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Jumping and body position

ray_ray

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Here is another short video of how to jump a bike ... There are numerous videos on how to do jump a bike and I watch many... But this video makes one specific point that I think will help me ... "Your entire body should be in front of the foot pegs going up the jump ramp". This is of course doing nothing special and just flying over a jump straight up ...

Myself, I know I get caught too far back on the bike at lift-off time and sometimes I pull on the bars to catch back up with the bike after it as cleared the ground. This bad technique sometimes makes the bike front wheel climb in the air ... Not always the expected behavior and can be spooky.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiFmKcZZW7w
 
ray_ray said:
Myself, I know I get caught too far back on the bike at lift-off time and sometimes I pull on the bars to catch back up with the bike after it as cleared the ground. This bad technique sometimes makes the bike front wheel climb in the air ... Not always the expected behavior and can be spooky.


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Interesting point. Being an "old-schooler" where you would attack everything front-end high, I'm always having trouble with my jumping technique now. It's hard for me to put my faith in the forks soaking up a landing.....:o
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ptkatoomer said:
Interesting point. Being an "old-schooler" where you would attack everything front-end high, I'm always having trouble with my jumping technique now. It's hard for me to put my faith in the forks soaking up a landing.....:o
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I hear ya ...I still like my nose ~up in the air for protecting against coming up short on the landing ramp (receiver) ...

You gotta keep the throttle 'on' till you clear the lip of the jump and that will keep the front wheel up to some degree and the bike will fly somewhat level. This is ESP true on a 4t machine as they are so front-end heavy as compared to a 2t machine. Just have an easy and steady throttle hand... Sounds easy but you know, on paper is not the same as on the track.

I don't really like the nose coming down first but that's the quickest way to turn the bike after landing ...
 
I don't really like the nose coming down first but that's the quickest way to turn the bike after landing ...

Landing nose first also prevents the suspension from rebounding and Unweighting the bike. Next time you watch supercross if there is a section that has a jump that launches them directly into the corner watch how they all land front first to get the tires to stick so they can rail the corner.
 
I'm just going to stick to enduros and stuff lol. Really though, I need to get out on an MX track. The local series has quite a few jumps and not being a wuss there could really help out. My only trip in an ambulance was from coming up short on a double nose down so I have PTSD now :). Thinking I'll stick to the old fashioned way a while longer.
 
Looks like pretty good, loamy dirt for riding a bike on when dry ... You CA kids have all the good stuff just outside your door :)
TemecuCoastie said:
Ray and Kreza,

This is another one of the cool local tracks in my area. It's between Glen Helen and Elsinore.
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Colo moto said:
I don't really like the nose coming down first but that's the quickest way to turn the bike after landing ...

Landing nose first also prevents the suspension from rebounding and Unweighting the bike. Next time you watch supercross if there is a section that has a jump that launches them directly into the corner watch how they all land front first to get the tires to stick so they can rail the corner.
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I've never read that on the rebounding but after giving it some though, I've never had a second bounce when landing nose first... I've had more than one flat landing flat on both wheels and bounced like a rubber ball ...

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I was trying this take-off method yesterday and I can say the bike felt well at launch time off the take-off ramp and the bike flew well. This was on my 250 2t bike that normally gives me fits on the take off. Its just a matter of getting in the right position as described in the video. I'm still a long way from a jumper but I can go over many different type jumps with about 35' as my limit.
 
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