What is the difference between an offroad dirtbike and a mottocross dirtbike?

Question

What is the difference between an offroad dirtbike and a mottocross dirtbike?

Answer 1

A "Dirt" bike is usually tuned and geared for riding off road but not at a racing pace. A Motocross bike is going to be Peaky, High strung, and Darn hard to handle in the woods, they are made for racing on a motocross track.

Answer 2

About $10,000 and top of the line equipment.

Answer 3

big dirty headlights, big dirty mirrors, big dirty handguards, air cooled engines, big dirty exhausts that make it sound like a 25cc lawnmower, about 10 kilos and thats about it