Killboy failure Dragon Fest - Page 1209

NCStephen · 11-20-2012, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Crazy_Dave

Anyone know what the tank is from on the black one?

See the build thread here
http://dcclassiccycles.dynamitedave.com/

NCStephen · 11-20-2012, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by SilkMoneyLove

He has more stickers on one side than the other.... :-)

Looks like he is saving room on the left for an ADV one.

BanjoBoy · 11-20-2012, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by NCStephen

Whats the fail here?

Dunno, don't see any fail here?

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Originally Posted by Aussijussi

Mick Doohan?

Yeah, he couldn't ride, he just got lucky fer 5 years!

RDTCU · 11-20-2012, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by BanjoBoy

Dunno, don't see any fail here?

Yeah, he couldn't ride, he just got lucky fer 5 years!

Doohan's also on track slicks, not 50/50 tires like the GS.

Aussijussi · 11-20-2012, 09:03 AM

This guy on the GS would probably out ride lot of us posters here, excluding me of course

Out spell me maybe?

Flying-D · 11-20-2012, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by BanjoBoy

Dunno, don't see any fail here?

Yeah, he couldn't ride, he just got lucky fer 5 years!

The difference between the two is that he is cornering on a bike that wont drag hard parts nearly so easily.

Skyclad · 11-20-2012, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by NCStephen

Whats the fail here?

It also looks like he has already apexed and is fading to the outside of the turn with LOTS of turn left.

Doohan had lots of strange riding quirks that he made work. Certainly not saying that he was not skilled, just that his style really should not be used as an example of "the way it's done".

Aussijussi · 11-20-2012, 10:28 AM

Cant really learn to ride by watching someone or reading books about, just doesn't work like that, most likely forget everything you read, the first corner you turn, and no matter how experienced you might be, on a strange road, the line is not allways the perfect one.

cliffy109 · 11-20-2012, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Flying-D

The difference between the two is that he is cornering on a bike that wont drag hard parts nearly so easily.

Just because it can be done that way, doesn't mean it should be nor that it is the best way.

Josephvman · 11-20-2012, 10:53 AM

Needs a car tire...

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Originally Posted by NCStephen

Whats the fail here?

DC2wheels · 11-20-2012, 11:05 AM

The seat on the black bike looks like a moccasin. Comfy

Butters · 11-20-2012, 11:47 AM

I don't know how you can judge the guy on the GS from that pic (unless you actually know that turn). The first thing I do when setting up for a turn is slide my butt over. And then when exiting the turn my butt is the last thing to get back to the centerline. So there are typically two times in many turns when I would look like that guy. I can't tell from the pic how much turn is left or whether a right-hander is coming up. It seems conceivable to me that guy simply hasn't apexed, or possibly even he did and is coming out to set up for a right sweeper.

ErikY. · 11-20-2012, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by NCStephen

Whats the fail here?

Looks brutal in the pic, but needs video to see the context. Pic angle probably not helping either.
Plus he left his sunroof open.

Aussijussi · 11-20-2012, 01:30 PM

You can argue about the 'right line' untill blue in the face, but in a real world situations, meaning a public road, you just can't take the right line every corner you turn, for hundred different reasons, especially if you never been on that partcular stretch before. On the track it's a different story, actually easier, as there is nobody coming the other way and you know each turn by heart, without a risk of hitting loose gravel, pot hole, assortment of wildlife, car full of drunk's straying onto your side of the road, bloke on a pair of roller skis, harvester at 2am, filling the whole road, to name just few surprises to make it hard to take the right line. I'd worry more about what gear i am in and the speed i am doing, going into a turn. Then again, there are no camera's taking picture's of me riding, oh yeah, i forgot the bloody speed cameras!

tedder · 11-20-2012, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Aussijussi

You can argue about the 'right line' untill blue in the face, but in a real world situations, meaning a public road, you just can't take the right line every corner you turn, for hundred different reasons, especially if you never been on that partcular stretch before.

Moral relativism is good to a certain point, but there is still such a thing as "wrong".

11-20-2012, 11:05 AM	#18131
DC2wheels Castle Anthrax Joined: Jul 2008 Location: N.H. Oddometer: 1,188	The seat on the black bike looks like a moccasin. Comfy __________________ a few bikes in the barn http://k11og.org/forum/index.php world-wide K bike forum

11-20-2012, 11:47 AM	#18132
Butters . . . . . . Joined: Oct 2008 Location: NoVA Oddometer: 2,069	I don't know how you can judge the guy on the GS from that pic (unless you actually know that turn). The first thing I do when setting up for a turn is slide my butt over. And then when exiting the turn my butt is the last thing to get back to the centerline. So there are typically two times in many turns when I would look like that guy. I can't tell from the pic how much turn is left or whether a right-hander is coming up. It seems conceivable to me that guy simply hasn't apexed, or possibly even he did and is coming out to set up for a right sweeper. __________________ Marc 07 XChallenge 99 VFR

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11-20-2012, 09:03 AM	#18125
Aussijussi Studly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2009 Location: Finland-Australia Oddometer: 990	This guy on the GS would probably out ride lot of us posters here, excluding me of course Out spell me maybe?

11-20-2012, 10:28 AM	#18128
Aussijussi Studly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2009 Location: Finland-Australia Oddometer: 990	Cant really learn to ride by watching someone or reading books about, just doesn't work like that, most likely forget everything you read, the first corner you turn, and no matter how experienced you might be, on a strange road, the line is not allways the perfect one.

11-20-2012, 01:30 PM	#18134
Aussijussi Studly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2009 Location: Finland-Australia Oddometer: 990	You can argue about the 'right line' untill blue in the face, but in a real world situations, meaning a public road, you just can't take the right line every corner you turn, for hundred different reasons, especially if you never been on that partcular stretch before. On the track it's a different story, actually easier, as there is nobody coming the other way and you know each turn by heart, without a risk of hitting loose gravel, pot hole, assortment of wildlife, car full of drunk's straying onto your side of the road, bloke on a pair of roller skis, harvester at 2am, filling the whole road, to name just few surprises to make it hard to take the right line. I'd worry more about what gear i am in and the speed i am doing, going into a turn. Then again, there are no camera's taking picture's of me riding, oh yeah, i forgot the bloody speed cameras!