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May 9th 2010 at 9:03 PM
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Savage-CR
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Hey,
As you might already know from MX4Life's status we went to a track for the first time on Saturday. I had lots of fun but have a couple questions. On a couple jumps the bike always seemed to want to pitch forward and I was told your supposed to give it gas to bring it back up, but is there a way to just avoid having the front end low in the first place? Also, I burned through a set of back break pads that were brand new and there right down to the rotor now but would that be because of ****ty pads or because the track was just soupy?
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May 9th 2010 at 9:22 PM
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MX86
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have to hit the jump with the throttle on, and as far as the pads, is your rotor warped?
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May 9th 2010 at 9:34 PM
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Kawi_Rider_316
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Ya if its kickin your front end down make sure your comin off the takeoff on the gas. also if you lean back a bit it will compress your suspension some and keep it more level. But yes if your in the air and its nose down rev it up. For the rotors, you definatly shouldnt go through that fast. Like mx said check your rotor.
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May 9th 2010 at 9:47 PM
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MX86
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Quote originally posted by Kawi_Rider_316
For the rotors, you definatly shouldnt go through that fast. Like mx said check your rotor.
Say wha?  also did you break your pads in? and were they carbon or sintered?
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May 9th 2010 at 9:49 PM
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Kawi_Rider_316
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u know what i meant, break pads... Excuse me BRAKE PADS! ha ha
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May 9th 2010 at 10:17 PM
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MX86
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Quote originally posted by Kawi_Rider_316
u know what i meant, break pads... Excuse me BRAKE PADS! ha ha
I used break in the form of sanding the oily residue used to store the pads without having them decompose before installation  not in context of BRAKE as in material 
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May 9th 2010 at 11:05 PM
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MX4life
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The break pad thing is weird, savage and our other friend killed a set of back breaks each and i killed a set of front pads 
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May 10th 2010 at 6:38 AM
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Savage-CR
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Alright thanks for the tip. I'll try that next time. As for the pads don't you just spray them down with brake cleaner? Also when I changed my tire I had the wheel spacers off of the rim and I couldn't remember exactly where ech one went but I was pretty sure I put them on the proper side. Could that make any difference? I'm pretty sure they wore evenly.
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May 10th 2010 at 7:27 AM
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MX86
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NEVER spray them with cleaner... erodes the glue that holds the pad together... Rub them on some sand paper and then just lightly run your brake to break them into your rotor
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May 10th 2010 at 7:21 PM
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Dekk
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Hey seth, you ever got to that track by Alton? Were going this weekend. Maybe you should join us?
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May 10th 2010 at 7:41 PM
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Kawi_Rider_316
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Yea I do actually. Only went once last year, but used to have a membership. Its a fun track. I have graduation this weekend otherwise I would. Fun track, good track to learn on. Thats actually proble the first track I got comfortable hitting gap jumps on when I was on little bikes.
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May 10th 2010 at 8:03 PM
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Ha, ya I'm looking forward to it. Gonna be my first time on a REAL track too haha.
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May 10th 2010 at 8:16 PM
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MX4life
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^^Another first timer! haha, expect to be sore the next day, i know i sure am
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May 10th 2010 at 8:17 PM
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Make sure to stretch!
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May 10th 2010 at 8:17 PM
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Savage-CR
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You'll have so much fun on the track for the first time. The track we went to was all tables so there wasn't really anything to be hesitant about when hitting them except for the angle you landed of course.
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May 10th 2010 at 8:22 PM
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MX4life
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Quote originally posted by MX86
Make sure to stretch!
i'll remember that for next time! hahaha
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May 10th 2010 at 8:36 PM
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Dekk
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Well, I guess our little homemade tracks and stuff don't really compare to these things lol. Should be pretty fun.
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May 10th 2010 at 10:13 PM
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Kawi_Rider_316
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Alton isnt anything too extreme. There are only like 2 jumps that arent really "begginer". In the 2nd rythm to tripple out, and there is a decent sized supercross jump. Other than that its pretty basic. Im sure you will do fine Dekk.
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May 11th 2010 at 3:14 PM
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Savage-CR
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Quote originally posted by MX86
Quote originally posted by Kawi_Rider_316
For the rotors, you definatly shouldnt go through that fast. Like mx said check your rotor.
Say wha? also did you break your pads in? and were they carbon or sintered?
I'm not sure what the old pads were but the new ones I got are Sintered pads. Which are better?
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May 11th 2010 at 5:22 PM
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Dekk
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Ha sounds good. Really looking foward to it. This has to be the slowest week known to man!!!
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May 12th 2010 at 7:08 PM
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Savage-CR
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Try get some action shots!
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May 13th 2010 at 6:54 PM
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Dekk
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Ya I'll bring a camara along. Probably get a few good shots for ya.
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May 16th 2010 at 9:01 PM
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Dekk
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Had a lot of fun there. Tracks are definetly a diffrent way of riding. Really challenging and difficult, but it sure is fun! Plan on going again next weekend. Had a great time.
Seth, you gotta come ride out there with us soon.
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May 17th 2010 at 6:31 AM
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Savage-CR
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Were all the jumps Tables or did they have some gaps?
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May 17th 2010 at 8:02 AM
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MX86
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