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#21 Unread post by intotherain »

Dragonhawk wrote:
Dohun wrote:and why the heck would you try power sliding on a motorcycle? lol :laughing:
Ever watch a MotoGP race? They let the rear tire slip out a little bit. Not a true powerslide, but conceptually the same.

Ever see a supermoto or motocross race? They TRULY do powerslides on motorcycles, just like on a bicycle. And the supermoto guys do it on asphalt as well as dirt.

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.. lol I KNOW they do but why would you?

I know I would never try a powerslide any time soon.
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#22 Unread post by intotherain »

dr_bar wrote:
Dohun wrote:i would never try to push my bike up 10 stairs on a ramp... I mean what if I couldnt do it?

Who said anything about pushing it up the ramp??? Isn't that why they invented motors???
Okay nice tip then to tell a beginner to ride up 10 stairs via a ramp on their sport bike! good idea! Im sure that guy could do it, but he could lose control eventually and end up with the bike on top of him anyways!! wow!! omg!!!

and also there is a video of some guy on a sportbike trying to ride up a ramp and ended up with the bike on top of him.
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#23 Unread post by storysunfolding »

it's not that different than riding a bike into the back of a truck via a ramp... not sure what the issue is here...
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#24 Unread post by jstark47 »

storysunfolding wrote:it's not that different than riding a bike into the back of a truck via a ramp... not sure what the issue is here...
Issue: the 45 degree angle on a flight of stairs? I would never do a ramp on a truck at that angle.
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#25 Unread post by Sev »

Dohun wrote:
Dragonhawk wrote:
Dohun wrote:and why the heck would you try power sliding on a motorcycle? lol :laughing:
Ever watch a MotoGP race? They let the rear tire slip out a little bit. Not a true powerslide, but conceptually the same.

Ever see a supermoto or motocross race? They TRULY do powerslides on motorcycles, just like on a bicycle. And the supermoto guys do it on asphalt as well as dirt.

Proof:
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.. lol I KNOW they do but why would you?

I know I would never try a powerslide any time soon.
Because it's a faster way of getting around a corner. And that's the whole point to racing.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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#26 Unread post by intotherain »

Sev wrote:
Dohun wrote:
Dragonhawk wrote:
Dohun wrote:and why the heck would you try power sliding on a motorcycle? lol :laughing:
Ever watch a MotoGP race? They let the rear tire slip out a little bit. Not a true powerslide, but conceptually the same.

Ever see a supermoto or motocross race? They TRULY do powerslides on motorcycles, just like on a bicycle. And the supermoto guys do it on asphalt as well as dirt.

Proof:
Image
.. lol I KNOW they do but why would you?

I know I would never try a powerslide any time soon.
Because it's a faster way of getting around a corner. And that's the whole point to racing.

oh really??? thats so cool I didnt know that!
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Dohun wrote:
Sev wrote:
Dohun wrote:
Dragonhawk wrote:
Dohun wrote:and why the heck would you try power sliding on a motorcycle? lol :laughing:
Ever watch a MotoGP race? They let the rear tire slip out a little bit. Not a true powerslide, but conceptually the same.

Ever see a supermoto or motocross race? They TRULY do powerslides on motorcycles, just like on a bicycle. And the supermoto guys do it on asphalt as well as dirt.

Proof:
Image
.. lol I KNOW they do but why would you?

I know I would never try a powerslide any time soon.
Because it's a faster way of getting around a corner. And that's the whole point to racing.

oh really??? thats so cool I didnt know that!
you should get a dirtbike, It's fun!
And you can do all sorts of dirty stuff! (pun intended)
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#28 Unread post by storysunfolding »

jstark47 wrote:
storysunfolding wrote:it's not that different than riding a bike into the back of a truck via a ramp... not sure what the issue is here...
Issue: the 45 degree angle on a flight of stairs? I would never do a ramp on a truck at that angle.
Really? I thought a 45 degree angle was standard... Yeah, just measured my ramp and my trucks bed height. kicks out to ~53 degrees... Standard frontier king cab.
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#29 Unread post by intotherain »

lol a 45 degree angle ramp? That could be scary to a beginner mountain biker (its easily done though) yet alone a beginner motorcyclist.
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#30 Unread post by MotoF150 »

The DRZ400S is 258 lbs plus it has a extreme long travel suspension, a suspension that can handle stairs, plus it has a high ground clearance, add to that a race proven Yoshy engine that that bike has the engine performance to do almost anything you want it to do, its a no-brainer! Buy a Suzuki DRZ400S!
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