Top 5 Most Common Mistakes When Jumping a Dirt Bike & Tips to Correct Them 

Best advice I ever got was if you size up a jump three times and it still feels sketchy, just wait for another day. One day you will be confident and grease it perfectly. It's not worth getting hurt.

Telling them to "send it" or "I hit that in second" are some of the funniest comments ive heard people say, learning to jump takes time.

Wow that was so much different than a lesson from uncle Ronnie Mac 🤣😂

Best advice I was given is to look ahead past the jump. I used to always look down to much and would subconsciously pull the front end sideways

#1 tip: use a higher gear until you get a feel for jumping. First time on a track with my CR250R, I was struggling, going nose high, getting kicked sideways. A fellow rider said hit it 4th instead of 3rd. Made world of difference in the smoothness of the jump and landing.

Thanks Chase! As a 37 year old road racer, that just got into dirtbikes, jumping is a huge mental hurdle. Mad respect for you dirtbike heroes. 🙌🏻

Once I was riding a track with my best friend that he had ridden and I had not. I was keeping pace with him as we approached a jump that turned out to be a double. I was totally unprepared but cleared it easily because he knew what he was doing. If you want to make a challenging jump, ride with someone who knows what they’re doing.

34 yo and getting into dirtbikes, jumping is sketchy as hell. Just landed my first 34 cm lol. Squeezing with the knees and staying on the throttle were MASSIVE tips for me. Thank you

Also If u dint squeeze your bike, your feet lift up from the footpegs, that was my Problem at the beginning.

5th gear wide you’ll always clear the jump 😂🏍🔥

Great advice bro! You're looking good on that Honda with the Red FXR gear. Thanks for sharing the tips. I definately learned a lot.

The only thing I wasn’t doing was squeezing my legs around the bike and it makes a huge difference, u feel way more confident in the air and landing

Clear and concise info. Good vid!

Very good tips! Thanks!

Thanks very much for the info 👍

The first time I tried a jump was in 3rd grade, i landed on my front tire, flew off my bike, and broke my collarbone. I’ve only just wanted to start back up on trying jumps last year because my little brother started jumping and I honestly got jealous. I’m in 10th grade now and I’m just realllly struggling with it, my dad says I have perfect form, it’s just my mentality😅 so I’m gonna try these techniques tmrw after school and see if it works for me :)

Thanks man this is so helpful

THANK YOU for this vid. It must of been directed at me, cause I am everything you described, new, scared to jump, dont know what Im doing AND had crash's before, trying and now, I'm afraid to try again. I avoid ALL jumps. Watching your vids is really helping me to learn. Thanks again.

Thank you

Great advice.

That congratulations at the beginning, I really felt that, thank you so much, here’s a little story, after jumping the very first time successfully back in December of 2023 before last year ended, I was so happy to somehow manage to overcome my fear, I thought it would take me at most 10 years to learn since I started getting into motocross when I was 17 but surprisingly it only took me about 2 years. So thank you, and I am watching this now to correct my mistakes when jumping, although my bike is not really a motocross production bike, it’s just a little 125 dual sport from Yamaha, I believe I can apply some of the tricks mentioned here.

Everything I was looking for.

Thank you for your Video. I‘ve a question about the Vorrecht gear. Is there a difference between 2-and 4-stroke Engines?

Thanks Chase.. 👍

Great video... slow wheelies and jumps are my white unicorn. Though, learning these things on a YZ250 2 stroke coming from a lethargic KLX250 has been intimidating.. and unsuccessful

Thankyou so much

Thank you!

Thanks!

As for the mistakes I am making, I noticed that when jumping I tend to bend my knees bringing most of my weight back usually happens at the jump face, I guessing it’s just a lack of strength and getting used to, but as soon as I can I’ll correct it, maybe get stronger in the lower body, as for the other common mistakes, I’m try to avoid them as much, like before I actually tried jumping, I was already working on gripping the bike, proper gear selection and keeping a nice steady throttle input, I’ve already worked on those but there can still be improvements. Thank you for the tips and for making this video in general, it is very helpful.

Great tips! Next time a pothole is sending me in the air in NYC I’ll definitely apply those 😅 No but seriously that’s helpful 👍

Great vid!

man this really helped me. thank you so much. first time i got my dirtbike i tried to clear a big table top and i didnt know how to jump xD broke my foot in 4 places. im kinda still learning but deff getting better

This guy is so underrated, he's better than MX factory.

You help me a lot

Awesome video

My whole life i've never been able to jump a dirt bike for some reason (quads/snowmobiles are no problem) & I've owned a DS80, KX125, KX250F.. Now at 42 years old, I recently used these tips to jump my KLR650 on some trails in Colorado & I DID IT , YEA !!!!! Haha.,...

Good video always 1 step above rocky team!

Good video, How about giving it a little throttle when you land to keep it straight

nice video its really help my

When do you think I should try to jump my bike? I got it about 7 weeks ago I know the basics and im going 5th gear now. I have a honda 80cc 4 stroke and 5th it the highest gear. I dont have jumps at my house and I never whent to a track.

