I got this tip from a webpage, that had certian chapters fron gary semics's book on it. (i got it from the book, basically). It works a-ok for me. I'm not by any means trying to get someone hurt.
Dont do it if you are not an experienced rider! I've gotten into bad situations using this before (about to nosedive) but easily saved myself by panic revving, same as if I was using the rear brake, (you bring it too far down, you panic rev to bring her back up). I only use this technique for smaller jumps, where I launch too far back (not enought to flip over on landing, but enough to cause front end slap.) and have no time to pull in the clutch and hit the back brake...blah blah blah. I once saw one guy at out track who's engine idle was set too low, he pulled in his clutch hit the rear brake, stalled trhe motor... He braked too hard and the bike went into an endo... bike was stalled and he couldnt bring it back up... man that musta hurt! Anyway... after seeing that I decided to use the front brake method. I use it very lightly, and there is much more modulation in the front brake, so I only use how much I need (as opposed to just stomping the rear) and rarely need to use the gas to bring it back up. All i really need is a slight tap of the brake to correct my flight... just scrub a little speed off of the wheel. If you try this, do not just grab the brake! I havent done that yet, but my guess is that the concequences would be bad. Just scrub off wheel speed. And if you are going to loop out in midair, just eject. I'd much rather land on the ground my myself rather than an endo with the bike on top of me!
I guess i should have included the above warnings in my earlier posts... so someone dosent kill themselves!
Dont do it if you are not an experienced rider! I've gotten into bad situations using this before (about to nosedive) but easily saved myself by panic revving, same as if I was using the rear brake, (you bring it too far down, you panic rev to bring her back up). I only use this technique for smaller jumps, where I launch too far back (not enought to flip over on landing, but enough to cause front end slap.) and have no time to pull in the clutch and hit the back brake...blah blah blah. I once saw one guy at out track who's engine idle was set too low, he pulled in his clutch hit the rear brake, stalled trhe motor... He braked too hard and the bike went into an endo... bike was stalled and he couldnt bring it back up... man that musta hurt! Anyway... after seeing that I decided to use the front brake method. I use it very lightly, and there is much more modulation in the front brake, so I only use how much I need (as opposed to just stomping the rear) and rarely need to use the gas to bring it back up. All i really need is a slight tap of the brake to correct my flight... just scrub a little speed off of the wheel. If you try this, do not just grab the brake! I havent done that yet, but my guess is that the concequences would be bad. Just scrub off wheel speed. And if you are going to loop out in midair, just eject. I'd much rather land on the ground my myself rather than an endo with the bike on top of me!
I guess i should have included the above warnings in my earlier posts... so someone dosent kill themselves!
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