dirt downslope

[BTP]

i built a ramp (Rev 1) and it is so sweet and i have never been so
high before but i am landing very hard. my bikes in great shape but it almost bottoms everytime i land. i am only hitting it at about 20 feet from the landing so im not going very fast. im not into pysics (hell i cant even spell it) but if i am going forward faster it'll land smoother right? my landing ramp is too small (about 4 feet tall) but some of you guys a going like 25 feet in the air with 9 foot tall downslopes right? well im like 11 or 12 with a 4 foot tall downslope so i dont see why im landing so hard. when you guys hit like 70 footers on the ramps if everything is perfect do you land hard? im landing perfect on the landing and it still is hard. any advice?:cool:

[crustyfmx250]

LOL, a 4ft high landing is barely enuf for a 30ft double :D

Take some advice from someone who didnt bother to take the time to make a huge landing, and paid the price for it. My landing was around 8ft high, at a 45ft gap, and that was a bit of a hard landing.

IT should be atleast 12 feet high for safety, ramps jsut send you so high up.

The pic attached is silider's minimum recommended specs for a landing for the rev.1

[bryan]

here's my new landing... and check out the tiny tractor that built it

[chuck]

wow, bryan, you've been busy. whats wrong with our landing, are you too good to come ride with me?

[bryan]

yeahhh, pretty much..... lol

naw i just wanted something to learn on and mess with. soon as i get comfy at a decent distance i'll show ya how that kod is done, boy.

[WaussInd]

Hey bryan... you wanna bring that tractor up to my house and build me one of them landings?

[crustyfmx250]

me too :D

gearbox blew up in my dads tractor, so i got nothin now :(

[NoFeAr FrEaK #101]

IS THAT A KOBOTA??? man how long did that take, that would of been a good 5 or 6 hours!!!! :eek:

[NoFeAr FrEaK #101]

nah wot i mean is that did u move the dirt there wit that or was the dirt there u just shaped it ???

[NoFeAr FrEaK #101]

nah wot i mean is that did u move the dirt there wit that or was the dirt there u just shaped it ??? , nice landing any way :p

[bryan]

there was some dirt already there, like the stuff infront of the landing, but i'd say 75% was dug up with the kubota

5-6 hours? nooo waaayyy, i'm not that good, i'd say more like 15-20

[NoFeAr FrEaK #101]

dude thats a long time on a tractor!!!

[ont.freerider]

Thats awesome bro! where is the launch? haha a landing aint much good without a launch! haha thats so cool!

[bryan]

my neighbor is building it right now. he can build nascar chassis so i'm hopin he can make a ramp :)

[NoFeAr FrEaK #101]

mmmm nascar frames.... id say he would do it easy :D

[ont.freerider]

yeah i'd saw it should be no sweat!! looks good bryan!

[localboy]

how tall is that landing? i need to build one in spring for my ramp.
i wanna make mine like 8 to 9 feet tall with a huge safty deck thing

[bryan]

i think it's up there around 13-14 ft

[slider]

One of my ramp rentals went to a show this past weekend and the promotor did not have enough dirt for a good landing. He "made" the riders hit the stupid 6' tall landing at 50' on Rev.2. One rider, Roy, flatlanded and was too far back due to this and stuck the throttle on and smacked a wall. Broken Navicular and badly bruised knee.

The other riders told the promotor they would not jump at 50 to this landing and managed to move it to 30'. ### show for FMX at 30' but at least the remaining riders did not get hurt.

Never give in to a promotor if you can't get a good landing. Walk away or be taken away on a stretcher. Roy jumped one time, got hurt and did not get paid. A couple thousand bucks at the local hospital - Minimum of 3 months to heal - a lifetime of pain due to a navicular fracture. This is the injury that ended Ricky Johnson's career.

[kamakazi_kid]

I agree with you slider but what is a navicular?

[chuck]

that sucks. the navicular is a bone in your wrist that never seems to heal right.

[JAB]

Originally posted by bryan
he can build nascar chassis so i'm hopin he can make a ramp :)

heh.. to think about it my stepdad fixes welders, he fixes them for heaps of boat manufacturing places like stessels, hains and hunter etc

hmm i could probably get a ramp made for cheap from one of them since he knows them so well.. thing is i don't have anywhere to ride it

[crustyfmx250]

Plus i remember u sayin that u didnt have much jumping experience anyway ;)

[JAB]

thats right crusty.. i hardly even ride my bike that much anymore

but yeh it'd be good if i could get one i guess.. we could prolly make a landing at my mates property