Art of hanging off...

[green_zx7r]

I believe this was taken at the Albacete, Spain 6hr endurance race qualification last weekend. This is Ivan Silva from the QERT Kawasaki team.

Beautiful shot...

[*GSXR~SNAIL*]

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r193/GSXRSNAIL/Hopper2.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r193/GSXRSNAIL/Hopper1.jpg

[Brat]

ohhh yeah twisties.

[Titus]

rediculous lean angles FTW!!!

[Dr. Joe Siphek]

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[dallas]

It looks like he is trying to save it.

[pilot]

agreed. Else that front tire would be pointed to the outside of the turn a bit.

[rybo]

It's over, but we always keep trying! That he is still totally composed on the bike is amazing.

[Devaclis]

Do you guys have any high res 1280x1024's of those shots?

[dallas]

It's over, but we always keep trying! That he is still totally composed on the bike is amazing.


I think he is still in the butt-pucker phase of the crash.

[pauliep]

I think that was .08 of a second before you saw the cloud of dust I kicked up...

http://www.cosportbikeclub.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3996&stc=1&d=1178644232

[Devaclis]

That right there just hurts to look at :(

[Jeffro]

How about the story behind that last photo? ...that does hurt to look at.

[Sortarican]

I believe this was taken at the Albacete, Spain 6hr endurance race qualification last weekend. This is Ivan Silva from the QERT Kawasaki team.

Beautiful shot...

Yeah, some Silva's hang off.....some Silva's fall off.:banghead:

[pauliep]

I'm not much of a story teller. it was this saturday at imi. been running great all morning. decided to try something new with going in deeper in the turn before my lean. after two laps of that I decided to give the straight some good speed. didn't give enough break before the turn. leaned it as far as I could. started to feel the peg then went too far. lowsided my way off the track. .

[Sortarican]

I'm not much of a story teller. it was this saturday at imi. been running great all morning. decided to try something new with going in deeper in the turn before my lean. after two laps of that I decided to give the straight some good speed. didn't give enough break before the turn. leaned it as far as I could. started to feel the peg then went too far. lowsided my way off the track. .

How are you and how's the bike?

[Mista Black]

I've never given up the bike until I was on the ground. Even in the accident I had on Monarch in 2000 (Bueller can tell you all about it), I was on a front tire and a saddle bag and still stayed with the bike to get both wheels on the ground again and continued around the curve crashing well past where I would have. I ended up going down anyway, but my rule of thumb is if you bail you are guaranteed a crash.

[pauliep]

I'm sore in the left shoulder and neck. the bike needs a new rear sub frame

[KennyFish]

Those are some ridiculous ride angles. Awesome none the less

[Spiderman]

http://www.cosportbikeclub.org/images/Spidey/YatesDraggingElbow.jpg

[Devaclis]

^^ That was right before I painted my tail black and got a different helmet.

[*GSXR~SNAIL*]

Speaking of these lean angles, I was wondering how much difference the tire made in respect to sidewall height, ratio, etc. I see all these people talking about lean angles and such and showing pics of their tires after a day at the track and we all hear the "chicken strip" garbage. I would really think that riding a 190/50 on the rear would be a lot different then running say a 180/55. I would guess that the foot print of the tire on the ground in a corner changes, right? Wouldn't one give you more bite on a corner? Seems like the 190/50 would have more of a flat profile when looking from the rear and the 180/55 would have more roll on the edges of the tire when looking from the rear. Is this right, and if so, wouldn't that be more beneficial in a corner?

Just a rookie trying to learn here...thanks.

[Mista Black]

I run a 120/180 set up (touring tires no less) and have no problem getting them to the edge (on track or off).