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What is "Bump it"?

PierCed_3

PierCed_3

I drive Frankenstein!!
Location
Brigham
I heard this phrase a lot this weekend... :) . Could someone educate me a little on what exactly "bump it" means.. in rockcrawling terms? I thought it was a loud speaker term :D .

I was doing a less than perfect job climbing the rocks at the Jeep Convention in Ogden this weekend and I would like to be a little better for next time I am in this situation, of course it was my first try at a stack of boulders so cut me some slack. :cool: :p :)
 
fattodog

fattodog

frame cracks= More flex!!
Location
Roy, Utah
PierCed_3 said:
I heard this phrase a lot this weekend... :) . Could someone educate me a little on what exactly "bump it" means.. in rockcrawling terms? I thought it was a loud speaker term :D .

I was doing a less than perfect job climbing the rocks at the Jeep Convention in Ogden this weekend and I would like to be a little better for next time I am in this situation, of course it was my first try at a stack of boulders so cut me some slack. :cool: :p :)
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um...I think it is when you change out your headlights for round then get a ten foot run at the obstacle like cheapzuk said and hope to the wheelin gods nothing breaks when you launch!! just kiddin, James K hit it on the head!! got to do alot of "Just Bump It" on the secret squirrel trail this weekend. hope to run this one with ya!! Give me a call when you wanna run it. it's fairly short so can be done in half a day with good luck. KENNETH !!
 
Ohms

Ohms

'Poser Wheeler
Location
the gates of hell
Bump it means to give it the onion..stand on it...give it a little love....hit it...
or my personal favorite..close your eyes and floor it....
 
fattodog

fattodog

frame cracks= More flex!!
Location
Roy, Utah
Ohms said:
Bump it means to give it the onion..stand on it...give it a little love....hit it...
or my personal favorite..close your eyes and floor it....
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WORD!!! i like your thinkin!!! send me your email address so i can send you some pics of "Project Betty"!! she is fackin tits!! KENNETH !!
 
PierCed_3

PierCed_3

I drive Frankenstein!!
Location
Brigham
I dunno, it does have round headlights KENNETH! Betty is not as cool as you think. OK.......... so maybe I AM a hater and Betty freakin rocks!:D .

I thought that was what I was doing but it wasn't working I just kept spinning out on the rocks. Too much gas maybe? Let's check out that trail this weekend KENNETH... if my wife gives me a lunch pass ;).
 
James K

James K

NO, I'm always like this
Location
Taylorsville, Ut
Ohms said:
Bump it means to give it the onion..stand on it...give it a little love....hit it...
or my personal favorite..close your eyes and floor it....
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or put it in third, tach it up to 6000 rpm's and side step the clutch :D :rofl:
 
Cody

Cody

Random Quote Generator
Supporting Member
Location
Gastown
The moab bump is a little different from the types of throttle you get elsewhere--err at least thats what I've been told by people who come from elsewhere.

The moab bump is about momentum--you need to carry some momentum into the obsctcle--it's not so much a sudden application of throttle, it's just using the throttle at the right time. I see so many peopel waiting until their tires are against the obstacle to give it gas and then it's too late. You have to give it a little throttle before the obstacle/ledge and then maintain that momentum. Normally, the impact of your tire will bounce it up and over the ledge.

Sometimes, too much throttle will force the tires to slip and you wont' go anywhere. So it's a finesse thing--it's the right amount of throttle at the right times. Start with a little, and move up until you hit it hard enough.

When I bump it on big stuff, I'll give it just enough throttle to get up the part I'm hung up on, but then I'll get off the gas until I feel what it's going to do---I dont like having the skinny one to the wood the entire time. That brakes parts and makes you loose your line.

Just my 2 pennies

Cody
 
ryslc

ryslc

car audio guy
Location
the innernet
to ohms it means; floor it until you are on your lid
to others it is the amount of momentum/throttle it takes to get up an obsticle
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L

leorn

reset
Location
Roy
three words for you: mo men tum

even 81 stock dodge long beds go up the salad in moab :)
..........with a bump
 
DevinB

DevinB

I like traffic lights
Location
Down Or'm
Cody said:
The moab bump is a little different from the types of throttle you get elsewhere--err at least thats what I've been told by people who come from elsewhere.

The moab bump is about momentum--you need to carry some momentum into the obsctcle--it's not so much a sudden application of throttle, it's just using the throttle at the right time. I see so many peopel waiting until their tires are against the obstacle to give it gas and then it's too late. You have to give it a little throttle before the obstacle/ledge and then maintain that momentum. Normally, the impact of your tire will bounce it up and over the ledge.

Sometimes, too much throttle will force the tires to slip and you wont' go anywhere. So it's a finesse thing--it's the right amount of throttle at the right times. Start with a little, and move up until you hit it hard enough.

When I bump it on big stuff, I'll give it just enough throttle to get up the part I'm hung up on, but then I'll get off the gas until I feel what it's going to do---I dont like having the skinny one to the wood the entire time. That brakes parts and makes you loose your line.

Just my 2 pennies

Cody
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Word. It's all about timing and finesse. Hit it too soon, you're in for a wild ride. Wait too long, you have no momentum to go over and you'll just spin your tires. Depending on the obstacle, I'll let my back tires get about 12"-18" from said obstacle, then give it a little goosy goosy to get over, then quickly let off so I don't go flying into something else.
Devin
 
TRNDRVR

TRNDRVR

IMA BUM
Location
North Ogden, UT
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All this time I thought it for getting your post back up to the top. :confused:
 
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