How To Get Faster In The Trails - Dirt Biking

[@robh3267]

Always looking as far ahead as possible on the trail is one of the first things you should learn to do to ride faster.

[@kenwolfe5697]

This. Everything Megs said was solid advice but this one has to be in there as well.

[@endurojimmy3109]

Definitely, some years ago me and a friend were telling this to a guy that had just started riding enduros. Your body automatically copes with what's happening with the bike you concentrate on picking a line on what's coming up on the going. It's like your brain is working independently of your body. Great feeling when it's all flowing, then you suddenly have an off...The joys of riding enduros.

[@ollysfishing4231]

Learning to ride faster is bullshit, need to learn how the bike reacts and adapt to it, the speed will eventually come the more you ride

[@mikeb4708]

While standing up!

[@nass7070]

Straight to the goal no bla bla!!! I love this, very instructive!!! Nice video.

[@elcincero321]

Saw one of your videos like 2 years ago and I still consider you explain way better than 98% of man riders on KZbin. Congratulations, continue doing your stuff. My sister is a fan too and like the way you explain and understand you better than other people on KZbin

[@chrismckay9869]

Hello Megs, just wanted to say that the content and the way you present your videos are of real value to people like myself. You manage to entertain as well as educate, I have learned loads, Thanks, Chris....

[@megs_braap]

chris mckay Thanks so much for the great feedback Chris!

[@firffighter]

Just turned 50, been in this game a long time! Riding/racing in the Pacific Northwest for decades. Your clear explanations and practical applications are some of the best I've seen. I watch and read everything out there and your riding tips are far beyond most out there. I love Lafferty, Watts, old school Dave Woods, and of course Barry Morris. Thanks for the great content and keep it up!

[@jesusfreak3587]

come on man.......! you know that is some bullshit! You just sayin that cause she is a pretty lady! Her advice actually is not that practical. You cannot always stand up.

[@notnab72]

Your advice has been really helpful as a 50 year old guy trying to keep up with my son (15 years old) who is getting faster every week on the single track.

[@benjahnz]

A youtube video that got straight to the point and delivered. A rare find indeed. Thanks for the great tips.

[@chriscopeland1318]

Yes! Like riding a BMX bike…but BIGGER!

[@SCakey]

Really started trail riding about 2 years back and just riding/getting a feel for things has gotten me significantly faster. Really to me seems like getting a 'feel for dirt' and how bikes react under you as well as the 'flickability' of a bike that really doesn't exist as much in my street riding (how I started riding motorcycles). Which yes totally goes to your body positioning tips, as I'm learning how to 'move' on a dirt bike, it's easier to handle and quicker. There are things I can recover from now due to body positioning that would have meant I was going down before. I'm a dude but a smaller dude so always appreciate your 'short biker tips', I actually lift my bikes onto the stand by the front wheel due to you. One of these days I'll try your pivot turn, braap on! :)

[@laboiteatrucs4219]

Thank you Megs for all your nice videos and advices. I just started enduro 3 months ago at 51 after many years of mountain bike, I would say with an engine it’s quite different ! I will never become very good and very fast, but I am improving myself each time, and the most important I have a lot of fun. I really enjoy watching your videos and try to learn from them. Explanation are very clear, almost understand everything and for a french native language I appreciate to be capable to ear you without huge effort. Wish you the best and also lot of fun with bikes 😀😀😀

[@jacemiller2593]

Hi, Megs. I totally believe you when when you say to stand up. I feel like when I stand up I’m gunna go over the bars on rough or unfamiliar terrain.

[@davidwisok7830]

I'm late to the party...... great video. I need this type of instruction! Blessings...... David

[@NBADVEnduro]

Thanks Meg.. I'll definitely put that to use. I started riding again at 46 and loving it.. I dont have single track in my area but lots of trails and I spend over 10 hours a week on the bikes. ( both 2018 KTM Sixdays 4 and 2 strokes) I have to get my but standing. 220 lbs of old bones get tired quickly lol

[@Motofangirl922]

THAT LAST CLIP WAS LIT! 🔥

[@EnduroTainment]

To prevent a front wheel washout while turning, DONT use a Kenda Trackmaster!! lol

[@garyjames9437]

Did Meg's Enduro Riding clinic and she is an awesome rider and teacher. Highly recommended.

