Revving the piss out of your bike not cool anymore?

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Edited Date/Time 11/30/2012 11:43pm
Just watched this video and thought it was surprisingly quiet? A couple of years ago it seemed kids were revving their bikes to the moon constantly while in the air and I couldn't help but feel sorry for their parents who pay for all those top ends. Nice to see these guys not doing that because it is super lame to do unless you actually buy your own stuff.




oh and pretty awesome video too btw, love these raw edits.

Also, cooper webb is a boss.
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mtl 11/27/2012 12:19pm
11/27/2012 12:19pm
I find myself doing it a little less since EFI gave me the confidence of not having the bog of doom when landing a jump.
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peelout 11/27/2012 12:27pm
11/27/2012 12:27pm
i would imagine they are still revving the piss out of them on 250's
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JOHN CHOATE 11/27/2012 12:34pm
11/27/2012 12:34pm Edited Date/Time 11/27/2012 12:40pm
Thanks for posting the video. I still hear a fair amount of rev limiters in that video though. You'd be less likely to hear rev limiters coming from the 450 class. I figured I heard Webb on his 250 several times.
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Francis377 11/27/2012 12:37pm
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watch webb at 2:04, he's on a 250. I was just always a bit annoyed when I saw the young guns rev out their bikes for no other reason than show . for sure if you do it because you wanna avoid bog during the landing it's different but even then it's enough to rev your bike up when you come close to the landing, these kids get a lot of hang time over the big jumps. Anyways I just thought it's nice to see the young guys race like this.

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peelout 11/27/2012 12:42pm
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Francis377 wrote:
watch webb at 2:04, he's on a 250. I was just always a bit annoyed when I saw the young guns rev out their bikes for...
watch webb at 2:04, he's on a 250. I was just always a bit annoyed when I saw the young guns rev out their bikes for no other reason than show . for sure if you do it because you wanna avoid bog during the landing it's different but even then it's enough to rev your bike up when you come close to the landing, these kids get a lot of hang time over the big jumps. Anyways I just thought it's nice to see the young guys race like this.
yep you're right. thanks for posting the video though
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Francis377 11/27/2012 12:55pm
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Maybe I should have watched more than just 1 video before getting my hopes up haha
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JOHN CHOATE 11/27/2012 12:57pm
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Yeah, at Loretta's this year it sounded like multiple machine guns constantly going off every time a 250 class was on the track.
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Schipwreck 11/27/2012 1:50pm
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Its my biggest pet peeve when people do it while warming up there 4strokes..i cant help but shake my head and say dumbass.
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MR. X 11/27/2012 1:55pm
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My neighbor is one of those people, as soon as he gets an engine started that was giving him grief , he revs the fuck out of it like something is stuck inside that he is trying to blow out.
wired4speed 11/27/2012 2:17pm
11/27/2012 2:17pm
Barcia!!!!!! Revving can be cool if you're the right kind of rider that can pull it off.
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JOHN CHOATE 11/27/2012 2:20pm
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And don't have to pay for rebuilt engines!!!Wink
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It is hard to no rev on a 250. When you are at a certain speed and skill level its so important to keep the momentum going on a 250. If you get caught in the wrong RPM range you are going to lose time and momentum.

Of course revving the piss out of the bike isnt necessary but what Cooper was doing in that video was absolutely fine. Especially on an SX track.
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daveoevo 11/27/2012 3:11pm
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Was at a practice track ad Arnold Tonus who was Zack Osbourne's team mate this year and has beaten him several times at GP's and British Champs and he didn't hit the limiter once the whole time he was on the track. After I spoke to one of the team mechanics and he said they said they cant get Zack to stop over revving the bike.
This had me thinking. Bacia is the biggest over revver about and in the 250's and not quite dominating like lot of people thought in the outdoors. Maybe it is holding him back because he seems to go better on the 450 which as we all know if you are revving hard is going very fast indeed.
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ky_savage 11/27/2012 3:19pm
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It stopped being cool when 4 strokes came to the track.
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jasonv43 11/27/2012 3:54pm
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I only do it when I'm riding through the pits or when the bike is on the stand. And I like to pop wheelies and stir up dust in the pits too. Then once I get out on the track I ride like a complete vagina.Whistling
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mxjef 11/27/2012 4:10pm
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jasonv43 wrote:
I only do it when I'm riding through the pits or when the bike is on the stand. And I like to pop wheelies and stir...
I only do it when I'm riding through the pits or when the bike is on the stand. And I like to pop wheelies and stir up dust in the pits too. Then once I get out on the track I ride like a complete vagina.Whistling
Hahahahaha.....
JamesOliver 11/27/2012 4:25pm
11/27/2012 4:25pm
That video of Cooper Webb is nothing compared to this guy!

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berniepiet 11/27/2012 7:13pm
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JamesOliver wrote:
That video of Cooper Webb is nothing compared to this guy! [embed] https://youtu.be/yZWMco-eITY [/embed]
That video of Cooper Webb is nothing compared to this guy!

