As a beginner (30s adult) this is incredible. Thank you for the long winded explanations. I ride with experienced riders and noticed them doing these things all the time, but I had no idea how or why. I am in week 3 of your progression course, im not as balanced as I once thought I was lol.
Agree, slow extended explanation works best. Late 40's rider trying to teach my girls. By far the best explanations for people that have some balance and or athletic ability, which is needed I've found for trail/Enduro riding.
Love hearing that there are a lot of new adult riders. I hope you get even half the enjoyment I do from the sport. I'm 67 and have been riding since I was a kid. And I'm still a kid everytime I ride. It's like a time machine.
This is my first season riding a dirt bike and I cannot thank IRC and Rich enough for posting this stuff. Turns out it's tough starting new hobbies as an adult 😅
After many years of riding dirt. I had these skills down, but I did not think of how it was done part. Now 25 years later, with 80% all street, muscle memory is gone, and relearning has been very difficult. Especially after two back surgeries. My brain says, "I can this," the body says, just give up. So at 71. I appreciate your teaching methods. Thanks for doing this
Once again a masterclass in providing us mere mortals comprehensive and easily understandable guidance. The best content a person trying to better themselves could ask for. Many thanks ☺️
Very well made video. What I like most here is that you not only show what to do in slow motion, but you are talented enough to show what not to do. This is worth a million words. Subscribed!
Thanks a lot for this! I just got into enduro trail here in Brazil, and i will try my best to master these techniques, Your slow-mo explanations are awesome!
Your videos and precise description about the required techniques are amazing good...!! It is really helpful the way that you described everything and break it down in pieces that a beginner can understand it. Thanks !!!
As always great break down of what each part of the body is doing in relation to the bike. I’m 56 and this has been so helpful with getting me out of my bad habits. Cheers Rich
I'm in my 50's, and spent nearly all of my 20's and 30's riding in the dunes where these lessons aren't as critical or pronounced. Basically, it was just roll on the throttle and carve away. Now that I am older and riding trails on a TW200 (I know... old man bike), I am finding the need to be a more technically correct rider. Many say that riding in sand is tough, but because I learned to ride sand first, and it's all I've ever known, it seems easy... and a transition to hard pack feels like I am on ice. Very uncomfortable at times. Your lessons have been amazingly helpful in feeling secure and planted on the bike when riding hard pack. Thanks for taking the time to be clear and detailed in your lessons. I will take long-winded teaching over dumbed-down abbreviated lessons every time. Excellent video!
I'm an avid watcher of your videos but this one helped me understand mistakes I've been making all along. When you showed what happens when your body is back going up the obstacle it hit me. That's why I almost lose it even though I've made it over the obstacle. Can't wait to ride again and practice proper body position.
This was great! I have omitted to pay attention to this. Thank you! Btw, I've also got myself a trials bike and it makes learning things for the enduro bike soooo much easier!
I just want to add that there are a lot of "older" riders out there. I had a dirt bike as a teenager, then bought another dirt bike at 56. Almost 40 yrs between dirtbikes. You know what, I can pretty much keep up with the folks I ride with. Not the fastest, but fast enough for me. The thing is, don't let age keep you from riding. Side note, the majority of riders I know run at least one IRC tire. The most popular is the VE33s on the rear. When talking to the folks I meet at the trails, IRC Tire youtube channel and Rich Larsen pop up all the time. The experienced riders frequently say, "You gotta check out the IRC channel. Good riding tips". I hope one day to meet Rich and shake his hand.
I think I figured out how guys like Jean Michale Bayle and Ron Lechien got so smooth and fast. They did not train off the bike very much. What I did when I got tired was to do other exercises, (running, bicycling, rowing machine), to get into better shape. What they did when they got tired, is figure out how to ride the bike to not get tired. That is how they got so smooth and fast.
To all the new riders watching and learning from Rich's expertise and excellent teaching ability, keep practicing! I can say from experience when you have been using bad technique for 20 years it is VERY HARD to retrain your brain. Add a few whiskey throttle moments here and there and being able to clear a small log standing up seems like a pipe dream.
@IRCTireUSAMoto thanks for the detailed explanation. This is definitely a basic, muscle memory thing that I am working on. Doing it wrong results in greater consequences for someone like me who has a short inseam. Riding goals!
I also notice that on the bigger obstacles, your front tire is still moving upward before your back wheel hits the obstacle. That helps the front end to not drop too fast, as it has to change direction, as it is still elevating, before it can drop.
