A funny story i believe most can relate to. I attended my motox school and we where out doing what we normally do which is working on different sections of the track. Well today we were working on the step down with a 20 to 25' gap ( i think) off a non bermed corner. (To protect the name of the innocent we will call the track acer) Now every time i hit it the gap was getting shorter. So i asked my instructor (we will call him ck) hey ck how close am i to making this. He said your getting close and YOU CAN DO IT. ( Now anyone who knows ck if you put a feather in his helmet he would be freakin peter pan the way he flies through the air), so since he said YOU CAN DO IT i thought if peter pan himself said it hey i can fly i can fly. So here i go 3rd gear pinned, flat tracking on the corner 10inch tire spooled up throwing roost and hit the face of the jump and thought i can fly i can fly. Nope here is where it all goes wrong as i am flying through the air oh shit mayday mayday i see my front wheel is going to catch the face of the step down. The rest is a blur i do though remember feeling like i was break dancing doing a head spin head stand. So after bouncing and rolling around the ride was over. After the fact i realized as i went up the face i let off so i guess i uncommited myself for the jump. The moral of this nonsense is if someone says YOU CAN DO IT and you try it you better commit to do it till the end or it will always go wrong. lesson learned the fun way.Disclaimer no bones were broken in the making of this story just some bruises and a missing rear brake resivour and brake line.:razz:
When (you can do it) goes wrong
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A funny story i believe most can relate to. I attended my motox school and we where out doing what we normally do which is working on different sections of the track. Well today we were working on the step down with a 20 to 25' gap ( i think) off a non bermed corner. (To protect the name of the innocent we will call the track acer) Now every time i hit it the gap was getting shorter. So i asked my instructor (we will call him ck) hey ck how close am i to making this. He said your getting close and YOU CAN DO IT. ( Now anyone who knows ck if you put a feather in his helmet he would be freakin peter pan the way he flies through the air), so since he said YOU CAN DO IT i thought if peter pan himself said it hey i can fly i can fly. So here i go 3rd gear pinned, flat tracking on the corner 10inch tire spooled up throwing roost and hit the face of the jump and thought i can fly i can fly. Nope here is where it all goes wrong as i am flying through the air oh shit mayday mayday i see my front wheel is going to catch the face of the step down. The rest is a blur i do though remember feeling like i was break dancing doing a head spin head stand. So after bouncing and rolling around the ride was over. After the fact i realized as i went up the face i let off so i guess i uncommited myself for the jump. The moral of this nonsense is if someone says YOU CAN DO IT and you try it you better commit to do it till the end or it will always go wrong. lesson learned the fun way.Disclaimer no bones were broken in the making of this story just some bruises and a missing rear brake resivour and brake line.:razz:
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HAHAHAHHHHAHHAHA that must have sucked!!
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I was just gonna say that pictures or even a video clip would really help tell that storysutton said:
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Hahaha, Ive had a couple scary moments on that step down to, almost did the same thing as you once or twice. Lol, I make damn well sure ive got plenty of throttle to clear it now.
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Lol, nah, just pin it and let er rip. Now I just gotta find the balls to go for that table to table.
For the life of me I cant figure out why riders going for a big jump like that,
(especially on a 10")..Blip the throttle on the face of it. Especially the first time you go for it. Sutton, if Christopher said you could do it........that could only mean 1 or 2 things.
1. You have the ability to do it in a safe manner
OR
2. He was bored and needed some entertainment
I've seen it both ways so its hard to say lol
Its not often we tell someone to do a jump........So I'm betting it was #2. The class is more about body position and proper cornering. The speed and the jumps kinda come naturally once your body position is right. You must have been ready for it if he told you to do it......but you better commit if you are going to try it again......
(especially on a 10")..Blip the throttle on the face of it. Especially the first time you go for it. Sutton, if Christopher said you could do it........that could only mean 1 or 2 things.
1. You have the ability to do it in a safe manner
OR
2. He was bored and needed some entertainment
I've seen it both ways so its hard to say lol
Its not often we tell someone to do a jump........So I'm betting it was #2. The class is more about body position and proper cornering. The speed and the jumps kinda come naturally once your body position is right. You must have been ready for it if he told you to do it......but you better commit if you are going to try it again......
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Good Job Sutton. That jump is a challenge with no visual of the landing until you are committed. You definitely got it. Way to man up and share your lesson. I will remember not to chop the throttle on that one. BTW Dagner his comment definitely deserves a strong post in the call out thread.. Peace
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