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Somebody tell Barcia to quit revving it in the air. Its making him jump further.
Panic rev or brake tap, the bike rotates around its CG, which should be close to where your knees are when standing.
But… keep in mind the CG will be climbing or descending, depending on where you are on the arc of you flight. So if you are past the apex and are descending, even though the rear wheel is rising in relation to the CG, and the front wheel lowering, it would still be descending in relation to the ground. It just won’t be as low as it would have been.
Now apply the power (lots of it) the bike wheelies. The bike rotates around the axis of the rear wheel.
Exactly the same happens in the air.
The tires pushes into the ground. The ground pushes on the tire.
Isn't this like high school level physics?
Let’s put a set of bathroom scales under the rear wheel and apply some power- you’re saying the scales show more weight?
Once the front wheel is off of the ground, sure the rear wheel holds more weight.
But where is the point of axis?
Anybody that has raced and actually done it will tell you brake tapping will LOWER your FRONT wheel - panic revving will LOWER your REAR wheel. Once you are in the air and past the apex, no matter what you do NOTHING will raise your bike. It's simple science. Can't cheat gravity. Now let's talk about how effective a seat bounce is and how to do them properly.
The CG of the bike is definitely moving in a parabolic arc so your definitely right that everything is pretty much going up till it’s pretty much going down.
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Throttle lifts the front and lowers the rear.
This is changing the angle of the bike. It's not lifting or lowering the bike as a whole. Your mass is continuing on its trajectory, something like momentum or whatever.
Just the same as you can just magically gain altitude, you can't magically lose altitude. Since you ride you know seat bouncing and scrubbing is done on the ground, the effect is seen in the air. Or lack of air.
Jason is a bad ass because he won the race not because he brake tapped over Chase.
“……don’t stand up….please don’t stand up!”
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