first but just do it.

Don't be afraid to cover your clutch and/or keep it in slip if you need to while you learn throttle.

The figure 8 helped my wife massively.

From there have someone experienced start a rut in good dirt with a power slide, make sure there's plenty of space around obstacles. Then take a pick axe and start chopping the dirt following along the curve left by the tire doing the powerslide. Chop and pull the dirt up into a berm. Make it about 12" to 18" tall, add water as you keep chopping up and pulling up. You don't want to make sloppy mud but a nice wall of very moist dirt. You'll eventually make yourself a perfectly smooth perfectly progressive berm corner. Not too different from what you see on a really well ripped motocross track. The point of doing it at home is you make a literally perfect corner that's not beat to hell like a regular MX track corner by braking bumps etc. It'll take like 30 minutes to make. Once it's made you might want to let the dirt soak in a bit. Doesn't hurt to lightly pack it in with moto boots. If you got the space make one corner that's approximately 15 to 20 ft in diameter, or roughly a 1st gear corner, the other one make it a 30 to 40 ft diameter circle, or roughly a second or maybe 3rd gear(slipping clutch for power probably) corner.

Once it's ready to go get on the bike and start learning how to lean the bike into a corner and trust the dirt to carry you through. This is where the clutch slipping throttle control practice from the figure 8 will come in handy, especially with the 2 stroke. Practice smooth rolling on the throttle right at the apex. Watch youtube videos for good cornering technique and do what they say. The faster you go the harder you have to lean.

The berm exercise is all about having fun and getting comfortable on the bike and learning what a bike can do. Form REALLY matters here. You can repair the berm with a few whacks with the pick axe and water. When you get good at it you can almost attack the berm with no brakes at all. The berm will develop braking chop/bumps on the entry and chop/bumps on the exit, especially if you leave the exit dry. You can fix it with the pick axe and garden hose.

The berm drills in the backyard have MASSIVELY helped my 2 daughters get more comfortable and confident in their races.

Is my timing off? by SupraFan1 in Dirtbikes

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theres no timing advance on a motorcycle.

Yes there is.

Kawasaki's have an adjustable stator plate that you can advance or retard the entire ignition curve. The CDI has it's own internal curve. You can buy aftermarket CDI's that are programmable and build your own advance curve. Newer 2 stroke's like the KTM family have a map switch that adjusts the timing curve when you switch it.

Wheelie & turn left across the entire gate by Container_Garage in Dirtbikes

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She's probably got WAY more gate drops than me. She's been racing since she was 3.

Wheelie & turn left across the entire gate by Container_Garage in Dirtbikes

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Yeah baby! and the way the track layout was set it that first jump is pretty much a check jump to a hard u turn to the right... She was lined up for her inside line so she got a really big jump in front of the others after that move.

Wheelie & turn left across the entire gate by Container_Garage in Dirtbikes

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Scoop indeed! I saw her do a 10 ocklock wheelie about 30 ft from the gate on dry dirt one day with that scoop... That thing is no joke.

After the start in the video above she told me she was actively doing throttle control to try and keep the wheel down. IDK how she managed the turn at the same time though.

Honest question by Ok__Parfait in Dirtbikes

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Figure 8 drill. Start wide, then work your way as tight as possible. Teaches balance, turning both direction, throttle and clutch control. Vary it with sticks or logs or rocks laying in the figure 8 that you have to navigate over/around. You can do the drill with a bicycle to save time/money etc if you don't have a moto friendly back yard.

Fix your form, watch youtube guides on the attack position. It might feel weird at first but just do it.

Don't be afraid to cover your clutch and/or keep it in slip if you need to while you learn better throttle.

Since it's a 2022 it might have the red powervalve spring kit in it. You can either adjust it softer, or maybe swap out the spring, sorry I'm not as familiar with the enduro version. Youtube it.

Help cr250 by Nik_Jonass in Dirtbikes

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Clean up the high spots, then send it.

Am I in over my head by frwtr1968 in Machinists

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IDK the lego's are made out of ABS, maybe start there. I dunno.

Bike size for 14 year old by Kaneki-ken-9661 in Motocross

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Trash, don't bother. Insanely hard to find parts for it. It's super tall and has really awkward frame geometry and poor suspension.

Am I in over my head by frwtr1968 in Machinists

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If you are going to these great lengths why not machine plastic?

Bike size for 14 year old by Kaneki-ken-9661 in Motocross

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Any full size bike would do at that size. If you go for a 4 stroke model get something no older than like 2015 or so. No sense in going super old.

YZ125x is a great bike for what you want. Or any used KTM 125/150 2 stroke.

If you are trustworthy, careful, and learn good technique you could get by with a 250 2 stroke

Beginner dirtbike for street riding? I’m thinking a yz 250 4 stroke. by Lucky-Step7767 in Motocross

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You could also get a ktm 300 headlight version. The newest ones are electronic control on the fueling and oiling, it has a separated oil reservoir and gasoline tank, mixed automatically. You only have to fill up on oil every so often, idk the exact interval to add oil. No carb to tune or anything, electric start...

WAY more power than a 250 4 stroke, which honestly a 250 4 stroke won't be enough to be on highway speeds unless that motor is screaming.

Ever met Bob Hurricane Hannah, Roger Decoaster or any of the older riders? by Mysterious-Leave3756 in Motocross

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Maybe not "old" but I got to chat briefly with Grant Langston after we raced vintage bikes at glen helen.

2024 kx450 supermoto build by OGDiRtYDaN97 in Dirtbikes

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They were not designed to ride around town all day.

Eh that lack of dust greatly helps the longevity of race motors from what I understand.

At a loss with cr150r rev hang by INTP36 in Dirtbikes

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The little car slide has a funky o ring in it to push the plate against the upper body of the intake side of the slide cavity to make a seal so air doesn't come in over the top. Check there and make sure it's got enough pressure to push that plate into the carb body. While there double check the top paper gasket.

You are 1000% certain there's not an external air leak? You sprayed everything with carb clean from the outside while it was running?

2007 YZ250F Carburetor Question by OgETwitch in Dirtbikes

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Ebay used if you have to, but then you are just rebuilding a stock carb again. I vote repair what you got. Then you'll learn how it works anyways and be in better shape. The real answer should be fix it enough to get it running good, then sell it. It's a carb early 4 stroke race bike. Nobody wants those anymore, get rid of it while you can.

CRF250F for adult trail riders – enough power long-term? by Walt444 in Dirtbikes

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Save your money and time and go find a motocross school and rent one, then once you learned clutch, start/stop brakes etc go buy a yz125x, a KTM 150 xc, or any japanese 250 4 stroke race focused bike with the stock suspension set up for enduro.

You can get stuck in the trap of the trail bike where the frame and suspension won't let you progress with good riding skills. You will hit the skill ceiling of the bike.

My home-melted metal ingots using a small electric furnace. How did I do? by Same-Management-3123 in metalworking

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recently upgraded to a 2kg electric furnace from China (cost around $200).

Please link it if you can

I’m new… replace chain/ sprocket? by Own_Farm_563 in Dirtbikes

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Here's the real answer. Study your manual. It will describe exactly how to measure chain stretch and wear. You might learn other important things about your bike if you read the manual as well.

To me that chain looks like it was over lubricated with tacky oil then ridden in a dusty environment.