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Dirt Bike Vs Dirt Bikes Research Paper

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I grew up on four-wheelers and spent much of my childhood riding trails with my brother, friends, and parents. It wasn’t until later in my life that I finally got a dirt bike because my mom thought they were dangerous and would never allow me or my brother to have one, so I bought one myself. There are a lot of similarities and differences between the two. The biggest differing being the two wheels versus the four wheels. On the dangerous factor dirt bikes are a little bit more dangerous overall but you won’t hear me telling my mom that. Unless you are racing on tracks they are honestly about even. You can race both quads and bikes on tracks but tracks are mainly for dirt bikes. From my history I have probably had more close calls over time on …show more content…

I was riding a 04 yz125 2 stroke which is a Yamaha and he was riding a 01 or 00 cr250 2 stroke which is a Honda. Which from 0-40 they are the same but past that the 250 takes the cake with its bigger engine. Anyways on this part of the trail we were on idiots with trucks come back and rip up the trail thinking they are cool and they create ruts that can be up to a foot or more deep. I usually take it easy on this part and do my best to avoid the ruts because if you hit them you aren’t going to have a good time. But my buddy being a track racer was blasting through the trails at full speed so I did the same. He had full protective gear on while I just had a helmet I might add. But anyways I’m not a wimp so I’m going to be going just as fast as he is though the uneven terrain and I was right behind him for a while until around the last bend when we just start seeing the main road this trail is off of. WAM, my front tire catches a rut and sends me sideways slamming into the ground with both my hip and my head and I was rewarded with a limp and a sore

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