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kiwi_925

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• Nov 11, 2001

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just did a mx today and couldnt get this one jump, it was short, like a bike length long, and went straight up. It was made so you jump on hte downside of the hill which i never did, but also there were a couple of other table tops that were again like this jump, short take off ramps, any hints as how to make for better/easier jumps, the back would usaully kick me in the ass over the table tops, and i would give a blip of throttle just before going up it.

 

High Lord Gomer

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• Nov 12, 2001

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The problem is that the front tire is already in the air by the time that the rear tire hits the jump, that's what kicks the front down / back up. Ironically, this makes short steep jumps tougher than bigger ones. I usually get a firm grip on the bars, give the gas a good blip as I hit it, lean back, and aggressively pull up and back on the bars. It usually takes me all of those to overcome the tendency to have the back end kicked violently in the air over a short kicker.

 

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CanadianRidr

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• Nov 12, 2001

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Usally with jumps like these you might want to try the aggressive sitting down position,
some call it a seat bounce. I just like to say sit and preload, but im sure others here can explain it better than me.:)

 

High Lord Gomer

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• Nov 12, 2001

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Seat bouncing would be the *last* thing I would try with a short, steep jump. Seat jumping (for me) tends to throw me up and forward...the last thing I would want on a jump that already kicks the back end up.

 

BillyWho

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• Nov 12, 2001

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kiwi, is the jump right out of a turn or at the end/middle of a straight. What gear are you in? I ask because seat bouncing in anything over second gear can be very tricky at best, even more so if your coming up to it while braking from a long straight! Give us more info on the specifics of that jump. Short "kicker" type jumps will always do just that, kick the rear end up at you, the trick is to be ready for it and compinsate for it accordingly. Give a relative speed/gear your in for that particular jump.

 

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kiwi_925

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• Nov 12, 2001

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• #6

Ok the kicker one was like this, come around a corner, off camber down hill and then onto a short straight and then you were on it, hardish on the gas and clicked up on gear, so in thrid i think.... but sometimes i clicked about another gear and that was wrong thing to be doing. As for seat bouncing it no one was, the top guys were just hitting it as fast as they hit anything, same with the fastest jnr on the 125's, but it was his old mans property and he knew the track. As for the table tops i was breaking for both of them, the first one was larger, as in get more hieght, and the next one was the same length but shorter in height, i was clearing that ok, but the first one i was sort of casing it, like the back wheel no getting fully over to the down ramp.

 

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yardpro

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• Nov 13, 2001

• #7

I actually like these jumpe, it allows my mucho mass to help. stay in a gear that you have plenty of power in. as your front wheel leaves the ground transfer your weight back and give it some gas. It's almost like wheelieing. You don't want your front wheel to drop until your back wheel leaves the jump. It takes a little practice, and the bigger the butt the easier it is:D

 

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-YZRIDER-

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• Nov 13, 2001

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The thing i do is this, you have to slightly slow down and then quickly down shift, pull in the clutch, pin it, and then release. (you might not have to pin it but you get the idea). Your front tire should be alot higher and you should have much more control over the bike :D