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#21 harvey krumpet

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Posted 27 September 2012 - 10:00 pm

QUOTE(pete7 @ Fri 23rd Mar 2012, 12:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hats off to that girl!

Here is someone equally impressive, and in the wet....

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

Good stuff.

Looks an excellent sport, spectacular, accessible, low cost, low risk, and for any bike... what's not to like.

Pete


I've had no choice but to do some practice in the rain this winter, either that or sit at home & feel guilty.

I must say it focuses the mind like nothing else. I start with braking then move on to some off set slaloms & GP 8's. If you really want to know how good your tires are give it a crack.

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Posted 28 September 2012 - 07:53 pm

Anybody fancy lending me their bike for an afternoon? rolleyes.gif

please click on this link for tons of pictures of my TDM adventures....you'll have to excuse the wife, kids, car, dogs etc but I promise you, there's a lot of bike pix in there somewhere :good:

 

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#23 keithrzv500r

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Posted 30 December 2013 - 01:23 pm

Ride like a girl

"If you’re familiar with gymkhana then you already know how well these riders can toss their motorcycles in and out of a tightly arranged series of cones, all while racing the clock. If you never seen motorcycle gymkhana, prepare yourself for amazement!

But in this case the thing that’s as equally as impressive as a woman competing and doing so well, is that she’s stitching a big ol’ Kawasaki ZRX (likely the 1200cc model) through those cones! This bike was never known for its corner-carving prowess, and was a rather heavy, lumbering beast when it wasn’t blitzing along in a straight line.

No matter to this Japanese female: with the exception of knocking over one cone she glides around the course with laser-like precision, seemingly folding the front-end in on itself time after time to make one smooth carve after another."

Thanks to Motorcycle.com

 awesome!!

like to see some sportbike jockeys follow this girl through the twisties

 

cheers keith


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Posted 01 January 2014 - 04:11 am

 awesome!!

like to see some sportbike jockeys follow this girl through the twisties

 

cheers keith

Nay bother.

 

 

http://youtu.be/RxqcjBIQEKc

 

 

Bit more funky Zen like.

 

http://youtu.be/90BxTrAADi4


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Posted 01 January 2014 - 04:23 am

Well bludgeon me with a frozen haddock.

 

TDM knotting.

 

http://youtu.be/13_Nqqh6pms


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Posted 01 January 2014 - 12:25 pm

No low speed stutter there! :badgerrock:

 

Didn't know they'd do that.  :pimp:

 

No crash bars either,  that shows confidence. ;)

 

 

And there's this, includes a TDM outfit!

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=FAmtwo1fsNc


Edited by TDMick, 01 January 2014 - 12:30 pm.

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#27 harvey krumpet

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Posted 01 January 2014 - 05:46 pm

No low speed stutter there! :badgerrock:

 

Didn't know they'd do that.  :pimp:

 

No crash bars either,  that shows confidence. ;)

I do a fair bit of practice on my bike with no crash bars. Keeps you very focused, also keeps me from getting faster.

Not sure if it's a trait of the bike or rider but I lunge back & forth exactly like the guy in the video. The TDM is relatively easy to ride for this stuff, you keep the throttle open & use the back brake to control speed, release to accelerate, rather than chop on & off the throttle which makes the bike very abrupt.


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Posted 02 January 2014 - 09:31 am

Here's another example of good riding,  although he makes it easier with that well known excellent handling bike.

 



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Posted 03 January 2014 - 03:04 am

Kind of dispels the notion that cruisers don't maneuver well at low speeds.


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