How far have you Jumped your Max??

[maleko89]

I'd probably say 30' or so but maybe only a foot or two off the ground. At least intentionally.

Mark and I both got some serious air (probably higher and farther) on a ride in johnstown back in 05?? Remember that Mark? It was funner then hell.

Sean

Just got to this thread.

Sean, after reading the title I thought the same thing! I think we were hauling ass to keep up with Kloker and Scott. I remember stopping at the stop sign a short time later. I think we talked about turning around and doing it again. Dammit! lol

 

[Redbone]

It was way fun but an oh **** moment as we hit that area and all of the sudden the road was GONE! Thankfully it was a very straight area in the middle of the woods in Pennsylvania at the thunder rally. If we hadn't been trying to catch back up with the group we would have turned around and gone back to do it again.

Sean

Ha Ha
Sean and Mark enjoying a VMOA ride,
Sean and Mark catching up to the group "doing well into the tripple digits",
Sean and Mark then having the road drop out from underneath them and saying that it was...
"FUNNER THAN HELL!"
That to me is PRICELESS! :thumbs up: :thumbs up:

 

[85 MAX-fan]

Hey...I enjoy jumpimg the speed bumps....DON'T KNOCK IT........atleast i'm trying.....

Don't get wrong idea, I'm not knocking the jumping of speed bumps, I mean everyone has to start somewhere.
I gues my point is that with all of the narrow hallways we paint as humans we often miss the true beauty in reality. You know, that moment of clarity that we stumble upon every so often. The fog clears and for one second jumping the V-Max, while outside of the norms of society, is the answer we had inour hearts the whole time!
Hell, if I were you I would sell the KDX to buy the supplies to build a killer ramp. That or mount the KDX suspention to the V-max. That won't make it fly any further but anything that puts you mind in the "jump for the record, or die trying" realm is worthwihile.
The suspension alterations clearly put you into the modified class. Kinda a shame since again they won't help distance. No stock world record for you there.

 

[85 MAX-fan]

There is a post in here by Lankee that claims he missed a curve, and flew something like 80 feet into a field.

Had a friend do that on a VFR. It didn't count, as after leaving the road and shearing off the left post that they string the cable through at the forrest preserve entrance he got airborn, landed in a field of cattails, and crashed.
If he had been able to keep upright and planted he could have been a contender!!

 

[twistedmax]

:hmmm:does it have to be "stock" or just vmax powerd?

 

[85 MAX-fan]

:hmmm:does it have to be "stock" or just vmax powerd?

The stock record is the most prestigious. You could mod-out the max for jumping, but that would totaly mis the point. Besides, WHY WOULD YOU NEED A MODIFIED MAX FOR JUMPING?? I mean, its all right there.

 

[RaWarrior]

There's a nice country road near me that I believe is a 30mph posted limit with 3-4 nice rolling knolls in a row. I haven't done it on the Max yet, but I went off them at about 95 on the Magna earlier this summer and got a couple inches of air on it. Landing was amazingly smooth....the V30 Magna's suspension was like riding on a cloud, much softer than the Max's. The Magna was also a good 150lbs lighter, but the Max could probably hit 120 in the space the Magna could hit 95.

I saw on one of the Nitro Circus episodes Travis Pastrana backflipped what looked to be one of those old Yamaha 750's. He landed it, and the bike drove away...if the frame was bent or broken they didn't say, but it didn't catastrophically fail upon impact, though it was obvious it bottomed out super hard.

 

[85 MAX-fan]

There's a nice country road near me that I believe is a 30mph posted limit with 3-4 nice rolling knolls in a row. I haven't done it on the Max yet, but I went off them at about 95 on the Magna earlier this summer and got a couple inches of air on it. Landing was amazingly smooth....the V30 Magna's suspension was like riding on a cloud, much softer than the Max's. The Magna was also a good 150lbs lighter, but the Max could probably hit 120 in the space the Magna could hit 95.

I saw on one of the Nitro Circus episodes Travis Pastrana backflipped what looked to be one of those old Yamaha 750's. He landed it, and the bike drove away...if the frame was bent or broken they didn't say, but it didn't catastrophically fail upon impact, though it was obvious it bottomed out super hard.

I am gonna need the directions to that road. I just finished CAD plans for an adjustable launch ramp that fits in sections into my F250. If you can give me a distance to peak elevation, and difference in height I can calculate the launch distance at any speed.
We simply don't have enough distance beyond Rockatansky's garage ramp and the trees in the neighbors yard to get MAX distance. Well, perhaps after some drinking Friday night we can put his 30" Husky saw to good use and clear those oak trees...... That way we can save the gas money and use it to buy the expanding foam to fill the tires prior to any jumping.:scooter 1: