I have a ramp that sends you 50 feet, but we don't have a landing. Do you think we should put a landing on the ramp? Does it hurt the bike too much to land on a flat ground off a medium sized ramp? Thanks for the answers.
Don't count on it. Not a nice feeling when the peg breaks loose when landing (this was nothing insane, maybe 6 feet tops vertical to flat). This was on a year-old YZ250.
I've broken 2, one on my 97 CR and the other on my 90 YZ, but both were after 2+ years of abuse by a 100+ kg body. :scream: (BTW, both broke where the U shaped portion meets the inside edge parallel to the bike)
must be quite common, I broke 1 on my RM after jumping about 10 feet. Its pretty scary when your foot suddenly whacks the floor! it sheered just near the mounting holes.
i have broken mine twice. once it was the actual ear on the frame,( over cleared a 60' table when i was still a goon) then the other was the actual peg where the "cage" was welded to the mounting brackets. (fell short on an 80 foot step up/double.
That's also where mine broke. The upper part of the U broke off, leaving the peg dangling. To be honest, it was clear that it had already been damaged since there was rust on part of the sheared surface.
mine broke off on my yz125 too, in the middle of a race none the less. i had just passed for the lead but riding standing on one foot dropped me back to second. worst part was that it happened in the first moto so i had to suffer through another moto without it. broke in the same place as described above
about the 50ft jump to a flat landing, there is a local pro over here who's house i ride at once in a while. on one of his tracks he has a single that ive gone 85ft off of on my 125, and ive seen guys on 250s go about 115ft...its a flat landing but it doesnt seem that harsh. if you give it throttle right b4 you land it'll stifen it up and you wont bottom as easily
its not only your footpegs that cop a hammering. cracks in the lower part of the frame are common from really abused MXers. if you are constantly hitting the bumpstops hard (you will feel a jarring effect) then consider suspension work to firm things up at the end of the stroke.