I know its all about smooth delivery. When I first hopped on a four stroke I found that you couldn't haul ass to a face of a jump and let off on the face and coast, you have to stay on the throttle so the front end doesn't dive on you. Jumping is no problem. My fc250 feels great, centered and balanced in the air, even when seat bouncing out of a corner. Just has a real nice easy, flickable pitch.
Gonna have to keep the throttle on, and make smooth transitions from the entrance to apex and the exit of corners it seems. Looks like alot of figure 8 drills are in my future in the next few hours on the bike.
With my 144 I haul ass into the corners, freewheel (or clutch in) and heavy brake to the apex and then just explode with a handful of throttle (sometimes dragging the front brake slightly) and lean hard in direction of the turn to allow the suspension to soak up the rut, build up my momentum, and track like a slot car to the exit. It feels awesome when done correctly, like i'm on a rocket ship. But, with that style.....I can't do that on a 250F. My problem is my love affair with 2 strokes I think. I just can't get off them. Too much sex appeal between the sound and the ergonomics i'm used to. HA. Damn Four strokes feel like a fat chic. But this Fc250, she doesn't really come off as fat, maybe just a little thick, at the moment.
And also I wonder if I need to really move my body position way up on the tank with 4 strokes. Seems like I can get away with being a few inches back farther on a 2 stroke and she settles real nice, too far up and the rear wheel breaks loose it seems.