Speed

Philipp_Thomsen · 03-05-13, 12:37 PM

I never cared much for bikes, but this is potentially the best video I've ever seen on youtube...

Song goes amazingly well with the video! I soooo want to do this one day, before I die.
I wouldn't even mind dying on it, as long as it's past the main straight. :P

swamprat69er · 03-05-13, 04:40 PM

Too fast for this old dog on two wheels. I'll leave that to the young pups.

Platapus · 03-05-13, 04:46 PM

If they are doing that on a closed, inspected course, that one thing. More power to them

However, if they are doing that on an open road, they are idiots. At that speed (300 feet per second), there is no reaction time for anything. A pot hole, gopher, pretty much anything on the road and you would not see it.

Sailor Steve · 03-05-13, 05:04 PM

I have to admit that the filmmaking, and the bikes, have a lot of technology behind them, but way back when I was busy hitchhiking from California to Utah, there was this movie...

HundertzehnGustav · 03-06-13, 03:18 AM

i think they inspected the roads first and fixed what had to be fixed.
looked damn good to me, for a small island rural street.

however, the stuff is tight right there. one mistake, and you go plowing right into a front yard.

and at that speed, you will cross that front yard, a dozen more - walls, hedges, trees, benches and flowers included, and splatter your brains all over the patio of the last house of the street.

Awesome.
Insane.

Impressive.

Mork_417 · 03-06-13, 04:46 AM

Awesome video.

@ Steve, that too is a good film.

Schroeder · 03-06-13, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

If they are doing that on a closed, inspected course, that one thing. More power to them

However, if they are doing that on an open road, they are idiots. At that speed (300 feet per second), there is no reaction time for anything. A pot hole, gopher, pretty much anything on the road and you would not see it.

It's a yearly event on that island IIRC. So the roads are closed for public traffic at that time.

Jimbuna · 03-06-13, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

It's a yearly event on that island IIRC. So the roads are closed for public traffic at that time.

That's correct

http://www.gov.im/infocentre/ttroads.xml

Platapus · 03-06-13, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I think that movie did a lot to improve the public opinion of motorcycles.

1971

Holy crap!

RickC Sniper · 03-06-13, 03:30 PM

The OP is a great looking video, but they left out this:
234 riders have died in that race over the years.

Buddahaid · 03-06-13, 03:52 PM

My Dad had a friend who thought he was a hot rider and went to the TT one year. Story goes he was out giving it his all and got passed by two other riders that were tinkering with their carburetters as they went by. He decided it was time to quit.

RickC Sniper · 03-06-13, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

My Dad had a friend who thought he was a hot rider and went to the TT one year. Story goes he was out giving it his all and got passed by two other riders that were tinkering with their carburetters as they went by. He decided it was time to quit.

If that is really a true story then

but I doubt it.

Philipp_Thomsen · 03-06-13, 04:59 PM

Just a few broken bones, can you believe it?
Damn lucky..

Lionclaw · 03-07-13, 03:07 AM

Pretty crazy stuff when you see a lap of the TT from an onboard view.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen

Just a few broken bones, can you believe it?
Damn lucky..

Lucky indeed.

Edit: Check this out. Just look where the spectators are, they are crazier than the riders.

HunterICX · 03-07-13, 05:03 AM

TT Isle of Man...I gotta hand it to these riders they got balls and nerves of titanium to pull it off at such speeds.

They're well aware of the risk if something goes wrong but that doesn't seem to stop them.

it's as the title says the greatest show on earth if you like biker sports

HunterICX

03-05-13, 12:37 PM	#1
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Speed I never cared much for bikes, but this is potentially the best video I've ever seen on youtube... Song goes amazingly well with the video! I soooo want to do this one day, before I die. I wouldn't even mind dying on it, as long as it's past the main straight. :P __________________ To each his own

03-05-13, 04:40 PM	#2
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Too fast for this old dog on two wheels. I'll leave that to the young pups. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

03-05-13, 04:46 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,365 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	If they are doing that on a closed, inspected course, that one thing. More power to them However, if they are doing that on an open road, they are idiots. At that speed (300 feet per second), there is no reaction time for anything. A pot hole, gopher, pretty much anything on the road and you would not see it. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-05-13, 05:04 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I have to admit that the filmmaking, and the bikes, have a lot of technology behind them, but way back when I was busy hitchhiking from California to Utah, there was this movie... __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 03-05-13 at 07:50 PM.

03-06-13, 03:18 AM	#5
HundertzehnGustav Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lux, betw. G, B and F Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	i think they inspected the roads first and fixed what had to be fixed. looked damn good to me, for a small island rural street. however, the stuff is tight right there. one mistake, and you go plowing right into a front yard. and at that speed, you will cross that front yard, a dozen more - walls, hedges, trees, benches and flowers included, and splatter your brains all over the patio of the last house of the street. Awesome. Insane. Impressive. __________________ In conclusion: SH3 is the shizzle, yo. -Frau Kaleun Another negative about using your deck gun is that you are definately DETECTED, which has long term effects on your relationship with aircraft. -snestorm

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Mork_417 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: DB-15 Posts: 851 Downloads: 263 Uploads: 0	Awesome video. @ Steve, that too is a good film. __________________ Heading to AM49.(U-553)

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RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	The OP is a great looking video, but they left out this: 234 riders have died in that race over the years. __________________ Support Subsim http://www.subsim.com/store.html

03-06-13, 03:52 PM	#11
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,320 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	My Dad had a friend who thought he was a hot rider and went to the TT one year. Story goes he was out giving it his all and got passed by two other riders that were tinkering with their carburetters as they went by. He decided it was time to quit. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

03-06-13, 04:59 PM	#13
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Just a few broken bones, can you believe it? Damn lucky.. __________________ To each his own

03-07-13, 05:03 AM	#15
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	TT Isle of Man...I gotta hand it to these riders they got balls and nerves of titanium to pull it off at such speeds. They're well aware of the risk if something goes wrong but that doesn't seem to stop them. it's as the title says the greatest show on earth if you like biker sports HunterICX __________________