Top Ten Best Things About Motocross

Riding dirt bikes takes a lot of physical work. You do not just sit on a bike and twist a throttle, you have to overpower the 200 pound machine. It takes a lot of strength to be a competitive rider.

Just like other sports, you don't always win. You have to learn how to deal with not winning and realizing that it is okay to not win them all.

In order to ride a dirt bike, you must also know how to work on one. You have to know what to do when you blow out the top end or when you lock up the engine. This translates into working on other vehicles such as cars.

In order to race motorcycles, you have to have a lot of stamina. If you do not have a lot of stamina, you will get tired and get hurt. When you ride tired, you ride sloppy. Sloppy is dangerous when going 30+ mph.

You don't always have to be racing. You can just ride a dirt bike on a trail and experience the outdoors. You ride dirt bikes farther into the woods than you would normally walk.

Motocross requires a lot of physical work and movement. Work and movement improves your cardio, thus helping your heart.

You can't always look down at your hands while you are riding, you have to look to where you are going. This trains your hand-eye coordination.

It is not always fine and dandy while racing, sometimes you almost crash. This can be bad and get you hurt. You feel when you are losing control and if you act quickly, can save it. You also never know who, or what, you might run into while racing and you must react quickly.

You will wreck. That is a given. Crashing hurts and isn't fun. The thing is, when you crash, there isn't a paramedic on the sidelines waiting to help you. You have to toughen up and keep going.