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[QUOTE="crazywaynz, post: 830201, member: 54574"] Well after a long day ride on my new GSX-R 600 Suzuki sport bike, i decided to grab some friends and head to the track with my KX 250. We got there and serverly disapointed in the track as it was pretty jacked up and in need of some TLC. Anyhow i had not riden my dirt bike in like 6 weeks do to work etc. and after a few runs and some idle adjustments etc. i started warming up on th small jumps. about 30-45 mins later i went at the step up ( Approx 80 ft) that is followed by a 40 ft double. I skip the double on this run and would come back for it next run. Well next run i hit the step up and landed in a rut so i hit the throtle and rode it out. by this time i had no choice but to hit the double do to closeness and speed. which was fine cause i always jump this in 2nd gear a little slower than my current speed but none the less second gear. So off the lip i go and totally miss the landing by about 15 ft. My bike was at like the 12 o'clock and i was desending. frantically trying to pull it in. it wasnt coming back in for some reason and i ended up kicking it out in front of me. about a 15-20ft fall and i landed on my ass as if i where sitting in a go kart. then bounced and ended up in the cradle on my arms and knees. Being a medic and my rideing buddy a medic we decided that the severe pain in my lower back and left hip waranted me not moveing and calling an ambulance. after convinceing the fire dep and medics not to cut my boots off and pants etc they removed them and rode me to the hospital where X-rays would soon reveal a partially fractured spine. If it where not for the hip/butt pads in my rideing pants i think it might have been a little worse. I 'm glade nothing bad came of it and i sould recover no problem. "Thank God" Now my question to you guys is what went wrong? Was it the cross over from rideing a Sport bike to a dirt bike in one day? (throtle and speed Judgement) Should i have rode it out with the bike even though i faced a rear wheel landing at probably the 2-3 o clock? Or the 6 week break in rideing time? Or any other sugestions that could have caused me to over shoot the landing on a jump that i have jumped many times before. Thanks for your in put. Any riders that ride sport bikes as well i would appreciate your feed back as well. Crazywayne :ohmy: :ohmy: [/QUOTE]
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