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Smoothing out KX65 power
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[QUOTE="Bill Wright, post: 680077, member: 41241"] I just recently move my 6 year old to an 01 KX65. He has a full year of racing on a 2 stroke KTM jr 50 under his belt. He had never been on a clutched bike by himself but rides with me alot. To learn the clutching I put him on my bike with me and I let him put his hands on the control with mine to give him a feel of how much throttle and how fast he should let the clutch out. Once he had a feel for it we went over the procedure in the laneway several times with the bike off. Once I felt he had it we went to a very bike wide open field at my farm and I let him try it. He stalled it 2 or 3 times and then he was off. He almost never stalls it now and is getting good at switching gears. I did nothing to take power away from the bike but he has good body positioning and has taken several MX Couses on his 50. He now gets into 4 or 5th gear pinned and drops 2 or 3 gears into the corner. Once in a while he gets on it a little hard in the corner and slides the bike out. It is all about taking the time with the little guys and stepping them through it. Make sure you are in a good mood because you will need to excercise patients throughout the routine. He now rides it around the entire MX track and likes it much better than his 50. Next year he will race 50's and 65's. Also, I find it really helps to have him riding with other kids. It is amazing how much good information my young lad has picked up from some of the older kids. They remember being there. They will fall. My little guy looped it out once and quickly learned why he needed to stay up front. JMHO billy [/QUOTE]
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