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what do i need to do to get into serious enduro riding??? does anyone have any past experiance with enduro riding? what do i need to do to get started?

A dirt bike for starters.  

http://www.norcalmotocross.com might have some info, or at least a way for you to get some contact information on clubs in the link section.

thanks secondstring. i think you refered me to that website before. i will check it out. and emoktm, i award you the title of Captain Obvious. i do have a bike already..

Well i thought it was funny but i guess i was wrong. sorry. any way to be serious about your question what do you mean by "getting serious" about enduro rideing do you mean bike requirements or coming up events?  

sorry for not being as kind as i should have been. but what i mean about being serious is that i want to get into enduro riding. what kind of things would be mandatory for riding enduros and what should i do to get into riding this? should i just go to a few races and talk to some people or what? no im not worried about up comming events. i just want to know how to get into it. thanks for your help

As far as bike requirements a head and tail light is a good idea as well as having your bike titled, some clubs require you to be fairly street worthy. another thing that isent mandatory but makes life a tid bit more easy is a computer system like Trail Tech or Watch Dog. a must is a role chart. if you do not know what these are look them up in a parts catologe like Rockey Mountain MC or some other. As Far as determining if this type of racing is for you go and watch one.  there are always clubs that hold them. if you dont mind my asking in what state do you live? I also have to say i am very glad to hear of some one wanting to take part in the oldest form of american racing.

how much do the computer systems cost? and i do know what a roll chart is. to answer your question i live in the state of California wich is very over polluted and is screwed over by the government. also this is the state where the newer houses are bigger than the lots they are built on so thier drive ways are the street. and when you step out of the house to walk into the back yard you run into the back fence. that is pretty much a description of sacramento and other parts of the state. thats why i live just out of the city of elk grove in a town called wilton which is not over populated like many other cities in the wonderful state i live in. wilton is more country than rural. my uncle use to race enduros when he was younger and i haven't talked to him soon, but i guess i can just ask him about it. my dad didnt really race enduros, but he did race a ton of hare scrambles. oh ya, and this wonderful state of Cali, i bet you they would try to pass a law if they could to make us ride hybrid dirt bikes. and all of the people who are environmentalists think we are harming the national forests by riding in them. and every year the rangers hardly even take care of the trails now a days, and every year, the trails keep getting more and mroe over grown. so pretty much at the beginning of each year you have to clear a lot of the trails you would like to ride on because it seems like th rangers never keep up the trails at all. but yes, i like in california.

I hear you on the whole green thing, in new hampshire we have some crazy wacko's that are more than willing to shut down the whole state to dirt bikers. Oh ya but its okey to ride a snowmobile or some types of atvs on the same trails go figure. A computer system like the trail tech will cost you around 80 clams.

ya i know. these people are weird. they dont even have a clue at all.

but im still wondering if 80 clams is 80 dollars? and does anyone know of any websites where i can look at these?

80 clams means 80 dollars sorry about that. the sight for trail tech is www.trailtech.net click on the purple lettering and it will send you there.

muchas gracias.. thank you very much for all of the help.