Motocross Top Tip No1 Wet Weather Riding

Jack Hawkins attacking the wet conditions at a recent training day

There is a good chance races will be in wet conditions here in the UK , and before you even swing your leg over the bike and head to the start line the race could be won or loss with what is going through your mind. In the mudder conditions prepare your mind that the conditions are great, even with it hammering down with rain, make your mind think  its sunny and dry and your riding will reflect this positive outlook. If you head to the start line with all sorts of fears because of the wet conditions, your riding will suffer some what. The old saying positive mental attitude will help you no end. Attack the wet conditions as if it is dry, ok you ll need to lengthen your braking, never shy away from using all your brakes in the wet. With good throttle control, good body positioning  and working on getting the bike in to high gears to drive through the muddy stuff , you will find drive and momentum will get you through. As much as you possibly can  try to shift your weight over the back wheel to aid traction down the straights this will help keep front wheel light and add weight to the back wheel to help with the all important drive. You will find the muddy wet conditions are just as much fun! Don`t be afraid to get out out on the practice tracks to get use to wet weather riding. Practice makes perfect and train to gain!

Motocross Crash Compilation

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Motocross Training This Saturday At Arncott Moto Parc

MX Training day this Saturday October 27th at Arncott Moto Parc 10 till 2 pm, Covering starts,throttle control ,cornering , wet weather riding,and braking for further info or to book a place call 07814 544244

Motocross Training Schools At Arncott Moto Parc

MX Training day this Saturday October 13th at Arncott Moto Parc 10 till 2 pm, Covering starts, body positioning, braking and jump techniques for further info or to book a place call 07814 544244

Summer Motocross Training Dates

July 21st Arncott Moto Parc 10am - 3pm Starts Braking in turns ruts and flat turns starts throttle high speed turns riding ruts

July 24th Bancyfelin 6pm – 8pm Race conditioning, reading the track ahead, lines

August 4th Arncott Moto Parc 11am - 3pm Flat corners and high speed turns starts braking

July 31st Bancyfelin 6pm - 8pm High speed Corners and starts ruts

August 7th 8th 9th Arncott Moto Parc 10am - 3pm Day 1 Bike Set up ,Starts , Braking , Flat corners, Braking in turns,throttle control and body positioning Basic Jump Techniques and High Speed turns and ruts

Day 2 Line Choices , Race conditioning, High Speed turns and ruts Techniques

Day 3 Jumps basics, over taking braking table tops whoops and rhytym sections and evaluation

August 14th Carmarthen Bancyfelin 10am – 3 pm Flat corners and high speed turns Standing

August 21st 22nd 23rd Carmarthen Bancyfelin 10am – 3 pm

Day 1 Bike Set up ,Starts , Braking , Flat corners, Braking in turns,throttle control and body positioning Basic Jump Techniques and High Speed turns and ruts

Day 2 Line Choices , Race conditioning, High Speed turns and ruts Techniques

Day 3 Jumps basics, over taking braking jumps and evaluation

August 18th Arncott Moto Parc 10am - 3pm Starts and braking jump basics over taking

August 28th Arncott Moto Parc Starts Braking jumping techniques race conditioning

September 1st Arncott Moto Parc 10am - 3pm Jumps table tops whoops starts and braking

Big Air Jam airborne battle rolls in to Parc y Scarlets this summer

The Scarlets : Big Air Jam airborne battle rolls in to Parc y Scarlets this summer

Big Air Jam: Ryan Pasch Looking To Go Big!

Big Air Jam: Ryan Pasch Looking To Go Big!: Ryan Pasch the very likeable lad form Leicestershire, confirms his spot in this year Big Air Jam .Pasch winner of the 2006 Big Air ...

Big Air Jam Weds June 6th Parc Y Scarlets

This summer Parc y Scarlets will stage MT3's Big Air JamFreestyle Motor-X Championship.

Big Air Jam is a radical competition where you will be thrilled within an inch of your life. The combined experience of sight, sound and smells in a confined space makes for a truly multi-dimensional spectacle.

The Big Air Jam riders, or "Gladiators of the Ring", will perform breathtaking stunts enough to mesmerise even the biggest adrenaline junkie!

On Wednesday 6th June the Big Air Jam will roll into Parcy Scarlets!

Parc y Scarlets will present the UK's hottest FMX athletes in an action packed airborne battle to decide who can pull the best trick, the biggest air, the sickest whip or even the nastiest crash! Some of the finest freestyle motocross riders in Europe will be showing off their gravity defying skills featuring the UK's best freestyle riders including Chris Birch - X-fighters pilot and current British Champion; Jamie Squibb - former Big Air Jam Champion; John Pearson - first rider in the UK to pull the back flip on a motocross bike; Danny Veale, Stuart Macey, Ben Robinson and Jon Ritchie.

Not content with offering you the very best of freestyle action we'll also see the retun of the Big Stunt Wars competition at half time featuring some of the best stunt action to be had on mini bikes, trails bikes, and super bikes. Participating in the Stunt Wars will be Kye Forte - former BMX World Champion, Gary Jenkins - Welsh Trials Champion and Mark Thomas - mini-bike stunt rider, all of which will be hoping to set / break World Records on the evening.

The event, previously held at Margam Park and Silverstone, will make its debut at Parc y Scarlets this June and will see the top riders go head-to-head as we search for the best freestyle rider in the UK.

