double yellow? double post? WHO CARES?!?!?!?!?

[lonesoldier84]

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[aussiejules]

These guys are crazy, but damn they can ride.

 

[OZXJR]

These guys are crazy, but damn they can ride.

+1 on that Jules.

 

[wrightme43]

if the head, body and bike is in the other lane while a car is in it, the rider is a freaking moron. About 2 mins in the cars are avoiding taking dudes head off. He didnt do it, the cars kept from killing him. Not a rider, a showoff, punkass, craphead, who will die on the street when a car fails to keep him alive. To me the video shows stupidity.

Ride in your lane, or dont ride.

 

[lonesoldier84]

To me the video shows stupidity.

yup.....but its pretty cool to watch. wouldnt dream of doing anything remotely close to that in my own riding...but it is pretty cool to watch nonetheless

and ya the bit with the guys head and the car is just nuts. half of those guys must be dead by now i swear. to some life isnt worth what it is to others i suppose.

 

[wrightme43]

LOL I hear you man, Its neat to watch if you dont have to deal with the aftermath, or deal with the drivers who think all of us are like that, and then crowd us, cross into our lanes, and act like asshats because those guys are.

 

[The Toecutter]

if the head, body and bike is in the other lane while a car is in it, the rider is a freaking moron. About 2 mins in the cars are avoiding taking dudes head off. He didnt do it, the cars kept from killing him. Not a rider, a showoff, punkass, craphead, who will die on the street when a car fails to keep him alive. To me the video shows stupidity.

Ride in your lane, or dont ride.

You got a good point there.I used to see alot more squids on the roads here T-shirt flappin in the wind as they passed by on the back wheel at over a 100mph.I guess they are either crippled or dead now.

 

[lonesoldier84]

LOL I hear you man, Its neat to watch if you dont have to deal with the aftermath, or deal with the drivers who think all of us are like that, and then crowd us, cross into our lanes, and act like asshats because those guys are.

ya, but the way i see it nothing i say or do will stop asshats from being asshats. it is unfortunate when you get motorists who are extra "rude" when it comes to road manners when dealing with sport bikes. and i do agree it is the fault of the asshats for that problem. but cursing the asshats wont change them, so i dont bother.

I just (try to) ride respectably when i go out so at least those motorists see how real people ride motorcycles.

 

[FizzySix]

I'm not sure why these guys are considered great riders...I see the slides and wheelies and stoppies, but I also see riders that can't pick and hold a line?

 

[aggiehiker]

if the head, body and bike is in the other lane while a car is in it, the rider is a freaking moron. About 2 mins in the cars are avoiding taking dudes head off. He didnt do it, the cars kept from killing him. Not a rider, a showoff, punkass, craphead, who will die on the street when a car fails to keep him alive. To me the video shows stupidity.

Ride in your lane, or dont ride.

Agreed at 2:24 he would have died if it wasn't for the reaction from the cager.

Those guys are without a doubt talented and fearless. However when you force others to deal with your reckless behavior, you become a douchebag in my book.

 

[Aleziel]

crazy greeks..

 

[SovietRobot]

I've seen this video a couple times and I wouldn't lose sleep if any of them died.

Sure they have a sort of a "skill", but it should be kept to closed private tracks.

 

[bmccrary]

How old are these guys?

Are they, and others like them why insurance is so high on sport bikes, more than likely. Therfore I have a problem with it...

I wasn't impressed at all. The brake slide corner entries were dumb. "Look at me I wanna be like Rossi, except I get my a$$ kicked on the track, so I am going to do it out here on the street where people think I am cool."

God's way of elimanating the stupid people.

-bryan

 

[steveindenmark]

These guys are crazy, but damn they can ride.

OK now lets see them in a parking lot doing controlled riding around cones and see what happens.

Riding fast and recklessly is simple, riding controlled is much harder.

Steve

 

[CHEMIKER]

These guys appear to have some control over the bikes, but a small mistake or road imperfection could cause them to highside or lowside.

Having crashed and skidded across a lane of opposing traffic (luckily no cars were coming the other direction), I can say that I'd rather race like these guys at the track where there is no chance of hitting a car head-on if I make a mistake.

 

[lonesoldier84]

I wasn't impressed at all. The brake slide corner entries were dumb. "Look at me I wanna be like Rossi, except I get my a$$ kicked on the track, so I am going to do it out here on the street where people think I am cool."

I think that is a very accurate assessment. They would put really ****ty lap times up with those shinanigans. Their approaches to the corners prove they have very little concept of a proper racing line and how to hold through a corner smoothly to actually go thru it faster. They are just showboating doing "tricks" which does take a lot of skill yes.....but over double solid yellows constantly? Thats just mental for so many reasons.