Any motorcycle fans out there?

SamR

Joined Mar 19, 2019
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Some kind of a joke?!?! Ain't no way the guy in the back of the pack with skinny tires and upright non-aerodynamic posture could win... Looks like a dirt track bike vs. road bikes.
 

SamR

Joined Mar 19, 2019
5,495
He probably does have the weight advantage if it is the same engine class. But on those skinny tires... I did see him at least twice lose traction on the rear end. Does he even have brakes??? If he does it's a small drum brake.
 

SamR

Joined Mar 19, 2019
5,495
And a bit of banking to it. I was always a fan of flat cinder track racing. Those were the guys that started the drifting craze. The guy was also riding a hardtail fixed frame like a dirt tracker.
 

CROSSBOLT

Joined Dec 9, 2008
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20190629_160612.jpgMy ride just "thinks" it's a motorcycle! Nice post! You see videos of Asian Aces racing 50 cc scooters? That's a gas! Hey, they are SERIOUS!
 

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Wolframore

Joined Jan 21, 2019
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I gotta say anything with 2 wheels is a lot of friggin fun... Full throttle off red lights in the rain... getting that rear end sliding is fun.
 

Delta Prime

Joined Nov 15, 2019
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I remember picking out the asphalt from my road rash for a week when my rear end slipped out. I would rather break a leg then to do that again. That was in my Hayabusa when they first came out.
 

SamR

Joined Mar 19, 2019
5,495
Was at a redlight right after a light rain with a girl on the back. Let the clutch out and the road was so greasy the bike and us went down twice before I smartened up and PUSHED it across the intersection. Ahhh the good ole days...
 

killivolt

Joined Jan 10, 2010
836
The guy in Yellow simply has a stripped down bike, if you notice the only additional weight would be his size, the smaller tire is confusing though. But if you watch closely he gets his gain advantage in the Turns, while the Bullet Bikes get theirs just before the turns and need to slow a lot in the turn, his advantage is the distance of the turn, while they have a much shorter distance just before the turn.

I ride a 1986 Virago 1100cc V-Twin first generation model never made again, the direct drive shaft is what I like, no belt, it's a stock rake no modifications, but it's Bobbed and all I have to do is get the engine covers modified in order to loose "Yamaha" carved into them. I've been debating selling it, but it's a Vintage bike, I'm having trouble putting money into it to further customize, if you don't know your bikes you would think it was a Harley, it's not until I start the bike that you know it's not. D.O.A Custom Design here in Nephi Utah did an awesome job on a hard tail I purchased to flip. A straight four, it has the torque my 1100 doesn't have, sounds like a bullet when I'm done it will have a sweep pipes on each side and I'm getting rid of the ape hangers down to some custom bars lowered with a rounded sweep, the rider will be in a bullet front forward position while riding, not sure if I'll put bags on it or not, not sure if it'll have enough space to accommodate the rider.
 

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