Greetings from Puerto Rico and thanks for everything you teach. At some point you could teach how to tune the suspensions. I am a Mountainbiker and I am a fan of suspensions and I know that it is vital to have a comfortable and efficient run. Thanks a lot for everything. both with sprints for my weight and with sag for me. More would be like getting carried away in the compression and rebound of both. I'm adjusting little by little, letting myself be carried away by how they behave and what I know about mountain biking, but it's not the same. (2023 Beta 250rr with KYB front suspension upgrade).
I practiced this technique you thought and used it on a race this weekend and it was so cool...I ride a KMX 125 but I beat the crap of Beta 300 and KTM users during the obstacle courses...it was really so much fun to beat them on a small.bore...hahaha! Thanks for the tip...do more videos on these types of hacks...techniques
GUARANTEED!! Static Balance in 5 Minutes! Enduro Progression Series EP.1 th-cam.com/video/kiGg44JNuAE/w-d-xo.html This will work if you follow it exactly 👍
This one was just extra good. I feel like it just put so many steps together in a memorable way that made sense... it was like the opposite of a kaleidoscope. All these fractured ideas suddenly coalesce into something understandable! Take that algorithm! This is ENGAGEMENT! all should hear this message! Go forth and PREACH! to the dirty dirty Dirtbikers!
actually we don't get weight away from rear tyre when we lean forward at obstacle because bike is standing up as we are so basically we're vertically over rear tyre getting stil good traction. Great vid.
Notice also at min 3:12 that his handle bars are not rotated so far forward that the ends of the grips are pointing up, (pointing down is the natural hand position), which makes it easier to keep your elbows up. And his levers are pointing down slightly so his fingers are in line with his straight(er) wrists and elevated elbows. This is the rational set up of the 80's and 90's, before freestyle got big. Most pro MX riders today have adopted a freestyle handlebar set up (very forward, for freestyle leg trick clearance), and with out a berm, the feel in the corners is greatly reduced. I have never seen so many pro MX riders drop the bike in a flatter corner like I see today. I would love to see how many fall in a real, clay (does not rut up), off camber corner, but such a corner does not exist on a modern MX track. "Old school" was more rational, and I think in every industry. I see we are entering an era of irrationality. I just thought MX would be the last to go irrational, so it is a generational issue. I think this younger generation was taught in school that their parents are old fashioned, or even stupid. So they are starting life from scratch, and were not taught how to think.
When I am tacking smaller logs or logs with a slope - it is all fine, smooth mini jump over, but when logs a bigger (like half the size of the front wheel) I start getting very nasty kick from back suspension. And when applying more throttle it even worse. Is anyone experiencing same issue? And maybe has any ideas how to fix it?
member the VE33? i'm 63 y/o, used it waaaay back. still do, studded (done at home) and not studded. IRC stuff rocks. Rich has this video nailed. he's your modern day Dick Burleson w/ the "attack position", as we called it. head over bar, elbows bent, leave room for a push over the top so yer arms dont get yanked. Rich knows- dont listen to me, just watch his stuff. we didnt have this tutorial back in the day of air cooled bikes and no interwebs (just Dirt Bike mag and Super Hunky). you guys should feel lucky. just watch his videos, this is really good stuff, esp "side hill". (this is VITAL for the gnar, watch it). watch n learn and you young guns will be able to pass us old farts in the steeps and gnar. braaaaaaaap! see ya on the trail. - kev, "901GM"
As a beginner (30s adult) this is incredible. Thank you for the long winded explanations. I ride with experienced riders and noticed them doing these things all the time, but I had no idea how or why. I am in week 3 of your progression course, im not as balanced as I once thought I was lol.
Awesome to hear your working through the progressions! I’m stoked to help!
Coming from a beginner rider at 43. 👍🫡
@@reddirtmoto4841 I'm 44 😇
Agree, slow extended explanation works best. Late 40's rider trying to teach my girls. By far the best explanations for people that have some balance and or athletic ability, which is needed I've found for trail/Enduro riding.
Love hearing that there are a lot of new adult riders. I hope you get even half the enjoyment I do from the sport. I'm 67 and have been riding since I was a kid. And I'm still a kid everytime I ride. It's like a time machine.
This is my first season riding a dirt bike and I cannot thank IRC and Rich enough for posting this stuff. Turns out it's tough starting new hobbies as an adult 😅
Great video. Most important for an older rider like me to get the techniques right, to avoid unecessary injury and stress on the body.