Tickets for the Big Air Jam go on sale this Saturday, 14th April, from Parc y Scarlets ticket office www.scarlets.co.uk.  Ticket Hotline 0871 871 8088

Advance ticket price: £10 adults, £5 children, U5s go free

Event day ticket price: £12 adults, £7 children, U5s go free

We also have a fantastic value for money hospitality package available at £36 per person, £12 per child and U5s free. Your package will include:

Complimentary use of the fairground rides pre hospitality doors open

Private entry for hospitality guests to the pit party to meet the riders and bikes

Exclusive goodie bag per person

2 course hot fork buffet served before the show begins

Premium ticket to view the show located in the South Stand

Pay bar facility within the lounge

Onsite parking per booking

If you'd like to get closer to the action make sure you're at the Pit Party in the Big Air Jam Village (within Parc y Scarlets' West Stand) where you can get live and breathe the sights, smells and adrenaline aswell as having special backstage access to meet some of the riders! Pit Party wristbands priced at £1 per person. Event Sponsored by Freestylextreme DC Shoes Pirelli

Easter Holiday MX Boot Camp 2012

Easter Holiday MX Boot Camp, 3 Days April 10th 11th and 12th

10 till 3 pm  Limited Spaces £150 for the 3 days. At Arncott Moto Parc For further info or to book call Mark on 07814 544244

Day 1 Bike Set up ,Starts , Braking , Flat corners, Braking in turns,throttle control and body positioning Basic Jump Techniques and High Speed turns and ruts

Day 2 Line Choices , Race conditioning, Basic Jump Techniques and High Speed turns and ruts Techniques Table tops whoops and rhytym sections and evaluation

Motocross Training Schools

Last Saturday at Arncott Moto Parc , nice weather greeted the riders for a full days training , riders working on thier Starts , braking techniques and basic jump techniques.

Motocross Training At Arncott Moto Parc

Some pictures from a recent wet weather riding school at Arncott Moto Parc

Satellite tracking used to tackle Powys quad bike theft

The BBC News are reporting that police have equipped a quad bike with a satellite tracker in a bid to combat thefts of the vehicles.

A similar tracker system with a Dyfed-Powys Police force-owned vehicle has helped cut car thefts in Powys by 25% in three years.
Organised gangs have stolen about 50 of the all-terrain vehicles, worth over £230,000, in Powys since 2009.
Police believe the stolen quad bikes are ending up in countries such as Ireland and in eastern Europe.
Criminals targeting farms in Wales stole equipment worth £1.7m in 2010, a survey found last year.
The quad bike has been a regular feature on farms for a number of years. Farmers, including Wales' many hill farmers, use them to haul feed and check livestock.
Dyfed-Powys Police have managed to recover about seven stolen bikes worth £34,000, but it is hoped the satellite tracker - on a quad bike owned by the force - can help trace more.
Sgt Kelvin Briggs said: "We first applied satellite tracking to a car in 2009 and we saw car theft, and thefts from cars in the county, drop by 25% in three years."We're now using it in the fight against quad bike thieves."
Sgt Briggs said police had a rough idea who was responsible for stealing quad bikes.
"Criminal groups are coming into the area and targeting the equipment which in the past has ended up in the Republic of Ireland, but because the economy there is so flat at the moment we think they're now being sent to Poland," he added.
"Our quad bike can be located in crime hotspots and if it's stolen we can track it from a central computer."

Sgt Briggs said the force quad bike would be used in Powys for the moment, but it could be located anywhere in the force area.

Security devices
He said Dyfed-Powys Police were working with other forces, which used similar satellite tracking equipment, and had the opportunity to share equipment. Sgt Briggs said satellite tracking was still being used in the fight against car crime. Welcoming the initiative, Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW) director of business development Emyr James said theft of quad bikes was on the increase. He said farmers used them to make getting around easier and many farmers would be lost without them.
"Thieves seem to believe that because they are acting in rural areas they are more likely to get away with the theft," he said. "Farmers, too, may believe they are safer in rural areas and this may lead to some failing to ensure their property is secure at all times.
"Crime prevention is sadly needed and tracker devices fitted onto quad bikes are one way of perhaps getting back your bike if it is stolen."
Mr James said farmers should also be aware of the numerous alarms and security devices on the market.

New Dates For MX Training Days

February 25th Arncott Moto Parc Starts Braking jumping techniques race conditioning

March 4th Bancyfelin 10am - 3pm Corners and Berms And banked corners

March 10th Arncott Moto Parc 10am - 3pm Braking in turns ruts and flat turns starts throttle

March 18th Bancyfelin 10am – 3pm Race conditioning, reading the track ahead, lines

March 24th Arncott Moto Parc 11am - 3pm Flat corners and high speed turns starts braking

April 1st Bancyfelin 10am - 3pm High speed Corners and starts

April 7th Arncott Moto Parc 10am - 3pm Jumps basics, over taking braking and starts

April 15th Carmarthen Bancyfelin 10am – 3 pm Flat corners and high speed turns Standing

April 21st Arncott Moto Parc 10am – 3 pm Jumps basics, over taking High speed standing

April 28th Carmarthen Bancyfelin 10am - 3pm Starts and braking jump basics

May 5th Arncott Moto Parc 10am - 3pm Jumps table tops whoops starts and braking

Half Term MX Training Schools

Wednsday 15th Febuary , half term training school at Arncott Moto Parc 10 till 3 pm , working on braking techniques , cornering and jump techniques, suitable for novice to pro rider. £45 per rider plus £15 track fee for those not signed up for the super deals. Limited spaces for further info or to book call 07814 544 244

MX Training Day Arncott Moto Parc

Some pictures of recent training days at Arncott Moto Parc part of the winter training program