what is panic rev?

I have heard this term before in the 2 stroke vs 4 stroke debate... what does panic rev mean?  

Welcome Wildcard!!

Panic rev is probably how PIN IT broke his collar bone.  

Sorry....inside joke.    

welcome to the board wild card  
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--D.H. Lawrence

Thanks, here is the context in which I saw it used:


Gear - The Leatt Brace, which actually wasn't a necessity until the four stroke came along and people started getting dumped on their heads a lot more because there is no panic rev.

Thanks!!  

Then I'm wrong....hahaha

I'll edit that other post  
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"Only the desert has a fascination to ride alone in the sun in the forever unpossessed country away from man. That is a great temptation."
--D.H. Lawrence

When you are airborne a bike you can still control the bike's flight angle with the rear wheel (front, too, but don't try it)

tapping the brake (clutch in) will drop the front end.

twisting the throttle will lift the front end.

If a rider finds himself in the air with the nose very low or dropping fast, the best move is to pin the throttle. This is done intentionally, and also naturally as the rider leans back and rolls the throttle. It's a desperate last attempt to prevent a bad landing, and it's called a panic rev. Sometimes it's intentional, sometimes not, but it's a desperate last shot at getting the front wheel up.

Go to a supercross and even the top guys are doing this once in a while - because they are jumping so high, they sometimes get the bike into a bad flight.

This brake tap/throttle blip in the air is a technique that's good to practice, but not one you should rely on. I have a buddy who's a great jumper, his nickname is "Jump," and he can sail, but he taps the rear brake most every time. I tell him it's better to rely on the proper technique to fly right and save the brake tap until you really need it if the front end comes up way too high.

I tell him this from way down on the ground.  

Pete Peterson:
When you are airborne a bike you can still control the bike's flight angle with the rear wheel (front, too, but don't try it)

tapping the brake (clutch in) will drop the front end.

twisting the throttle will lift the front end.

If a rider finds himself in the air with the nose very low or dropping fast, the best move is to pin the throttle. This is done intentionally, and also naturally as the rider leans back and rolls the throttle. It's a desperate last attempt to prevent a bad landing, and it's called a panic rev. Sometimes it's intentional, sometimes not, but it's a desperate last shot at getting the front wheel up.

Go to a supercross and even the top guys are doing this once in a while - because they are jumping so high, they sometimes get the bike into a bad flight.

This brake tap/throttle blip in the air is a technique that's good to practice, but not one you should rely on. I have a buddy who's a great jumper, his nickname is "Jump," and he can sail, but he taps the rear brake most every time. I tell him it's better to rely on the proper technique to fly right and save the brake tap until you really need it if the front end comes up way too high.

I tell him this from way down on the ground.

BINGO!!! and I take it you do this intentionally Pete?? lol  
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A nice, very technical description.....

However, a more suitable desription is:

"It is the last prayer of the damned."

             
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Jim O
Clermont, FL
2006 CRF250R