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How do you tell if the bike is too much?
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[QUOTE="HajiWasAPunk, post: 977889, member: 62723"] [b]the story continues....[/b] so tonight was his first private lesson at one of the local mx tracks. I know there's plenty of speed things we can work on, but I talked to the instructor about the crash problems he's having. He watched him ride about 5 laps and noticed several things... 1. His accelaration on the face of the jumps is causing a big part of the spinout and whip (and also going nose up, though that hasn't yet caused a crash). 2. He's not staying with his legs extended through the jump. 3. He's not on the gas when he lands, especially if the bike as whipped at all. The remedy, well we need several sessions to get this down, but: 1. He set up a flag about 20feet in front of one table top and had him go slow and accelerate from that point holding the throttle constant as he went off the jump. Then, once down, he moved the flag back another 20feet. 2. Made him go slow and stay in position, explaining how this would ultimately allow him to go faster, but don't worry about speed until the foundation is down. 3. He actually picked a jump that the result of landing this way was worse, forcing the issue of throttle on the landing to make a smooth landing. I knew he couldn't (or atleast shouldn't race for a while) but I'm proud to say that after the lesson my son agreed that he shouldn't race again until these things were down! We'll see if its weeks or months but he's healthy and we're making progress! ;) [/QUOTE]
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