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Message: [QUOTE="Reeko, post: 214657, member: 16284"] I saw an article from Kevin Windham on this. I also occaisonally use it... Where you are sitting effects the attitude the bike will launch. The furthur back, the more you are preloading the Shock vs the forks, this will cause you to jump more nose down and MUST be compensated for with aggresive throttle on launch. The more forward you sit the higher the nose will be, but you still need to be on the power to avoid nose diving. Most of the time I sit very neutral and am on the throttle. If you are not accelerating you have a high probablilty of endoing. Use More throttle than you think you need at first, it is better to jump a little nose high, but it is surprising how much the back end kicks up. This technique is used to clear jumps when you don't have much room to accerate, especially jumps right out of corners that you can't clear easily. BEWARE: Do NOT seat jumps with small ramps. Make sure they are large enough that the entire bike (both ends are on the ramp at the same time. Small jumps will cause the rear to start compressing while the front has allready left the ramp. This will kick your rear way up, even when standing, sitting makes it worse. [/QUOTE]