[@wesmorey6167]

Good to know-going to one in a month!

[@kirstyandrossmitchell4227]

What a great series of videos ! Thanks Megs, and standing while I ride has made me such a better rider , thanks

[@DmitriyAdv]

Great tips and nice work on improving the production quality of your videos!

[@nickj6275]

It’s hard getting use to standing on corners but I’m getting a hang of it I spend 3 hours a day after work practicing.

[@TheRealPervySage]

This was super helpful. Thank you

[@tylerberry2476]

Awesome tips for the trail ! Thanks for sharing this with us!! 😎👍👍

[@davidforbes389]

You totally answered some things I’ve been wondering about. My standing is fine until I hit corners and then I question if I should stand or sit motocross style. Stand it is!

[@jesusfreak3587]

nope!!!!! sit & rip in the turns!!!! stnading does have it's place. Just not everywhere as shown. Seeing that thousands of people out there are eating up loose advice as it were solid. Inspires me to make content that comes from race knowledge not casual cruising !

[@macscrambles3644]

Thanks Meg, I'm a master c rider trying to improve this video will help.

[@SierraRacingTeam]

I recently got promoted to senior b class. Keep practicing and your riding will improve 💪🏻

[@Toad_Moto]

For me, getting faster comes with practice and building more confidence while developing skill.

[@Darkvisor]

Thanks for this video. It will help me with riding off-road with my Yamaha Tenere 700

[@soulriverdogs]

Very straight forward explanation. Simple but huge tips. awesome!

[@LikeAPetrol]

Such an impressive video. Blessed place to ride it the woods.

[@maximumeffort8829]

those were some great tips and even better riding 💪🏾 i get nervous standing up a lot because i am short also and like to be able to throw my legs out in case of a fall but i have to get over that

[@publicadventures]

Oh my lawd you would smoke me on a trail great tips thank you for the advice

[@Oldguynotbald]

I thought the same thing🤣

[@scottgaskill4896]

Yeah she's really good.

[@Xlayerful]

Wow Megs you are a beast. I just got a new klx 300r and its my first dirt bike (at age 39). So here's a sub!

[@robertbotta6536]

You are so darn talented. Sharing with us is awesome. Thanks. COVID has got me on the couch. I will Patreon when back to work..

[@Stylelss]

Hey awesome video. Very helpfully. I started up some trail riding last year and i got to say it’s an amazing sport. Lots to learn and the part where you mentioned to lean the opposite direction on a turn really helped. I see the mechanics of that. Hope to see more of your videos.

[@RicRickNRicky]

Just came across this in 2023.. awesome stuff!

[@rooster63]

Great tips Megs, I have been advocating my slower friends ride up a gear and flow more, keep the great tips coming ! You ride awesome!

[@gregdestefano9784]

Thanks meg this was a huge help!

[@rachelprisel01]

Love all your videos and tips meg ! Your one of a kind inspiring woman !! Keep it up ! I hope i get to ride with you one day !!

[@JETZcorp]

