To be honest, I thought motocross was easy before I started riding, boy did that change after the first day I went out on the track. Was the hardest physical activity I had done in my life. Which is why myself and every other serious motocrosser have to train harder and more frequently than just about any other athlete I can think of. Motocross is a life style, and it takes up most of your time just because of the physical and mental demands of the sport. You really have no clue how hard it is until you get on a bike and try it.
I played football then rode bmx for 6 years so I had a reasonable level of fitness, but after riding the track in the video above Canada Heights for the first time I was ready to give up after the first lap, nothing I've done compares to mx.
there was this doctor and he asked me if i do sports and I said "Yes, I ride dirt bikes and motocross" and he said "No, i mean a real sport like basket ball" I felt Like cussing him out about how motocross really works! he said "All you do is sit there and twist the throttle" and I was trying to tell him that its WAY more than that but he didn't want to hear it! BTW i never went to that doctor again!
+RAD MOTOCROSS77 lmao they have no clue. we'll leave them clueless. my buds and i took this guy who said the same think, out trail riding. soft sugar sand. we had to wait on this guy so many times he fell 100x after that he respected dirt bikes. and he bout passed out. they knock it because they either dont ride hard or dont ride at all
According to ESPN motocross is the most physically demanding sport. You are controlling 200 pounds of metal flying through the air. Your body never ever stops moving in motocross. The whole race you are constantly having to man handle that bike, which if the haters who say it is so easy have ever even touched a dirt bike, would know is far from easy. Landing jumps might as well be like doing weighted squat thrusts all day long. G-forces are ridiculous. Not to mention cornering, decelerating, accelerating, all hard things on a motorcycle. no back rest to thrust you forward so just hold on for dear life, and the fatter you are the harder that is, and I assume most of the people that say mx is easy are couch 'taters so it'd be really hard for them. Anyway after a day of just TRAIL riding all your ass wants to do is go take a nap. Mx is freaking hard. Respect those that do it.
MagicManTD props to what your saying but also mentally you have to have complete and total focus because when you stop controlling 200 pounds of metal correctly it gets bad fast. Been there done that:)
jacob reid bro trust those 200 pounds are heavy in mid air especially when those 200 pounds are sloshying you around and yet you still have to turn the bike at 120 degree angle for 5.5 secs
+MagicManTD 100% agree take some of these idiots trail riding on a dirt bike & watch their opinions change. and thats just trail riding prob. 1st 2nd & 3rd gear
I'm 15 and I ride a KTM 65 sx...I started riding when I was about 10 years old. I haven't raced before but next year I'm getting an 85 2 Stroke. I know I'm really behind.
I thought motocross was easy until I hit the track for the first time. I did two full laps as fast as I could on a CR250 and i almost threw up inside my helmet. I am an athlete who has played football lacrosse and wrestling. The conditioning for motocross requires the same conditioning as wrestling. It takes every single body part and pushes it to its limit.
I used to ride a long long time ago when I was in my early teens. One day with the pops of trails and some smaller jumps and I was pooped. I watch supercross and motocross and can't even imagine how fit those guys must be. Let alone the mental toughness and minor insanity of going that fast and jumping that far with 20+ other guys. Mad props to anyone amateur or pro who does this.
Word. Im a girl and I ride a KX125. I'm 15. All my guy friends I have say "omg Motocross is TOO easy." I put them on a bike at my recent birthday party. (my yz125) None of them could pick up the bike. They both fell after 2 minutes. They still think football is harder. Ya bruh until you pull a James Stewert or a Ryan Villipoto
A 4 stroke outclasses a 2 stroke in rocks, kills, long dirt tracks, etc. The fact is after 3-5 races two stroke are meant to be rebuilt they just cant handle it, 4 strokes are a lot more rare to have to repair but are more expensive
People outside the sport honestly are ignorant of how good a shape you have to be in.ya it makes me sick to hear them comment on something they know absolutely nothing about.what really bothers me is they actually believe the drivel they speak. There was a list of the top 100 sports that required the most stamina,strength etc. from espn ,and motocross wasn't even on the list.Bowling was. I brought in that 1979 report on how pro motocrossers were the top winners in Every discipline that the they were tested on (as a group)against football players,baseball,swimmers gymnasts etc. The report ended by saying they (mxers) were as good a shape as Olympic athletes). The people I showed this to said"oh it's sponsored my a motorcycle magazine of course they would say that! This was a fact and they still think their rite. When I raced I would wake up Monday morning and feel that Every single muscle had lactic acid buildup,even my ear muscle!,it was an achy exhilaration that I miss to this day Don't worry about ignoramoses that belittle mx,WE KNOW it's the toughest sport out there
Been there, done that. took a 20 year break, now I'm back at it with my son. awesome sport. more expensive than fishing, but heck of a lot more fun! Thanks for posting!
