Biking

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Something that I am starting to do in my free time is biking. I started to do it because it helps me a lot with my dirt bike skills and technique and I also like to do it a lot. I am going to be posting some videos of me biking from now and some other things.

My brother does downhill so I always bike with him because he also helps me a lot in biking and how to be better at it. He is always helping me and convincing me of doing things in the bike that can help me even though they are challenging.

Here is a video of me biking with my brother:

3rd IJA competition and award ceremony

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So a few weeks ago was the 3rd enduro race here in Guatemala. This time it was in a farm like 45 minutes away from the city in a place called San Jose Pinula. 

The race was really complicated compared to the races before this one becuase it had more obstacles and you needed a lot of technique to go around the track. It was also a really big track and because of that it was really tired. The race lasted one hour and twenty minutes. We had to do six laps.

This race was the one that I managed to do better in because I didn’t fall as much as the other ones. I got a second place and I was really happy about it because I accomplished my goal that was being in the first three places but I know that I can be the first place, I just need to correct some mistakes that I made and don’t give up. 

My dad, brother and me had a goal, and it was for us to be in the first three places also, like my goal but for all of us. We also accomplished it, my dad got first place in his category, I got second as I told you above and my brother got third in our category.

Here are some photos:
   
                   
   

                 

Almost sell dirt bike

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So last week I told you that I started to sell my dirt bike, and since then we’ve had two guys that were interested about it.

The first guy was already about to buy it but then he decided that he didn’t wanted it because he was not going to use it a lot. He was about to pay the bike and get it when he realised that and decided not to buy it.

The second one is the one that we are still negotiating with and the only thing that is left is for him to go to my house to get the bike and pay it because he already said that he wanted it and that he is going to buy it.

He is going to talk to my dad to meet either today or tomorrow to get the bike and pay it.

Selling dirt bike

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I started selling my Honda CRF230F because I am going to buy a new one. The one that I want to buy is a Honda CRF150F but this one is for motocross, not enduro like the other one. I am selling the dirt bike without the exhaust because I am going to put that exhaust to the one I am going to buy.

Here are some pictures of the bike that I am selling already cleaned up and without the exhaust:

   
  

And some pictures of the one that I am going to buy when I was trying it:

   
 

 

New Renthal grips

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I got some new grips because the previous one that I had were really broken and that can make you lose control of the dirt bike because that is what helps you to keep your hands in the bike.

(credits: renthal.com)

I got the Renthal grips because they are one of the best in the market and I got the ones that have the full waffle because that ones can give you more control in the bike.

There are also this type of grips that doesn’t give you too much control on the bike because they are flat, these ones have no waffle.

(credits: motoworldracing.com)

Mary’s “Influencer” project

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In the past two weeks there were two days in which Mary presented us the project that she did. For me it was really cool because I learned a lot of things that she explained to us and it was really interesting also. Here are some things that I learned:

Influence: The capacity to have an affect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.

Persuade: Cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument.

Coerce: Persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threat.

Vital behaviors: Something that you need to do to accomplish a goal.

Daniela Guzman

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This week Daniela Guzman came to Acton to tell us her journey. It was really cool because she said a lot of interesting things that she went through and she said that it was really challenging where she works. Something that I learned is that there can be a lot of things that you can do but you have to find what fits you.

Here are some pictures and the videos from her talk:

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Dirt Bike Tips

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I am going to give you some tips that you can use while riding your dirt bike or just to improve your current skills a bit.

1. When you are turning, you have to sit as close to the gas cap as you can and get your leg out so it can help you not to fall. You should also kind of go with the bike and don’t get tense because you can fall.

(credits:dirtbiketipsandpics.com)

2. When you are about to jump, you have to stand up and when you are about to start to fly you have to kind of accelerate so the bike doesn’t move that much. When you are in the are you have to be standing and also when you land. You can use your legs as a kind of suspension so you will not feel the landing that much.

(credits: dirtrider.com)

3. When you are just going straight and there is no jumps or turns it is better to stand up so you will have more reaction if there is a rock or something like that. You can also stay down but you will not have as much of a reaction if there is an obstacle.

(credits: motorcycledaily.com)

4. One of the most important things in riding a dirt bike is that you should always have your arms up and strong so you have more control over the bike.

5. One last tip is that in the whoops you should put your arms really strong and your legs should be pressing the bike as hard as you can so you will have much control over it and also you have to stand up, something really important also is to always keep accelerating so you will not lose as much control. The whoops are kind of the hardest part because you have to be really concentrated for not committing any error. You should also always keep your legs pressing the bike.

(credits: recerxvt.com)

New renthal handlebar

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 Renthal new handlebar:

  

   

This is my new handlebar that I got because the orginal Honda handlebar is really bent because I have fell really hard on my bike. It is from one of the bests handlebar brands, it is Renthal, this handlebar is harder to bend so I think that this one is going to last me and mu bike longer. I ordered it from Amazon so at first i wasn’t sure if it would fit so I did a lot of research and I finally got which one I had to buy. 

Honda original handlebar already bent:

   

   

Art

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This week in Art we did a something that we wanted but in a pop art style. What I drew was kind of really hard for me because I was trying to draw a soccer ball and a goal and I had never done this. It wasn’t that bad but I think that I could have done it better.

Here are some pictures: