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Just because people ride dirt bikes doesn’t mean we are all in the same club together. There are a few that stray from the norm. What makes a rider a goon?
1. Running your visor real low
2. Running your visor too high
3. My nephews have a signature move, they keep their goggles on their helmet (with low visor) and take the helmet on and off leaving said goggles on helmet at all times...
4. Running the mowhawk on your helmet is for sure a goon move
What are some other good ones that you guys see out there on the track?
1. Running your visor real low
2. Running your visor too high
3. My nephews have a signature move, they keep their goggles on their helmet (with low visor) and take the helmet on and off leaving said goggles on helmet at all times...
4. Running the mowhawk on your helmet is for sure a goon move
What are some other good ones that you guys see out there on the track?
Or have you been pit'n on the opposite side of the track acting like you don't know them?
They drop every helmet they’ve ever used and break the visor positioning part...
The Shop
1) Complete lack of bike control / skill (80%)
2) "The look" - no gear / incomplete gear, clapped out bike, etc. (20%)
via GIPHY
Trying to win practice
Being a dick to younger (slower) riders
Not holding a line
Running red plates lol
You did a cross up and weren’t in first, that was reserved for the leader, now kids in last are pulling sick whips
Putting numbers on your bike when you never hit a race, numbers were for guys that actually raced, now you have professional practice Joe’s that never hit a race
Goggle strap low down the helmet & twisted
Trashed bike
Spoke skins
Insulation tape for numbers
And that type of rider still beats me
Oh and thanks for the compliment, it’s 60 plus championship, I wish it was the 30 plus vet b
Pit Row
It’s always better to let people think you’re slow, and surprise them...than to make people think you’re fast, and surprise them.
On Craigslist, I always get a chuckle when someone has the number 007/69/420/666 and the bike comes with a free paddle tire.
I knew a guy my buddy brought with for a riding trip who was always talking about his bike settings and changing parts etc... super slow rider. He didn’t even make his suspension move enough to warrant changing clickers haha
I have no issue at all with guys that are slow (guys like you are talking about, not fast enough to move the suspension). More power to them! I think its awesome they are out there (because there are a lot of guys who consider me slow). I just take issue when they are talking to guys at work, who know nothing about the sport, and make it sound like they are Ryan Dungey. Be humble, be willing to learn.
If a guy comes out all talk...faster dudes make fun of him....but if that same guy comes out, and is humble, and acknowledges and is realistic about his ability, faster guys want to help him, and will encourage him.
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