Hello,
I'm new to the forum. I've been reading but my question might just be better off asked. I have a brand new TTR 125L, it's my first real dirt bike and I'm been working on learning to jump it.
For starters I'm like 184 lbs, but I think the scale was wrong or I put on a lot of weight pretty fast.I started off riding pocket bikes and mini dirt bikes along time ago. I can get some nasty air on my little Pantra.. but it bottoms out so nasty I had to cut the rear brace out to make more room for travel.
I ride with a few people that have XR100's, they all are I'd say 30 lbs lighter then me. On the main jump we use they get about 5 feet of air and fly about 30 feet.
Now I have this new bike (ttr125L), I've only got like 7 hours on it, but when I try to jump it, I feel like I'm getting bucked. Everytime I hit the jump I feel like the bike is tossing my body up and forward. I blame my self a bit.. all the years of riding little bikes have made me get used to riding up on the tank and not using the seat. To sit comfy feels weird.
Anyways, I tried sitting more far back. If I sit to far back the front comes up higher I land on the back wheel first.
I tried jumping sitting, jumping standing, jumping sitting forward, sitting back..
Maybe I just haven't found my sweet spot yet.
So, can anyone give me tips? I was wondering If I get bucked cause the springs are to weak for my weight. Could the front shocks be compressing to hard when I hit the jump, giving me the tossed forward feeling?
I did hit the jump perfect a few times, but i had the tossed feeling way more then I'd like.
The jump is a 5 foot ramp onto a plat form. (it's a old golf course)
I get like 2 feet air and fly like 4-5 feet.
In case your wondering I got the TTR125L instead of the 230 cause. I hate the tippy toe bikes, and the extra weight was a turn off.