After many years of riding dirt. I had these skills down, but I did not think of how it was done part. Now 25 years later, with 80% all street, muscle memory is gone, and relearning has been very difficult. Especially after two back surgeries. My brain says, "I can this," the body says, just give up. So at 71. I appreciate your teaching methods. Thanks for doing this
Once again a masterclass in providing us mere mortals comprehensive and easily understandable guidance.
The best content a person trying to better themselves could ask for.
Many thanks ☺️
Very well made video. What I like most here is that you not only show what to do in slow motion, but you are talented enough to show what not to do. This is worth a million words. Subscribed!
Thanks a lot for this! I just got into enduro trail here in Brazil, and i will try my best to master these techniques, Your slow-mo explanations are awesome!
Your videos and precise description about the required techniques are amazing good...!! It is really helpful the way that you described everything and break it down in pieces that a beginner can understand it. Thanks !!!
Best, most pedagogical videos! Thanks!!
As always great break down of what each part of the body is doing in relation to the bike. I’m 56 and this has been so helpful with getting me out of my bad habits. Cheers Rich
This series is gold, keep making them. I never cared much about the tires I run but I’ll be buying a lot more IRC from now on to support you guys.
This channel is among the best follows in off road riding. I was away for a bit with an injury...enjoying the content again!
One of the best tutorials for beginers I've ever seen. Thanks!!
The slow motion video is very helpful and helps me better understand each step in these complex maneuvers. Great stuff Rich!
Wow. I'm watching this at 10pm and want to go out riding to practice it. Thank you Rich. I love your work👍
Excellent tutorial. The slow motion reviews really help. Great video.
Great stuff. Watched several times in order to apply it properly. Many tks
I'm in my 50's, and spent nearly all of my 20's and 30's riding in the dunes where these lessons aren't as critical or pronounced. Basically, it was just roll on the throttle and carve away. Now that I am older and riding trails on a TW200 (I know... old man bike), I am finding the need to be a more technically correct rider. Many say that riding in sand is tough, but because I learned to ride sand first, and it's all I've ever known, it seems easy... and a transition to hard pack feels like I am on ice. Very uncomfortable at times. Your lessons have been amazingly helpful in feeling secure and planted on the bike when riding hard pack. Thanks for taking the time to be clear and detailed in your lessons. I will take long-winded teaching over dumbed-down abbreviated lessons every time. Excellent video!
Thank you so much for these videos! 30 year old beginner here and I appreciate them SO much!
I'm an avid watcher of your videos but this one helped me understand mistakes I've been making all along. When you showed what happens when your body is back going up the obstacle it hit me. That's why I almost lose it even though I've made it over the obstacle. Can't wait to ride again and practice proper body position.
That’s awesome man! I love hearing that!
Great breakdown of this important technique, thanks!
Excellent breakdown as usual rich.. thank you for your knowledge 🤙
Appreciate it!🙌
Thanks so much for your content Rich, all of it is amazing and I am eternally grateful!
Thanks for the support of the channel!
Your videos are gold. I’ve learned a lot and have applied most of the tips. Thanks!
Glad you like them!
Every time worth watching! Thx!
Appreciate the support!
Thanks for sharing all these tips. The best content I’ve found with lots of details. (I’m from Belgium, beginner, 37 years old, sherco 300 SE factory)
Great to hear! Thanks for watching!!
This was great! I have omitted to pay attention to this. Thank you! Btw, I've also got myself a trials bike and it makes learning things for the enduro bike soooo much easier!
Always enjoyable and educational! thank you. Cheers from OZ
Wow very informative, I’m a first time 51 year old dirt bike rider Thanks for breaking down like you did!
I just want to add that there are a lot of "older" riders out there. I had a dirt bike as a teenager, then bought another dirt bike at 56. Almost 40 yrs between dirtbikes. You know what, I can pretty much keep up with the folks I ride with. Not the fastest, but fast enough for me. The thing is, don't let age keep you from riding. Side note, the majority of riders I know run at least one IRC tire. The most popular is the VE33s on the rear. When talking to the folks I meet at the trails, IRC Tire youtube channel and Rich Larsen pop up all the time. The experienced riders frequently say, "You gotta check out the IRC channel. Good riding tips". I hope one day to meet Rich and shake his hand.
Thanks so much for the kind words! Maybe I'll see you at a clinic! I really appreciate the support!
