Australasian Dirt Bike – June 2019

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USINGTHEDOUBLE-bliptechnique
eachtimeyoucomeacrossasetoflogs
canbetimeconsumingandenergy
sapping.Italsodoublesthechanceof
somethinggoingwrong.Savetimeand
energybysimplyjumpingthroughalog
section.However,whilethechancesof
stuffingituparehalved,the
consequencesofamistakeareworse.
So,we’vesetupthissimplelogdoubleto
getyoustarted.

1 BRACEFORIMPACT
Beforehittingthefirstlogyouwillneed
topreloadthesuspensionsothat,when
youlaunch,thesuspensionunloadsand
liftsyouintotheair.Todothisstandup
andsinkyourweightintothebike
throughthe‘pegsandsuspension.Keep

yourheadupandyourindexfingersover

theclutchandbrake.

2 POPANDDRIVE

Asyourfrontwheelhitsthefirstloglift

uponthefrontandacceleratesothe

front-endliftsup.

Youmayneedtodropalittleclutchas

well.Youwanttoperformthedouble-

bliptechniquebutyouwillneedtohold

thethrottleonsotheloglaunchesyou

intotheair.

Ifyouchopthethrottleyouwon’tclear

thegap.

3 UNLOADANDSPOT

Onceyourbacktyresmashesintothe

logunloadtheshock.Thisshouldalso

helpflattenthebikeoutastherear-end

catchesup with the front. Once you are

sureyou’re going to clear the second

log,shiftyour weight over the front so

thefront-end begins to dive. Ideally you

wantthefront-end hitting the ground

firstbecause as the suspension then

unloadsyou should be taking off on the

seconddouble.

4 RELOAD AND FIRE

Onceboth wheels are back on the

groundstay on the throttle and power

intothesecond log double like you did

thefirstone.

Youcan use the suspension unloading

inthetransition as the force needed to

projectyou up and over the second

double.Remember to always stay

standing.

REAR GUARD

DOUBLE

LOG HOP

NEED TO SAVE TIME ON THAT TRICKY LOG SECTION? JUST JUMP IT!

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