I totally disagree with every statement you made. Riding a dirt bike is much harder than riding a street bike with only 1 exception; the traffic. There is nothing in the woods that can hit you. The trees don't move. Other than that and learning the traffic laws, riding a dirt bike is the best experience you can get prior to getting on a street bike. When I switched from dirt to street, the transition was easy. Nothing to it. Dirt bike riding teaches you "body english", balance, coordination, and power management. There are ruts to ride thru, large rocks and trees fallen on trails, difficult hills, etc. that all teach you these skills. You might say, "I'm not going to be going over any fallen trees on the street". Maybe not, but one of these days you might have to avoid or ride over an obstacle in the road. Dirt bike experience prepares you for that.

Have you ever ridden a dirt bike? I can't believe you could make the statements you did and have ever spent even 5 minutes on one.

 

Don't we have enough do-gooders trying to save us from ourselves already? What do you want to do, give skill tests and equipment checks to people in your area?

Don't like it, don't ride with them.

Not comfortable around somebody, don't ride with them.

Some people learn by riding, some learn by crashing.

Everybody had a first day on a bike.

 

I'd have to say my racing motocross for 10 yrs has made me that much better of a road rider. Something about banging bars with 20+ other riders that are more than willing to put you on the ground for your position kinda makes your more aware of your surroundings among many other things.

 

Toypuller said it well,,, I do disagree with the OP, truthfully my motocross and hare scramble racing days saved my **** on my Harley one day, I told the story here before of having to go down a long steep graveled rutted dirt road, major pucker factor and no way around it I had to go down this hill,, if I didn't have my dirt bike experience for sure my bike would have hit the ground, damn near did.

Really you/we as experienced riders should encourage and help anyone wanting to ride or learning to ride no matter what their previous experience is,,, we all have to start somewhere,, at one point none of us could even crawl or walk could we?

 

Riding motocross, enduro or any other dirt sport gives a person bike handling skills that can be applied to the street. I would bet that a person riding strictly on the street would not perform well on dirt.

 

You seem confused. A dirt bike *is* a motorcycle. Further, in my experience & opinion, street riders who came up on dirt bikes are far better street riders than those who do not have dirt bike experience. As just one example, a rider with only street experience typically reacts poorly when he loses traction or the bike starts to slide, whereas a rider with experience on a dirt bike is more likely to just ride it out, or even deliberately powerslide through a turn.

I suppose, rather than you ranting on dirt bike riders having so much more experience than you, instead, you should be honest with them and admit you *only* have half the experience, having limited yourself to just street bikes.

 

Absolutely what he said! Now I am going back to work.

 

Wow, somebody touched a nerve! Why rant, or worry, if they count it as experience, congrats to them, if you don't why get upset? Your experience is yours, I don't know what you have faced in your saddle or on your feet, but you do, learn from whatever you can, enjoy life and ride with the experience you have and learn from each new day, road, track, dirt or even in a cager, God forbid!

 

I don't understand why people feel the need to ask or tell how long they've been riding. I guess it makes a good conversation starter idk