The whole standing-all-the-time thing has eluded me so much. It feels so wrong. Getting on the power, I have to wrench myself forward with strength. On the brakes, I have to heave myself back with strength. In every other turn, I'm taking up so much space on the trail that my helmet is constantly thwapping brush and branches. Using the shifter and rear brake both put me off balance when standing. All that just takes care of itself when sitting. I use a TON less energy, which is important because stamina is my #1 bottleneck. I do stand for bumps though. Anytime things get gnarly I stand or at least heavily weight the pegs, and let the bike deal with its chaos until I'm ready to sit again. At speed on a trail, that does usually mean I'm standing something like 40% of the time; it's just not my default. All that said, I really don't do technical type riding. I appreciate and admire those who have absorbed modern trials techniques into their riding style, but I don't run into the log crossings and other one-wheel-approach obstacles that reeaally benefit from the trials-inspired form. I grew up taking flowing trails with whoops and rocks, as well as high-speed dirt fire roads. I was taught to ride sitting in turns and standing for bumps, and that on bikes with ye olde short-travel suspension where sitting on whoops would result in a guaranteed Flying-W situation. So I get the value of standing, just not ALL the time.

[@dustyrock1]

Exactly. Agree with everything you said. Standing for her is much easier cause she is vertically challenged at I think 5"3". As a result her CG is MUCH lower than a tall rider. At 6' when I stand my arms are near vertical and have very little leverage on the bars. Any obstacle hit with the front will send you over the bars unless of course your knees are really bent and sitting back. It's the unseen obstacles that do that. Yes I stand through really rough stuff etc, but do not all the time like some riders.

[@jesusfreak3587]

you get it bro what im tellin all these folks. her advice is like luke warm bath water! Not really what anyone want or needs! If this practice of standing all the time is a widely used practice in woods racing. Well then....... I feel like i ought to dabble in some woodsies! I'd love to go ripping by dudes struggling to stay up! As i smoke by them in a natural riding/attack position.

[@jesusfreak3587]

@@dustyrock1 riders who stand ALL the time do not finish 1st.

[@tieoneon1614]

Totally agree with the Not Standing 24/7 crowd. Im MUCH faster sitting, and have kind of adapted a style where i hover my ass over the seat over rough stuff, pushing down on the pegs. That keeps u from getting bucked and still keeps you in position to shift quickly and slide forward on the seat to really slide into/power out of faster corners. I did recently put on Steg Pegz though, that helps save a lot of energy on hill climbs and faster rough terrain where standing is better

[@GiantMX]

you gotta think tho all that standing and sitting is using more energy than just standing MOST of the time. if your going from sitting to standing for bumps on most trails you'll get burnt pretty quick. Thats like doing 2 hours of squats (or however long the ride may be). Learn to use your brakes and shift standing up...simple. if you keep on the balls of your feet and get used to the motion of moving your foot to do a shift or brake, instead of trying to feel it through a thick ass boot, you'll feel much faster and be able to ride for much longer. This was my issue for a long time, but trying to keep up with your fast ass friends in the woods you gotta learn this stuff. Cheers brother and ride safe.

[@callmewes5121]

Your videos are always awesome. Thank you, it's easy

[@megs_braap]

Thanks a lot! ☺️

[@RyanMatthewYates]

Props to megs braap vids. But also to the other men in the comments good job accepting help or advice from a woman haha myself I honestly respect woman more than men that are doing a male dominant activity (dirt bikes shooting guns driving semis being a mechanic etc) love the content keep it coming! Haha

[@rolandedrummer9723]

Very interesting. A lot different from street riding. I have a lot to learn about this. Some of it is opposite what I learned about aggressive cornering on street bikes.

[@michaelporter6067]

Awesome video, but I agree. Riding out front is most important. If your riding looking at the front tire your gonna over compensate the steering and eat it. Your body will get in line with your eyes always

[@traileater]

Looking ahead is a major one

[@richardsmith3350]

Great tips from a fellow TX300 rider!

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

Ride a CR500in the woods, like I have been doing for over a decade. Thats plenty fast on the trails..

[@averyscar3132]

My roommate is building a 89 cr500 haha gonna be sick

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

He might want to add a flywheel weight. It has about as much flywheel effect as a Zippo lighter. Consider suspension work mandatory. '89 was the first year for inverted forks, and there were some major issues with them (aluminum shavings in the fork oil and internal galling) Might want to look for a set of '93-up forks. I added an oversised front disc.

