seth505 wrote:
Another thing to keep in mind is since you've been off the bike for 10 years, maybe you are riding timid? A lot of newer riders seem to let off at jump faces and then give it throttle at the very end of the lip and pull up and it shoots the front end up ala Ronnie Mac.
Airick wrote:
I seem to go nose high too. What you say about throttle and blipping the on the face I do, and am trying to fix that. Question though, what do you do with the throttle when approaching and on the face of the jump? I'm thinking i should roll off the throttle just as the bike leaves the jump face? Thanks.
Ya I think you have the right idea, but it really depends on the jump. I'm by no means the fastest guy around but here is a quick video on my 125 last year, a track where you need good momentum and gets bumpy.
A good example is at like 2:33 in this video, the first jump there I am wide open off so I can make it on my 125 and then the next jump into the left hander is smaller and you can hear I'm not on the throttle off the face like the previous jump (but I was on the throttle a little bit before the take off to keep my momentum up).