Woods Riding is Better Than Motocross - Why YOU should switch!

I grew up riding dirt bikes on the motocross track. Because of that, I always used to look at woods riders and think, dang look how crappy their body position is, or laugh as they tried and failed to hit jumps on the MX track.
Recently however, I’ve decided to give woods riding a fair try. So I spent a whole season riding my dirt bike on trails exclusively… and boy did my perspective change.
Today, I’m going to talk about the reasons Woods Riding or Off-road dirt bike riding is better than Motocross, and why you should make the switch if you haven’t already.

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0:00 - Why I switched to woods...
1:30 - The CRF250F (Beginner Trail Bike)
2:04 - Throttle & Clutch Control
3:09 - Endless amounts of obstacles
3:45 - Multiple offroad disciplines
5:28 - Two Strokes!!!
7:27 - The Endurance Feat
8:52 - More varied scenery
10:23 - More accessible!
11:48 - A message for the MX riders...
14:14 - You should give woods a try!

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