How to Master Braking Technique on a Dirt Bike - 3 Steps w/ Practice Drills!!

in this video you guys are gonna learn how to use your brakes properly [Music] what's up guys tell Olivia see here we're at the MX Factory and we're going to teach you guys how to use your brakes in three steps one it's gonna be just what the no how what's going on with these things where do I use this when when do I use this one and how much the second step is going to be your body position in the meat of the braking your third is going to be your setup Windell it off the brakes and get ready for the turn step one what do these things even do how many are there there's actually three brakes a lot of people don't know that you have your front brake which can create a lot of power your rear brake which acts as stabilizing and then your shifting down without the clutch in while also engine brake and give you more slowly power which is a really really good thing that a lot of people don't know how to use so pay attention in this video and we'll help you out when you're just getting started into this stuff think about leaving the front brake alone for the most part focus on your rear brake we go 70% rear 30% front on our new lessons that come through them as factory doors and then progressing from there the ratio is coming up - even so 50/50 you know equal amount of pressure up front to back and then you start playing with your dirt types if you're in sand there's a little more back a little less front you don't want the front in a dive if you're on tacky dirt you can really get on the front so sometimes up to 70% on the front and 30% on the rear it's really trial and error in step two you're gonna see the meat of it and you're gonna really understand what it's supposed to mean step two the meat and potatoes or the salad and the vegan ice cream whatever way you flow so we're gonna start from the ground up here it's important your squeeze tight to the bike the whole time ankles all the way up to your knees and then also that you're moving your foot from the front to the back when you're going to the brake especially the back brake it doesn't need to come out like this you lose all your you're squeezing power when you do that so moving up from there you want to stack your hips over the pegs and then as you're braking the big thing and breaking that most people don't get it's balancing with the amount of brake that you're applying balancing back that is so if you're heavy on the brakes you've got to move your weight way to the back and low over the seat the last breaks you give the less that you have to be back there so just as we've talked about we're powering that way powering forward you've got to do the exact same thing under braking okay the more front brake is usually going to bring you wanting to pull over the front and the back brake is going to complete the bike you can get it to connect to the ground so it's an equally in supporting the big thing is is testing how much brakes am I giving where's my buck if my butt's way back here and I'm not giving any brakes it's gonna feel real awkward but if I'm here and I'm on the binders it's gonna feel nice and balanced and if if you're not you want to be more towards the middle of the bike feeling smooth squeezing the bike having a lot fun to add on top of all that a good drill to do which really helps we do this a ton here is setting two cones up hitting the gas at the first cone powering through that and one your front tire has the second code immediately snapping back into position and hitting your brakes at the same time and just conditioning the feelings of being balanced on the bike and this drill just make sure that you're not using the clutch we touch on that and step one this is a big key component to learning how to use all three brakes at once and not just two you want to go a little more advanced with it my advanced riders we do it one-handed and what that does is takes away all your upper body strength which you don't need a lot of you do this right ins your balance and it gets you all in your technique okay so if you hit the brakes hard and you're in the wrong spot you're going forward the bikes stand back but if you're in the right spot it feels extremely balanced and really easy and it's really cool step three is gonna be your setup and your timing of one to do so what we teach here is red zone yellow zone green zone what that means is red zone is when you're braking you're moved back on the seat you're balanced yellow zone is when you set up so when you go from that to seat it leg out and ready to go through the turn and green is when you're back on the gas what's important here is to know when to do all of that a lot of tracks will have a bump right before the turn that gives you restaurant to win to sit we call it a setup bump and it's usually the bump that's the biggest because everyone's using their breaks all the way up to that bump been releasing and all the dirt piles right there in this scenario it's flat so we're going to show you guys by color when to do it [Music] [Music] [Music] hope you enjoyed it I know I did love riding these things if you want more videos we have some more over here if you loved it like we love you subscribe down here and make sure you hit us on our Instagram we're posting some tech videos throughout the week you guys are like them yeah good you know they say good bye bye put that in I don't work

Channel: The Mx Factory

Views: 524,663

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Id: 7YR3mRFVBVM

Length: 5min 47sec (347 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 14 2018