[@TheRossillini]

Slow on the trails, too much weight bro you don’t need power on trails you need light weight. I ride a 2019 te150 on trails way faster due to lightweight

[@TimMoffett]

Yeah! Great advice!

[@eddiekelley527]

Awesome tips, made a huge difference in my ride today. I rode faster than I ever did..

[@megs_braap]

I'm so glad to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to let me know! :D

[@snupermoto723]

the greatest improvement in speed I ever got was because i was being chased by a mother moose.

[@megs_braap]

😂👌

[@roccit]

I thought you were going to say boar or angry dog 😅

[@galuhrichata6148]

😂😂😂😂

[@isaacmonarrez3617]

Oh god... a bear would be terrifying. Instant boost

[@Me-yh4uc]

Lol. I was thinking stand up just before you said it.

[@martincornish3179]

Great tips 👍 can't wait to try them thanks.

[@enduroisland4202]

Great video Meg! And nice tips 👍🏻

[@LCARSADV]

Great video! Keep em coming!

[@HippoDrones]

Awesome tips... and nice little bounce off the tree at the end too! :D

[@mikecollins8241]

I recently signed up to be a Patreon, haven't looked into the "extras/ behind the scenes" stuff, I'll have to do that soon :)

[@UnleadedApe]

I do the complete opposite, no wonder I suck, thanks Meg! :D

[@megs_braap]

No problem! I'm happy to help! 👍🏻

[@roccit]

I resemble that comment :)

[@the88tlc]

great rider and great tips.

[@dariocosta2671]

Excellent tips!!!

[@adamsellick8116]

Damn just what I needed rn

[@megs_braap]

☺️👊

[@cliveneilands1449]

Excellent vid! Thanks alot.

[@ewerttonelite5816]

I am rom Brazil and your videos is very good, thanks

[@itsallabouttheridekeepingi4449]

Great 👍 vid , I always stand up when riding and my mates reckon I’m pretty quick , a few of my friends sit down a lot , one place we ride is light sand and small Mabel type surface one of my mate on his WR450 hates this ride as hie washes out the front end a lot ( due to sitting down in corners and motorcross style in the bends ) I have a question do you support sitting down going up steep snotty hill climbs ? as I see quite a few riders do it to get traction on the rear wheel . I’m also short like you I’m 5/4 .

[@beauclose2235]

Usually falling in in sand corners happens because of lack of throttle sitting is fine in my opinion as long as the corner is smooth if it's bumpy you want to stand up, if the trail you riding is rough you want to stand up if it's party bumpy you want to stand the whole time because constantly transitioning between sitting and standing takes to much energy

[@sebaspunta1]

Love love love 👍

[@dougdill9458]

That was awesome really dig that video always looking for info on riding that helps a lot next time out Def going to try I just subscribed two thumbs up ty doug from gunnison CO

[@-sandman4605]

You go girl & hold it on. 😎🇦🇺

[@jhonasarcamo9173]

Nice move megs braaap.🥰

[@888TMONEY888]

thanks for the lesson dude!

[@mikefox5537]

Keep and safe always idol Megs🤝🏍️

[@Captain250FX]

Great tips!

[@SD-co5sv]

Question: When I weight the outside peg in a turn for example left corner, weight the right peg standing up, my bike wants to turn right toward the weighted peg and I'm fighting it through the turn. Same with a right corner weight the left peg, bike wants to go left. It seems like a ballet move and I can't seem to find that balance point. I realize it's difficult to teach via text but give it a shot :-) If you are riding straight ahead and weight a peg the bike will turn towards the weighted peg which makes sense.

[@Cali-mam2stroke]

Thanks newbie here enjoyed this vid!

[@tru3sk1ll]

Great tips!!! Love it!~

[@chadrides914]

I prefer standing up as well, however, our singletrack here is so overgrown and bushy that you can't stand up very often for fear of getting destroyed by limbs, twigs, and leaves. Sitting down gets me beneath most of it.