Great video. It was a long time ago now but I raced MX back in the 90's when I was younger. It was and is, by far the most physically demanding motor sport I have ever experienced. A personal friend of mine was a KTM sponsored 250 British GP rider in the UK. He was in the gym every day on the weights, running and on the bike training each and every day of the week. His hips are now worn out mostly due to the extremes of MX. I've ridden in short circuit racing on road bikes later in life and although far more technical, it's not anything like as physically demanding as MX.
MX is incredibly physically demanding (both on rider and machine). Exceptional stamina and concentration are required. It takes an exceptional individual, combined with an exceptional support team to excel in this sport. However, having been close to both, I still feel road racing is harder to master.
Okay number one you are comparing oranges to apples, Secondly how can you even sit there and say its harder lmfao you obviously were never really good at motocross.
moose rider I don't know if you realise how discussing something works, but questioning my credentials for formulating my opinion and my riding ability, do not constitute arguments to the contrary. Just saying...
Road racing harder to master?! ha.... Sorry but as a person who has raced both motocross and harescrambles since I was little, I have to disagree, big time. There are so many "unseen skills" to motocross, things you can't see as a spectator but feel yourself do as a rider. And yes, I have ridden roadbikes before, and the skill is not as high. You are on a flat road with nothing to really take you out unless you washout, or mabye hit the occasional bump in the pavement. The balls involved? hell yeah it takes balls to go as fast on the pavement as road-racers do, you couldn't pay me to do one of those races, in fact, I commend you for having to balls to, takes balls in moto too, but a different kind. No,im not hating on road racing or questioning the skill, just think motocross involved more skills and takes longer to get.
The whole my is easy comment is just a joke. I'm a fit person. I have some riding experience here and there. I ride one lap and my hands and forearms are completely pumped so hard I can't hold on safely anymore. It is a complete different muscle group. I have friends that are generally "stronger" than me but cant pull my compound bow back. Different group of muscles. Wrestlers and football players are incredibly strong individuals and anyone who doesn't do that every day would not be able to keep up. Some of the best riders in the world are no more than 140lbs, but they can ride a dirt bike for extended periods like it's a fuckin half pound witches' broom. And Enduro riders are built completely different as well. They can ride 24 hours like no Supercross rider could/ visa versa. The whole argument is just stupid. I could sit and watch these people all day that say riding dirt bike is easy take one lap and fall over from exhaustion like I would as well being a fit person. Entertainment and humility at its finest.
Riding dirtbikes is easy, riding it at the limit around a track isn't. I've been riding since I was a child and i'll be the first to admit that I can't ride a 250 2 stroke to its limit around a track, not many people can.
Wow. Easily the best motocross vid on youtube. This is what its all about. and sweet riding, looks like you've been doing that forever, id kill to have half the skill you do Ride on!
Michael De Santa Lol even though it does! Tell them to stop acting like they've ever rode before! I don't have my own dirt bike but I've rode my friends and it isn't that easy.
Anybody that says motocross is easy is a complete & absolute dumb ass. Easy compared to what? Take a sport like football for example, the average time the ball is actually in play in an NFL game is 11 minutes! (thats a fact look it up). 11 minutes with huge breaks in between. Then take baseball, you're either standing around the vast majority of the time while fielding, or sitting on your ass while waiting to bat. Games like soccer, basketball, lacrosse and hockey are definitely physically demanding, but once again these players are subbed in and out of the game often. Motocross motos are all out physical exertion for 20 - 40 minutes, heart rate at 170 the whole time, using both fast twitch-high strength "explosive" muscles and slow twitch endurance muscles. Enduros and hare scrambles are 2 - 3 hours long! with intense focus, and physical exertion, a moments lapse in concentration can equal a nasty crash. I've played all kinds of sports and have done motocross and hare scramble racing, I can easily say the latter is the absolute hardest. It's like being on the most intense exercise machine while also concentrating on the fine art of balance, expertly manipulating the 5 controls like a surgeon, and if you mess up you get burned by the ground pretty bad.
people who say motorcross ISNT easy is a complete dumbass. There is no rocks, no trees, no logs, all you have to do is twist the throttle and fly off of jumps. If you think that is hard then you wouldnt make it through the first mile of an enduro. Half of theese kids ride motox because they cant go over little tiny rocks, or they just dont like them. And baseball and NFL doesnt compare to riding a dirt bike. I myself ride in enduros, and they are technicall, motox races arent technical at ALL. Try going up a steep hill with big rocks on it. You'd probably stop and think about how to go up it, eh? In motox theres no hills or rocks, just smooth dirt with some minimal ruts. That is the easiest shit to ride on.
john basher Im with you man. 30+ min of everything you got pushing it to the limit. But then you got all those breaking bumps and trying to control a 200 lbs beast. Im 12 and I was the only one to finish the 16 and under class in an AMA National endure on a KTM 65. 60+ miles of intensness. I fouled a spark plug half way through and still finished.
