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Throttle control on jumps. THIS IS NEW QUESTION
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[QUOTE="joereitman, post: 713170, member: 43947"] This is very true. My practice track has steep jumps with short ramps, 6-8'. I tend to treat these as accelearation or combo accel/velocity jumps, but the big ramp jumps at many tracks are less technical, have an easy transition from flat to ramp, can be jumped with velocity only with a slight blip at takeoff, no hard acceleration, and are more beginner friendly. I found that the key to aggressive acceleration jumps is working up to it, as mentioned above. I used to blip over my easiest double, now I am hard on it in 3rd, which seems easier than high rpm's in 2nd. It is more in the powerband in 3rd and too wound out in 2nd. I find a gear higher is better in most cases, as long as you are not going too fast and bottoming on the ramp, which can cause uncontrolled rebound, not good as you are taking off on a big jump. On the jumps where I need more distance but can't get enough speed I compensate by gassing it harder on the ramp, and in some situations seat bounce too. The best thing has been a lot of practice. I will jump the same one 50+ times in a row to ingrain the body position and throttle position into my riding technique so it comes naturally. Then the next time I see a similar jump it all comes naturally. [/QUOTE]
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