Keeping Your Motocross Parts Budget under control

Keeping Your Motocross Parts Budget under control

If you are a racer with sponsorships, you probably aren’t interested in this article.  If you are like the other 99% of riders that enjoy the sport, but have to balance the never-ending need for parts with other necessary life expenses, like eating, read on.

Riding is expensive.  Just ask my wife. She just doesn’t seem to ‘get it’ that our bikes are always needing some part or repair. But we have an ‘agreement’.  She drives a really nice car and gets a spa treatment whenever she wants.  I get to ride. It works.

Keeping your bike in parts could be as easy as putting the local bike shop on speed dial, and calling them every time something breaks.  But take it from me, as much as I like the guys at my local store, I’ll go broke letting them be my exclusive parts supplier (or at least I’ll ride less). I want the most bang for my buck, without having to resort to fabricating parts in my garage.  So I’ll share a few principles that really work for me.

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