Trail Riding Tips PART 2 

Bruce Copner Thank you Bruce! I know that I still have a lot to learn but I really do enjoy sharing what I know now with my audience :).

@@megs_braap Bruce is absolutely right. Very well explained and executed, especially with the slo mo. Pivot turns, gotta try that. :)

Nate Barnes No problem, I appreciate you watching my vids!

Mountain Mom No problem!

Eugene Chimy you arent very seasoned yet then

I dont understand why everybody cant just do it subconsciously

Thanks for that great feedback! I’m happy to help :).

Yes I'm really enjoying riding the four stroke! Thank you, it's true, not many people think of #3 but it's pretty important. Thanks for watching and I appreciate the comment!

Jack Theripper Thank you! I love making them!

KtM2T You’re welcome! Thanks for watching :D.

No problem! Glad I could help :D.

Z Shark You’re very welcome! It seems like such a simple tip but we don’t always think of these things. Before someone pointed it out to me I was always turning my head and closing my eyes.

Joe Harvey Hello Joe! I gained confidence my trying and trying and trying. Lots of failures finally lead to successes. Experiencing how persistence and hard work truly does pay off helped me to realized that I can do anything I set my mind to! I think it’s really cool that you’re out riding at the age of 69. I hear from people in their 40s all the time saying they’re “too old for that”. Thanks for watching my vids and leaving to positive comment! I really appreciate your support.

Will do! Thanks for the feedback :D

Neal Brooker For bermed corners like on the motocross track it is the opposite. I’m sitting on the outside edge of my seat, forward on the bike, inside leg out against the shroud for balance, and outside food pushing down on the peg to re-enforce your center of gravity. It’s completely different from those quick (standing up) turns through the woods.

How do you square weighting the inside peg with all the advice that says to get your weight to the outside on turns? I've heard that you should weight the inside peg just to initiate the turn and get the bike leaned, but then weight the outside peg for counterbalance, mostly by getting your butt to the outside, once the bike is leaned over. Or maybe you're saying, Megs, that on quick turns in the trails you shouldn't worry so much about getting your butt to the outside and instead just think about feet and weighting the inside peg?

Jeff Eaton No I haven’t ridden there before. I’ve heard lots about it though!

cadwarrior Yes I still use my two stroke in the snow but when it gets really cold I definitely prefer a fuel injected bike. For snow biking I would always choose a four stroke for this reason. I also love the power delivery of the four stroke for snow riding.

Megan Griffiths Enduro thanks for your answer, love your videos and tips, always clear explained!

Redneckenroute Kevan Thanks Kev! That was my Dad’s dog in the background haha.

More guest appearances please!

Ryan Boardman Haha yes that’s probably not a good idea XD.

benjamin mata Hmmm no I haven’t ridden out there yet.

george I weight the inner for fast, flowy, stand-up corners. The only time I weight my outside peg for cornering is for sit-down corners such as on the motocross track or sometimes in the trails. This helps with balance and allows you to lean the bike over farther.

Laws of physics are at work during cornering and your technique allows you to better control the entire mass and make the turns faster. By weighting the inside of the turn you are increasing the force of gravity which is trying to pull you and the bike to the ground as you lean towards the turn. This increased force of gravity will counter the increased centrifugal force which is trying to throw you out of the corner. As a whole, you are creating a balance between the two forces which allows bike and rider to sway into and through the turn as fast as desired. There is a formula that describes this and there are more variables than I mentioned. Think of driving a car around a long gradual curve at high speed and how you instinctively find yourself leaning into the curve...even in a drivers seat. As you are standing on the pegs during your turns the centre of mass is higher than when sitting and the force of gravity is also different. Thanks for your videos. They are appreciated.

I should add that as you described, your inner weighted peg reduces the steering effort required to make the fast flowy turns. This will reduce fatigue and upper body work load.

sdq sdq Part 1 is the most recent upload before this one. Called Trail Roding Tips - How to get over obstacles

Thank you!

Adam Ryder dude... What's youre problem... Att least i try it. Make a dutch comment and i judged you