Okay....when this video first came on, I thought that it was MY heartbeat and I freaked out for like 5 minutes until I realized that is was a part of the video...
you better watch this, hater and btw According to ESPN motocross is the most physically demanding sport. You are controlling 200 pounds of metal flying through the air. Your body never ever stops moving in motocross. The whole race you are constantly having to man handle that bike, which if the haters who say it is so easy have ever even touched a dirt bike, would know is far from easy. Landing jumps might as well be like doing weighted squat thrusts all day long. G-forces are ridiculous. Not to mention cornering, decelerating, accelerating, all hard things on a motorcycle. no back rest to thrust you forward so just hold on for dear life, and the fatter you are the harder that is, and I assume most of the people that say mx is easy are couch 'taters so it'd be really hard for them
obviously I never rode dirt bikes at a competitive level like you so i wouldn't know i learned a few months ago at my friends mountain house we don't have much space for dirt biking in new jersey but it really is an awesome sport.Keep up the great videos
Motocross is unique compared to many other sports. I have to get my body ready and fit before a race like other athletes, but I also have to have my bike and my gear ready. Sometimes you fall in the practice heat, in the cold, when its raining, and end up quickly changing a broken part after you push your bike back to the pits a mile away. All this happens before you even start your first heat. It takes a lot of work, dedication, money and patience before you even can start the race. Sometimes late in the day you stage up after watching a friend or loved one get loaded in an ambulance. It takes a lot of mental toughness on top of everything else
Wow, that is some epic footage here 👌👌👌 I love motocross, growing up at home the Ken Hall trophy was held only a 20 minute walk away from us, used to love going to that every year growing up 🤘🤘🤘
Worlds greatest sport right their. It seems like every year I get even more excited for the next season. I do love the ones who think its easy and then they complain omg its 85 and we had soccer practice. 2 days later its 95 and were racing but we wear all of our gear compared to shorts and a t shirt.
Sick riding guy. Keep up the good work.i I hate it when people say motocross is so easy especially because they probably never even started a real race bike.
Good One Denny! Love it! Believe me, 17 Broken bones, 3 concussions, all from riding since the age of 6, I know its "Absolutely the most physically demanding, and enduring sports in the world",believe me!! As for other sports, I have played or done " Most of them "( was #2 in Golf in my state for 3 yrs, won 2 national championships pitching,even set records in bowling,haha) , (Not football, to damn skinny : ) got wind knocked out of me 1st practice when younger, haha! ....extended..-
Zeer mooi. Closest I came to motocross in the Benelux is riding a bicycle from the wooden clog shoe-makers factory to the red-light district in Amsterdam, dodging windmills along the way --33 long years ago. I must say, Dutch women are the most gorgeous in the world. Eating your dirt sounds pretty darn tasty, as long as there's a Heineken brewery tour involved.
Really nice video man! respect! "Simplicity is the last step of art" ... When you're good at something, you always make it look "natural" or "easy".. GoPro on chestmount? Which one? 60FPS? What program did you use to make this video, I love the slomos! Braaaaaaap!!!!
I haven't been riding for very long. In my whole MX History I've ridden a PDW 50, A CRF 80 F, and a KTM 65 sx. I just rode on my KTM sx on Father's Day. Let me tell you, from riding not so fast four-strokes to pretty fast two-strokes, It gets pretty tiring. I mean, I went off a jump and hit the throttle a bit too hard the second I took off. I landed and just barely hung on. I pulled a muscle in my arm. in the sport of Motocross, Timing,Strength, and Stamina is very hard to top off all at one time. Not to mention how concentrated you need to be.Quick thinking is needed all the time (Especially if you race). This Sport is hard to be good at. If you ask me, Motocross will never be easy.
I totally agree. I thought it was easy until I tried it recently, yeah you sit on a seat and twist a throttle but you have to maneuver a 300 lbs piece of machine as if it is a bicicle.
Sik vid dude! Loved the slo-mo! And here is to all who think our sport is easy.....It's really just a quick insight to the fact they don't ride. :-) 2 stroke smoke! (that is my fb page!)
When we(Mini Class/80cc) had scheduled practice early Sunday morning before the race, we were on the track with Open class(Maico 501, Huskey 360's, CZs at times, 125s, and 250s, I remember getting roosted by those bikes and it hurt so bad I couldn't breath! the track many times was watered and muddy(thick with stones and some times rocks). If it was a sandy track, it is like getting sandblasted in your face and your bare skin between your gloves and jersey sleeves!
In general, stand up as much as possible. the only time you sit down is in the middle, or apex, of a corner, when you're going from braking to accelerating. Then try to stand back up as soon as possible so you can soak up the accelerating bumps on the exit of the corner.
really i'm agree whit you. i'm french and everyone told me that Motocross is an easy sport, but it's very physically and mentally difficult. I practice motocross and I know that your right. So thank you for this video and have some fun whit a motorbike ^^
When riding when are you supposed to stand and when are you supposed to sit? Ive never ridden before but i plan on buying a 150 in a few months. Any more advice would be appreciated.
I have tons of friends that play baseball and football that think the same thing. It's so easy! U just sit down? Um no... This video explains it all! Awesome vid bud! Took them to the track the other day and they didn't last 10 minutes out there before they said okay... You win lol point made :)
Respect! It takes courage verging on foolhardiness to succeed. If you take a risk bigger than your skill level it's a guaranteed appointment with some dirt!
