Wrecked my bike today

[YAKUZA]

Warik, not a good reply there bro. It doesn't matter if I was going 115 or 15, if the work performed caused me personal injury, they're responsible. It's like the "Firestone tires" thing. Didn't matter if you were going 30 or 130, if the tires blew and you got jacked, you had a lawsuit.

Either way, I'll say I was going slower. Vey minimal damage for the speed I was going. Like I said, hitting dirt is soft, even for a bike. It could easily pass for a 50MPH crash by the damage(which is still a few grand).

About riding like assholes, yep we do I make no excuses for it. We ride fast, and that's all there is to it. If I ever wreck cause of THAT, I don't care, it's my fault. If I wreck cause of bad work, then I'm pissed. I've had a few friends check out from riding like this, but you know what, when something makes you happy-you do it.

BTW BPB: The 600's will run damn close to the big bikes with a good rider on 'em. The 750 definately hangs with them. We're only talking a few tenths of a second on acceleration, and a few MPH on top end. Not that big of a difference really....

 

[GLP]

GOD DAMN BRO! That is nothing short of amazing! I use to race motocross and wrecking a dirt bike at 40mph hurt like a bitch. You need to thank your lucky stars that your ass shit can walk

 

[Frackal]

Damn Yak!! You need to be more careful bro!!! lol Don't make daddy kick your ass...glad to see you're ok!

 

[Wfabrizio]

Nice. I too know alot about crashing sportbikes. I guess you were wearing your gear, huh?

If I ride fast on the street I put full leathers on. What you need to do is get on a track. It's not very expensive and it's awesome, man. Really fucking awesome.

No cops. No poles. No cars. No houses. You get the drift.

By the way, why were you using your front brakes? Don't you know they are dangerous and will kill you?! (LOL.....j/k)

I'm telling you bro, get on a track. I've always been an avid street rider and I still am, but the race track is the best.

Good luck with the losers at that shop.

 

[Wfabrizio]

There are a few guys. The guy in my sig pic is Ben Bostrom, factory Ducati rider in The World Superbike Championship. He wiggles it into every corner. Then there's Kurtis Roberts here in the US AMA Superbike series. Kurtis backs it into every corner too.

Both of these guys grew up on the dirt track circuits where going in sideways is the norm.

Me, I only use my rear brake when I'm showing off, otherwise I never touch the fucking thing. You can use it to keep the rear tire from spinning coming out of severe lean angle corners. You just barely apply it while you dial the throttle up in high lean situations. That way you don't spin the rear tire. I personally like spinning the rear tire up exiting corners.

 

[MUSTANG_18]

Good to hear you are OK Yak! I hope all goes good for you and you get your ride fixed.

M18

 

[Wfabrizio]

Twins, cc per cc are not as powerful as fours. That is why in World Superbike Racing, GP, etc. they allow them to compete up to 1000 cc's versus 750cc's for the four cylinder bikes.

Twins don't produce more hp then the fours but they do produce more torque, especially lower in the rpm range. That is why they get better drive through the corners. Twins also produce what is called "big bang" power delivery. Twins produce power to the rear tire in a more controlled manner with the two large pistons spacing their power delivery in a less violent manner. Fours, with their four smaller pistons blitz the rear tire with their power delivery, making corner exits a tire spinning affair.

Ducati's, as a good example, in WSB trim, produce good power but their top speed is achieved primarily from the narrowness of their design versus their hp. That's another advantage of a v-twin, their layout allows for a thinner motorcycle versus the four cylinder bikes which must be wider by design.

So, do twins have an unfair advantage? Probably. However alot of it does come down to the rider. A good example of this is here in the US. Ducati and twins in general such as Honda's new RC51 are not competitve against Suzuki's new GSXR750 Superbikes. But, Suzuki also happens to have two of the best riders racing for them here in the US, Matt Mladin and Aaron Yates.

So......the way I'd put it, if you put an exceptional rider on a four cylinder he will go fast. Put him on a twin and he will go faster. Put a mediocre rider on a four cylinder and he will go kinda fast. Put him on a twin and he will also go kinda fast.

That's just my opinion, and I own a ZX7R and a Ducati 748 so I notice the same thing when I ride at the track.

 

[ORGANON CANON]

Went riding with two of my buddies today. One on a R6 and one on a GSXR1000, and me on the GSXR750. The dude on the 1000 is a roadracer, so when we get together we always get nuts. We went and found some good twisties to rip it up on. Top speed of the day was 164MPH (digital speedo) and never any less than 90 thru the real tight bends. I just had new brakes put on at the shop, and this was the first time riding with them on. Came up to a sharp left at about 115MPH, and when I started braking, the fronts completely locked up. The rear tire was about three foot in the air and still rising fast when the caliper decided to unlock again. I rode the front tire about ten yards (past the turn) and into some lady's front yard. The rear tire finally came back down, but I was headed for a big a*s tree. There's no turning a streetbike in grass at 155, but I tried anyways. I got highsided and tossed right off the damn thing. When I picked it back up, the caliper was locked up again. Couldn't move the damn thing. Bike's mangled, I'm pissed, and I'm gonna kill the dude at the shop if they don't pay to fix the damn thing. I'm gonna talk to a lawyer and see if I have a case. I'm assuming it would be pretty hard to prove they screwed my calipers up, which in turn almost killed me. This sucks bad....

 

[Wfabrizio]

Well, back when World Superbike Racing began 750cc was the ticket pure and simple. One liter bikes were too large, bulky, etc. compared to the 750's. Technology has caught up and now the one liter bikes are as light and in some cases lighter than the 750's and even some of the 600's.

Here in the US we have AMA Formula Extreme where they race production 900's,1000's,etc. that are tweaked. The twins do not do very well in that series due to the hp advantage of the four cylinder one liter bikes.

The big news for 2002 and beyond is that the FIM in Europe will be introducing four stroke GP bikes into their two-stroke championship. These four strokes will all be close to 1000 cc's and will be on the cutting edge technology and performance wise.

If you're not familiar, 500 gp two-strokes have been the ultimate in performance design until now. It is common to have a 500cc two stoke motorcycle producing near 200hp. Their power-to-weight ratio is better than even the F1 cars.

If you want to find info on all of this stuff, check out these sites:

www.amasuperbike.com

www.2wf.com

www.esportbike.com

And, of course, www.ducati.com

Ciao.

 

[Galen]

Fabrizo, while we're talking engine design could you explain how the Germans accomplished the engineering feat of extracting a whopping 56 horsepower from my horizontally opposed twin cylinder R1200C. That sounds more like de-engineering to me. At that compression it better last 2000 years I just lost the wife (and only reason I owned a cruiser) so I'm selling it to get something a little faster. I'm considering a used R1 or 98-on ZX-9. I'm 6'1", 235 lbs so ergonomics is important. What's your opinion on a good ride? Thanks, Galen