Dirt Bike Racing History

Dirt bike racing has come a long way i am going to show you just how fair it has come

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Dirt Bike Racing History Dirt bike racing has come a long way. In this prezi i will show you just how far it has accutaly come! Were it all started. Consequently, until recently, most motorcycle historians have been willing to accept that the origin of motocross has been lost in the mists of time, often assuming – due to its name – that motocross originated somewhere in France. The most common types of events were track races, endurance trials, and hill climbs. Endurance trials were run over both roads and rough terrain (and often the early roads were barely distinguishable from rough terrain), and would sometimes cover hundreds of miles over periods as long as two to six days. Early hill climbs were not like the rough-and-tumble events on short, steep hills we see today, but were usually over a long road snaking up a big mountainside, sometimes for several miles. -ever motocross, or "scramble", aboard a 1924 Velocette, 250cc two-stroke. (photos courtesy The Motor Cycle) Taking to the first 1950's motorcross was not much diffrent just better tracks and bikes in the late nighten seventies they change the tracks to man made tracks with jumps and berms. the bikes also started to improve very quickly to all the team were trying to out do each other. motorcross hasnt changed much from
1990 to today just better bikes, bigger
jumps and longer tracks. motorcross is not much diffrent in 2010
the bikes have just got faster and better
handling. Thanks for watching my prezi

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