masameet
Rawr!
Naw. You push down on the outside peg when turning to help minimize the possibility of the rear wheel slipping when riding on slippery surfaces, like dirt, gravel, rain, etc. Don't be so quick to dismiss accepted technique for both dirt and street bikes.
And because your bike is a dirt bike with knobby tires, you really should take it out on wet and snowy dirt roads just to see how it handles and how you handle the bike. Most dirt bikers welcome wet and muddy conditions. That's when the real fun and learning happen on a dirt bike, as in those conditions a rider truly learns how to balance and slide the bike and test his/her own mettle.
Anyway I think your inability to see what more experienced riders are suggesting as valid points in this and that other thread of yours is your great shortcoming. I bet if you were to come to our cone practice, you would disagree more often than accept our thoughts, advice and techniques. Since starting cone practice last May, I've encountered only two riders who disagreed with the basics of riding that we were offering. One even told me he disagreed with the retired motor LEOs who had tried to teach him the same techniques in the Alameda County Sheriff's 1-day civilian motor course. I believe disagreeable riders seldom learn and progress, they are so set in their own adamant thinking that they cannot think outside of the box.
Again my opinion: In riding a motorcycle, whether on the street or in the dirt, a rider must learn to think outside the box and to challenge his techniques. As riders, few of us are immune to improvement. And if a rider only has one way of doing things, when the time comes for doing something new and different in the face of imminent danger, that rider will revert to doing what he is most comfortable with. In some cases that one technique may well turn out to be detrimental, if not fatal.
Challenge yourself, beginner, to try other riders' techniques. If you ever leave the relative safety of that parking lot, your life may depend on using some other rider's technique.
And because your bike is a dirt bike with knobby tires, you really should take it out on wet and snowy dirt roads just to see how it handles and how you handle the bike. Most dirt bikers welcome wet and muddy conditions. That's when the real fun and learning happen on a dirt bike, as in those conditions a rider truly learns how to balance and slide the bike and test his/her own mettle.
Anyway I think your inability to see what more experienced riders are suggesting as valid points in this and that other thread of yours is your great shortcoming. I bet if you were to come to our cone practice, you would disagree more often than accept our thoughts, advice and techniques. Since starting cone practice last May, I've encountered only two riders who disagreed with the basics of riding that we were offering. One even told me he disagreed with the retired motor LEOs who had tried to teach him the same techniques in the Alameda County Sheriff's 1-day civilian motor course. I believe disagreeable riders seldom learn and progress, they are so set in their own adamant thinking that they cannot think outside of the box.
Again my opinion: In riding a motorcycle, whether on the street or in the dirt, a rider must learn to think outside the box and to challenge his techniques. As riders, few of us are immune to improvement. And if a rider only has one way of doing things, when the time comes for doing something new and different in the face of imminent danger, that rider will revert to doing what he is most comfortable with. In some cases that one technique may well turn out to be detrimental, if not fatal.
Challenge yourself, beginner, to try other riders' techniques. If you ever leave the relative safety of that parking lot, your life may depend on using some other rider's technique.
