Motorcycles
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@Denman-John Completely agree as well as some of the smells that you can experience such as the smell of a fresh cut field or the air after a rain.
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@Bo-Maschke Nice ironhead brother!
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My ‘95 916. I bought it new.
(Wearing an IH shirt and the trusty 634s, I might add.
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@sffranky My dream bike since i was a child...
One day I will have one in my garage
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@sffranky damn that is beautiful
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@gouki74 ever since the day I bought it, the sport bike stall in my stable had been filled.
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@louisbosco Thank you, Sir.
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@sffranky Looking good, its awesome that you've had that from new. Bet its worth more now than you paid for it?
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@louisbosco said in Motorcycles:
@Denman-John will try to do a video of one full lap once I get my bike back and figure out the lap data from there. Will probably also pick the best
Full lap video of the final lap I was doing. Lap time and telemetry from the bike below..
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@louisbosco What a f'n rockstar!! Two things: around 35 seconds you do a head shake like you weren't happy with something. What was it?
Around 2:25 you're coming out of a turn and it looks like you're starting a speed wobble. Was that just the camera or did you come out of the corner too hard?
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refer to map below.
0:35 was a double hairpin, turns 1 and 2. it's hard to nail the apex entry and exit on the second. had a late apex in mind but felt I had gone in too early and just wasn't happy.
2:25 on the exit of 14, was the front lifting. if you look at the telemetry, that was the 1 degree of yaw.
14 is also a tricky corner that requires you to go deep and turn for a late apex out.fwiw, all electronic reins were set at 2. low but not the lowest. including electronic brake, wheelie, traction control etc..
@louisbosco said in Motorcycles:
Heading up to Sepang International Circuit this weekend with Ducati Singapore. This will be my first track day on a F1, MotoGP and Grade 1 circuit. Boy am I'm excited!! Feels surreal!
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@louisbosco Thank you for posting that. Not sure what superlative to use to convey how much I enjoyed that.
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@louisbosco fuck yeah! That hurts my internal gyroscope/gimbal. Looks super fun tho!
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@louisbosco So I’ve been thinking about the 2:25 minute mark (exit 14) quite a bit and wondering what you did/or should do to keep from losing control.
Do you:
- Stay in it and ride it out
- Slip the clutch and slightly roll off the throttle to bring the front end back down
- Slightly drag the rear brake to bring the front end down
- Let the electronics figure it out and enjoy the ride.
I would have been seriously sweating bullets at those speeds and am impressed you rode it out. I really don’t think I could have and have no clue what I would or should be doing in that situation.
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@Jett129 I don’t know if it would because the front end was lifting. Feathering the front brake may shift the balance slightly bringing the bike back under control, but I really have no idea what you should do.
It looks like the bike has a steering dampener which would keep the bars from doing a tank slap which is what would truly scare the crap out of me. I’ve seen a few videos of violent tank slap episodes and I don’t know how anyone rides that out.
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@louisbosco That was so much fun to watch you whip that bike and track into shape. Almost riding season here and this is helping.
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@Jett129 Been thinking about the feathering the brake thing quite a bit and wonder if it does help. The front wheel spinning should act as a gyroscope which could either help stabilize the bike or throw it into a fit. By feathering that front brake, it may help...once again, I have no idea and hope that someone chimes in.
Not that I can ride to that ability and would probably lose the bike in doing anything like it.