If you've ridden your bike in the dirt much, then chances are you've dropped it at one point or another, probably a lot.

Now the question is, the last time you dropped it, what did you do?

Did you hang your head in shame?

Did you pick it up as fast as you can so that nobody else would see it?

Or maybe you took the opportunity to snap a photo and have a chuckle with your riding friends.

Well, if you were Jim Hyde from Raw Hide Adventures,

you'd likely be honking your horn and cheering. I want everybody to whoop and

holler and lay on the horn. So what's the deal? Did you drop the bike because you lack the

skills for what you were doing? Or maybe it's just one of those things that happens

when you're riding in the dirt or maybe it's a little of both. But the real question is,

should we care? Today on Adventure Rider Radio we have another one of our exclusive rider skills segments and today your instructor is Jim Hyde from one of the world's top adventure training schools for motorcycles, Raw Hide Adventures.

Today we're going to talk about dropping the bike, the cycle. schools for motorcycles, Rawhide Adventures.

Today we're going to talk about dropping the bike,

the psychology of it, the potential damage,

how to do it, and the reasons behind it.

You're also going to hear the story behind the making of Rawhide Adventures and how, beginning

with a dozen jeeps, an unthinkable event, did an about-face for Raw Hide that ultimately

ended up making them into a BMW poster child for ADV motorcycle training.

My name's Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio.

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