How far can you go on a tank of gas?
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Don't think you need to worry, gas sippers. and if your doing milage it all depends on how you ride and fall, as gas will be lost on a fall. I can putt the kids around on a 150 for about 50 miles on a tank. If you worry, there is reserve, and you can pack a couple bottles for insurance.
I can go anywhere between 20 and 60 miles on one of my bikes and 30 and 85 on another, riding on sand or track will empty a tank fast, where relatively hard flat trails riding in higher gears and easy on the gas, you can stretch that tank out.....but the main thing is getting out there riding with your kid, Beats video games hands down.
That is a valid concern: I think I would be plotting my rides based on time more than distance as was mentioned. My guess is that either of those is going to run past the two hour mark of continuous riding. I know the the crf150 will from friends who own them. There are some really handy siphon hoses on the market now, and I suggest anyone that rides trails gets one. some like to put them inside the handle bars. That works, but coiling and taping them behind the number plate or under the seat with duct tape. (You can do that with a few other tools like some vise grips and an 8mm and 12mm wrench etc too.) Anyway, start a clock and time your next ride after topping off the tank and when the ride is over stop the clock and top the tanks off again. See what you used and compare to the total volumes of the bikes. Here I find it is better to run the dry and fill them all the way back up once to find out what they really hold and not trust the brochure. drain them into a gas can by attaching a longer piece of fuel line outside the garage is a good way(extra fuel line is handy for so many things, take yours off and head to NAPA etc and get about 3 feet) . then off to the gas station you use the most.
My favorite training drills involve turning and braking. Two really nice things to know, especially when covering new territory, and it will all be knew to you as riders it sounds like. Simple figure 8's for about 2 mins before you start each ride is a great one for turning. start in a single gear, and then move your markers (oil bottles filled back up with water work really great and pennzoil comes in a good color so find some that are being tossed at a gas station) to where at least one shift has to be done between markers and you and your young rider have to brake at the entrance. get used to separating braking from turning.
Good habits to get into include looking as far ahead as possible and the proper rider stances. Those proper stances include less sitting down than you might think. I like head forward, elbows up. Elbows up, will keep the head forward when your bars are set right, so work on that first.
You see lots of riders who have been riding for years riding in a position that sitting or standing that their toes would be in a perfect line if you could see them from the side. I think that is a bad position. If you can place the ball of one foot onto the front of the peg, and the other foot on the back of the other peg you gain some balance as in an athletic position, and it is why the wider pegs you can buy are a great accessory. It is also why lots of successful racers have some stagger built into their own setups.
I hope that gives you some ideas, and as I mentioned on another post, video from real riding schools and videoing yourselves will make you better and safer sooner.
It is getting late in the year, but you and another woman on here are already my pics for mom and aunt of the year in the "coolest" category.
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I remember when real men rode MX and there were 3 motos in a race
When I was a kid, depending upon which race you were at, there were 3 30 or 45 minute motos, it was rough for sure, but I was only 15-16-17 yrs old when I did it full time
I rode a sachs back then and sometimes a converted DT-1 until I got a new 1970 husqvarna. at a few of those three moto events I got loaned open bikes, usually a maico. with a right hand shifting husky, and a 125 that probably wouldnt shift I had some interesting 1st turns. nice part about the big maicos was that you probably didnt have to shift often. nice part about hitting the brake instead of the shifter was that you were probably trying to slow down anyway, and the shifter did about as good as the poor brakes did. then I got an ajs to use for awhile with the one up 3 down pattern. Organic chemistry was easier to figure out.
