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How to whip it?

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Plowboy:
 I figured it out in the saddle. Not complicated at all.

Hillclimb#42:
I figured out the deal for the most part hitting a jump that was a turn also. It throws you into a whip naturally. I was wondering about the control of it, especially on an accidental whip. Sometimes when you intend to go off straight, you hit a bump or the front comes out of the rut just right and throws you sideways. I always turn the bars into the landing but I always seem to be stuck there without bringing it back around all the way. I was thinking a body shift or a clutch and brake tap might bring the bike back around, but apparently its not that deep...... :?

Kawasakinut:
so plow whats the secret :? :? :?. i wanna bust fat whips also!!

Plowboy:
 Now what little time I had that last day was very little, so a big, pretty whip I certainly did not master. What I did figure out is that is was part body english and part handlebar pressure/turning....all seemingly employed once airborne and in a fluid sequence.

 All I managed to accomplish was the rear tire drifting to the left while the right side dipped a little, and then quickly and smoothly bringing it back inline just before landing. That definitely doesn't mean that I'm doing anything impressive, but I felt better getting the combination of movements to produce results. Now, I'll work up to bigger and prettier things.......hopefully.

 To be honest, it's probably a combination of several things that I didn't even realize I was doing such as weighting the bars and the pegs on one side or another as I was turning the front wheel.

 

Jeeks:

--- Quote from: js on February 04, 2008, 05:28:47 PM ---I'm going to guess what whip it is, cause I havent motocross since the 80's. If you had to slow down for a jump so you didn't over do the landing. there was good chance you were losing time on that jump. there is a way of sucking up the jump so you could hit the jump at a much higher speed and create less arc in the jump or a lower hieght jump, you had to suck the bike up at the top of the jump, crossing the bike up was just a natural way of sucking up the top of the jump to create a faster lower arc. Is that what your doing?

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What's with all the "sucking" and "jumping"?  :?

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