rmemedic
Well-known member
Just thinking up ways to rig up some type of start gate to practice getting off the line on the MX bike.
For a bit of background: Need some type of system that will allow the gate to drop... Easy to figure out, but the trick is, to make this a completely random timing, but no longer than 5 seconds.
In MX, when you see the starting board (30 second board) go sideways, we watch the gate because any time in the next 5 seconds the gate will randomly drop.
I can build the gate and the sear system myself pretty easily, but I just don't know how to make something (the electronics) that I can operate by myself without hopping on and off the bike.
Ideally there would be some type of switch I could kick when I get the bike in to position behind the gate, then it gives me a few seconds to get my body in position, a light or some other indicator comes on telling me when the 5 second random count has started so I can then watch the gate, rev up and clutch out for the gate drop...
I figure I'll use a 12V car battery as a power source and just recharge it when I need to.
There is already a product out for this, but, I'm cheap, and I don't think the gf enjoys the dirt sammich when she helps me practice my starts (she stands next to the bike and I watch her hand to open).
For a bit of background: Need some type of system that will allow the gate to drop... Easy to figure out, but the trick is, to make this a completely random timing, but no longer than 5 seconds.
In MX, when you see the starting board (30 second board) go sideways, we watch the gate because any time in the next 5 seconds the gate will randomly drop.
I can build the gate and the sear system myself pretty easily, but I just don't know how to make something (the electronics) that I can operate by myself without hopping on and off the bike.
Ideally there would be some type of switch I could kick when I get the bike in to position behind the gate, then it gives me a few seconds to get my body in position, a light or some other indicator comes on telling me when the 5 second random count has started so I can then watch the gate, rev up and clutch out for the gate drop...
I figure I'll use a 12V car battery as a power source and just recharge it when I need to.
There is already a product out for this, but, I'm cheap, and I don't think the gf enjoys the dirt sammich when she helps me practice my starts (she stands next to the bike and I watch her hand to open).