Body position for MX

[The Honda Pilot]

I have been getting better in my racing. And have just about fully healed from my broken back and compressed neck. So im really looking foward to learning how to ride the rite way. Anywho is there a photo or atleast someone can tell me the proper body position I know and also feel that when I am riding im not bending over (down) enough with the knees. and that I am standing to straight. I need to get that hunched over look. I feel stupid when I try to bend over to far so is there a pointer of just how far I should be bending at the knees. I see alot of guys with grip tape on there # plates .....I never bend over far enough for my legs to touch the # plates. My legs stay vertical with the frame on my 01 cr 125. PLEASE HELP. I feel that if I lean back and down more that my weight will be more on my legs than on my arms which could be whats giving me arm pump ??????? If you lean to far foward wouldnt that be putting the weight on your arms which your suposed to be holding on more with your legs/boots ?

 

[Jaybird]

I think that being conscience about your elbows will help. If you have your elbows out properly, the rest of your body will follow.

 

[yardpro]

getting better?, can't get much worse. good lock and be careful ;)

 

[High Lord Gomer]

There isn't "one" position in which to be. When accelerating, you should be forward, when braking, you should be back, depending on jump type you should be in different places on the bike.

I get the hint that you might be in Eastern NC. If so, sign up for a class or two with Ike DeJagger (sp?). He's the Gary Semic's authorized instructor for that area. One of the first things he works on is body positioning for different situations.

 

[Boozer]

i totally agree, but there is one standard body position that is used most of the time, the attack position. put your bike on a bike stand, and stand on the pegs. Grip the bars, and bend your knees slightly. Look down and grip the bike with your knees at the seat/tank junction (where the two meet). Okay, look up again and put your head over the cross bar (if you look down, you should be able to see your number on the plate). Keep your elbows up, and there you have your standard attack position that all other positions originate from. Before you move, extend your fingers straight out onto the levers, and draw an imaginary line from your elbow to your fingers. it should be one straight line, and if your fingers are too high or low, adjust your levers until they are straight.
Go out and watch videos, and you'll see examples of this. Travis Pastrana is great and displaying this, exspecially when doing his freestyle jumps, as this is the position to use while jumping, most of the time.
While you are still fresh and willing to learn, go out to a school and learn everything you can, just like Sir High Lord said. It amazes me how people can spend a fourtune on bikes and equipment, yet they don't know how to use them correctly. If you practice without the correct technique, you are wasting your time, and may develop bad habbits that will be difficuld to rectify in the future.