That is some [freak]ing lean angle! guess the guy was riding like that all day...

 

Look at his elbow!

 

my question is, was he really really fast?

Is leaning that much really the fastest way around a track?

 

you can't do a lot of things.

 

^^
lol

 

Gonna need some elbow sliders, leaves no margin for error though

 

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That is some [freak]ing lean angle! guess the guy was riding like that all day...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Of course you cant.. he's got a jap bike

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by life sux die &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you can't do a lot of things. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Funny, that may be, but I can do MUCH more than you.

 

elbow pucks are exspensive! haha

I would be scurred of hitting my funny bone

 

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Funny, that may be, but I can do MUCH more than you.</TD></TR></TABLE>

what exactly are you saying here? it doesn't make much sense.
i guess you're better at putting random words together, and talking ****, neither is my forte. kudos to you.

 

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Funny, that may be, but I can do MUCH more than you.</TD></TR></TABLE>

As much as I want to believe this...I don't

The guy from the photo has some decent rubber and some krazy skillz, yo

 

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As much as I want to believe this...I don't

The guy from the photo has some decent rubber and some krazy skillz, yo</TD></TR></TABLE>

Guessing he's running a much larger tire than a 190...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GraphiteAccord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Guessing he's running a much larger tire than a 190...</TD></TR></TABLE>

why would the width of his rear tire have to do anything with his lean angle?

 

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why would the width of his rear tire have to do anything with his lean angle?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think it was a squid reference

 

So if that guy spun the tire coming off the corner, wouldn't that make it easier for him to wipe out at that kind of angle?

 

so..is this one of those just because you can doesn't mean you should situations?

 

he must have been hauling some serious motogp style *** to need that much lean. wow.

 

i've seen guys scrape elbow before. they're fast but not unworldly fast. his body position makes it possible, which isn't necessarily the better than people that hang off less, per se.

i'm sure john hopkins could scrape lid if he wanted to, but it doesn't automatically mean he's faster than nicky, who rides more upright, if you will.

 

Well yes his body position is rather dramatic but the lean of the bike is nice too. Much faster than I either way.

 

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why would the width of his rear tire have to do anything with his lean angle?</TD></TR></TABLE>bigger contact patch

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGlovr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">bigger contact patch</TD></TR></TABLE>

It actually works the other way around. You proportionally lose grip in the front the bigger your rear tire is.

 

hmm. how so?

 

The wider the rar gets, the more it "props up" the front tire and shrinks it's contact patch. The reason tires get wider as bikes gain more power (see: small ninja tire, 140/150 on my DRZ, 160 on an SV, 180 on a 600, 190 on some liter bikes) is to accomodate a change in riding style to make the bike "go" faster. This is also part of the reason that wide tire kits, basically, suck.

On a bike with lots of power, the quickest way around a track is to get on the power in each turn as quickly as possible (generally speaking). However, on a bike with less power, you stand less to gain from getting on the gas quickly, vice carrying more corner speed. Therefore, they get a smaller back tire.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ASteele2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The wider the rar gets, the more it "props up" the front tire and shrinks it's contact patch. </TD></TR></TABLE> thats the first thing that came to mind

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ASteele2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">On a bike with lots of power, the quickest way around a track is to get on the power in each turn as quickly as possible (generally speaking). However, on a bike with less power, you stand less to gain from getting on the gas quickly, vice carrying more corner speed. Therefore, they get a smaller back tire. </TD></TR></TABLE> hmm. never thought of it that way. i think i was under the impression that a wider tire = more weight. and since the bike is underpowered as it is, they'd want to save as much weight as possible.

 

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Funny, that may be, but I can do MUCH more than you.</TD></TR></TABLE>

like give wrong info...