I am an amateur dirt bike rider, but I am learning the ropes just got a dirt bike last year I know a lot already, but at first I thought yeah this looks easy, but the first week I wiped out pretty bad, at that point it hit me, just riding a dirt bike in general was not easy haha, so how would racing be any easier? especially when I first rode a 2 stroke. if there is one thing I know about motocross is that it must be a HELL of a rush.
I have soooo much respect for people who race motocross...I wanna learn to ride a dirt bike but I know I'll probably never be able to actually race one...
riding isint just a sport its a passion that some people have and they love the sport cause its hard core ,and yes i love dirt biking its the best sport in the work and yes its hard
no one understands the roost a racer takes. this video shows a real good representation of that, but once again it is a video. until someone actually gets out there and gets pelted or pummeled (lol) with a roost full of rocks then they can not have a good meaning of HARD :) the speed also is so underestimated from a video...once again a person has to be out there and get passed from an experienced racer to get the full meaning of HARD awesome video thanks again :)
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To be honest, I thought motocross was easy before I started riding, boy did that change after the first day I went out on the track. Was the hardest physical activity I had done in my life. Which is why myself and every other serious motocrosser have to train harder and more frequently than just about any other athlete I can think of. Motocross is a life style, and it takes up most of your time just because of the physical and mental demands of the sport. You really have no clue how hard it is until you get on a bike and try it.
"Motocross is easily the most underestimated of physical conditioning of all sports." - Abraham Lincoln
Loius Slungpue Abraham Lincoln😂😂
i'd say f1 is very underestimated
You think motocross is underestimated take a look at my sport
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@@kyliemargaret9739 whats your sport then
I played football then rode bmx for 6 years so I had a reasonable level of fitness, but after riding the track in the video above Canada Heights for the first time I was ready to give up after the first lap, nothing I've done compares to mx.
People who say motocross is easy have probably never ridden before.
They dont Even know that They have to pull the clutch in to frickin go worward
there was this doctor and he asked me if i do sports and I said "Yes, I ride dirt bikes and motocross" and he said "No, i mean a real sport like basket ball" I felt Like cussing him out about how motocross really works! he said "All you do is sit there and twist the throttle" and I was trying to tell him that its WAY more than that but he didn't want to hear it! BTW i never went to that doctor again!
People like that make me mad
Your such a bad ass
I wanna hug you right now ;)
+RAD MOTOCROSS77 lmao they have no clue. we'll leave them clueless. my buds and i took this guy who said the same think, out trail riding. soft sugar sand. we had to wait on this guy so many times he fell 100x after that he respected dirt bikes. and he bout passed out. they knock it because they either dont ride hard or dont ride at all
You shouodve made that doctor have to get a doctor
I dig it! I've been racing since 5 & hearing the pitch of the two-stroke tear it up NEVER gets old.
According to ESPN motocross is the most physically demanding sport. You are controlling 200 pounds of metal flying through the air. Your body never ever stops moving in motocross. The whole race you are constantly having to man handle that bike, which if the haters who say it is so easy have ever even touched a dirt bike, would know is far from easy. Landing jumps might as well be like doing weighted squat thrusts all day long. G-forces are ridiculous. Not to mention cornering, decelerating, accelerating, all hard things on a motorcycle. no back rest to thrust you forward so just hold on for dear life, and the fatter you are the harder that is, and I assume most of the people that say mx is easy are couch 'taters so it'd be really hard for them. Anyway after a day of just TRAIL riding all your ass wants to do is go take a nap. Mx is freaking hard. Respect those that do it.
MagicManTD props to what your saying but also mentally you have to have complete and total focus because when you stop controlling 200 pounds of metal correctly it gets bad fast. Been there done that:)
kpn it 2gthr timeaftertime only 200 pounds HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. bruh
jacob reid bro trust those 200 pounds are heavy in mid air especially when those 200 pounds are sloshying you around and yet you still have to turn the bike at 120 degree angle for 5.5 secs
MagicManTD Yeah, if you look it up it says motocross is the most physically demanding sport out there.
+MagicManTD 100% agree take some of these idiots trail riding on a dirt bike & watch their opinions change. and thats just trail riding prob. 1st 2nd & 3rd gear
I think some people don't realize that a MX bike weighs easily over 200 lbs and has enough power to flip backwards in a tiny flick of the wrist.
Cole Macwhirter or throw you over the handle bars
This so true
i get so nervous leading up to the gate drop but once it drops im in heaven
Well said!
Tyler Blocker How is the Yz85?
good i placed 4th overall in my last race
Tyler Blocker Glad to hear!
I'm 15 and I ride a KTM 65 sx...I started riding when I was about 10 years old. I haven't raced before but next year I'm getting an 85 2 Stroke. I know I'm really behind.
