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Here is a list of some commonly used terms in Motocross. If you
get involved in Motocross, you will become familiar with them.
If you would like to recommend some further terms please email
us on info@mxsa.co.za.
- Airtime: The amount of time spent in the air when jumping.
- Arm-pump: A symptom from a rider gripping too hard causing the
forearms muscles to get hard restricting bloodflow.
- Attack Position: The riders body position.
- Berm: A berm is the built up outside edge of a corner on the track.
- Brake Slide: When you lock up the back brake forcing it to slide
out.
- Braking Bumps: Just before corners, riders have created small
bumps from continually braking.
- Came Up Short: When an obstacle is not completely cleared.
- CC: Cubic centimeters, refering to the bike size.
- Class: The 'groups' riders are seperated into and are based on
the age of the rider, bike size or skill level.
- Concrete Start: When the starting block is made of concrete.
- Disqualification: When a rider is removed from the competition.
- DNF: Did not finish.
- DNS: Did not start.
- Double jump: One large jump made of two smaller ones.
- The Gate: Is the starting gate for each race.
- Goggles: Protects the riders eyes and is essential.
- Graphics: Used to describe the stickers placed on bikes.
- Hand guards: Attachements for the handlebars that block a riders
hands from any direct impact.
- Hardpack: When a track is dry and hard.
- Holeshot: The rider that makes it around the first turn of the
race before anyone else.
- Knobbly: Reference to a motocross tyre.
- Lap: One full ride around the track.
- Line: This is the ideal course that you pick around the track
to try and improve your times.
- Pile up: More then one bike involved in a crash.
- Pits: The are where riders and their crews set up for racing.
- Plastic: Is that panels that attach onto the bike like the fenders
and shrouds. More often then not are covered in graphics.
- Practice: One race day, it is the time given for a rider to get
acquanted with the track before the race.
- Program: The schedule of events for the day.
- Race Sag: The amount a bike seat drops when a rider sits on the
bike.
- Roost: The mud or dirt flung in the air when spinning the rear
wheel.
- Roll offs: A device on goggles that by adjusting while riding
clears the lenses from dirt.
- Rut: An 'dug out' line in the track due to continuous riding.
- Step-down: A type of jump that appears like a step down.
- Step-up: A type of jump that appears like a step up.
- Table top: A jump with a flat top.
- Tear-offs: Several thin clear plastic lenses on top of one another
that can be peeled back one at a time while riding to get rid of
mud flicked onto your goggles easily.
- Technical Briefing: The meeting that all riders must attend at
the beginning of the race day.
- Wheelie: When you accelerate to raise the front wheel of the bike.
- Whip: A technique where a rider manouveres the bike flat horizontally
in the air and then brings it back up for the landing.
- Whoops: Section of the track consisting of more than 10 small
jumps in a row that require good timing.
FLAGS
- Red Flag: Indicates the race has been stopped.
- Yellow Flag: Indicates danger and the rider should proceed with
caution.
- White Flag: Indicates that medical personnel are attending to
a fallen rider.
- Green Flag: Indicates that it is all clear.
- Blue flag: Indicates that a rider is about to lap you.
- Black and white chequered flag: Finish of heat / race.
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