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DECOSTER: BE A GOOD INVESTMENT

TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE CARE OF YOU Every kid in the world wants to know how to land that big sponsorship. They spend a lot of time thinking about what a sponsor can do for them. It helps if you turn it around. Think about what…
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DECOSTER: RACE WITH YOUR HEAD

HAVE A PLAN A & PLANS B THROUGH Z Of all types of racing, motocross is fairly pure. The gate drops, and the guy who goes the fastest wins. Other forms of racing, like enduro timekeeping, are more strategy than speed. Some types of…
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DECOSTER: DIAL IT IN

MAKE YOUR BIKE DO SOME OF THE WORK Today's motorcycles are good. They have come a long way from the days when the buyer had to finish manufacturing them. Even so, the bike you buy isn't perfect. It can't be, because the people who made it…
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DECOSTER: PREPARE!

CHOOSE AND PREPARE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT I will be the first to admit it. It's good to be a factory rider. When you don't have to worry about the bike being ready, you automatically have a big advantage.  These days, though, motocross…
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DECOSTER: EAT, DRINK AND BE READY

YOUR BIKE RUNS ON PREMIUM. SO DO YOU Computer guys have a saying: GIGO. It stands for garbage in, garbage out. Human beings aren't that different from machines. They need fuel. If you give them poor fuel, they run poorly. The biggest…
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DECOSTER: KNOW YOURSELF

PAY ATTENTION TO YOURSELF-- IF YOU DON'T WHO WILL? You are generally the last person to know something about yourself. Riders can let the most obvious things go by unnoticed--sometimes it's because of ego, sometimes it's because they just…
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DECOSTER: TRAIN SMART

BUILDING LUNGS YOU CAN LIVE WITH Jeff Stanton, Jeff Ward, John DeSoto, Mark Barnett, Johnny O'Mara. Sure, they all were fast, but they also were riders who knew the value of training. Basically that's true of almost any rider who made an…
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DECOSTER: MAKE IT FUN

There are a zillion different ways to train. There's running, bicycling, weight training, racquetball, basketball and a whole wealth of other balls. All of that is fine, but never forget that the best training for motocross is motocross.…
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DECOSTER: WATCH AND LEARN

IF IT WORKS FOR HIM, IT CAN WORK FOR YOU If you want to win, act like a winner. It sounds obvious, but even riders at the top levels can improve their technique by watching other riders and imitating certain aspects of their riding style.…
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DECOSTER: KNOW WHAT YOU WANT

SET REALISTIC GOALS TO MEET YOUR DREAMS No one ever became a motocross champion by accident. In fact, no one ever won a race by accident. It takes planning, strategy and goals to get there. The emphasis is on goals.  "That's easy,"…
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2-STROKES VS. 4-STROKES OF 1996: CLASSIC DECOSTER

In 1996, the two-stroke vs. four-stroke debate had a very different tone. Doug Henry's YZF400 was still on the drawing board and two-strokes were unchallenged at the  elite levels of motocross. In the July, 1996 issue of Dirt Bike, Roger…
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CLASSIC DIRT BIKE: DECOSTER ON TALENT

  In the April 1993 issue of Dirt Bike, then Executive Editor Roger DeCoster wrote an especially memorable story on the meaning of the word talent. It still rings with truth today.  What really separates champions from everyone else? It's…
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THE YEAR OF SURPRISES-NOV’97

THE YEAR OF SURPRISES-NOV'97 Roger DeCoster This season will go down in the record book as the Year of Surprises. So many unforeseen things happened in the last 12 months of racing that I have to consider this to be…
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THE HISTORY LESSON

THE HISTORY LESSON The man of motocross has been our Executive Editor since 1993. He was originally in charge of our testing program, but his role has changed over the years. Now, his other job as Suzuki race team manager…
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