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May 26th, 2007 12:42 PM #11
It depends really on the situation. If traction is limited, you really can't use the bike's full range of power on all parts of the circuit.
And if the guy is short-shifting, he's probably anticipating braking for the next corner.
Even on cars, if you have rear wheel drive and more power than tires, you're not always redlining the engine on the track... you're driving up to the edge of traction and not trying to go over, so as not to unbalance the car. You go over and you have those glorious, time-wasting powerslides Clarkson is so fond of... but that's the slow way around.
In a bike, you don't powerslide... you go off... and that really, really hurts.
Clarkson is full of it, but that's on purpose. He's an entertainer, whose primary job is to entertain. Journalistic integrity comes merely second. Still love reading his editorials, though. ;)Last edited by niky; May 26th, 2007 at 12:48 PM.
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May 26th, 2007 02:30 PM #12
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May 28th, 2007 09:09 AM #13
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May 29th, 2007 07:28 PM #14
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May 30th, 2007 12:35 AM #15
here is an example of powersliding a bike as one forumer just posted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huKVVNU4V3s
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May 30th, 2007 10:39 AM #16
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June 2nd, 2007 10:22 PM #17
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June 3rd, 2007 12:33 AM #18
Depende talaga. If you watch F1 races or superbike races, they don't always max out their engines, either... and that's with the grip afforded by R-compound tires.
Driving a sports bike on street tires is like driving an F1 car on road-going radials... you have to have good throttle control and watch your speed.
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