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Long story short I come up to this table and a fairly decent size kicker/pothole, I think to my self no problem it’s just a little 15 ft table. Next thing I know the bike is going into the biggest endo I’ve ever been involved in. I’m not even at the max height of my jump jet and I have already stepped through the bars.
I end up landing on my feet around the bottom of the landing, pretty much in the flat. By some series of misfortunate events I end up skipping across the ground and by some miracle I end up having my humerus sticking out of my arm. I guess either my bike hit me pretty hard or I hit the ground pretty hard.
I am still sitting here 5 days later dumbfounded at how I went into such a huge endo in such a small amount of time and off such a small jump.
Few factors to consider.
1. I was on a woods setup
2. Im a pretty big fella, to the tune of about 6’ 200lbs
3. I didn’t slow down at all off the jump
4. Bike is a 21 yz250
5. MX1 track at Durhamtown
Scenario 1: maybe it’s just a bit of bad luck. Maybe it was the perfect stork of a kicker, me being a tad too far on the front end, and the suspension being soft enough to send me into this big of an endo.
Scenario 2: I did send a pretty massive jump to flat earlier in the day. Maybe I bent my shock shaft and the shock froze mid stroke after hitting to pothole. But by the same token I think these things have an 18mm shaft I would think that they are near impossible to bend.
Scenario 3: I’m just a goon who has no idea what he’s doing. While this is possible I like to consider myself a very safe and calculated rider. I typically can go 15-20 hours without so much as a tip over.
Who knows. I’m just having a tough time because I felt like I did nothing wrong and hit the jump the same as I did 10 time before and had a totally different outcome.
And sorry if I sound like a babbling idiot. These pain meds are pretty strong lol.
I end up landing on my feet around the bottom of the landing, pretty much in the flat. By some series of misfortunate events I end up skipping across the ground and by some miracle I end up having my humerus sticking out of my arm. I guess either my bike hit me pretty hard or I hit the ground pretty hard.
I am still sitting here 5 days later dumbfounded at how I went into such a huge endo in such a small amount of time and off such a small jump.
Few factors to consider.
1. I was on a woods setup
2. Im a pretty big fella, to the tune of about 6’ 200lbs
3. I didn’t slow down at all off the jump
4. Bike is a 21 yz250
5. MX1 track at Durhamtown
Scenario 1: maybe it’s just a bit of bad luck. Maybe it was the perfect stork of a kicker, me being a tad too far on the front end, and the suspension being soft enough to send me into this big of an endo.
Scenario 2: I did send a pretty massive jump to flat earlier in the day. Maybe I bent my shock shaft and the shock froze mid stroke after hitting to pothole. But by the same token I think these things have an 18mm shaft I would think that they are near impossible to bend.
Scenario 3: I’m just a goon who has no idea what he’s doing. While this is possible I like to consider myself a very safe and calculated rider. I typically can go 15-20 hours without so much as a tip over.
Who knows. I’m just having a tough time because I felt like I did nothing wrong and hit the jump the same as I did 10 time before and had a totally different outcome.
And sorry if I sound like a babbling idiot. These pain meds are pretty strong lol.
After seeing you ride and being around you, it definitely ain't Scenario 3.
It think it's also pretty rare to even have this type of crash on a two stroke. How much softer did they go on your springs for that woods setup? It almost sounds like it popped out of gear or something to endo so soon after takeoff but I think you probably would have noticed that when it happened.
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I definitely know it wasn't out of gear because I could still feel the wheel spinning when I had it wise open right before I stepped through. and its same spring rate, just different valving, and to be honest it would handle the low shaft speed stuff relatively well like jump landings.
The shock bottomed on the face before the kicker. Since there was no suspension travel left to absorb the kicker it hammered the back of the bike up and caused you to endo.
Rebound settings on the shock have a massive effect on jumping also
I wouldn't expect rebound settings to be the issue, but compression and/or spring rate.
If you didn't bottom out, the bike would've behaved as you expected.
Set your sag, then check your static sag. At that point you'll know if you need heavier springs or to just adjust the clickers.
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