I was wondering, you ATV racers, could you possibly give any tips to someone who wants to race, and improve upon that? What are your tips? We never talk about actually riding, yet it exists and IS 80% of us. QUAD RACERS, what can you say about racing? Peace...

 

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Collins Pocket English Dictionary:
practise v. do repeatedly so as to gain skill



your going to hate me for that!

+ one other thing
DRIVE IT LIKE YA STOLE IT (Quoted from a wise man on this forum!)

go hard man!

 

What is your level of experience? This would help others determine if they have knowledge worth contributing. "Practice".

 

Racing with the GNCC circuit, I noticed that every Pro that went by me in a corner had thier weight so far off the quad in a corner. I am pretty decent at cornering, but the pros were hanging way off the side at up closer to the front of the quad. With there weight off and up towards the front, the front end pushed less and it is much easier to throw your weight side to side when your closer to the front of the quad.

Ride alot and ride hard. In a 2 hr race, the last lap I was nearly worthless. I can ride all day long at 70%, about an hour at 90%, or about 15 minutes at 110%. This means I am not riding as hard as I should and ride harder for longer durations when I ride. Conditioning.

Find a riding partner that is better or competitive. My friend and I have a GP track and when I feel I am riding the track as fast as I ever have, I see where he is faster, so you push yourself every lap to go faster and faster. If you don't do this, you always go the same speed and never get faster.

Work on going into, through, and out of the corner as fast as possible. You cares about the straights, any body can mash the gas and go just as fast as the next guy, but when you hit a corner, that is what seperates the grea riders from the novices. Basically, anything other than full throttle into, through and out of the corner can use some improvement.

Don't ride completely over your head all the time, but push your self harder and harder.

Go Race and you'll see, that to be as fast as a racer, you need to race race race.

Now that I am done with my book, good luck.

 

Learn to use the front brake.
Dont drink soda the day of the race.
Pace yourself, you don't win the race on the first lap, save yourself for the last 1/3 or 1/4 of the race.
Prep you quad good.
This is just a few ideas.

 

Don't forget a good night's sleep. Entering a race fatigued is not a good idea. Also condition yourself (cardio exercise)

In my opinion more leads are lost by two key things:

corners (as mentioned before)
jumps

Miscalculating the above two can cost you seconds, especially if you wipe out.

Don't forget practice makes perfect...

 

You mentioned the front brake. You mean in cornering? How exactly do you mean that would help? I have noticed that it is obvious that smooth jumping and cornering pretty much make the winner. I watched a local fair race last night (didn't have part in time to race, boo hoo) that this one guy was flyin over the table top and landing on the downside smooth and just mashing the gas on the downslope and just whipping around corners and he killed the competition.

 

What exactly to do you mean about front brake?