Manouevering bike when airborne?

[Atomic]

I am finally clearing all the jumps at Kimmies so wanna learn how to tail whip and stuff, I can lean it over in the air 20° or so and bring it back but thats about it, got the bike into what felt like a decent whip (unintentionally) on the big step down but couldnt get it back in and straight for the landing so had a decent high side!

How do I control the bike in the air? Whats the secret or does it just take practice?

[scott411]

it hurts to learn,

but especailly with smaller jumps like at kimmys you need to do anything off the face, you need to lean over on the face, then straghten up in the air,

you really need bigger jumps than at kimmys,
# 7 at harrisville is a good jump to learn on,

also learn to rev the bike to get the nose up, and to stand on teh brake (with the clutch in) to get the nose down,

[telliman]

the last jump on the back straight at kimmies is a good one to learn on i found,i like the new table going into the superx section scott, would make a mean double!

[scott411]

the last jump on the back straight at kimmies is a good one to learn on i found,i like the new table going into the superx section scott, would make a mean double!


next time you go down their, look to the right, their is a big double their, we made it and never really ran it after about 3 big crashes with people practising, it was just to big

[telliman]

yeah iv seen that, so it hasnt seen any racing i take it? have many guys jumped it

[scott411]

about 15 guys jumped it, mostly national riders, problem was if you got the timing wrong, short or long the landing was not pretty,

impressive to watch tho

[zx10ruser]

about 15 guys jumped it, mostly national riders, problem was if you got the timing wrong, short or long the landing was not pretty,

impressive to watch tho


is it ever going to be open again? i never got to see anyone jump it, although i was at a practice day when the landing had just been built and sum guy was jumping from the lil table upramp and carving over and landing on the double landing it was so sick he was hitting it soo fast

[scott411]

not to sure, if someone wants to jump it they prob could,

its not the safest jump we have ever built, i do not see it ever being used in racing,

[GR81]

show us how it's done scott :blink:

[scott411]

i have never jumped it, always wanted to but was in part of shoulder not stable enough time when it was in use,

one day,

[Pierce]

How do I control the bike in the air? Whats the secret or does it just take practice?

I'm not the man for whips but this is what i've read haha

It definately is practice when whipping. You need to lean the bike over before you even leave the jump. Keep your body weight central so once it is leant over you can transfer the weight to bring the bike back upright.

Kimmies hasn't really got many jumps you'd wanna practice on (i whip it down the back straight on the last two jumps, the last is a double). If you want a safer wayto practice step up's the jumps to practice on however I wouldn't suggest doing it on Kimmies step up haha that thing is leathal

[DrewBroadley]

Here's something I did for Dirtstar

http://archive.dirtstar.co.nz/Issue/002/Howto - Howto Whip

[mxracer_nz]

if you need to ask how to whip your not ready, it is as simple as leaning on the lip if you`ve got enough bike control but if your asking you dont. And there is no jump at kimmys worth whipn on unless you good on a pitbike!

[telliman]

if you need to ask how to whip your not ready, it is as simple as leaning on the lip if you`ve got enough bike control but if your asking you dont. And there is no jump at kimmys worth whipn on unless you good on a pitbike!

gotta start somewhere dude! no harm in asking.

[Pierce]

if you need to ask how to whip your not ready, it is as simple as leaning on the lip if you`ve got enough bike control but if your asking you dont. And there is no jump at kimmys worth whipn on unless you good on a pitbike!

I think this is why they were asking mate cos they can't whip, no need to make comments like that aye.
I've got mates that whip almost every jump in the park...

[mxracer_nz]

I think this is why they were asking mate cos they can't whip, no need to make comments like that aye.
I've got mates that whip almost every jump in the park...

i wasnt dissing him i'am just saying that whipping isnt sumthing you ask about you just figure it out yourself with time on the bike, i have a lot of good whip jumps at my track and EVERYONE who has asked me this question and i tell them, cant do it, because they`re not ready. they try leaning but nothing happens.
lol id love to see your mates whipping of those jumps, i think we`re on a different page to what whips are, there is nothing there to do i whip off (maybe 10 years ago when the track was actually nice) unless you think the classic bum whips a whip

[CaMo]

Im not sure that he is trying to whip it as such like this

http://www.freestylemotocrossteamfmx.com/images/site/common/en/image/imagewrap.img?picture.image.url=http://www.freestylemotocrossteamfmx.com/members/500008/uploaded/idofmx1112.jpg&picture.width.max=450

but more wanting to be able to maneuver his bike in the air (sorta like a whip but not full on as above :) )

[Pierce]

lol id love to see your mates whipping of those jumps, i think we`re on a different page to what whips are, there is nothing there to do i whip off (maybe 10 years ago when the track was actually nice) unless you think the classic bum whips a whip

This is a mate that's been riding motocross for the last 15yrs whose fucking good and when i say he whips almost every jump I mean the ones worth jumping. The carpark step down, blind step down before last sweeper and the long table top. All I was saying is it's possible at kimmy's on a couple of jumps...:rolleyes: Anyone who was at the KB day at kimmy's would've seen him riding our bikes round the track doing so.