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roco · 08-15-2009, 03:29 AM

balls like a bangally tiger, and skill to match
crazy skills, road racing is hard enough, but in heavy rain.!

GSXRJJordan · 08-15-2009, 03:41 AM

Yeah! WSBK is crazy stuff, but MotoGP bikes have another 50hp and weight a little less, and they still race in the rain sometimes!

Riding a literbike in the rain is like flying a jet at low altitude - you prepare yourself mentally, do everything you know you're supposed to, and it's not until you crash or look back on it at the end of the ride/race that you realize how close you are to the edge. I did a morning endurance race at VIR (lasts over an hour) and since it was raining when we started, I used my Michelin rain slicks (they look kinda like dirt bike knobbies, but in a race profile) and was doing fine until the sun came out, and all the guys who started on DOT slicks pulled away... was weird for sure, but not "deadly scary" like you might think.

That being said, those guys are pros, and race rain tires are fantastic - you can still corner almost as fast, and accelerate fast enough to do power-up wheelies, you just can't brake very hard with either wheel... that's why that guy was sliding his rear end everywhere.

S14_Kouki · 08-15-2009, 01:31 PM

Where is everyone else in that vid?? Its like he is all alone

08-15-2009, 03:29 AM	#1
roco Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: IRELAND Age: 35 Posts: 145 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	balls like a bangally tiger, and skill to match balls like a bangally tiger, and skill to match crazy skills, road racing is hard enough, but in heavy rain.! YouTube - Motorcycle Racing in the Rain __________________ "Racing is life. Everything else that happens before or after is just waiting." ~Steve McQueen [Le Mans -1970]

08-15-2009, 03:41 AM	#2
GSXRJJordan Post Whore! Join Date: May 2006 Location: << 626 >> Posts: 9,135 Trader Rating: (19) Rides Gallery: GSXRJJordan Feedback Score: 19 reviews	Yeah! WSBK is crazy stuff, but MotoGP bikes have another 50hp and weight a little less, and they still race in the rain sometimes! Riding a literbike in the rain is like flying a jet at low altitude - you prepare yourself mentally, do everything you know you're supposed to, and it's not until you crash or look back on it at the end of the ride/race that you realize how close you are to the edge. I did a morning endurance race at VIR (lasts over an hour) and since it was raining when we started, I used my Michelin rain slicks (they look kinda like dirt bike knobbies, but in a race profile) and was doing fine until the sun came out, and all the guys who started on DOT slicks pulled away... was weird for sure, but not "deadly scary" like you might think. That being said, those guys are pros, and race rain tires are fantastic - you can still corner almost as fast, and accelerate fast enough to do power-up wheelies, you just can't brake very hard with either wheel... that's why that guy was sliding his rear end everywhere. __________________ Jordan Innovations has a new web site! www.JordanInnovations.com -- All your favorite FD Pro Drifters love it, trust me -- www.JordanInnovations.com

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08-15-2009, 01:31 PM	#3
S14_Kouki Nissanaholic! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: TPA Posts: 1,947 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Where is everyone else in that vid?? Its like he is all alone