Damn this kid is fast.

And he's 11.

And his bike makes 22hp and tops out at 90mph.

He's absolutely schooling other riders with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU6xrs7SOCc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkf_2m6MZ88

Awesome.     I love watching people who think they can ride get schooled. 

  I know!

I wish I could ride 1/4 as good as that kid!

Quote from: NAKID on September 13, 2008, 09:13:52 PM
I wish I could ride 1/4 as good as that kid!

I keep telling myself I want to get my ass to the track for the first time and when I do just pick up a Ninja 250 and learn the crap out of it and dont even think about getting anything larger for a long time.

ok, well its obvious the kid has mad skills, it will be interesting to see if the kid moves up the ranks in teh coming years and makes it to motogp.  that would be pretty cool

Quote from: NAKID on September 13, 2008, 09:13:52 PM
I wish I could ride 1/4 as good as that kid!

Bugger that, If I could be a tenth as good as this kid I'd be happy!

Good on him, the kid has some damn fine skills!

Here are three more good ones.  He's completely owning all the other riders.  It's like he's out there alone 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyvzWnNnBgU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI7hGPJDF3g&feature=related

And kicking ass on a tiny KTM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6hlD7sRqbc&feature=related

the next Casey Stoner..

he is a natural, i wonder if his parents ride (of course they do, who else would let their 10yo kid do that?)

Quote from: Monsterlover on September 13, 2008, 08:43:35 PM
Damn this kid is fast.

And he's 11.

And his bike makes 22hp and tops out at 90mph.

He's absolutely schooling other riders with it.

The kid is very talented, but I'd like to point out that a couple of things.

1) Many of those other riders seem to be taking things very slowly, maybe they were novices, just circulating the

track to learn the layout and corners.

2) There is a big  advantage in riding a smaller lighter bike. Direction changes are a lot easier due to lower

inertia, and the weight is closer to the ground, not to mention less weight for the tires to hold onto.

3) So his bike only makes 22hp, that too can be a huge advanatge as you worry a lot less about spinning or sliding

when snapping the throttle open.

I looked up the specs on the bike and found that it only weighs 160 pounds, add another 70 for the rider and you're looking at a combined weight of 230 pounds. Some of other riders in that video looked like they might have been closing in on 230 WITHOUT their bike.

here's the kid:

http://peterlenz.com/

there are some more videos of him on that site.

Quote from: SA_S2R on September 14, 2008, 11:17:07 AM

The kid is very talented, but I'd like to point out that a couple of things.

i wouldn't say that a video is truly indicative of his speed compared to the other riders on track*. but will, the camera man, is VERY fast on that track and said the kid is fast as hell.

i expect this kid to announce a pro ride in the next 4-5 years.

*it's a california superbike school class. who knows what lesson the other guys are doing.

Quote from: SA_S2R on September 14, 2008, 11:17:07 AM

2) There is a big  advantage in riding a smaller lighter bike. Direction changes are a lot easier due to lower

inertia, and the weight is closer to the ground, not to mention less weight for the tires to hold onto.

Thanks for that info. 

i think what would help put a better persepctive on his speed is knowing what bike is following him, and being able to see the speedo.

it didn't sound too small of a bike and he only backed off the throttle on long straights from i heard.

Quote from: Raux on September 14, 2008, 01:19:07 PM
i think what would help put a better persepctive on his speed is knowing what bike is following him, and being able to see the speedo.

it didn't sound too small of a bike and he only backed off the throttle on long straights from i heard.

given the location, i'd be really surprised if it wasn't a kawasaki zx6.

i can find out, if you want. one of my buddies knows will.

...or you can ask misti.

from my perspective... the kid's a prorider... but that's because i'm a schmuck rider and really can't tell you if he's doing it right or not.

but i think knowing more about the bike behind and getting some corner speeds and the like from a speedo on the camera might tell some of you track riders how well he's doing.