Neil Price, 37, is also a competitor in the motorcycle competition at WIN Entertainment Centre but wanted to quash the perception XTrial was the same as motocross.

XTrial bikes are traditionally lightweight, designed for climbing, while riders take on obstacles with a focus on skill not speed. Motocross (or MotoX) riders compete on off-road circuits and are often seen doing aerial stunts.

"We spend so much time trying to separate ourselves from the rest of motorcycling, it's totally different and unique and safe," Price said.

The comments come after a devastating accident at the Mount Kembla dirt bike complex, where a 51-year-old man died after he collided with a tree on Sunday.

Price, a father-of-two, said both his young daughters (aged four and six) ride mini-XTrial (osets) bikes as he believes it's one of the "safest" motorcycle sports and encouraged other children to participate.

Price has been riding with a club in Perth since he was 12, and noted it had only had three accidents in the last 40 years where members suffered broken bones.

"The sport itself is really controlled," he said. "We have to ride an obstacle course, so the fastest the bikes would actually be moving is 20 kilometres per hour.

"The range of movement and the way we design the course is away from the audience."

Price also wanted to note an obstacle course did not mean "a boring gymkhana ride between the cones".

Instead, competitors needed to make their way across scattered items like "massive earth moving tyres, scaffolding, steel barriers, concrete pipes and drums".

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