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[QUOTE="KC_BigDog_51, post: 159840, member: 22442"] [b]Hang on at all COSTS!!!![/b] I don't know how may of you watched the Las Vegas SX on pay per view but there was a clip of Ricky Carmicheal going through the whoops and the seat hit his butt and his feet got bucked off the pegs and he hung on all the way through those monsters and finally the front wheel hit the 3rd one from the end and his chest slammed into the bars throwing him up and over and he landed safely on his back unharmed. I can't imagine what kind of injuries he would have suffered if he let go!!! OUCH!! I would think the only time it would be better to let go is if you are going to hit the face of another jump and it is going to pitch you over the bars. If you let go before the impact your forward momentum might be enough to clear the jump with your body at least. About a month ago I entered my first race and towards the end of the second moto my legs were beat and I was sitting down way too much. Going over this big up hill double we have of about 65 feet you need to sit down all the way up the face to compress the suspension but stand right before take off. Kind of like a seat bounce but you cant stayed seated all the way through the jump because of a small kicker at the point of take off. Well, being so tired I failed to stand soon enough and got enough air to clear the jump but was nose diving badly and I thought for sure I was going to get bucked over the bars. I hung on leaned all the way back and pinned the throttle. When I landed I was thrown forward all the way to the bars but was able to keep the throttle pinned so the bike continued to speed up under me eventually pulling out of the almost painfull situation. It scared me to death but if had let go there would have been no chance of riding it out but since I hung on and with luck and remaining calm and doing all the things you need to do in the event of a nose dive I rode it out unharmed. I think hanging on is the safest way to avoid injry. Remeber if you let go you gave yourself no chance to see if you could have saved it. [/QUOTE]
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