Motocross Goose Bump Pictures Thread

yamasaki

yamasaki

post up your sickest/favorite MX pics...

i saw this one last week and it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up!!!

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yamasaki

yamasaki

sorry guys, i broke another shift lever.. mustve gotten stuck on the face of that jump back there!!! :love: :love: :love: :love: WHAT!!!!!!!!

billed.asp


billed.asp


GGGGGGGGangster!
 
yamasaki

yamasaki

Vumad said:
Why do they tail whip like that while racing?
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what 24/7 said.. also.. there's a difference between a "whip" and a "scrub"..

a whip could achieve the same result.. to an extent.. however, a "scrub" is really what you want to do when racing.. it's basically used to "scrub" some of your speed when hitting a jump... mx racers realized that to jump an obstacle straight on, you couldn't carry more speed than the jump required, or you'd sail over the landing, land flat, and kill yourself...

so.. what theyve started doing in the last few years is this scrub maneuver. it does two things really...

1) it allows you to hit the jump as fast as you want to.. the better you can scrub, the faster you can hit the jump face.. this lets you keep more speed than the guys youre racing against, because they have to slow down if theyre not great scrubbers.. whereas in contrast, you maintain your speed up all the way through...

2) it keeps you low to the ground so you get back down to earth quicker. the more time your wheels are off the ground (in the air), the slower you are going. the goal is to get back down to earth and get that HP to the ground ASAP. a guy who's in the air for 5 seconds is gonna be slower over a guy who's doing the same jump and getting back down to earth in 3.5 seconds. multiply that 1.5 second by 20 laps and its a HUGE difference.. multiply that number by the number of big jumps on the track... there you go..

all that said.. scrubbing is DAM HARD!!!!! i can't do it. :thumbsdown:

its funny.. you watch any sx race today, and keep your eyes on any little double (not necessarily all the triples).. 99% of the guys going over the double will do this quick turn of their handlebars as theyre going over the jump. this, in essence, is what scrubbing is. obviously, it doesnt look like the pics above, but what theyre trying to do is slow their momentum at the last second before taking off into the air so they dont overjump the little double. its funny becaues if you watch any sx racing, from, say, 5-6-7 years ago, not many guys do it.
 
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dbrutherford

dbrutherford

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Pastrana, Bubba, and Ricky. Man that must have been 10 to 12 years ago! I had a jersey just like the one Travis has on.

So where are they now? Travis is out doing a little bit of everything including trying to kill himself BASE Jumping, Sky Diving without a parachute, ect...

Bubba still isn't living up to the potential and keeps hurting himself and giving away championships when he is the fastest rider out there period.

Ricky has cemented his name in the record books and will always be remember at the GOAT. I can't believe he isn't racing anymore. Had I know those years would have flown by so fast I would have forced myself to keep riding MX and went to every MX race possible. Now that I moved to Alabama I realize how lucky I had it living 1 hr from High Point, 2 hrs from Steel City, and 6 hours from Budds Creek. I am still kicking myself for not going to the MX of Nations!

Edwin you qualify for Mt Morris this year I will fly back home to cheer you on!
 
yamasaki

yamasaki

dbrutherford said:
Edwin you qualify for Mt Morris this year I will fly back home to cheer you on!
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qualify for mt morris? dude, i can't even stay out for 30minutes on a track, much less qualify for a national! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

i'm kicking myself for mx of nations too.. i made my wife a deal earlier this year.. this year, we travel whereever she wants to go.. next year, we're hitting at least 3-4 nationals.. hangtown for sure, glen-helen for sure, and at least 2 others somewhere in there ... then we'll just tack on 2-3 days after each race to check out whatever are we're in and kick back/vaca....

yeah, mx is pretty much the best sport ever. :27:


sucks not having carmichael around.

YouTube - Ricky Carmichael Retirement Tribute
 
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