S10E04: Does Riding Different Motorcycles Make You a Better Rider?
Highside/Lowside - A Motorcycle Podcast
RevZilla
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2025
⏱️ 121 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Highside/Lowside, we sit down with Chris Northover of Bike World TV to explore the benefits of riding different types of motorcycles — from enduro bikes to adventure tourers to sportbikes.
Can cross-training with various bikes actually make you a better rider? We dig into how switching things up can sharpen your skills, build confidence, and give you a whole new perspective on two wheels.
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| 0:00.0 | Spurge here, Zach there, and welcome to episode four of season 10 of high side, low side. |
| 0:06.0 | Today on the podcast, we will be joined by Chris Northover of Bike World out of the UK. |
| 0:12.0 | And we're going to be talking about cross training on different motorcycles. |
| 0:16.3 | Can you go faster on an adventure bike after riding a dirt bike? |
| 0:19.6 | Can you go faster around a racetrack |
| 0:21.2 | after training off road? We're also going to be diving into a bastard motorcycle that only Frankenstein |
| 0:28.4 | could have come up with a Harley Davidson sports star engine in a GS frame. We're also going to be |
| 0:33.3 | talking about some tips that the motorcycle training programs out there don't tell you, all that |
| 0:38.1 | much, much more today on the podcast. But first, a word from our sponsor. Before we dive into the show, |
| 0:43.8 | special thanks to Motul for its longtime sponsorship of Highside, Low Side. You know, you can lubricate |
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