Improving my "woods" skills

[bowhunter007]

Originally Posted by CampX

Man, thats scary similar to my story. Bought my first dirtbike, an '05 EC300, last spring, at 40 years of old. Could barely keep control on fire-roads. Had some really bad habits from years of riding quads, as in the left and right levers on a quad don't work the same as a dirtbike, go figure....a couple trips over the handlebars cured me of that. Now I ride with a couple buddies who race, and push me really hard, thats the only way to truly learn, to ride on the ragged-ass edge of scared/too fast/super fun. Arm pump and shaky legs have replaced a sore butt from sitting-down riding, lol!

Lately adventure bikes have been on the menu. After managing a 500+ pound pigs through the bush..."normal" dirtbikes should feel exceptionally light & nimble.