Best video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spot on!! When I first learned to jump I sat down too much , which in turn taught me to seat bounce but that came with learning to brake tap to get the nose down, although those techniques worked I still learned the hard way.. stand up!!! 🦾🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

👍🏽 I definitely like and appreciate this video I showed it to my 14 year old son to help him and get the confidence when it comes to jumping his bike. Thanks and look forward to more helpful videos.

thx this vid really helped me now im hitting jumps better than before

Wow what a save at 4:25 glad you're ok!

2:11 ''Rocket Ship'' (if not 'generally' in the neut position, too far back) another interesting result of this undesirable position and attitude of the bike is that when you land rear tire first, the possibility of your handle bars being jerked out of your grip is high. Landing well and safely is a science all by itself, I'm sure they have videos on this as well. Advanced tip for avoiding serious injury if you're about to loop or endo, you're in the air and freaking out; If your front wheel is scary high, you can hit the brake just a millisecond and bring some of the high front bac toward level, and conversely, if you're front of bike is too low and you might endo, you can nearly whiskey throttle for a blip/millisecond, to bring that front back up toward level. Neither of these methods is a guarantee, but they have helped a lot of riders.

Thx!!!......once I clear out the 33 inches of snow we just got in upstate ny... I will try not to continue my bad jumping habits.....

Thanks bud.

great video thank u

Great advice!

How to control in the air to put front down and raise the rear if possible?? Thank you

I don’t even have a bike yet but I learned from this.

2:11 "The Ronnie Mac"

sweet spot

Good video 😊

Thank you 🙏🇮🇳

I like the presenters personality. Good job.

I’m a bit late but that track looks amazing.

So I’m a new rider I’ve only taken my bike out 3 times and when I’m jumping I’m landing and getting wobbles should I be squeezing my bike harder or let a little loose?

Best advice from a pro. Full throttle send it..

top notch

What track is this

To the point

Had anybody found some stick on foam pads. 1 inch thick or so... (form fitted to match contours of inside of knees with knee brace or knee pads...) to apply to the area on bike where your knees will normally squeeze. In the area infront of seat but up towards gas tank squeeze area? Would be great to have this produced!

thanks man

This was really helpful specially because I’m 11 year old

Couple of times i almost died😑😅 me doing stupid things but getting better thx for the videos it realy helps 👌

🤘🤘🤘🤘 send it i start off with a road jump then started off small doubles but that 100 ft double i gotta try it😂😂😂

hey that looks a little bit like Utah, where is that?

that was a nice stoppie on the thumbnail

Excellent tips, and as a side point that's a beautiful location for a track. Is that near SLC?

what track is this?

@rockymountainatvmc thanks

What track you film at and state? It looks really fun

Where was this at

Great video guys Just got my first big bike KTM 250 and I wanna jump, but it’s sure scary 🔥💨💨💨💨🤞😫

Will squeezing with knees better help with the mini whip problem im having

Yup made a couple those mistakes 🥺 now im sitting on my couch taking prescription pain meds ha ha

LOL being a new ATV Rider, the first thing I learned was squeezed a bike with my knees LOL my first couple of times off a jump I wasn't really squeezing small jobs was all good hit a big jump with some confidence in my feet came off the pegs and I thought of a f*** LOL. Needless to say I figured out real quick okay I need to squeeze the hell out of this bike with my niece and my feet do not come off the pegs

Oh I’ve busted my ass a couple times trying to jump an old dirt bike with soft suspension as a newer rider who didn’t know what I was doing so yeah jumping is intimidating 😂

What if we press the clutch while jumping?

Riding red again! Excellent

How do I make it so I’m not coming up off the bike. Would that be the knees part or what.

I don’t even have a dirt bike but I want one so bad so I’m watching these vids just so I know what to and what not to do when I get one

I don’t even have a dirt bike 😂 cool video tho I wanna get one now

Can u change to third as you jump for the weight not to go to the front?

Can you freewheel a jump?

I know I'm a random creep on internet,so why should you listen but... *DON'T RUSH IT!* If you don't feel comfortable enough - don't! Jump when you feel ready you have the confidence and of course these tips will help you...TAKE YOUR TIME & GO SLOW,PROGRESS SLOWLY..! Good luck and be safe!

Does this apply to quads

Some of that footage is Delta. Some is LACR. Is the golf course track in Utah? What town?

Where in UT is this track, and is it open to the public?

The save at 4:25 was crazy

How about the tip about hitting a jump and landing on a wheelie or like going to hit a jump and the bike don't jump but pops up how about body tips for someone trying to learn to jump that's 6'7

Can you help my back Weel slips out and I fell a lot of times and if I fall one more time I am going to have to sell my bike pls help

Always ask someone if you can pace them over it. Just make sure they know not to blip up the face cause then you won’t know when to or how much blip.

Do a 2 stroke jumping video

I’m local to Orem and see that track is it open to public or!???

You gonna teach us how to whip, as well?

For a beginner it would be helpful to explain the terminology. Endo, taller gear, chop throttle, scorpion, ???

Thx, Chase! I really appreciate these tips! I'm just starting out and I think my body position is all wrong because the same jump everyone else is jumping far but I'm jump way high! I hit a jump at ACP in Buckeye AZ and I jumped so high that when I came down in the middle of the tabletop I hit so hard that I hurt my neck and my GoPro shot off my helmet! The rest of the day I was gun shy to hit it again so I avoided the tabletop!