Thank for sharing your ideas,.. I've Manny learned... God bless
I think I figured out how guys like Jean Michale Bayle and Ron Lechien got so smooth and fast. They did not train off the bike very much. What I did when I got tired was to do other exercises, (running, bicycling, rowing machine), to get into better shape. What they did when they got tired, is figure out how to ride the bike to not get tired. That is how they got so smooth and fast.
Thanks a lot for your effort and incredibly helpful videos! These are awesome for me as a beginner!
Happy to hear that!
To all the new riders watching and learning from Rich's expertise and excellent teaching ability, keep practicing! I can say from experience when you have been using bad technique for 20 years it is VERY HARD to retrain your brain. Add a few whiskey throttle moments here and there and being able to clear a small log standing up seems like a pipe dream.
You are the best coach. Period. ❤
Great video and info. and great explanation !!
I love how you break this down so scientifically. Well done
100% on point as always!! 🤘
🙌🙌
This is so helpful, thank you
That was great! Thank you.
Wow this is super helpful. Thanks Rich!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!!
Thank You Rich. Another helpful video explanation. Nice work mate.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another brilliant explanation!
Good instructions in a timely video! Thanks?!
Thank you so much for this great video and very helpful I will try this. Thanks man
great content and bring me back to basics as i begin to prepare for a new season
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent insights!
@IRCTireUSAMoto thanks for the detailed explanation. This is definitely a basic, muscle memory thing that I am working on. Doing it wrong results in greater consequences for someone like me who has a short inseam. Riding goals!
Great instructors 👍
I also notice that on the bigger obstacles, your front tire is still moving upward before your back wheel hits the obstacle. That helps the front end to not drop too fast, as it has to change direction, as it is still elevating, before it can drop.
The full series of videos are incredible helpfull men, thank a lot for them !!
Got broke buying my first bike and got no money left for lessons xD
as always great tips. Now to go practice them
I’ve started the 10 part series.
I find your style very patronising… but Crikey you are always spot on ! Good information.
Many thanks
You’ve said that twice now. Both times you pad it with a compliment. Weird
@@IRCTireUSAMoto Maybe overly sensitive?
wow what a great breakdown of the movements, kinda naturally have done this but never connected the dots
This was awesome man. New subscriber ✌🏻
Thank you Rich.
No worries!🙌
Awesome video! You put so much though into this that you should really write a book on technical riding.
That would be cool!
Great advice
Thank you and may God bless you!
Thank you too!
very helpful info, really appreciate it.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the support!
Great video,thanks :)
I feel attacked 😂 thanks for the checkup!!
Haha! I only say it because it’s true!
this dude should have his own video tutorial, he is the best one I found in TH-cam
Well I’ve put over 200 out on this channel 😁
thank you!!
Brilliant, thanks, just Brilliant
Great as always, thank you. Now I just need discipline and some abandoned place nearby to do the drill
Go for it!
Greetings from Puerto Rico and thanks for everything you teach. At some point you could teach how to tune the suspensions. I am a Mountainbiker and I am a fan of suspensions and I know that it is vital to have a comfortable and efficient run. Thanks a lot for everything. both with sprints for my weight and with sag for me. More would be like getting carried away in the compression and rebound of both. I'm adjusting little by little, letting myself be carried away by how they behave and what I know about mountain biking, but it's not the same. (2023 Beta 250rr with KYB front suspension upgrade).
I second this!!
We’ll see what we can put together!
I practiced this technique you thought and used it on a race this weekend and it was so cool...I ride a KMX 125 but I beat the crap of Beta 300 and KTM users during the obstacle courses...it was really so much fun to beat them on a small.bore...hahaha! Thanks for the tip...do more videos on these types of hacks...techniques
Work, Summer Heat, windy Hot Days, Knee pain, leg pain and Yard Chores SAP my 501 Husqvarna time... Videos like this Inspire me to ride... Thanks
This channel right here is gold. Iam really having trouble on static balance with my crf300l :/ any tips ?
GUARANTEED!! Static Balance in 5 Minutes! Enduro Progression Series EP.1
th-cam.com/video/kiGg44JNuAE/w-d-xo.html
This will work if you follow it exactly 👍
Can I ask what tire model is that one on your right, on the table? Looks great
M5BEVO
Great videos. Any chance you could post about how to crash correctly? What way to abort mid manoeuvre. Thanks
The Riding Technique EVERYONE Needs!! How To CRASH!
th-cam.com/video/0eUGRGXv0_I/w-d-xo.html
Whats your favorite irc tire is it the gekkota jx8 or the other one ?
yes i agree with all, you are the best teacher and master ever🤙
I appreciate that!
