Originally Posted by
NYMXer
For reasons discussed in the replies here, I think everyone should try mtb riding. There are a lot of skills learned via mtb riding that would help a roadie,
Definitely. The best motorcyclists I have ever met started out on enduro/trials bikes. When you flog around in the bush, in the dirt, you learn the true limits of a bike. How far it can lean before you washout and the warnings you often get, how to recover in a slide, how to put the front wheel back down. The best aspect of all this is it gives you a lot more confidence on the road among the cars.