The June 2016 issue marked Dirt Rider’s 400th issue, and to mark the milestone we put together 400 tips that might save the day, or just make the day go easier. We thought we’d show them to you again online, ten at a time, to help instill the wisdom into your brain so when the time comes you hear an expert bit of advice in your head.
Note: Tips that came from a specific source will have an attribute listed. Tips with no attribute have been pulled from Dirt Rider's extensive library of content, including back issues of the magazine, dirtrider.com, and The Total Dirt Rider Manual. Enjoy!
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Don't spray carb cleaner into an FCR carb. It can ruin the slide wear plate seal.
On start straights some riders shift with the back of their heel as they bring their foot up to the peg.
Oven cleaner works great to clean a two-stroke's power valve when you're doing a top end.
Look ahead. You'll be surprised less and go faster.
Holeshot devices that hold the fork lower help prevent wheelying off good-traction starts, but don't use them on concrete or slick surfaces; they take weight off the rear wheel during launch.
Wrap electrical tape around your trail pack screwdriver to save tape-roll space.
"After a mud race, you can pull the fork's dust seals down and clean out around the fork seal. Just wipe the mud off and put a little waterproof grease in there." —Oscar Wirdeman, Ken Roczen's mechanic
If hauling only one bike in a truck, load it in the center or on the left side to keep good visibility in your truck's right-side blind spot.
Marty Smith advises, when cornering, to get off the brakes and onto the gas as soon as you sit down on the seat. That means sit after you've initiated the turning, not before.
Pro supercross riders often wheelie two or three whoops in before they set the front tire down, but then they make sure they hit every whoop after that with each wheel. If you're learning this here for the first time, you're officially not ready to try skimming whoops.
