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Pretty amazing Handling

  • 21-11-2010 3:34pm
    #1
    jayok
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭


    This is a competition in the States where the Cops on on Honda Pan Europeans (ST1300) get to show off their stuff.

    This guy shows what's possible. He does drop it though at 1:15, but it's still impressive for such a big bike.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cms0bkNj7A&feature=fvw

    If only I could do that!


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  • #2
    EGOSHEA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭EGOSHEA


    Really cool for bikes that size. I wonder if our Gardai could give them a run for the money.


  • #3
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Tbh I didn't find that in the least bit impressive.


  • #4
    hobochris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,164 ✭✭✭hobochris


    Javier Flaky Sleepwear wrote: »
    Tbh I didn't find that in the least bit impressive.

    do you ride a motorbike?


  • #5
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    I agree with Mairt. It's just not that impressive.

    Compared to guys taut can ride


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWTYc8uVRFA


  • #6
    jayok
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭jayok


    What's impressive about this is the size of the bike. This is not a trail bike, this is a 300kg full size touring bike. The cop simply throws it around as if it was a small 125.

    Yes, the trial bike stunt rider are visually impressive, but don't underestimate the skills involved in handling a bike this big.


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  • #7
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    jayok wrote: »
    What's impressive about this is the size of the bike. This is not a trail bike, this is a 300kg full size touring bike. The cop simply throws it around as if it was a small 125.

    Yes, the trial bike stunt rider are visually impressive, but don't underestimate the skills involved in handling a bike this big.

    he dropped it!

    i can ride better than those cops i can't ride close to as well as those trials lads


  • #8
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    hobochris wrote: »
    do you ride a motorbike?

    Yes.


  • #9
    jayok
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭jayok


    Yes he did drop it as indeed trail bikers do. Don't make the skills any less.
    Tigger wrote: »
    i can ride better than those cops i can't ride close to as well as those trials lads

    So this is a competition for Cops that spent 40+ hours a week on an ST1300 in and out of traffic, have complete numerous training courses. It sees the best candidates from their force compete, and of these candidates the cop in the youtube clip was the fastest...

    But you can ride better?

    You'll have to excuse me but I don't believe you (not that it really matters). Please prove me wrong and put up a video response to this clip of Tigger on his/her ST1300 or similar bike demonstration similar basic handling


  • #10
    antiskeptic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭antiskeptic


    Tigger wrote: »
    i can ride better than those cops

    Hands up anyone who'd lay money on Tigger achieving this..

    :)


  • #11
    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    antiskeptic wrote: »
    Hands up anyone who'd lay money on Tigger achieving this..

    :)

    I'll take that bet.

    Right, we need a Pan and lots of little cones :pac:


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  • #12
    EGOSHEA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭EGOSHEA


    KamiKazi wrote: »
    I'll take that bet.

    Right, we need a Pan and lots of little cones :pac:
    Don't forget some ketchup and a dictionary. Cause someone's gonna have to eat their words. :p


  • #13
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    KamiKazi wrote: »
    I'll take that bet.

    Right, we need a Pan and lots of little cones :pac:

    I'd do it, and wheelie the Pan out of the last cones too!.


  • #14
    Kiddeh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭Kiddeh


    Javier Flaky Sleepwear wrote: »
    I'd do it, and wheelie the Pan out of the last cones too!.

    And then you'll wake up!!


  • #15
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Kiddeh wrote: »
    And then you'll wake up!!

    Don't be silly, if I was sleeping the bike would just fall over.

    But I would wheelie the thing, no bother at all.


  • #16
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,786 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    antiskeptic wrote: »
    Hands up anyone who'd lay money on Tigger achieving this..

    :)
    I'll bet he won't.......
    KamiKazi wrote: »

    Right, we need a Pan and lots of little cones :pac:
    +1,000
    Tigger wrote: »
    he dropped it!

    i can ride better than those cops i can't ride close to as well as those trials lads
    Javier Flaky Sleepwear wrote: »
    Tbh I didn't find that in the least bit impressive.
    Javier Flaky Sleepwear wrote: »
    I'd do it, and wheelie the Pan out of the last cones too!.

    Right - YouTube's your friend: so don't dawdle - post the footage here pronto.
    Kiddeh wrote: »
    And then you'll wake up!!
    +1,000,000

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #17
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Can't quote all the above ^^, but why do you guys find it this clip so impressive. And find it hard to believe that someone here couldn't replicate it?.

    As for wheeling the Pan, I was only chatting to a mate the other night about wheelies. And there's only one bike that I've ever rode and didn't wheelie, and it was his H.D. Fatboy.

