04-25-2012, 07:20 AM
So what tire is it and what kind of surface at your spot? You could also lower the pressure in the front a little while learning just to help give a little extra contact patch, though lower tire pressure will decrease your distance as you start getting it because the added friction of the contact patch size. So once you get comfortable bump up the pressure little by little to get back to normal PSI. Also make sure you are using your legs and ass to bounce it up and grip the tank with your knees. Take it easy plow 'em for a bit then bring them up higher. And don't try short approaches.
That's how I fucked up. I was rolling about 100'(nothing impressive, but still not shitty to me) then tried to show a buddy at the lot who was doing like 200 ft 45-50 mph approaches and only getting the rear up at the very end were it was slingshoting up that its about the throttle in and the bounce/grip to get it there not necessarily the distance to launch it. Did a short like 20-30 ft approach rolled it about the same length then was just to high let off the brake and it was still going over, tried to jump over the front and got smashed into the concrete by the bike. Fun stuff. Like Graveyard said with the cones or even a spot with parking spaces helps, visual things seem to really help a lot of people. Shit man I even used Tennis balls I cut in half as markers.
That's how I fucked up. I was rolling about 100'(nothing impressive, but still not shitty to me) then tried to show a buddy at the lot who was doing like 200 ft 45-50 mph approaches and only getting the rear up at the very end were it was slingshoting up that its about the throttle in and the bounce/grip to get it there not necessarily the distance to launch it. Did a short like 20-30 ft approach rolled it about the same length then was just to high let off the brake and it was still going over, tried to jump over the front and got smashed into the concrete by the bike. Fun stuff. Like Graveyard said with the cones or even a spot with parking spaces helps, visual things seem to really help a lot of people. Shit man I even used Tennis balls I cut in half as markers.