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Motorcycle vids

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So many good vids out there, thought I'd start a thread specifically for motos. Not necessarily racing, either :)

To kick it off...
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Great controll and balance there on the VFR :yes:
a mate sent me this one a while a go
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nice... have seen the supermoto vid before, great stuff.

Just a quick couple of favs, the first one of a bloke who was supposedly an ex-gp racer. His bike control - backing it in and gassing it between gaps - blows me away. Entertaining, but I don't know how sustainable riding like that in traffic is :yikes:

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And the second vid... I dunno. It reminds me a lot of when I came off a couple of years ago. The sounds, the suddeness, the impact... I don't really know why I like it; maybe it serves as a reminder to be more careful (and not to just pounce on the rear brake), or it may be simply morbid fascination... (no blood or guts, riders both walk away)

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My nerves are shot after watching that first one :eyepop: , I think I need to have a lie down now .
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Just spent half-an-hour watching vids of those enclosed bikes. While I'm not convinced, I'd still take one for a test-ride :D

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The enclosed bikes don't really do anything for me :no: .

I don't think this guy has long to live .

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Love the sound of this bike , must be a blast to accelerate up the hill like that .

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nice one... so many different disciplines, I wonder how interchangeable the skills are? Could a GP star be competitive on trials or hill-climbs etc?

As for nice-sounding bikes, this gets my vote. Looks the shit too, a real bad mofo :drool:
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Sweet Norton :yes: .

I think quite a few of the GP riders are good at dirt track/supermoto racing , it sort of relates to sliding a GP bike around .

I'd be fairly sure they wouldn't risk having a go on something like this though .

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The legendary Britten V1OOO , the work of a genius .

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nice one... the guy was amazing. Have you seen "One Man's Dream - The Britten Bike Story"? If you want to hunt it down, may I suggest TPB :)

oh... and not that I wanna boast, but... :D
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It's tucked away in a room in Christchurch, and they let any ol' snapperhead jump on it... :rolleyes: kinda sad really.
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yer that was a bike beater..

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wow, what a story, grabbing the doco for sure!!
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so silly :D he starts it at about 2:15.

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That's crazy :yikes: , looks like he has done a very nice job with it though . Nice work pogo , getting to sit on a Britten :yes: I would like just to see one up close .
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great stuff :yes: ate 'em up down Conrod. Shame they don't race there any more. There's a bloke at work who was there for the riots, man of many stories :D

As for the the Britten - yeah! Incredible to sit on it and see it up close. Check it out if you're ever in Christchurch :)
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Gerd Riss :yes: Two speed boxes and twenty three inch rear wheels FTW!

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Yep that says 22,000rpm on the tacho :eyepop:


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and the six cylinder 250cc sounds sweet also :yes:

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I love this thread... :)
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loving the sound of that 6-cylinder... in the flesh, man that would be something else! Nice finds :)
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pity about the music :( some good footage though .
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Really, all that's missing is the Benny Hill theme tune...

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Parker Bros Choppers, Makers of the Bat Pod now have finished the Road Tron Bike.
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