Jumping my new ktm?
  • Ktm05
    Posts: 2
    I have just got a ktm 85 and I have been trying to jump it but when I do it seems like soon as I get in the air I'm getting pulled off the back, and that makes me whiskey throttle and wreck. What am I doing wrong?
  • pojp58pojp58
    Posts: 10,599
    What do you mean "pulled off the back"?
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  • Ktm05
    Posts: 2
    Soon as I get in the air it feels like I'm falling off the back.
  • pojp58pojp58
    Posts: 10,599
    Squeeze the gas tank with your knees.
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  • BleedMarshallBleedMarshall
    Posts: 2,572
    Yep. Squeeze the tank with your knees and point your toes down so that your feet hang onto the pegs. As you land, turn your feet back up and still hold onto the tank by squeezing your knees.
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  • jake_p_3.jake_p_3.
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    standing up helps unless you are trying to seat bounce,but that is a whole different story. give it the perfact amount of gas, and dont lean to far forward or back ward, keep a neurtal boddy position,and yes grip the tank with your knee's.
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  • EEE299EEE299
    Posts: 678
    use steady throttle going up to and off the jump, dont blipp it at the last second.
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