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  • dragon1964dragon1964 Member Posts: 3,054

    lucy4 said:

    Uneffingbelievable





    That has to precede a front end wash out, Its gone. I've created some crazy lean angles usually as a prelude to crashing, but that's an almost impossible angle of dangle.
    lucy4 said:

    lucy4 said:

    Uneffingbelievable





    That has to precede a front end wash out, Its gone. I've created some crazy lean angles usually as a prelude to crashing, but that's an almost impossible angle of dangle.
    Mark Marquez Save of the Day he saved it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BgiyCf-5jQ
    Interesting use of the phrase "defied gravity".

    His knee, upper leg, hip, side, elbow, upper arm and shoulder were all used to push himself back up off the tarmac.

  • TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,649
    That's absolutely crazy, he's actually dropped it (front end has gone) but has managed to use the physics of the centrifugal forces in the turn to then hold it with his buttock and elbow and then by actually accelerating the bike automatically wants to sit up and his control of both bike and body result in an incredible piece of riding.

    It isn't something you can think or learn it's just instinctive, a reaction within the primal part of the brain. The difference between the very best in the world and the 99.9999% of riders is that here Marc is thinking at lightening speed through the process. The rest of us are just thinking "Oh sh1t".
  • goldongoldon Member Posts: 8,985
    Think ( but ) could be Wrong..... didn't this guy start the hang off the side of bike trend. !
    Few knee caps later they were all doing it .


  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,833
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  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,833
    Every year I'm astounded by these people who partake in the IOM event, I usually call them 'Nutters' but I think they deserve more than that description. They are actually 'F**king complete nutters and how they've got the b4lls to do this I don't know'... :D
  • GlenelgGlenelg Member Posts: 6,599
    @lucy4 the iom lap record, for 35mls is circa 135mph. The north west 200 lap record is circa 127mph. The nw200 is by far the most insane imo..given the terrain..
  • TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,649
    lucy4 said:

    Every year I'm astounded by these people who partake in the IOM event, I usually call them 'Nutters' but I think they deserve more than that description. They are actually 'F**king complete nutters and how they've got the b4lls to do this I don't know'... :D

    It's an absolute rush. People often think that the riders have a death wish.

    Actually it's the complete opposite. Motorcycle Road Racing, Skydiving, Mountaineering, Wingsuit Flying and any other extreme sports are undertaken by people with a complete love of life.

    People who understand that the only real affirmation of life is to be on the edge. Not in a reckless way, but in a dangerous environment in which you have an element of control.

    16 years ago one of us didn't come back from the island. Every year some of us go over for the TT people question why we still ride and ride hard.

    If you know, you know. if you don't, you never will.
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 168,777
    edited June 1
    goldon said:

    Think ( but ) could be Wrong..... didn't this guy start the hang off the side of bike trend. !
    Few knee caps later they were all doing it .




    First rider I ever saw do it was John "Moon Eyes" Cooper, back in the late 60's, though it was not anything like as extreme as it subsequently became. John was very popular & came from Derby. He was especially good at Mallory with that huge long sweeping right hander suiting his style.









  • TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,649
    Tikay10 said:

    goldon said:

    Think ( but ) could be Wrong..... didn't this guy start the hang off the side of bike trend. !
    Few knee caps later they were all doing it .




    First rider I ever saw do it was John "Moon Eyes" Cooper, back in the late 60's, though it was not anything like as extreme as it subsequently became. John was very popular & came from Derby. He was especially good at Mallory with that huge long sweeping right hander suiting his style.









    Impressive considering the width of the tyre band.

    I would love to have seen some of the proper old school racers on todays modern machines. Guys from Duke, Hailwood, Agostini, Reid etc. up to the 500cc GP riders of the 60's, 70's 80's and 90's
  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,833
  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,833
  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,833
  • rabdenirorabdeniro Member Posts: 4,400

    Tikay10 said:

    goldon said:

    Think ( but ) could be Wrong..... didn't this guy start the hang off the side of bike trend. !
    Few knee caps later they were all doing it .




    First rider I ever saw do it was John "Moon Eyes" Cooper, back in the late 60's, though it was not anything like as extreme as it subsequently became. John was very popular & came from Derby. He was especially good at Mallory with that huge long sweeping right hander suiting his style.









    Impressive considering the width of the tyre band.

    I would love to have seen some of the proper old school racers on todays modern machines. Guys from Duke, Hailwood, Agostini, Reid etc. up to the 500cc GP riders of the 60's, 70's 80's and 90's
    Av'e had 2 shots on a motorbike, bought my son a wee 50cc for xmas, so ah thought ah would teach him the ropes, 1st shot, ah took him over the local moor, straight into the gorse bushes, him, the missus and a passer - by had to lift the bike off me, ah was picking the thorns out of me a week later.
    2nd shot, ah was sitting on the bike in front of a garage door revving it up, next minute am straight through the garage doors.
    The bike was gone not long after that.
  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,833
    I didn't realise the pyramids were that close to the city, I assumed they were further out in the desert.



  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,833
    Talking about pyramids...







  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 168,777
    lucy4 said:

    I didn't realise the pyramids were that close to the city, I assumed they were further out in the desert.



    @lucy4


    Wow, assuming that's true, that's really surprised me.
  • VespaPXVespaPX Member Posts: 12,313
    Been there, they are amazing


  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,833
    Tikay10 said:

    lucy4 said:

    I didn't realise the pyramids were that close to the city, I assumed they were further out in the desert.



    @lucy4


    Wow, assuming that's true, that's really surprised me.
    Apparently it is true as there are numerous photos from different angels.

    File:Giza pyramid complex from air (2928).jpg


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