I thought motocross was easy until I hit the track for the first time. I did two full laps as fast as I could on a CR250 and i almost threw up inside my helmet. I am an athlete who has played football lacrosse and wrestling. The conditioning for motocross requires the same conditioning as wrestling. It takes every single body part and pushes it to its limit.
Agreed
Finally!!! Someone who has said it was easy before and actually tried it unlike those other morons who says it's easy but never fucking done it!
Good man
Yep
I can almost smell the 2 stroke in the air! Love it!
I used to ride a long long time ago when I was in my early teens. One day with the pops of trails and some smaller jumps and I was pooped. I watch supercross and motocross and can't even imagine how fit those guys must be. Let alone the mental toughness and minor insanity of going that fast and jumping that far with 20+ other guys. Mad props to anyone amateur or pro who does this.
Best MX video I've seen here. Fucking love the sound of those small bore two strokes, like a swarm of angry bees.
Word. Im a girl and I ride a KX125. I'm 15. All my guy friends I have say "omg Motocross is TOO easy." I put them on a bike at my recent birthday party. (my yz125) None of them could pick up the bike. They both fell after 2 minutes. They still think football is harder. Ya bruh until you pull a James Stewert or a Ryan Villipoto
There's always a rule with that. If you can't pick the bike up, you shouldn't ride it.
My friends don't give me any crap about riding, if it comes up, I just say that it's hard and that's it.
4ven8 hahah
It is very hard
my friend used to think it was easy, i let him hop on my 125, flipped it over in less then 2 seconds, hes been too scared to ride it since...
not a single four stroke was heard that race
A 4 stroke outclasses a 2 stroke in rocks, kills, long dirt tracks, etc. The fact is after 3-5 races two stroke are meant to be rebuilt they just cant handle it, 4 strokes are a lot more rare to have to repair but are more expensive
SubscriptionBuscus nah 2 strokes are way better in my opinion because they have more power eavry were and 4 strokes have it off the start
Trevor Hansen they don't have more power, only better acceleration
well kinda they do have a little more power (2-strokes)
cuz motocross is 2stroke, and meaby u have to rebuild once after 3-5 races, but 1 rebuild of a 4 stroke is 5 times more expencive
I had to present on what my favorite sport was at my school, I said motocross an mostly everyone said that motocross wasn't a sport :(
People outside the sport honestly are ignorant of how good a shape you have to be in.ya it makes me sick to hear them comment on something they know absolutely nothing about.what really bothers me is they actually believe the drivel they speak.
There was a list of the top 100 sports that required the most stamina,strength etc. from espn ,and motocross wasn't even on the list.Bowling was.
I brought in that 1979 report on how pro motocrossers were the top winners in Every discipline that the they were tested on (as a group)against football players,baseball,swimmers gymnasts etc.
The report ended by saying they (mxers) were as good a shape as Olympic athletes).
The people I showed this to said"oh it's sponsored my a motorcycle magazine of course they would say that!
This was a fact and they still think their rite.
When I raced I would wake up Monday morning and feel that Every single muscle had lactic acid buildup,even my ear muscle!,it was an achy exhilaration that I miss to this day
Don't worry about ignoramoses that belittle mx,WE KNOW it's the toughest sport out there
You are quite a rider! Pitty for the bad start but it makes the video even better!
Been there, done that. took a 20 year break, now I'm back at it with my son. awesome sport. more expensive than fishing, but heck of a lot more fun!
Thanks for posting!
Great video. It was a long time ago now but I raced MX back in the 90's when I was younger. It was and is, by far the most physically demanding motor sport I have ever experienced. A personal friend of mine was a KTM sponsored 250 British GP rider in the UK. He was in the gym every day on the weights, running and on the bike training each and every day of the week. His hips are now worn out mostly due to the extremes of MX.
I've ridden in short circuit racing on road bikes later in life and although far more technical, it's not anything like as physically demanding as MX.
MX is incredibly physically demanding (both on rider and machine). Exceptional stamina and concentration are required. It takes an exceptional individual, combined with an exceptional support team to excel in this sport.
However, having been close to both, I still feel road racing is harder to master.
Okay number one you are comparing oranges to apples, Secondly how can you even sit there and say its harder lmfao you obviously were never really good at motocross.
moose rider I don't know if you realise how discussing something works, but questioning my credentials for formulating my opinion and my riding ability, do not constitute arguments to the contrary. Just saying...
are you fucking stupid just shut the hell up doubt you even have ever been on a motorcycle period way you act.
Road racing harder to master?! ha.... Sorry but as a person who has raced both motocross and harescrambles since I was little, I have to disagree, big time. There are so many "unseen skills" to motocross, things you can't see as a spectator but feel yourself do as a rider. And yes, I have ridden roadbikes before, and the skill is not as high. You are on a flat road with nothing to really take you out unless you washout, or mabye hit the occasional bump in the pavement. The balls involved? hell yeah it takes balls to go as fast on the pavement as road-racers do, you couldn't pay me to do one of those races, in fact, I commend you for having to balls to, takes balls in moto too, but a different kind. No,im not hating on road racing or questioning the skill, just think motocross involved more skills and takes longer to get.
