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[QUOTE="tx246, post: 1017606, member: 23127"] going downhill on a mountain bike will teach you the importance of momentem. on a bicycle, it is very very easy to stick a front tire into an obstacle that makes it stop. when that happens, the rider promptly goes over the bars no matter how far back on the bicycle. there is an exception to this rule and that is some hang so far back that if they do stick a front tire on something, they let go and fall off the back. the key is to keep the bike moving fast enough that the bike will roll over the worst object on the downhill. worst case scenario is having the front tire of the motorcycle hitting an object in a manner that either stops the bike or causes it to bounce back and not over. that is where you endo or in windsurf lingo...........you get tommahawked. i dead engine sometimes on a two stroke and havent had a problem but im not bombing down 100yrd hills either. i would think it would be hard to sieze one going down a hill if you had been on trails prior to the downhill as the oil/fuel ratio is mixed for worst case situation. ie full throttle and load. seems the engine would have enough for a downhill closed throttle. as far as on pavement goes, i would highly suggest pulling in the clutch and giving gentle revs as its easy to run 50mph on the pilot/low end of the needle which are at less than 1/4 throttle. this is usually a lot slower on dirt and not nearly as constant as you would be on pavement. [/QUOTE]
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