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Maybe you only ride on the street, turning back when the pavement ends. Or maybe you only ride in the dirt, never venturing where a phone-distracted driver could rear-end you. But would you be a better rider if you did more than one kind of riding?
It's a topic we've explored before here at Common Tread, and beyond just the two extremes of dirt-only or street-only riding. What if you try a supermoto on a kart track, or even trials? In this episode of the Highside/Lowside motorcycle podcast, Spurgeon and Zack are joined by Chris Northover, of Bike World TV show, who admits up front that he had the good fortune to grow up in a family where everyone rode motorcycles, so he's spent his life on two wheels. He went on to get an engineering degree, worked at Triumph for a few years, and then moved into a testing role for a magazine followed by creating videos for the Bike World YouTube channel. As a result, he's ridden everything from trials to chasing Zack around a track as they both tested Ducati Panigale V2s earlier this year.
All that makes him something of an authority on the benefits of cross-training on different kinds of motorcycles. Listen in to the conversation, plus a T-shirt giveaway, the engine sound guessing game, and more, in the latest Highside/Lowside.
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As always, for those who prefer visuals of all of the bikes we’re discussing, we’ve got the YouTube link above. But if you're listening to this inside your helmet on your commute and just want the words, the podcast version is available via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and LibSyn to name a few of your favorite podcasting apps.