I feel bad for you, you express your opinion on such a simple subject and eat shit for it.
The whole my is easy comment is just a joke. I'm a fit person. I have some riding experience here and there. I ride one lap and my hands and forearms are completely pumped so hard I can't hold on safely anymore. It is a complete different muscle group. I have friends that are generally "stronger" than me but cant pull my compound bow back. Different group of muscles. Wrestlers and football players are incredibly strong individuals and anyone who doesn't do that every day would not be able to keep up. Some of the best riders in the world are no more than 140lbs, but they can ride a dirt bike for extended periods like it's a fuckin half pound witches' broom. And Enduro riders are built completely different as well. They can ride 24 hours like no Supercross rider could/ visa versa. The whole argument is just stupid. I could sit and watch these people all day that say riding dirt bike is easy take one lap and fall over from exhaustion like I would as well being a fit person. Entertainment and humility at its finest.
Yeah motocross is hard work. Almost as hard of work as the guys who have to fix all those 2 strokes after every race :'D
Offroad circus your kidding right?
Moto Boi925 he wouldn’t know he rides a kids trail bike
Motocross, Supercross, Enduro is brutal on the body and cardio. Anyone who thinks it's not never rode trails or raced a dirtbike!!👍
Dope footage😁
The quality of this vid is awesome!!
my arms are burning after watching this
Riding dirtbikes is easy, riding it at the limit around a track isn't. I've been riding since I was a child and i'll be the first to admit that I can't ride a 250 2 stroke to its limit around a track, not many people can.
I just feel as if you are talking shit 💩👌🏻
Bradley wells Do you even know what motocross is ???
Yes I know what motor cross is I've rode bikes since I was about 4
Bradley wells Then you should know its damn hard to ride on a track.
and how you spell motocross...
Autocorrect on iPad fuckboy 👌🏻💨
just because you putted around you're yard dose not mean you have experienced motocross
So true...
😂
True
Great ride and video! Slo-mo pauses were pretty sick too! And yes motocross is the hardest sport on the planet!
Wow. Easily the best motocross vid on youtube. This is what its all about. and sweet riding, looks like you've been doing that forever, id kill to have half the skill you do
Ride on!
every other sport takes one ball but motocross takes two.
3 depending on the bike
Oh stop it! Have you seen extreme enduro? Dakar racing? Baja1000 on a bike? F1?
And an arm and leg....to buy a bike😂
f1
my freinds say its easy and it pisses my off. They need to ride to find out
yeah I need 1 hour of physical activity outside of school a week and my P. E. teacher says that motocross doesn't count it pisses me off SO much
My Friends say that football is way more physically demanding and i just sit there and shake my head.
Michael De Santa Lol even though it does! Tell them to stop acting like they've ever rode before! I don't have my own dirt bike but I've rode my friends and it isn't that easy.
ridden a track? tracks on a 125 or higher are really demanding on your body
yeah it's not hard to ride and keep balance but it takes a lot of skill to ride fast
Anybody that says motocross is easy is a complete & absolute dumb ass. Easy compared to what? Take a sport like football for example, the average time the ball is actually in play in an NFL game is 11 minutes! (thats a fact look it up). 11 minutes with huge breaks in between. Then take baseball, you're either standing around the vast majority of the time while fielding, or sitting on your ass while waiting to bat.
Games like soccer, basketball, lacrosse and hockey are definitely physically demanding, but once again these players are subbed in and out of the game often.
Motocross motos are all out physical exertion for 20 - 40 minutes, heart rate at 170 the whole time, using both fast twitch-high strength "explosive" muscles and slow twitch endurance muscles. Enduros and hare scrambles are 2 - 3 hours long! with intense focus, and physical exertion, a moments lapse in concentration can equal a nasty crash.
I've played all kinds of sports and have done motocross and hare scramble racing, I can easily say the latter is the absolute hardest. It's like being on the most intense exercise machine while also concentrating on the fine art of balance, expertly manipulating the 5 controls like a surgeon, and if you mess up you get burned by the ground pretty bad.
people who say motorcross ISNT easy is a complete dumbass. There is no rocks, no trees, no logs, all you have to do is twist the throttle and fly off of jumps. If you think that is hard then you wouldnt make it through the first mile of an enduro. Half of theese kids ride motox because they cant go over little tiny rocks, or they just dont like them. And baseball and NFL doesnt compare to riding a dirt bike. I myself ride in enduros, and they are technicall, motox races arent technical at ALL. Try going up a steep hill with big rocks on it. You'd probably stop and think about how to go up it, eh? In motox theres no hills or rocks, just smooth dirt with some minimal ruts. That is the easiest shit to ride on.
What about swimming and running marathons?!?
john basher Im with you man. 30+ min of everything you got pushing it to the limit. But then you got all those breaking bumps and trying to control a 200 lbs beast. Im 12 and I was the only one to finish the 16 and under class in an AMA National endure on a KTM 65. 60+ miles of intensness. I fouled a spark plug half way through and still finished.
john basher danm that couldn't be more true
Those are cool effects for slow mo, it has a smooth feel to it instead of choppy frame by frame. Just fading from one frame to the next.
