I'm prity new to wheeling. I changed my spockets to -1/+4 on my F4 because I could barely get it up in first gear. I've been practing carefully this past couple of weeks and I'm getting really good at sit downs in first. Going 25mph maby, pulling in the clutch, flicking the throttle, and letting out the clutch is getting me good results. Today I probably pulled my best one yet. I practice on a open road that runs next to the interstate. No one uses it and its a long strech of empty perfectness. I pull one up today and I was looking at the sky and usually they just come back down even if I give it more gas to keep it up longer but this one slowly kept coming up and it made me nervous. I let off the gas a little too much and it started coming down but I get back on the gas to slow the decent. It didn't come down too hard, just enough to jerk my ***** into the gas tank. How much of a beating can my forks take before they explode on impact?

 

You can put the forks through a lot of abuse. Their not going to blow out, youll just blow your fork seals, fork fluid will be all over your rotors, and the front end will sag a litlle. But your best bet is giving it a little gas on the way down so you dont slam down. Clutch it right up to balance point and bring it back down slowly.

 

I kinda go full throttle when I know its going back down past a point where it wont come back up.

 

your seals could blow at anytime really, its a cheap fix, i blew mine out

 

Ok so I'm not gona head dive into the road when they blow up?

 

What do you mean you had to change the gearing because it would barely come up in 1st? That bike will come up in 2nd with no problem,without changing the gears.

 

doesnt matter any more its changed.

 

You wont fly over the bars... Just **** out fork fluid. You were almost at BP when you got scared. Try to get back to that point and use your RB to stay there. If your bike is coming down your not at BP.