not sure how to embed, heres the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0d94mtmkOM
200+ mph motorcycle races (s1000rr, hayabusas)
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In T-shirts, jeans, and sneakers nonetheless. Pretty crazy!
Just wicked!
Obvious non-rider is obvious...
Do you really think anything shy of an indestructible bubble is saving you from death at 200+? :dw:
Edit: Let me clarify that I always wear my gear personally, and I always advise doing so regardless, but it's a moot point when the objective is 200+. Nothing short of a miracle is saving you.
Obvious non-rider is obvious...
Do you really think anything shy of an indestructible bubble is saving you from death at 200+? :dw:
Edit: Let me clarify that I always wear my gear personally, and I always advise doing so regardless, but it's a moot point when the objective is 200+. Nothing short of a miracle is saving you.
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holy shit thats fast
I disagree... Tell that to any pro stock bike guy who's had a get off and still has skin left on his body. I get what you're saying, but I think it could still help.
Not on the street it won't
Boy am I glad those guys were "skilled". No tellin' what may have happened if they were not "skilled".
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S1000 rolls out man
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thats a pretty bold statement to say it will make ZERO difference.
that s1000rr has gone 232mph I believe
Wait, are you saying I'm obviously a non-rider? I've been riding for years. I have a ZX-636R that I ride almost every day lol. I know that leather ain't gonna do anything for impact, but if these guys get lucky enough to NOT hit anything and just slide and tumble, how can you say it won't help?
he's saying you'll still be torn to shreds regardless.
Got to agree. At that speed limbs will most likely separate from body from centrifugal force. No way in hell you can just hold your arms in and roll with it.
No you won't. I had a rear wheel failure on my Turbo Z-1 at Bonneville in 1979 at speed. I had just gone through the lights at the two mile and the hub fractured, bike went one way and I went the other. Recorded speed at the two mile was 187 so I was going a little faster when I hit the salt. I was sore from the pounding I took slowing down but that was all. Full, one piece leathers and Bell full face helmet. Thurlow Leatherworld Deerskin Gloves.
But if this had happened on the street and you hit anything at speed then yes, you will probably die, gear or no gear.
Amazingly the bike was running again after two days work. Everything was packed with salt when it fell down. I was running in an unstreamlined class. No bodywork back in those days.
so what are you saying?
obviously you wont in salt/grass/sand/turf
Last i checked the video was guys racing on the street though....:shrug:
The only difference will be a closed or open casket.
On the street you aren't just going to slide in a straight line down the highway at 200mph. Chances are you are going to hit something. Go off in the grass and roll, hit the ditch, something. Once you start that roll at those speeds you are done for. At the track or on the salt flats is where it saves your ass.
You can definitely crash @200 mph with leathers on and slide, and walk away... ask marc marquez
That is just crazy speeds on the street! An animal could run in front of you at any time and it's lights out. I wouldn't do it in a car either but at least if you were in a car the animal would be destroyed, probably the car too but you could survive.
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