Okay....when this video first came on, I thought that it was MY heartbeat and I freaked out for like 5 minutes until I realized that is was a part of the video...
Yeah i still think its easy! haha
xcookiemonsterstudio your right :)
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you better watch this, hater
and btw According to ESPN motocross is the most physically demanding sport. You are controlling 200 pounds of metal flying through the air. Your body never ever stops moving in motocross. The whole race you are constantly having to man handle that bike, which if the haters who say it is so easy have ever even touched a dirt bike, would know is far from easy. Landing jumps might as well be like doing weighted squat thrusts all day long. G-forces are ridiculous. Not to mention cornering, decelerating, accelerating, all hard things on a motorcycle. no back rest to thrust you forward so just hold on for dear life, and the fatter you are the harder that is, and I assume most of the people that say mx is easy are couch 'taters so it'd be really hard for them
Gotta tell ya. It's a lot easier if you're in front.......
Yeah, it reminds me on good old racing times, the sounds are a poem for my ears.!
This is a great video man, I've showed it to every person that says Motocross is easy and it show them every time
Motocross is not easy
feyenoord takes one ball, motocross two
You missed that hole shot bad
obviously I never rode dirt bikes at a competitive level like you so i wouldn't know i learned a few months ago at my friends mountain house we don't have much space for dirt biking in new jersey but it really is an awesome sport.Keep up the great videos
Motocross is unique compared to many other sports. I have to get my body ready and fit before a race like other athletes, but I also have to have my bike and my gear ready. Sometimes you fall in the practice heat, in the cold, when its raining, and end up quickly changing a broken part after you push your bike back to the pits a mile away. All this happens before you even start your first heat. It takes a lot of work, dedication, money and patience before you even can start the race. Sometimes late in the day you stage up after watching a friend or loved one get loaded in an ambulance. It takes a lot of mental toughness on top of everything else
Love the sound of a 125 being wrung out!
Can't wait to race the 500 this April
Hats off to guys who ride like this and can keep the bike upright. Skills....
Love to see all those 2smokers! To really put it in perspective though, watch Supercross Behind the Dream. Mindblower.
Wow, that is some epic footage here 👌👌👌 I love motocross, growing up at home the Ken Hall trophy was held only a 20 minute walk away from us, used to love going to that every year growing up 🤘🤘🤘
Riding a track for just a few laps (no matter your skill level) works all of your muscles like crazy. But, man is it fun....love it
Well made. I ride trails, haven't done a race yet. I respect this.
Ahh the sweet sound of a two stroke!!! Never gets old
Thanks for an awesome video I've got classmates that think motorcross is easy and isn't worth being called a sport can't wait to show them this.
Worlds greatest sport right their. It seems like every year I get even more excited for the next season. I do love the ones who think its easy and then they complain omg its 85 and we had soccer practice. 2 days later its 95 and were racing but we wear all of our gear compared to shorts and a t shirt.
If we're comparing gear wanna talk about football? lol
Awesome footage love the slow mo and the switch from helmet to chest mount. Got to love the sound of a Buck25
WOW, Great video man!!! I love the slow motion and the feel that i am really there!!!
Killer chest cam view really gives it justice thankx makes wanna race again
Sick riding guy. Keep up the good work.i I hate it when people say motocross is so easy especially because they probably never even started a real race bike.
That slow mo for the whole shot corner was feckin brilliant
Wow, this looks like incredible fun. Can't wait to get my first bike!
OMG THE BEAUTIFUL SOUND OF A 2 STROKE I LOVE IT THE 2 BIKES I OWN ARE 2 STROKES ITS AMAZING
You timed the gate perfect man! Then you let off haha I always second guess the gate jump too. Awesome video. It's not easy
Good One Denny! Love it! Believe me, 17 Broken bones, 3 concussions, all from riding since the age of 6, I know its "Absolutely the most physically demanding, and enduring sports in the world",believe me!! As for other sports, I have played or done " Most of them "( was #2 in Golf in my state for 3 yrs, won 2 national championships pitching,even set records in bowling,haha) , (Not football, to damn skinny : ) got wind knocked out of me 1st practice when younger, haha! ....extended..-
Zeer mooi. Closest I came to motocross in the Benelux is riding a bicycle from the wooden clog shoe-makers factory to the red-light district in Amsterdam, dodging windmills along the way --33 long years ago. I must say, Dutch women are the most gorgeous in the world. Eating your dirt sounds pretty darn tasty, as long as there's a Heineken brewery tour involved.
Nice bike too! Not many are riding those, especially not here in Norway.
iv been riding motocross most of my life and it is still one of the hardest things iv ever done
still love it though
I loved this 4 minutes! Thanks for sharing :)
Really nice video man! respect!
"Simplicity is the last step of art" ... When you're good at something, you always make it look "natural" or "easy"..
