Great bike pictures and videos.

[Demannu]

Weeksy had a GPX, don't ask him about it.

I had a GPZ600R, it's predecessor. It was shit (but then I did only pay £650 for it).

It's all about perspective isn't it.
In 85, the 'best' car you could buy was a ferrari 288 GTO, which cost the best part of Barnsley!
Gf brother had a gpz6, and compared to my mk2 Z1000ST, it was Brill, likewise the gpx, local dealer counter boy got one of the first in the country, again, a step forward from the gpz.
Compare either to a 2000 cbr6, and suddenly not so good.

[Demannu]

Anyway, back on topic

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[Le_Fromage_Grande]

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[Bigyin]

It's all about perspective isn't it.
In 85, the 'best' car you could buy was a ferrari 288 GTO, which cost the best part of Barnsley!
Gf brother had a gpz6, and compared to my mk2 Z1000ST, it was Brill, likewise the gpx, local dealer counter boy got one of the first in the country, again, a step forward from the gpz.
Compare either to a 2000 cbr6, and suddenly not so good.

I quite liked the GPZ600R but was a strange riding position as i felt you sat "in it" rather than on it in comparison to everything else i had ridden before it. It was tiny in comparison to the barge like GPZ1000RX which was a bastard to turn quickly. The 900R was a better bike IMHO.

[Demannu]

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I don't know if this is great, but definitely insane

[Count Steer]

[Taipan]

FB_IMG_1700595690862.jpgI don't know if this is great, but definitely insane

Theres one with a cr500 engne in. I think the video is on here or was on the old place. Like you say, totally insane!

*edit* found it!

[The Spin Doctor]

Deathwish, both of them.

[Tricky]

[Skub]

Jarno style clipons on the old triple. Proper proddy racing.

[Horse]

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[Skub]

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George needs to get down that low to stop M. Marquez getting under him.

[Count Steer]

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Is that from one of your 'tight manoeuvres in a car park' sessions Hoss?

[Horse]

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Is that from one of your 'tight manoeuvres in a car park' sessions Hoss?

Almost

This is one of mine

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[Bigyin]

I was going to post that Jorge picture for Horse for his "look where you want to go" collection

[Horse]

I was going to post that Jorge picture for Horse for his "look where you want to go" collection

I was almost too scared to look at the photo ...

[Flux]

There's a decent explanation on YouTube for the reason of the insane looking body positions of modern Gp riders as per Jorge above. It's not so much about moving the rider weight so the bike can remain as upright as possible, but more that the riders are counteracting the negative impacts created by the aero in the corners.
Possibly everyone else already knows this but it was news to me and quite interesting.

[Horse]

@Flux Link? Ta

[The Spin Doctor]

I'm guessing it is this one




As it happens, I was wondering about this not that long ago - it was pretty obvious that as the wing angle changes, so does the aerodynamic force - that's why planes don't (usually) bank at 90 degrees, since there's no longer any lift from the wing holding the plane in the sky. There's a B52 crash which happens just like this when an experienced pilot tries a too-steeply banked turn at low altitude - the plane simply noses down into the ground.

[Yorick]

I'm guessing it is this one




As it happens, I was wondering about this not that long ago - it was pretty obvious that as the wing angle changes, so does the aerodynamic force - that's why planes don't (usually) bank at 90 degrees, since there's no longer any lift from the wing holding the plane in the sky. There's a B52 crash which happens just like this when an experienced pilot tries a too-steeply banked turn at low altitude - the plane simply noses down into the ground.

Aha. How do planes fly upside down?