Australasian Dirt Bike – May 2019

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5 TOUCH DOWN

Right before the bike touches down start

to rev the engine up so the rear wheel is

driving as soon as it hits dirt. Brace

yourself ready for the landing with your

knees bent and chin over the ’bar and

your elbows up nice and high. Absorb the

impact with your knees as the bike lands

and keep the throttle on hard. If you don’t

land with the throttle on then the bike will

come to a stop and you will go sailing over

the handlebar. Have a nice day.

6 RIDE IT OUT

Accelerate right down the ramp and into

the next obstacle. If there’s a corner

coming up then, once you have left the

down-ramp, you can start to slow down

and set up for the corner. If it’s another

jump then you can stay set up and carry

your momentum into the next jump. Start

out practicing on small jumps before

building your way up to the bigger jumps.

Don’t shoot for the biggest jump on the

track fi rst up.

Technical Editor Mat Boyd

GENRE

Motocross

PRACTICE

Every time you go riding

STRENGTH AND HEIGHT

All riders big, small or tall

WIDOW POTENTIAL

There’s always potential for things to go

wrong when you are taking on a jump. The

trick is to start out small and build your

way up. Don’t take on the biggest jump on

the track on your first lap. Take on the

smallest jump first and only move on once

you have that jump dialed.

BRAGGING RIGHTS

Launching a jump or clearing a gap is the

ultimate. If the gap is big enough then it

can even have the potential to get you

Instafamous. It might even get you that

chick you’ve been chasing on Facebook but

haven’t had the guts to slide her a DM yet.

WHY

BOTHER?

To clear jumps, go faster and win

races. If that doesn’t do it for you

then how about impressing your

mates or even the girls? Everyone

loves a big jump, especially if it’s

clearing a big gap on a 2T that

nobody else has the knackers to do.

ON THE

LEVEL

If the front wheel is too high in the

air then pull in the clutch and tap

the back brake. This will drop the

nose down. If the front wheel is too

low then hit the throttle and the

spinning back wheel will level the

bike out. Never grab the front brake

in the air as the sudden stop in

rotation of the front wheel can lead

to a nose dive.

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