This is more like it !
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Just a guess, but it seems like the needle jets are worn, so he has to dump the throttle to nearly zero in the corners to keep the engine running smoothly, not bucking - he is not maintaining neutral throttle while cornering. This results in having to wick the throttle on all at once rather than keeping it partially open through the corner and opening it more gradually as he straightens up.
That was how my Combat was reacting before I rebuilt the carbs.
Nice bit of riding though - thanks for sharing.
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In case anyone wonders where the footage was taken, the course is in Sternberk, a small provincial town of the Czech Republic.
Ecce Homo
DetailsTitle:Ecce HomoPlace:ŠternberkTracklength:7800 metres (Hillclimb Masters: 3200 metres)Elevation change:307 metres (3,9%)(Hillclimb Masters: 124 metres)Altitude finishline:600 metresGPS coordinates:49° 43' 37.56" - 17° 18' 11.52"Website:www.eccehomo.czFastest Time:5:22,22 (2 runs)Average...
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Too bad he got held up by those two duffers. No comment on technique. Particularly if that was the first time through the course. He may have scared himself a little on about the 3rd hairpin, but it's hard to tell what is really going on in a GoPro video. Perspective and sense of actual speed is all wrong. The human brain has a better field of view of the course. Blah blah blah...
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Wouldn't that make him Homo-phobic?? ;-)
Btw, I posted this same video a few months. Back over in the Pub forum.
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I think it is really nice that this is still happening somewhere. In Australia, we can never close a public road to hold an event. I think the guy on the Commando passed the duffers perfectly. If you pass other riders too fast, they sometimes fall off their bikes,
If you visit Melbourne this Easter weekend 7th to 10th you could join the spectators at the formula 1 Grand Prix and then go to Bathurst later in the year for the Super Car race on one of the worlds longest and toughest tracks , and where every Easter thousands riders and fans would gather for the bike races.Both of these tracks are on public roads.Sadly you are corect in saying nothing provided for motorcycles anymore.Conservitive press,overzealous policing and a minority group of scallywags put an end to the fun years ago. Well thats my take on it.
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Not the best cornering lines and it looks like he was really used to the right hand lane, but he did get the the rpms up a bit and it looks like he had fun.
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I think it was Mad Max that put an end to those ruffian bikers like that guy Toe Cutter ;-)
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I have been to Bathurst at Easter about 4 times. I have never raced there and would not. You need a certain mentality which I do not have. Up there it is not a matter of 'if' but 'when'. I have lost two friends on that circuit. One of my mates got into A grade by winning the Junior B grade, one year at Bathurst. He loved the place. But you only have to look at it to know what it is.
I do not usually watch car racing because it is usually as boring as dog shit. V8 supercars have a cut out-on the gear change. Whenever the driver changes gear, you hear a loud explosion which shits me.
Formula One is likec slot cars. What really like is Group N Historic. That is all the muscle cars of the 70's.
I do not usually watch car racing because it is usually as boring as dog shit. V8 supercars have a cut out-on the gear change. Whenever the driver changes gear, you hear a loud explosion which shits me.
Formula One is likec slot cars. What really like is Group N Historic. That is all the muscle cars of the 70's.
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Bikes will never race again at Bathurst. The car guys have put concrete walls everywhere. But while it was going, it was really good fun, if you were not worried about death.
If you are sane, this would be delicious . I could not do it, because the moment my motor fires-up, I am never going to crash again. That is not reality.
If you are sane, this would be delicious . I could not do it, because the moment my motor fires-up, I am never going to crash again. That is not reality.
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John Maher who won that race , gave me the video to upload amongst many others. When I watch it I tremble. They mentioned Ron Toombs' death. I was talking to hiim in the pits, a few minutes before that happened. He was probably the best rider in Australia. When the top guys die on a race circuit, that says something. I don't think there has ever been a fatality on Phillip Island race circuit
I helped one of my mates race at Bathurst about 30 years ago. He is extremely scared of dying, so he did not have a problem.
I helped one of my mates race at Bathurst about 30 years ago. He is extremely scared of dying, so he did not have a problem.
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Hi,
I witnessed Ron Toombs tragic death, it still haunts me.
I had just turned 20 and rode with the British Bike Club where Bathurst was an annual event.
The name Jim Scaysbrook brings back memorie, his bike shop on Parramatta Rd Sydney was something of a Mecca for us young louts.
regards
Al
I witnessed Ron Toombs tragic death, it still haunts me.
I had just turned 20 and rode with the British Bike Club where Bathurst was an annual event.
The name Jim Scaysbrook brings back memorie, his bike shop on Parramatta Rd Sydney was something of a Mecca for us young louts.
regards
Al
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The other person I knew who died there was Ross Barelli. He was riding a Suzuki RG500. Because the chrome was spalling off the aluminium discs, his father made two out of cast iron. The discs exploded off the bike as Ross braked for Murray 's Corner at the end of Con Rod Straight. When he passed Mick Hone, he was climbing off the back of the bike. He ended-up in the spectator area. There is now a chicane before you get to Murray's Corner. The Chicane is near where Bevan Gibson was killed in a Porsche. His car came over the second rise upside-down.
Bathurst is not for me. If my bike feels good, I go for it ten-tenths. That is not the way to be when you race there.
Bathurst is not for me. If my bike feels good, I go for it ten-tenths. That is not the way to be when you race there.
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