WOW... Kid really kills it in the whoops!
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GuppyGahoo 11/27/2012 8:48pm
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JamesOliver wrote:
That video of Cooper Webb is nothing compared to this guy! [embed] https://youtu.be/yZWMco-eITY [/embed]
That video of Cooper Webb is nothing compared to this guy!

berniepiet wrote:
WOW... Kid really kills it in the whoops!
Surely it can't be coincidence that that is just about the only place on the track he isn't on the rev limiter, can it?
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JB 19 11/27/2012 10:19pm
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JamesOliver wrote:
That video of Cooper Webb is nothing compared to this guy! [embed] https://youtu.be/yZWMco-eITY [/embed]
That video of Cooper Webb is nothing compared to this guy!

This video had me cracking up........listen how many times he holds it on the rev limiter in the air and then lets off right as he is landing and coasts into the turn. Laughing
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mtl 11/28/2012 6:40am
11/28/2012 6:40am Edited Date/Time 11/28/2012 6:43am
Many guys rev limiter it as a racing tactic.

When I constantly hear a guy hitting the limiter into every corner, It either pisses me off and I get more aggressive or breaks my concentration and I bobble. It's one of the main reasons I started wearing earplugs when I ride.
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SEE ARE125 11/28/2012 7:45am
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mtl wrote:
Many guys rev limiter it as a racing tactic. When I constantly hear a guy hitting the limiter into every corner, It either pisses me off...
Many guys rev limiter it as a racing tactic.

When I constantly hear a guy hitting the limiter into every corner, It either pisses me off and I get more aggressive or breaks my concentration and I bobble. It's one of the main reasons I started wearing earplugs when I ride.
This. Not saying everyone does it for this reason, but I think it's what started it. Imagine a guy has been on your back tire for half a lap now and all of a sudden coming off a jump going into a corner you hear him on the rev limiter. Most peoples first thought is "Damn this guy is fixing to come in hot and try to put the pass on me or take me to the cleaners" or "Damn he just endoed" either way it breaks their focus of what they're doing and can cause a mistake or bobble. It loses it's effect though when it's done over every jump on the track though.
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pmcc 11/28/2012 8:25am
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JamesOliver wrote:
That video of Cooper Webb is nothing compared to this guy! [embed] https://youtu.be/yZWMco-eITY [/embed]
That video of Cooper Webb is nothing compared to this guy!

Some blatant track cutting at 26 seconds!!! That sort of thing piss's me off Angry
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yam261 11/28/2012 8:34am
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jasonv43 wrote:
I only do it when I'm riding through the pits or when the bike is on the stand. And I like to pop wheelies and stir...
I only do it when I'm riding through the pits or when the bike is on the stand. And I like to pop wheelies and stir up dust in the pits too. Then once I get out on the track I ride like a complete vagina.Whistling
Fawker. I was sitting in staging under the big tree at RJ Motosport in september. A guy rolls up beside me on a kxf 450 and bounces it off the rev limiter. I damn neer crashed from the scare i got. There is no need for a bike to be that loud.
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bangmyhead 11/28/2012 8:45am
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jasonv43 wrote:
I only do it when I'm riding through the pits or when the bike is on the stand. And I like to pop wheelies and stir...
I only do it when I'm riding through the pits or when the bike is on the stand. And I like to pop wheelies and stir up dust in the pits too. Then once I get out on the track I ride like a complete vagina.Whistling
I leave a checkered flag in the bed of my truck for the pit racers.....hahahaha
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JeepnMike 11/28/2012 9:46am
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jasonv43 wrote:
I only do it when I'm riding through the pits or when the bike is on the stand. And I like to pop wheelies and stir...
I only do it when I'm riding through the pits or when the bike is on the stand. And I like to pop wheelies and stir up dust in the pits too. Then once I get out on the track I ride like a complete vagina.Whistling
I just lost a perfectly good mouthful of coffee.
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WhipMeister 11/28/2012 11:35am
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Ya know, I rev and rev and rev. And I STILL can't get that damned piss to come out of there! Silly
Chris O'Neal 11/28/2012 2:54pm
11/28/2012 2:54pm
Jordan Smith revved the bike probably the worst I've ever seen. Worse than Barcia and it got to the point where it was just stupid and annoying. It seriously is a attention thing when its brought to that level.
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peelout 11/28/2012 3:17pm
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jasonv43 wrote:
I only do it when I'm riding through the pits or when the bike is on the stand. And I like to pop wheelies and stir...
I only do it when I'm riding through the pits or when the bike is on the stand. And I like to pop wheelies and stir up dust in the pits too. Then once I get out on the track I ride like a complete vagina.Whistling
bangmyhead wrote:
I leave a checkered flag in the bed of my truck for the pit racers.....hahahaha
GENIUS!

thanks for the funny idea

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