Hi all blundered onto this, bike rider has amazing control

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYpOFimB7ZA&feature=playe...

Check out the mini-camera drone @ 1:45. Took me a couple of runs to notice it.

Odd thing on the bike is that it looks like it is running an extended swingarm which would make for a larger turning radius.

Not 100% sure I see the merits of drifting a bike in the original video, with the exception of the pylon turns.

Seems like the merits of drifting a motorcycle are more apparent in something like flat tracking (complete with metal left boot and which has been around for decades).



ATB,
Sam

I think the point of the first video was to go "ooh ahh!" at the skill of the rider - he'd just jumped on to that bike a day previously ... apparently.
Seriously, drifting a bike on tarmac is mad skillz! Mind you so is dirt tracking ... read an article where a competent bike journo had a day being taught how to dirt track

... drone?

Sam
the extension on the swing arm is to transfer the weight over the front more, releasing the weight on the rear tire... power to weight ratio w/o having to drag the front brakes that much giving it faster speeds runs and still keeping the rider low...

it can be done on a reg. bike or any bike for that matter but the rider must crawl up on the tank to release the rear weight.. but now he or she now sit higher up expanding the side to side movements for a rider.

{i use to race short track myself}

Thanks, Dave.... that makes a lot more sense. Realized he was unweighting the rear tire to spin it like that, it just didn't click until you said it. Just noticed how far back the rear tire was when he first mounted the bike. Why does the fact that you used to short track not surprise me in the least. You must have a killer photo album of past activities.

@Kamikuza @1:45 pause the video. There is a small RC vehicle following the car and bike to get the low angle shots. It blips by fast enough that I didn't notice it on the first viewing.

My old manager in Manhatten once told me she liked taking walks with me during lunch just to see what I would notice and comment on. :embarrased:

ATB,
Sam

I remember a yamaha team rider in the '90's -750cc. He used to drift the rear tire a few feet to change his exit position from turns and correct his lines that way. Can't remember his name though... I'm thinking Jamie something or other

in the GP class there was an Aussie nutter by the nameof Garry McCoy his trip was sideways out of corners

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Originally posted by cheezycheese I remember a yamaha team rider in the '90's -750cc. He used to drift the rear tire a few feet to change his exit position from turns and correct his lines that way. Can't remember his name though... I'm thinking Jamie something or other

That would be Jaime Hacking. AMA Pro Superbike rider with plenty of flat track skills. Garry MCcoy was the master of the slide. One of the most exciting riders to watch. Here's Jaime's crash that never happened.

How low can you go?!?!?

Drifting the rear is old hat these days in MotoGP etc McCoy was great to watch ... and there was a Donnington ride by a Japanese rider in the wet that was mental!

but before McCoy there was a nutter Kiwi slider I think his name was Crosby

Went to a flat track school a few years ago and 7X National Champ Chris Carr was our instructor. This isn't the fastest way around a turn, but it works great for seeing whos behind :o