GoPro on chestmount? Which one? 60FPS? What program did you use to make this video, I love the slomos!
Braaaaaaap!!!!
I haven't been riding for very long. In my whole MX History I've ridden a PDW 50, A CRF 80 F, and a KTM 65 sx. I just rode on my KTM sx on Father's Day. Let me tell you, from riding not so fast four-strokes to pretty fast two-strokes, It gets pretty tiring. I mean, I went off a jump and hit the throttle a bit too hard the second I took off. I landed and just barely hung on. I pulled a muscle in my arm. in the sport of Motocross, Timing,Strength, and Stamina is very hard to top off all at one time. Not to mention how concentrated you need to be.Quick thinking is needed all the time (Especially if you race). This Sport is hard to be good at. If you ask me, Motocross will never be easy.
Anyone who would say it's easy has obviously never tried it . COOP u da Man!!!
2stroke vibes and sound harmony its all a bit special isn't it!! Respect! Elbows up..attack position.
I totally agree. I thought it was easy until I tried it recently, yeah you sit on a seat and twist a throttle but you have to maneuver a 300 lbs piece of machine as if it is a bicicle.
Sik vid dude! Loved the slo-mo! And here is to all who think our sport is easy.....It's really just a quick insight to the fact they don't ride. :-) 2 stroke smoke! (that is my fb page!)
Omg this is beutiful, ty for shearing this video :D
When we(Mini Class/80cc) had scheduled practice early Sunday morning before the race, we were on the track with Open class(Maico 501, Huskey 360's, CZs at times, 125s, and 250s, I remember getting roosted by those bikes and it hurt so bad I couldn't breath!
the track many times was watered and muddy(thick with stones and some times rocks). If it was a sandy track, it is like getting sandblasted in your face and your bare skin between your gloves and jersey sleeves!
Sick video! Love the slow-mo part, amd yeah motocross is hard! One of the toughest sports
In general, stand up as much as possible. the only time you sit down is in the middle, or apex, of a corner, when you're going from braking to accelerating. Then try to stand back up as soon as possible so you can soak up the accelerating bumps on the exit of the corner.
really i'm agree whit you. i'm french and everyone told me that Motocross is an easy sport, but it's very physically and mentally difficult. I practice motocross and I know that your right. So thank you for this video and have some fun whit a motorbike ^^
Man I loved the way you edited your video, hopefully you make more videos like this... I have a yamaha raptor 660...
When riding when are you supposed to stand and when are you supposed to sit? Ive never ridden before but i plan on buying a 150 in a few months. Any more advice would be appreciated.
Excellent video, reminds me of my old MX racing, RM125 # 333. I was never this good though lol
It's not easy but I love it and I'm 12 ! Motocross will be my life ! I don't drive it on tracks but in 1 month I'm ready to be the best !!!!!!!!!
I have tons of friends that play baseball and football that think the same thing. It's so easy! U just sit down? Um no... This video explains it all! Awesome vid bud! Took them to the track the other day and they didn't last 10 minutes out there before they said okay... You win lol point made :)
Awesome video! Love the slow motions.
Awesome video dude, looking forward to spring time :)
Thank you for making this video
Respect! It takes courage verging on foolhardiness to succeed. If you take a risk bigger than your skill level it's a guaranteed appointment with some dirt!
Amazing video,
best pure skill sport in the world
Just got an kx125. I love it a lot more than my 85
I am an amateur dirt bike rider, but I am learning the ropes just got a dirt bike last year I know a lot already, but at first I thought yeah this looks easy, but the first week I wiped out pretty bad, at that point it hit me, just riding a dirt bike in general was not easy haha, so how would racing be any easier? especially when I first rode a 2 stroke. if there is one thing I know about motocross is that it must be a HELL of a rush.
Awesome video but that slow-motion was amazing. camera? camera setting? video editor?
I have soooo much respect for people who race motocross...I wanna learn to ride a dirt bike but I know I'll probably never be able to actually race one...
the slow motion shots are sweet!!
WELL DONE MATE THATS A SWEET MOVIE ,JUST A QUERY HOW MUCH DO YOUR SHOCKS COST TO GET DONE PROFESSIONALLY? ALL THE BEST FRM AUZ
riding isint just a sport its a passion that some people have and they love the sport cause its hard core ,and yes i love dirt biking its the best sport in the work and yes its hard
no one understands the roost a racer takes. this video shows a real good representation of that, but once again it is a video. until someone actually gets out there and gets pelted or pummeled (lol) with a roost full of rocks then they can not have a good meaning of HARD :)
the speed also is so underestimated from a video...once again a person has to be out there and get passed from an experienced racer to get the full meaning of HARD
awesome video thanks again :)
Cool driving man, I like those slow-mo jumps :D
Sick video man! Thanks for sharing! What software do you use to edit the movie? Thanks
with wich program do you cut your videos? and wich cam do you use for? the super slow motions are very cool...!
awesome edit...felt it...
what place did u come in the end plus u are realy good