Motocross - Featuring 125cc class and 250cc premium class on a permanent outdoor facility packed with hills, jumps, burms and plenty more to challenge the riders endurance. Taking place in various venues throughout the country, one of the best ways to see this event is on a lawn chair with your cooler nearby and under the shade of an umbrella or large tree.
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Supercross - This is the stadium version of Motocross. 125cc class and 250cc premium class. This is an excellent spectator sport. The whole event can be watched from a baseball size stadium that allows for a greater perspective of viewing and larger audience. Get your “Peanuts, popcorn, hotdogs!”
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Supermoto - These are generally modified 4-stroke motocross bikes, with 17-inch wheels and tires. It interestingly
pits riders from all disciplines of motorcycle racing against each other. The tracks combine pavement and dirt on a tight circuit perfect for spectator viewing.
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Flat Track - This event displays 750cc v-twins and smaller displacement single cylinder machines on dirt oval tracks varying in size, from one mile, half mile, and the short track one-quarter mile.
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Tip#1-Gear - Gear for riding in the dirt is much different than for riding in the street. Not having to worry about sliding on pavement allows for a lighter weight uniform. Still a long sleeve shirt, long heavy pants, knee protection and boots that go way above the ankle also protecting your shins are manditory. Head protection follows the same guidelines as any motorcycle helmet standards. DOT and or SNELL approved. Goggles are also necessary for dirt riding. This is most important when dealing with loose surfaces like these. Most likely you will get dirt flying in your face, hopefully more often than landing in it face first. Either way they are both possibilities.
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Tip#2-Catchin' Air - It's inevitable. You will do this. Maybe you've just started riding and watching those freestyle, MX, SX guys flying around is what caught your eye in the first place. Or maybe you thought, I'll just trail ride. Even on the tamest trail and courses there will be areas that will give you more of a boost than you expected. The key when catching air, expected or not is to keep your handlebars straight, let up SLIGHTLY on the throttle and don't hit the breaks.
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Tip#3-Learn - This is a great place to learn how to ride. We've said it once and we'll keep saying it. Whether your goal is to stay on the dirt or hit the street or track. Learning how a motorcycle works and establishing confidence, balance and knowledge can be quite a challenge. Having to worry about other vehicles, traffic laws and learning the machine can be overwhelming. Dirt bikes are lighter in weight and keep you in a controlled environment usually with other bikes like yours. A great place to hone the skills necessary for becoming a highly experienced all around motorcyclist. To check out more about dirt bike school go to www.dirtbikeschool.org.
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- I remember the first time I stood on the edge of my stadium seat, gazing wide-eyed in amazement at the glorious
crowd that filled Anaheim Stadium while hosting the 2002 Supercross event. Ascending through the stairwells that
circled the outer perimeter of the Angels’ home turf, transformed into a knobby-tire haven of freshly piled dirt and
pylons. Fathers with their sons, mothers and their mothers, all ages, all walks of life. This was truly an event for
all to see. Names like Ricky Charmichael, James Stewart and Jeremy McGrath echoed through the air as the day-
light slowly faded to darkness and the yellow lights of the arena went out. I was waiting with uncertainty about
what was to come, listening to the roar of an experienced crowd to guide me. It was then I felt the essence of the
event at hand, I became just like everybody else. I became a fan. Green laser lights zoomed past my head and all
around. Bursts of fire and smoke hailed the racers as they raised an arm to greet the crowds and mount their
bikes. Reminiscent of a Monster Truck Rally, this event was meant for total thrill and entertainment. When those
bikes got off the ground I felt my heart stop. I’ve seen this a hundred times from my living room floor but you
never experience the grandness and the skill of these rider as you do when you are practically beneath them.
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