7 Dual Sport Beginner Mistakes YOU Need to Stop Making

Adventure Ride Experience
5 Video Views·Jul 30, 2025

Are you guilty of these common dual sport beginner mistakes? All dual sport beginners face a learning curve, and these motorcycle tips for beginners will hopefully help some of you beginner dual sport riders avoid some of the pitfalls that I fell into (sometimes literally) when I was a beginner dual sport rider. These dual sport tips for beginners will help you avoid common new dual sport mistakes like not wearing the right gear, not wearing enough gear, not riding with other people, not communicating where you'll be (or how you'll communicate if you get into trouble), riding alone, and not using a communication device like a Sena to enhance your group dual sport riding experience. There are a ton of motorcycle riding tips videos out there, but there aren't a ton of them aimed at new dual sport and adventure motorcycle riders. This isn't an exhaustive list of all the issues you might run into out there in the backcountry, but these dual sport basics will hopefully be enough for you to avoid some of the early motorcycle mistakes I made.