If you ever want to ride on a motocross track you
are going to have to learn to beat the dirt bike jumps. At first
they are a very daunting affair, and riding at them with any pace
seems almost suicidal but to get anywhere in dirt bike racing you
need to face them and you need to beat them otherwise you won’t
get anywhere and you won’t have any success. When you first
start dirt bike racing you’ll be lucky to get a couple or feet
of air and stay upright when you land, but this will all change
when you have a little experience and a little knowledge behind
you. The only real trick to being any good over dirt bike jumps is
to practice and keep practicing.
The best way to beat dirt bike jumps.
It’s true that there are no quick fixes to beat dirt bike jumps
and the real key to success is to practice and keep practicing.
However, there are some basic guidelines that will increase you
chance of success and it is these guidelines you should be
practicing.
Firstly, you posture should be that of a standing up position but
crouched slightly and gripping the bike with your legs; if you don’t
grip with your legs you and the bike are likely to become
separated and this will ensure that you can land
relatively comfortably in a sitting position. It also stops the
bike from kicking out sideways if you hit a bump on the way up the
ramp.
As you approach the ramp you should know pretty much exactly where
you want to be on the up ramp; finding the line on the ramp and
keeping an even throttle all the way up. Again, this will mean
less chance of the bike jumping if you hit a bump or a rock.
If you want to land with your bike upright and you on the seat,
then when you’ve got air you need to be looking where you’re
going to land and amend your bike position accordingly so if you’re
landing on the flat lift your handle bars before you hit the
ground; this way your back wheel will make contact first and
will take most of the pressure of the landing. If, however, you
are landing on the down slope then you need your bike to be at the
same angle as the slope. To alter your bike’s position, you can
either rev while in the air which will drop the rear of your bike
or you can let up on the clutch and apply the rear brakes
giving the opposite effect.
The second before you land get straight onto your clutch, the revs
will help your rear suspension take the blow and will give you
good acceleration on landing. One of the hardest things about dirt
bike jumps is having the confidence to pull it off. If you’re
confident then you’ll stand more chance of doing everything as
well as you can so practice and practice hard; don’t get too
carried away at first though, just take it at your own pace.
Dirt Bikes HQ, http://www.dirtbikeshq.com/
for lots of information about dirt biking. |
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