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11/30/04
Do X-Games Lead to X-Rays? James Lackey on the Leaps and Crashes of
Motocross
END0--End over End flip, yet forward over the bars, on bike. In motocross this is, besides being landed on by another rider that is jumping over you, the worst accident. I had it happen to me 10 days ago on a BMX bicycle.
Usually, on a motorcycle it is from compressing the suspension too much prior to take off. The happens by approaching too slow and gun the gas too low on the jump, or hitting the brakes in a panic. The suspension compresses and like an Olympic ski jumper that takes off waaaaay too early on the ramp, you actually lift off from the bottom of the jump too early hence lose total distance. The landing is usually the 2nd jumps backside of a double jump.
Ironically the biggest decision makers, a triple jump, are usually over cleared and that causes a loop out backwards, but it is rare. The landing on a double needs to be front wheel first, so in the air on a motorcycle, you actually tap rear brakes after down shifting 2 gears, this kills the engine for a split second, you could also pull in clutch to let engine run, but I don't think I have ever done that, least effort you know.