Faster than Rossi?

[Crash716]

Dude look at this guys lean angle up on pally on sunday...
Ps..Kent RULES!!

[Crash716]

now look at Rossi!!

[Crash716]

not trying to suck on this guy or anything but man....take that talent to a track and race some fools!!!





honestly i think it is a lowside begging to happen, good on em' though!!

[Hellbound]

lean angle dont mean anything. Some peeps that cant drag knee can still smoke alot of good racers that can. Its way more then lean angle.

[r1brip]

lean angle dont mean anything. Some peeps that cant drag knee can still smoke alot of good racers that can. Its way more then lean angle.


I'd have to disagree. Lean angle does mean a lot. Look at the pic of Rossi, I dont think he'd be making that turn if he wasnt that far over. After all, you dont turn a motorcycle by turning the bars, you lean it and counter steer to throw off the gyroscope effect a spinning wheel has that makes it want to stay upright. But body position also has an effect on the turning capabilities of a bike as well

[Hellbound]

Rossi is great cus you can read the turns, he plans things out and uses his brain. I never said lean angle doesnt mean anything but it isnt everything. Theres plenty of guys that cant touch knee or lean that low but still can show up a guy that can drag knee. It takes alot more then hitting your knee and your lean angle to win a race.

[r1brip]

I never said lean angle doesnt mean anything


lean angle dont mean anything. Some peeps that cant drag knee can still smoke alot of good racers that can. Its way more then lean angle.

:uhh:

[Hellbound]

what i mean it dont mean everything :) i rather have knowledge of how to read each turn and know exactly when to power it out at the precise second then be able to get down the low.

[r1brip]

:thumbsup:

[Arnold_R1]

Good read about lean angles LADIES!

Jay, I couldn't agree with you more. Gettin that low and going so fast, take that shiet to the track. Definitely not worth running into a guard rail at 70+ mph. At least at the track when I crashed, I had a good 20-30 yrds of flipping and tumbling to do without no cliff, no guard rail, no oncoming car, etc.

http://koczarski.com/Motorcycles/Counter%20streeing.html

[JesseJames]

Yea he defintaly isn't leaving much room for error. At least he is using that bike though rather than most of the liter bike owners who can't ride them.

:uhh:

[pulse]

lean angle dont mean anything. Some peeps that cant drag knee can still smoke alot of good racers that can. Its way more then lean angle.

most people that are fast ans dont drag knee, choose not to. having your knee on the ground is just a way to feel how far over you are. it is a feeling gauge, you dont knee to put any pressure on it or grind it into the ground. many fast guys just barley skin it and often lift it when it touches, therefore not draging mush at all. I dont think i have seen a guy that can't drag knee smoke a racer that could. this being if you cant drag knee then you cant lean the bike very far. at a certain lean angle any person can drag knee regaurdless of speed....

[deno]

not trying to suck on this guy or anything but man....take that talent to a track and race some fools!!!




prolly does take it to the track.

he's got a couple patches on his chest including a WSMC one. :headbang:

[rossifumi]

i remember reading an article in fast bikes or something saying that the Big man Dave Jefferies rarely if ever dragged knee. from what i hear, he wasn't too shabby at some island race. :razz:

[Crash716]

Hellbound.... to have a lean angle like that you have to carry ALLOT of speed. His form isn't so horrible that he is just using the bike to get his COG (center of gravity) to the inside....thus hauling ass!! i don't care who your friends may be but heavy lean angles are a product of allot of speed. if you ain't leaning when your "racing" you aren't going fast....period!!

Good catch on the patches Deno!!!

[Crash716]

this post isn't about dragging knee it is about corner speed and lean angles associated with them. Hell i can drag knee in a parking lot doing like 30 but i can't get the balls...or stupidity to lean my bike like that!

[Robert]

This guy has alot skills to ride like that, I think to ride that hard railing a canyon is not good common sense but def. this guy has some mad skills...I like to ride no more than at 60%, a boulder or gaurd rail doesn't discriminate against your skills..

[Bart]

:holymoly:

The guy definitely has some skills, but I think he needs to do a reality-check and realize that the streets aren't the track. . . I wouldn't do that there even if I could.

[cbrsmurf]

awesome pic! would make a great ad for Dunlop GPs! lol

but how do you guys know he isn't in control? maybe he's been racing for a long time and knows what to expect of the bike and terrain.

A lot of people couldn't lean at half the angle and utilize half as good throttle control on Pally (i.e. me).

[Andre Alforque]

Sweet pics, Kent (does he ever visit our site?). So that's a 1000rr, right? Does anyone know who he is? I don't feel it right to be talking about this guy behind his back; so if there's any way we can get him to weigh in it'd be cool.

I've seen a ton of squids on Palomar, but from these two pictures this rider looks in control.

OFF TOPIC: I think what most pisses me off at Pally are the riders that go at fast speeds despite the conditions. Going fast on Pally isn't a big deal, but if you're passing vehicles on the inside, or stuffing people going into turns -- BAD JUJU.