motocross

Motocross is a fast paced sport in which the riders are jumping their 100 pound dirt bikes through the air. The riders can reach about 50 feet in the air, sometimes they get even higher. The racers can reach speeds up to about 60 miles per hour. 

There are many serious injuries you can get from racing motorcycles. You can break an arm, a leg, ribs, neck, wrist, etc. being a professional racer takes alot of practice. Even being someone whose hobby is taking the dirt bike out for a spin in the wood takes practice.\

I have a KTM 250 sxf of my own. A couple years ago when I first started riding out in the Ohio mud I hit a jump and landed the wrong way on the landing ramp. I fell off the bike and I sprained my wrist and had received a bad case of whiplash.

Just a couple seasons ago the well-known rookie racer named Ryan Villipoto who races for Kawasaki broke his leg and he missed the whole season. That can be a dampener on his salary and his riding skills.

Jumping the bikes that weigh over one hundred pounds is scary. If you tilt the bike too far to one side you may not be able to pull the bike back up to the upright position. When you land the bike won’t be on its two wheels and it can land on its side. That’s when the rider can receive serious injury. It hurts when a bike that weighs that many lands on you, I would know.