You already know how stressful a hill can be in particular when you have to stop on that hill and they get going again.

I mean there's a whole clutch thing most of our bikes have clutches. If you don't have a clutch then that's a little bit easier for you.

You still gotta balance it,. You got to manage the

brakes, you know, the right foot on the brake for the rear brake and there's a lot going on there.

Now, take an adventure bike off-road and climb a dirt hill?

Well, that's where the real stress begins

because there's a lot more at stake here.

Dirt hills are far more complicated than street hills,

but at the same time, they're far more rewarding. I mean it is a load of fun to

zip your adventure bike up a hill and arrive successfully at the top. Of course

there's an adrenaline rush from that but there's also sort of a deep satisfaction in just possessing the skills to get that done.

Not everybody can do that. Not to mention it expands your world by allowing you to ride into places that fewer people will go barred by the hills.

Now the problem of stalling on an off-road hill is probably

zero in most cases.

Now, having said that, there is at least one time

when stalling is a good thing.

Actually, no, it's the correct thing to do according to Clinton Smout,

who's our instructor today. You're going to learn about that today. Now also on this episode,

Clinton's going to give us full instruction and key points like which gear to use when bump starting your motorcycle

just in case your battery isn't up to the task. That's a little diversion that he makes. You'll

hear that coming up. And also Clinton is going to walk through how to

successfully stop your motorcycle on the hill if you weren't going to make it to the

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