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Something Cooking ~ On The Track.
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:56 pm
by FalcoColumbarius
Here are two absolutely stunning vids:
http://www.wimp.com/streetracing/
http://www.wimp.com/juliaremixed/
Worth watching in full screen mode.
Falco.
Re: Something Cooking ~ On The Track.
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:18 pm
by Drumster
Dude, that first one is AWESOME! Such amazing skills those guys have.
Back in '85 I had an '84 Yamaha FJ1100 which at the time was arguably the fastest bike "out of the box", you could buy. The bike mags said it would do 145 mph. I took mine out on the highway from Hope to Spence's Bridge one time & wound it up to about 130 indicated. What a rush! Scared the crap outa' me too!
Anyway, those guys in the vid are going at insane speeds and living to tell.
Nice post!
Re: Something Cooking ~ On The Track.
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:41 pm
by FalcoColumbarius
Drumster wrote:...Anyway, those guys in the vid are going at insane speeds and
living to tell.
Nice post!
I noticed coming out of one corner in the race (3:42) there is a bike helmet sitting ominously on the wall, along with other items.
The history of the Tourist Trophy Race goes back to 1907, Wikipedia has an interesting article on it.
Falco.