Dirt Biker

Take a ride on the Dirt Biker!

Dirt Biker is a Vekoma Motorbike coaster. My vision was to recreate a dirt bike experience with a run through the woods with some dirt jumps. Please note that there are several instances of bumpy landings. These are intentional. If you've ever ridden a dirt bike, nothing is very smooth. These intentional bumps are most evident on the landings at the bottom of the first hill, the landing after the 4th and 5th hill jumps and coming out of the turn on the 6th hill. There is also some intentional pumping after jump landings to simulate the dirt bike making contact with the ground and getting back up to speed. Again, I was trying to recreate the dirt bike experience as a coaster, so the Gs never approach anything that would be experienced on an actual dirt bike.

Stats:
Length: 4765ft
Trains: 2
Max speed: 63mph
Max Height: 181ft
Max Drop: 125ft
Vertical Gs: -1.3 to +4.0
Lateral Gs: -0.8 to +0.8
Acceleration Gs: -0.6 to +0.5

Your comments and ratings would be greatly appreciated.


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Sounds cool. Would love to see a POV video.

I definitely hear you on landings and riding in general. Even riding a little 50 in a field can be rough when you're going 30. I do BMX trail riding, and the landings can definitely be bumpy.

Wow that looks and sounds cool. Definatly will be downloading.

Very cool and interesting idea, but terribly boring in the execution. Wouldn't it make more sense for it to be a launch, seeing as dirt bikes aren't pulled up a lift hill by wheels? The layout could have been much more interesting as well.