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Or should I say, "Happy Winter"! Its late January as I write this latest RLR School blog and here in the north east (NJ), we have been getting our share of snow and cold weather. I guess we are making up for all the mild winters we had prior to last winter. Oh well needless to say we have been keeping busy riding and preparing for the up coming racing season and attending local ECEA series banquet. I have been enjoying doing some private schools in between snow storms and setting up and getting aquainted with my new Husaberg 450 FE. We also are excited about some new relationships with new sponsors like VEE RUBBER TIRES, STS MOTORSPORTS, SMITH GOGGLES, and RENTHAL. Also SDR Support has hooked us up with Frank Stacy from FTD (flat tire defender) to do some testing of their new product. This product in my opinion combines tire balls and foam inserts. It is little hockey puck sized foam that you stack closley in your tire like Tire Balls. We will let you know how our testing goes. You can learn more about the product here.
We also just had our friends from Trail Rider Magazine here to do a shootout test between the GASGAS 250 Sstroke and the KTM 250 2stroke. We had some snow to deal with, which it a rather unique test but still a good time on two worthy woods bikes. You can read all about it in the March issue of Trail Rider. Or you can get a sneak peak at what went down by checking out this short video of the test. We mentioned in our latest update of Trail Rider also covering a story of an Advanced School we did with NETRA AA rider Jim Senecal. Well it made it to the February edition and it is a great story with some awesome photos. Thanks Jim and Kevin. You can read the full story here.
As I mentioned earlier, we here are dealing with quite alot of snow. We have been taking advantage of the snow conditions and trying to ride as much as possible and work on fundamentals. I like to attribute riding in snow to riding in mudd. So it is great practice, and good seat time for the upcoming season. But before we go out in the snow conditions, it is good idea to take some precautions to help with your experience a little better. Here is a quick video with some set up tips for snow conditions here.
The more snow riding you do this winter the more prepared you will be. To me riding in nasty weather such as snow or even rain is all about attitude. When bad weather comes most individuals dwell on the toughness in a negative way, rather than focusing on the fact that it will make them a better rider. Try and keep it positive and keep in mind these snow riding tips as far as what to do on the bike to make things a little easier. Check out my snow riding tips video here.
We hope that we here at RLR schools have kept you informed and helped you with your riding. We are always here working to make things easier for you all. If you enjoyed the instructional videos here in this blog, here is a link to the teaser page of my over 46 instructional video tips on my website. These are a much higher quality video and are filled with alot of information.
Keep it pinned, Rich Lafferty
Or should I say, "Happy Winter"! Its late January as I write this latest RLR School blog and here in the north east (NJ), we have been getting our share of snow and cold weather. I guess we are making up for all the mild winters we had prior to last winter. Oh well needless to say we have been keeping busy riding and preparing for the up coming racing season and attending local ECEA series banquet. I have been enjoying doing some private schools in between snow storms and setting up and getting aquainted with my new Husaberg 450 FE. We also are excited about some new relationships with new sponsors like VEE RUBBER TIRES, STS MOTORSPORTS, SMITH GOGGLES, and RENTHAL. Also SDR Support has hooked us up with Frank Stacy from FTD (flat tire defender) to do some testing of their new product. This product in my opinion combines tire balls and foam inserts. It is little hockey puck sized foam that you stack closley in your tire like Tire Balls. We will let you know how our testing goes. You can learn more about the product here.
We also just had our friends from Trail Rider Magazine here to do a shootout test between the GASGAS 250 Sstroke and the KTM 250 2stroke. We had some snow to deal with, which it a rather unique test but still a good time on two worthy woods bikes. You can read all about it in the March issue of Trail Rider. Or you can get a sneak peak at what went down by checking out this short video of the test. We mentioned in our latest update of Trail Rider also covering a story of an Advanced School we did with NETRA AA rider Jim Senecal. Well it made it to the February edition and it is a great story with some awesome photos. Thanks Jim and Kevin. You can read the full story here.
As I mentioned earlier, we here are dealing with quite alot of snow. We have been taking advantage of the snow conditions and trying to ride as much as possible and work on fundamentals. I like to attribute riding in snow to riding in mudd. So it is great practice, and good seat time for the upcoming season. But before we go out in the snow conditions, it is good idea to take some precautions to help with your experience a little better. Here is a quick video with some set up tips for snow conditions here.
The more snow riding you do this winter the more prepared you will be. To me riding in nasty weather such as snow or even rain is all about attitude. When bad weather comes most individuals dwell on the toughness in a negative way, rather than focusing on the fact that it will make them a better rider. Try and keep it positive and keep in mind these snow riding tips as far as what to do on the bike to make things a little easier. Check out my snow riding tips video here.
We hope that we here at RLR schools have kept you informed and helped you with your riding. We are always here working to make things easier for you all. If you enjoyed the instructional videos here in this blog, here is a link to the teaser page of my over 46 instructional video tips on my website. These are a much higher quality video and are filled with alot of information.
Keep it pinned, Rich Lafferty
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