Airbourne Postman

[thehawk]

One of the funniest things I've seen for a while

Airbourne Postman

[bigrich4]

Time for another....

... t'was funny though

[Digga]

Reckon he shut the throttles off on take-off perhaps - that was a real nose-down landing.

[thehawk]

Not just the jump though, it's the whole backstory, you could hardly make it up. Performing stunts to impress tradesmen, then one of them offering to build a ramp, people gathering to watch and then finally the excuse about hitting a kangaroo.

[P-Jay]

Fair play to him, but it was only going to end badly. Even if he landed it 2-wheeled it would have bounced him off, landing to flat is murder, remember kids, if you're going to jump your scooter, the down ramp is just as important as your up ramp!

[Digga]

IIRC Motocrossers use the rear brake to bring the nose down, mid-air, when required. I'd imagine shutting throttles does similar - even if you didn't intend it.

Yes, ladning to flat is a bd. I can vividly remember building similar, shonky ramps in the street for BMXs as a kid. To think we used to fight over who went first.

[s3fella]

He needs to be stood up, arse right over the rear wheel for that to even vaguely work.

Fair play for having a go, as he cleary has no clue whatsoever!

[ShampooEfficient]

thehawk said:

Not just the jump though, it's the whole backstory, you could hardly make it up. Performing stunts to impress tradesmen...

Not "tradesmen", "tradies"

[Bill]

Digga said:

IIRC Motocrossers use the rear brake to bring the nose down, mid-air, when required. I'd imagine shutting throttles does similar - even if you didn't intend it.

Yes, ladning to flat is a bd. I can vividly remember building similar, shonky ramps in the street for BMXs as a kid. To think we used to fight over who went first.

(AIUI) Braking the rear wheel rotates the bike nose down, blipping the throttle does the opposite.