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Title: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: aaronjb on 14 January 2011, 23:57:25
Alright, last video I post for a while, I promise.

So if drift racing in a car is dumb .. what about doing it on a bike?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYpOFimB7ZA[/media]

(I think I'd rather have the LS powered RX-7, though..)
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: feeutfo on 15 January 2011, 00:40:51
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Alright, last video I post for a while, I promise.

So if drift racing in a car is dumb .. what about doing it on a bike?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYpOFimB7ZA[/media]

(I think I'd rather have the LS powered RX-7, though..)
Dumb but talented, to an extent, that swing arm is cheating though, definitely. ;D

Plus he's got too small a section tyre on that rim making the edges more pointy. He's bloody confident he won't get run over too.  :y

Video quality was awesome.  :)
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: aaronjb on 15 January 2011, 00:53:16
I don't think I'd want to do that with a couple of tons of car bearing down on me :)

I think my favourite bit was the chase cam on the little RC car though  ;D
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: tunnie on 15 January 2011, 09:14:36
I'd like to see him do that with my GS  :D
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 15 January 2011, 09:22:07
Yes, I thought that impressive indeed.  Strangely enjoyable. :y
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: cube on 15 January 2011, 12:09:39
pmsl  ::)

I think he'd struggle with my Bandit 1200 as well  ;D
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: Boditza on 15 January 2011, 16:07:54
holy crap.. i did not know this was possible  :o :o :o... never seen, my t-max barely spins the wheel :P
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: PxMetro on 15 January 2011, 21:19:10
Mad! Mad! Mad!..............I love it!  :y :y
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: feeutfo on 15 January 2011, 23:58:04
Some of the less dramatic but competition based stuff
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAhwHquOeQE&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/media]
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: Vamps on 16 January 2011, 00:15:47
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I don't think I'd want to do that with a couple of tons of car bearing down on me :)

I think my favourite bit was the chase cam on the little RC car though  ;D
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Bad driver though, he hit the cone.... :D :D :D
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 16 January 2011, 10:26:15
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Some of the less dramatic but competition based stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAhwHquOeQE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Yes, even though I'm not in the least interested in any type of sport I still find this thrilling and will admit to having watched (and enjoyed) M/C competition on more than one occasion.

Racing on closed roads is the most breathtaking. (For me at least)
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: feeutfo on 16 January 2011, 10:43:16
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Some of the less dramatic but competition based stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAhwHquOeQE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Yes, even though I'm not in the least interested in any type of sport I still find this thrilling and will admit to having watched (and enjoyed) M/C competition on more than one occasion.

Racing on closed roads is the most breathtaking. (For me at least)
Isle of man and some of the Irish road racing stuff I find more more difficult to watch tbh, the slightest mistake and......wince :-/

I wish they could get those guys on short circuits where there some run off, some real talent over in Ireland ESP.
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 16 January 2011, 11:12:16
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Isle of man and some of the Irish road racing stuff I find more more difficult to watch tbh, the slightest mistake and......wince :-/

I wish they could get those guys on short circuits where there some run off, some real talent over in Ireland ESP.

As a kid I was taken to Dundrod at Ulster Grand Prix time.  My uncle was a lover of the sport and ran some sort of Norton (can't remember the size) but the thing I do remember is the screaming of the machines as they whizzed past and the heady aroma of petrol and oil.

He tried to get me interested in bikes but being the odd wee bastaad that I was I preferred to slope off on my own to either read or sit and think. ;D ;D

Although I understand the physics of how the machines remain upright - when common sense should suggest otherwise - I remain entranced when I see a bike lean over to that extent. 8-)
Title: Re: One for chrisgixer & the bikers..
Post by: YZ250 on 16 January 2011, 11:20:21
When you watch motorbike powerslide film clips you just know that good old Gary McCoy has to be in there somewhere. He featured at least three times in the video that Chris posted.  :y :y