    The rider in the clip has some nice control over his bike, but really not that impressive at all.


  • #18
    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    Fair play to you if you can ride to the same skill level as those guys, but until I see you do it with my own eyes I'll be skeptical ;)


  • #19
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    KamiKazi wrote: »
    Fair play to you if you can ride to the same skill level as those guys, but until I see you do it with my own eyes I'll be skeptical ;)

    Cool, its good to be skeptical - 'tis the internet after all.

    But from reading your posts here I find it hard to believe your really that skeptical, after all the riding & control in the clip is good but not so impressive that you should find it hard that someone here could do as good.

    I've been riding motorbikes professionally for 25 years (this December actually), and I'd expect someone with even half that experience to do as well given the proper instruction.


  • #20
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,786 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Javier Flaky Sleepwear wrote: »
    Cool, its good to be skeptical - 'tis the internet after all.

    But from reading your posts here I find it hard to believe your really that skeptical, after all the riding & control in the clip is good but not so impressive that you should find it hard that someone here could do as good.

    I've been riding motorbikes professionally for 25 years (this December actually), and I'd expect someone with even half that experience to do as well given the proper instruction.


    ...you're missing the point: if you've spent 25 yrs on the 'bike, you're obviously doing something right - so kudos to you for that. But so have I, and I still know - and acknowledge - good skill when I see it.

    You, on the other hand are pouring cold water on it, and telling us you're better, so let's see you in action then.

    And those traffic cops put more hours on a bike in 5 yrs than we do in 25, so 25 per se doesn't tell us anything.......

    Oh, and btw, I've seen a Big Twin wheelied - not mine - so it can be done......and that's above my 'pay grade' as well......

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #21
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    galwaytt wrote: »
    And those traffic cops put more hours on a bike in 5 yrs than we do in 25, so 25 per se doesn't tell us anything..

    I work almost full time on a motorbike.

    Like I said earlier, good riding. But not overly impressive.

    At the end of our courses' in work most, if not all, rider's would be similarly as competent. But with a lighter bike. So I'm not as impressed as you might be.

    Now if you, or someone without a professional background in motorcycling could do that I'd say thats impressive.


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  • #22
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,786 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Javier Flaky Sleepwear wrote: »
    I work almost full time on a motorbike.

    Like I said earlier, good riding. But not overly impressive.

    At the end of our courses' in work most, if not all, rider's would be similarly as competent. But with a lighter bike. So I'm not as impressed as you might be.

    Now if you, or someone without a professional background in motorcycling could do that I'd say thats impressive.

    .....ah, now I get it: it's not impressive because they do it for a living.

    What on earth has that got to do with anything ?

    And, as you say, you're a professional too, so naturally, when you post up your autotest/wheelie combo on YouTube, you'll be ok with us not being impressed with that, either...

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #23
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    galwaytt wrote: »
    And, as you say, you're a professional too, so naturally, when you post up your autotest/wheelie combo on YouTube, you'll be ok with us not being impressed with that, either...


    ***edited, can't be arsed.


  • #24
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Javier Flaky Sleepwear wrote: »
    But from reading your posts here I find it hard to believe your really that skeptical

    Just to quote myself for a moment to clarify something..

    'KamiKazi', Sorry I was mistaking you for KTRIC - I've no idea who you are. My mistake.


  • #25
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,995 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Javier Flaky Sleepwear wrote: »
    Just to quote myself for a moment to clarify something..

    'KamiKazi', Sorry I was mistaking you for KTRIC - I've no idea who you are. My mistake.

    Hes the sexy one.




    KTRIC that is.


  • #26
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    i've got about 200k miles of slamoning throught dublin traffic all day all weather as a courier under my belt and i've been riding for 18 years

    i've never ridden a pan but from what i've read they are lovley and balanced
    that video isn't done at any speed its smooth but honestly on a hot day with hot tyres that really dosent look that hard

    we can all meet up in the summer and ye can take the piss out of mairt and me but i'll be using one of my bikes cos it takes a good few hours to get used to a new bike but i'll have a 750 or bigger


  • #27
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Tigger wrote: »
    we can all meet up in the summer and ye can take the piss out of mairt and me but i'll be using one of my bikes cos it takes a good few hours to get used to a new bike but i'll have a 750 or bigger

    Wow, last time I was called Mairt around here was in THIS THREAD!.

    If you were a courier in Dublin we've defo crossed paths!.


  • #28
    View Profile
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    Their lack of protective gear is wonderful. Americans!:rolleyes:


  • #29
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    I can't get the front wheel up on my Road King, nor can I do any of those tight turns. Of course I can barely lift the damn thing anymore, nevermind ride it :(.


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