Control when "flying"?

Yesterday I was coming down the M4 and at some point I needed to fill up the tank. Came off at J6 and when I was coming back onto the M4 ramp I hit a little bump in the road while accelerating up; the bike basically came off the ground at around 70-80mph and obviously landed and continued as normal.
Now this has happen quite a few times in life and at lower speeds and even higher it has never been an issues.

However, I was wondering how do people deal with these situations? What are the Do's and Don'ts. How do the professional at motogp control the jump/landing?

(maybe this is normal for people coming from the motocross side of things, but remember when I started out with bikes that it was a bit daunting, especially in the case when you don't see a bump at high speeds, like the example above)

Give us your opinion and experience.

[punyXpress]

Get yourself to Cadwell & study form on The Mountain.
( Or Ballaugh Bridge on the Island )
One golden rule was always to land rear wheel first

Originally Posted by punyXpress

One golden rule was always to land rear wheel first

.............just not 'quite as much rear wheel first' as I once did.............had a lovely little crest to wheelie over @ 80mph........showing off to new Female friend decided 100mph was good idea!!! It wasn't.........
Nearest I've come to crashing without actually crashing!!!
Females response??? "THAT WAS WICKED.......do it again!!". 😝



"Gas it w###a".........

[punyXpress]

hope your reply to her wasn't the bottom line of your post!

[DJ123]

I'd say that you don't 'need' to do anything. Carry on what you were doing prior to the event (if possible). By adjusting your throttle position, steering or braking you can upset the bikes balance and throw it off course.

Only jumps I hit apart from obvious hump back bridge flying, is Hemsley to stokesley run. There are 3 jumps and if hit wrong hurt. Ie gentlemens spuds!! I found it best to attack them with feet on pegs and bum off seat. This way you can easily move forward or backwards depending if it's going to high or diving nose first. You can rev the bike to make it pitch differently but at road speed you have no chance to even think about doing that.

[Tomor]

The Motogp/tt riders know most of the bumps are coming so know how to handle it. If it on the road, and it springs on you, I doubt you will have much time to react before it is all over. especially at 80 moph.

Originally Posted by cb1000rsteve

Only jumps I hit apart from obvious hump back bridge flying, is Hemsley to stokesley run. There are 3 jumps and if hit wrong hurt.

Ah.....the Helmsley TT..... Know those 3 (5??) jumps VERY well, prefer Stokesley-Helmsley way fa some reason!!??!!
My hump/jump/wheelie road......Kildale-Easby-Stokesley.....just past Ayton turn?? Dya know it??
The 3/5 humps/jumps on 'TT' run......I just shut my eyes and scream now at anything over 90mph!!!! 😝


"Gas it w###a".........

[Wideboy]

Originally Posted by punyXpress

( Or Ballaugh Bridge on the Island )

not anymore, pesky speed camera. Only on on the island apparently.

[punyXpress]

It was burnt out within a week of installation, before it even went live - was it replaced?
From IOM website: " The watchman safety camera is an integrated package which combines speed sensitive message signs with a safety camera. While it will continually monitor traffic flow, transmitting images to the Road Safety Unit, the data will be used to help establish the reason for an increase in collisions at Ballaugh Bridge and will not be used as a ‘speed camera’ to enforce the speed limit. "