[@paydenbueckert2500]

Thx for the tips and tricks I am so slow on the trails on my 85 2 stroke ya I sit down but I ride in the cow Pasteur and there is ruts every were I am scared I will go over the corner

[@marcpigeon7796]

Thanks Megs 🏍🇨🇦

[@michaelstanley9635]

That girl can ride!

[@kenwchannel83]

My throttle control is awful while standing! What are some pointers for that? I get how important standing is...it's second nature to riding mountain bikes, but my motorcycle experience is primarily endurance road racing (never standing)

[@Me-yh4uc]

Short guys can stand a lot easier coz their ass is closer to the seat! No fair!

[@matthewmarshall8516]

Good video keep doing what you are doing awesome channel!!!

[@torco1963]

My Huskys 1st and 2nd gears are like creeper and I'm using 3rd and 4th all the time now and clutch the hell out of tight turns and its alot more manageable, pulls like a tractor and launches like a rocket🤙still working on the standing corners its hard because of years of MX being drilled into my head but its coming together

[@crosstrainingadventure]

braaaaap!

[@kev12official]

As a kid that has not been riding long, your videos are a big help 🙂 thank you 👍 #KEV12

[@TheRossillini]

I think it’s the most bad ass thing ever to see a woman ride a dirt bike straight up. More women need to ride.

[@kick8472]

FYI from someone with 125cc 2-stroke to 350cc 2-stroke experience in the woods: not all bikes can be ridden a gear or two up to be smoother and faster.

[@ziekezang]

Megs...I don't want to go fast, I'm just trying to find easy trails!

[@stephenflowers8516]

What would you suggest on 90 degree corners that start out flat, then you corner into a steep downgrade ?Like 45 degrees.

[@cecil192]

Awesome! What gearing do you use? Mine is 14/50 and in the tight stuff I find that I am using the clutch just to keep the rpms up. Lugging is a challenge...

[@SouthWestBristol]

Great video 😎

[@iandobby3402]

Well done.

[@fallofmanbrand]

amazing video

[@megs_braap]

Thank you!

[@garypaisley]

I struggle turning in deep soft sand, currently using the motocross technique of sit and stick your inside foot way out. I always stand in the rough stuff, but yesterday tried standing up turning in soft sand. It works well, but why don't you see motocross riders doing it?

[@Hunter-ve4pv]

Moose approves this video.

[@ericdunlap7531]

Thanks for the lessons, what brand tire do u like especially the front , to help with cornering better ?

[@brandonmcevoy4277]

Would you say you still sit for races? I find myself sitting and standing when needed. Kinda hovering above the seat. It’s how I feel fastest.

[@losoratajoshua8179]

Hi you are amazing lady rider😊😊😊 ... Your new subscriber from philippines

[@emptyqrider]

Hi Megan .. I watched some of your vids, very informative. I’m a short rider, how tall are you if I may ask ? Just to compare what I’m doing in some handling situations with your performance in these vids.

[@haydenw6585]

Good tips !

[@kispe82]

Hi! Aren't you afraid to ride in trees like this? It could be a small mistake and a fatal injury. Is it worth the risk? I'm chilled by these trees... 😁🥴All the best. 😊🥰 1:00

[@stfuliberal]

Human spike.

[@beauclose2235]

The hit of adrenaline you get overpowers your fear of crashing

[@roccit]

Megs is a beast to be sure, but the camera *can* make it look a little tighter. A little :)

[@roccit]

@Max Sand My left knee agrees with you!

[@arnoholopainen]

Great vid, waiting for part two or did you hide it under some other name?

[@rtg_2023]

wont it wear the clutch more if u ride in a higher gear, a 4 stroke 200cc single, going at 40 kmph on 3rd gear is rabid compared to 40 in 4th gear. a little bit of incline and i find myself feathering the clutch.

[@sebastianescudero8712]

Thank you❤

[@samplemills]

Cheers great tips

[@binstunting1]

Very informative