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Jumping advise :)
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[QUOTE="High Lord Gomer, post: 110116, member: 16469"] Yep, stopping the front wheel is a no-no. The nice thing about stopping the rear wheel is that if it brings the front down too much, you can hit the gas and bring it back up. (Watch some of the crazies doing the 150+ foot jumps and you'll see that they see-saw the bike back and forth many times while in the air.) If you stop the front wheel, there is no way to get it restarted before landing. Also, having the front wheel spinning makes it behave like a gyroscope and you can turn the front wheel to alter the attitude of the bike in the air. If the front tire is stopped, you lose that ability. Also, as motopuffs mentioned, short jumps are difficult because the front tire is already in the air by the time that the back tire hits the jump. This usually kicks the back end up and the front down violently. Larger jumps are actually much easier, except for the pucker-powered throttle limitting action. :) FMXN, I'm also really curious as to how you know when you've got 1.2:1 wheelspin and why that is the desired ratio. [/QUOTE]
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