DirtBiking Equipments

Selecting the right motorcycle to suit your needs, lifestyle and expectations can be a daunting task. Not only is it expensive, your motorbike says something about your ability level, as well as your taste.

Motorcycles suitable for dirt-biking are light weight bikes built for speed and manageability. For this reason the engine may well still be a two stroke although four strokes are now quite common. Engine sizes fall between 125cc and 600cc with the bigger engines being more trail and enduro bikes than true motocross. The bikes are single cylinder because of the need for lots of torque at low revs.

Non essentials are dispensed with to keep the weight down and therefore kick starters are still the norm. Few are street legal, and everything about these bikes is high, such as the seat height and ground clearance. Wheel rims are large on the front and suspension travel is long on the rear and 27cm on the front to soak up the rough terrain. Seats are small and uncomfortable as they are mainly ridden standing up or for short periods of time, and fuel tanks are very small at between 7 and 8 litres.

Find out more about what you'll need and where to get it.