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Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:13 pm
by Kermit
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:10 pm
by tim
Hahaha gotta be the shortest distance a bike has been ridden before crashing ON TRACK?
This reminds me of a learner I saw last week. Had 2 GoPro's, one on helmet, one on bike and could hardly ride. Unsure of starts and stops, cornered like the edge of a 50c piece, and yet he'd put all that pressure on himself by buying and decking himself out with cameras, instead of concentrating on riding the thing.
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:17 pm
by Sparks_333
Is that 56 km on the odometer?? Ahhhhh DOI!!
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:27 pm
by JimZXR
Can't say I've beaten that but I did lay down my brand new GSXR750 under a mile from the dealer in 2008!
Wet roads though but it still dented my pride for a while!
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:42 pm
by Sparks_333
Yeah but that was a Suzuki Jim... meh....
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:53 pm
by tempest
DOH!!
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:17 pm
by Kermit
I can understand a n00bie, these guys review bikes.
Sparks_333 wrote:Is that 56 km on the odometer?? Ahhhhh DOI!!
Try 1km.
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:17 am
by TyM2Go
Damm shame. A moment of silence for the fallen bike............
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:28 am
by laidback
Reminds me of the guy at Mallala when I went over there last year.
Out of the pits and half way round the first right hander.
On the first lap of the first session.
Was pitting in the same garage as me.
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:36 am
by Nelso
What's that got to do with tyre shine? He crashed because they were cold, not because they were new.
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:55 am
by Glen
Not quite as impressive as the guy who crashed exiting the pits at EC a couple of years back.
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:58 am
by Wattie
Bit if both I think
Tyre looks pretty fresh on the shot of the back tyre
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:13 am
by Cath
Glen wrote:Not quite as impressive as the guy who crashed exiting the pits at EC a couple of years back.
I'll never forget that! Very impressive (in a bad way).
Did the engine cut out in that clip? Hard to tell with the music. If so, what would've caused it? I seem to recall witnessing other crashes where the engine dies (even when there's no engine damage). Is it fuel delivery (no fuel getting to the engine because of the angle the bike is on), or something else?
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:20 am
by Glen
Tipover sensor thingy cuts the ignition. Not sure about fuel though.
Re: Learning about tyre shine the hard way.
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:46 am
by Cath
Ah! I didn't even know there was a tipover sensor thingy! Where is it located?