@@IRCTireUSAMoto long live brother, be wealthy, be safe,be happy
This is motivating! Time to push some logs out with the tractor and practice this stuff.
Love hearing it!!
Do you offer training here in UT? If so, how do I sign up?
I need that backyard!
Love the irc M5B but it just needs a bit more scoop for lean under power. Wears like iron . And traction is as good as anything
This one was just extra good. I feel like it just put so many steps together in a memorable way that made sense... it was like the opposite of a kaleidoscope. All these fractured ideas suddenly coalesce into something understandable! Take that algorithm! This is ENGAGEMENT! all should hear this message! Go forth and PREACH! to the dirty dirty Dirtbikers!
Haha! You’re the man Mitch! Best comment ever pumped you liked the video! 🙌
hi,great video what is your opinion of handebars raisers for enduro
I run the opposite. Lower astra bars
There you are! I've missed you, Rich!
I’ve been here! Video every Wednesday!
@@IRCTireUSAMoto Yeah, .. but I haven't :( . I need to watch your channel more. It's very inspiring.
Haha thanks for the support!
I’ve been doing this wrong for years. Thanks for something to work on.
Stoked it helped!
Nice track 😜😎
I’ve just been hanging onto my YZ250 for dear life struggling to figure out how to accelerate hard.
Now this makes sense.
thanks
Thx for video, end best regards for you dog from me and my labrador Bady 🤗🐶
LOVE IT
Best vids man
Thanks man
When the rear wheel has reached the top of the obstacle, what do you do? Do you close all the gas and press on the rear brake or accelerate?
Reduce the throttle.
Wow, looks just like my cousin’s backyard. Say hi to Charles for me. Great videos by the way!
Haha it is!
actually we don't get weight away from rear tyre when we lean forward at obstacle because bike is standing up as we are so basically we're vertically over rear tyre getting stil good traction. Great vid.
Yep
Top content
Thanks for watching!
Awesome
Notice also at min 3:12 that his handle bars are not rotated so far forward that the ends of the grips are pointing up, (pointing down is the natural hand position), which makes it easier to keep your elbows up. And his levers are pointing down slightly so his fingers are in line with his straight(er) wrists and elevated elbows. This is the rational set up of the 80's and 90's, before freestyle got big. Most pro MX riders today have adopted a freestyle handlebar set up (very forward, for freestyle leg trick clearance), and with out a berm, the feel in the corners is greatly reduced. I have never seen so many pro MX riders drop the bike in a flatter corner like I see today. I would love to see how many fall in a real, clay (does not rut up), off camber corner, but such a corner does not exist on a modern MX track. "Old school" was more rational, and I think in every industry. I see we are entering an era of irrationality. I just thought MX would be the last to go irrational, so it is a generational issue. I think this younger generation was taught in school that their parents are old fashioned, or even stupid. So they are starting life from scratch, and were not taught how to think.
When I am tacking smaller logs or logs with a slope - it is all fine, smooth mini jump over, but when logs a bigger (like half the size of the front wheel) I start getting very nasty kick from back suspension. And when applying more throttle it even worse. Is anyone experiencing same issue? And maybe has any ideas how to fix it?
member the VE33? i'm 63 y/o, used it waaaay back. still do, studded (done at home) and not studded. IRC stuff rocks. Rich has this video nailed. he's your modern day Dick Burleson w/ the "attack position", as we called it. head over bar, elbows bent, leave room for a push over the top so yer arms dont get yanked. Rich knows- dont listen to me, just watch his stuff. we didnt have this tutorial back in the day of air cooled bikes and no interwebs (just Dirt Bike mag and Super Hunky). you guys should feel lucky. just watch his videos, this is really good stuff, esp "side hill". (this is VITAL for the gnar, watch it). watch n learn and you young guns will be able to pass us old farts in the steeps and gnar. braaaaaaaap! see ya on the trail.
- kev, "901GM"
I had to do a lot of stretching. My hamstrings were tight which brought me out of proper position
Agreed!!
I get horrible arm pump. Will try this.
mantap .... free teaching by irc😁😁
Thank you made me realise my stand up position on the bike is wrong.