How To Be A Dirt Rider Test Rider

How To Be A Dirt Rider Test Rider
A Step-By-Step Guide To Landing The Dirtiest (Cool) Job In The Industry

"So you want to be a Dirt Rider test rider? Of course you do! From the outside, a gig testing for the magazine appears to be one of the cushiest jobs in the industry. Where else do you get to ride the latest bikes on private tracks while wearing fresh, free riding gear? Yet despite all the apparent perks, being a test rider for a magazine like DR is actually a tough job that requires dedication, persistence and more than a little luck. The purpose of this article is to demystify some of the false notions surrounding the gig of the Dirt Rider test rider and to tell you how to become one-if, that is, you're still interested in doing so after hearing what getting in those glamorous photos really entails!" Continue reading at http://www.dirtrider.com/features/web_extra/141_0911_how_to_be_a_dirt_rider_test_rider or click on the image below to find the story.

 
- Lindsey
Southern California, The epicenter of everything MX =)

Dirt Rider Updates:

it would be a cool gig if you could turn it on and off,ride when you wanted.too much of a good thing becomes a job,when your doing it for someone else.and other reasons than just to do it.  
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Do you ever need any real old test riders to see what the bikes might do to them.  
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I love this dirt stuff.

i would love to do that, that would awsome and i would love to do it, but i garuntee there is a stupid age law. Man i would love to do it one time if i could but i would do it more if they needed me.  
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O man i just finsished reading that link I FIT like all thsose things except whips i cant d MAN i want to test rider so bad, uhhhh that would be so great i fit all of those things in that article!!!!!!!!!!!1 uhhh that would be sick!!!  
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life in the fast rut!!!!
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IT400 1979 yamaha!!!
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Home: SO CAL

yz250f4ever:
i would love to do that, that would awsome and i would love to do it, but i garuntee there is a stupid age law. Man i would love to do it one time if i could but i would do it more if they needed me.

Alex, when I first read this in the mag I thought of you.  If you could get hooked up with this it would be a great way to gain experience and really learn the "language".
While you don't have a lot of time on different bikes you also haven't become set in your ways.
I would really try to get into this if I was in your shoes.


Mark  
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Colorado

2006 RM-250

Where do I sign up?? It sure would be sweet.  

yz250f4ever:
i would love to do that, that would awsome and i would love to do it, but i garuntee there is a stupid age law. Man i would love to do it one time if i could but i would do it more if they needed me.

Mark47mx:
Alex, when I first read this in the mag I thought of you.  If you could get hooked up with this it would be a great way to gain experience and really learn the "language".
While you don't have a lot of time on different bikes you also haven't become set in your ways.
I would really try to get into this if I was in your shoes.


Mark

thanks mark i want to so bad I COULD CARE LESS about not getting paid, i am getting paid in experience and knowledge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    thanks mark  hope i get picked i really hope s o.  
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Autismspeaks.org   check it out
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life in the fast rut!!!!
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my rides- 2008 yz250f fully modified, use to be j-laws bike
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IT400 1979 yamaha!!!
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Home: SO CAL

I hoped you get picked as well Alex, but have you followed the advice and written an opinion piece on your 250f?  Hoping won't make it happen.  The editors laid the process for you - now go for it!!  
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Hudson Valley NY
KTM XC-W 250

"If you don't have a dream, how can it come true?"

ya i am writing it now LOL. wait whos e-mail do i send it too?????  it says e-mail but there is nothing there???  
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Autismspeaks.org   check it out
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life in the fast rut!!!!
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my rides- 2008 yz250f fully modified, use to be j-laws bike
        &
IT400 1979 yamaha!!!
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Home: SO CAL

Good question, I'll see if we can find correct email to use for them.  
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Dave H 2006 YZ250
(2008 YZ 125 son)

its ok i PM'ed pete my resume of my bike and he said thanks and he gave me the e-mail i should use so its all good now thanks everyone, plus i live in california where they are at.  
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Autismspeaks.org   check it out
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life in the fast rut!!!!
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my rides- 2008 yz250f fully modified, use to be j-laws bike
        &
IT400 1979 yamaha!!!
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Home: SO CAL

good luck man! hope u get the gig...that would be awesome experience  

yz250f4ever:
O man i just finsished reading that link I FIT like all thsose things except whips i cant d MAN i want to test rider so bad, uhhhh that would be so great i fit all of those things in that article!!!!!!!!!!!1 uhhh that would be sick!!!

When I read the link I thought to myself:  I know who'll be into this like a rat up a drainpipe....    
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And on the fourth stroke....      All hell breaks loose!!!

yz250f4ever:
O man i just finsished reading that link I FIT like all thsose things except whips i cant d MAN i want to test rider so bad, uhhhh that would be so great i fit all of those things in that article!!!!!!!!!!!1 uhhh that would be sick!!!

Kiwi450x:
When I read the link I thought to myself:  I know who'll be into this like a rat up a drainpipe....  

hahahah LOL thanks guys  
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Autismspeaks.org   check it out
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life in the fast rut!!!!
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my rides- 2008 yz250f fully modified, use to be j-laws bike
        &
IT400 1979 yamaha!!!
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Home: SO CAL