jump speed
Hey Trackmaster,
You ask a very good question,probably one of the most important.
I was at an open practice at my local track this weekend, and that
was one of THE things I was looking at.
At our track most of the doubles were about 27 to 32' accross,
from peak to peak.
I noticed that regardless of CC of the bike, that most bikes were
hitting the jump in about the middle of 2nd gear, and sometimes
they were in third.
I noticed some bikes seemed like they were just loafing along, and then they just turned the throttle on just before the approach.
I would estimate that the speed of most of the bikes at less than
35 mph. Its awful hard to guess this. Heres one thing I do know.
If you hit that double going too slow, your front wheel is going to
hit that 2nd peak, and depending on speed you will probably be thrown over the bars, or do a real pretty "flying W".
I think that this is the one thing that scares most people when they are trying to do doubles! On the other hand, depending on the angle of the jump, if you hit it going too fast, it is going to launch you straight UP! The real trick is to REALLY watch some of the other riders, and really pay attention to how they aproach the jump, such as body position, listen to the motor, is it screaming or
is it just loafing along.
Jumping doubles can be real scary, because of the FEAR factor, you
KNOW this is going to hurt if you dont "hit it right"
Just think of all the people right here on DRN, who have either gotten hurt or know somebody who got hurt "doin a double" Hopefully, I have at least given you some things to think about.
Good luck, and safe ridin"