And add “Enter the Void” for the seppuku Coup De Grace.

I might be missing something as I am no gearhead, but if another gear was added below 1st to better utilize the power (a superbike can get up to 106MPH in 1st gear which is ridiculous) and another gear was added beyond 6th, it would better distribute the power output (IE more effiecient and better miles/gallon), but…

Hey, if you folks all want to pee your pants on this glorious Friday, check this footage of John McGuinness qualifying for the 1st Superbike race last week. Fast forward to about 3:49 where he begins the fast section of Kirk Michael. Good god listen to the sexiness of that wailing Honda Fireblade.

My family is lucky, my parents haven’t had any serious health issues that have left permanent damage, though a few months ago the docs put a stent in my fathers heart after they found 90% blockage. Thankful they found THAT before it became a problem.

Superbikes (stock and tuned) are specifically built to be pushed to the point where the engine/gearboxes aren’t meant to last, at least in the context of racing. Adding multiple gears would add more friction thus reducing power to the rear wheel and would add a level of unwarrented complexity even in the simple…

Same to you buddy. Its really weird and sometimes embarrassing for me. Its not 24/7, but frequent enough to notice. The crazy thing is, I have absolutely no problem with memory, motor functions and math (I work in finance and have no trouble dealing with numbers and problem solving all day). My problems are almost…

Sorry I got Kinja’d. My response should have been to someone else in the thread.

I feel you on that last bit. My buddy and I have conversations about this all the time. Years ago, I did BMX (specifically big dirt jumping and urban riding and he did downhill mountain biking @50+ mph with full body gear). More bad crashes and knocks than we can remember, but I do remember getting up every time,…

I don’t know how you can say “fuck JR” when his shooting and ridiculously active defense were probably the #2a and 2b reasons the Cavs won last night. The guy’s defense this year has been criminally underrated.

Guy is damn near averaging a double double through 3 games. Love being a defensive abyss and everyone else playing like Antoine Walker reanimated is not on Lebron.

They were hiding him on Klay for some stretches, but its amazing how much better this defense looks when you don’t have to try to hide him AND Love. Love is a good, borderline great player, but specifically against a team like the Warriors, he and Kyrie are a liability when on the floor together. Basketball is a game…

Go home Skip, you’re drunk.

Nope, 6 is the standard. The 600 (Supersport) bikes basically run the ENTIRE mountain course at 16k RPM which is why so many blow upr before the race is over. Pinning it from start to finish for 150 miles is probably the funnest thing on earth.

It would be fun to watch the elder statesman do it, but I don’t think the Fireblade has the power to match the BMWs in the Senior.

Slower traffic usually works like open wheel racing: the riders will make space when they can and let those on a faster pace go by without incident.

To the credit of the RC212V by Padgetts team, Bruce Anstey had an awful crash in practice the week prior and got banged up and bruised pretty much everywhere. He’s definitely not at 100%, though he came back and won the Lightweight TT yesterday!

There is no headset communication during the race. They really are doing it off of ingrained knowledge built on years and years of studying and riding the course which makes it all the more amazing. 234 turns and the best (McGuinness, Hutchy, Dunlop Brothers, Anstey) have every apex memorized like they were walking…

Ugh, that was the video I was speaking of. Absolute horror, especially since there is a 100% chance that he knew what was going to happen BEFORE he hit the dip. Pause the video like 1 second in, you can see he’s is HARD on the breaks and the back wheel actually lifts off the ground before impact. RIP.

You are exceptionally delicious when fried.