this guy's got em..........apologies if this has been posted already

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KycZk1M7g24

Yes, it's been posted, but it's fun to watch again. He actually looks like he is having a blast.

Insane!

First time I saw it

Quote from: MTBryan on October 24, 2008, 03:27:06 PM
Yes, it's been posted, but it's fun to watch again. He actually looks like he is having a blast.

Yeah he looks like he is enjoying the entire ride... Bring it on... More rain

As Rossi would say, "FAK!" 

I'm sure he does have brass ones, and there probably permanently spot welded to that tank!

Been there - done that  [moto]










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I agree Kiyo has a couple of big ones, but he also has traction control.

Why does Bayliss crash twice under similar conditions?  No traction control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zibxeVb2j5I

pause it at 1:11 crazy tread pattern!

Quote from: He Man on October 24, 2008, 06:54:48 PM
pause it at 1:11 crazy tread pattern!

Looks like hand-cut slicks 

I think I just had an uninterrupted cremaster response for 3 1/2 minutes...

First thing that came to my mind....Only a motocross rider can ride like that. 

Quote from: Drunken Monkey on October 24, 2008, 08:23:45 PM
Looks like hand-cut slicks 

nope. michelin full wets.

Quote from: JohnnyDucati on October 24, 2008, 05:54:37 PM
I agree Kiyo has a couple of big ones, but he also has traction control.

Why does Bayliss crash twice under similar conditions?  No traction control.

those conditions are hardly similar. kiyo's qualifying lap was in wet, but not raining, conditions. and he DID crash a lap or two after this.

that bayliss race was a torrential downpour. he crashed 3 times that race, iirc.

Quote from: derby on October 24, 2008, 09:55:52 PM
those conditions are hardly similar. kiyo's qualifying lap was in wet, but not raining, conditions. and he DID crash a lap or two after this.

that bayliss race was a torrential downpour. he crashed 3 times that race, iirc.

Nope- no downpour.  I was at that race in May '02.  It had been raining all morning.  The race was delayed for quite a while as we sat in the bleachers, expecting the race to be called off any minute.  Finally, the rain stopped and the race was given the go ahead, and the track actually started to dry off, but there was still plenty of standing water.  What you see in the '02 video is the spray from the bikes.  I got some great photos from my old 35mm Canon that I need to digitally scan.

I wasn't at the Kiyo time trial at Donington, but that video gave me serious deja vu back to the Silverstone race.

I'm sure that Kiyo dude is a great rider, but my point is that traction control must play a huge role in being able to perform like that in the wet.  Not even Bayliss (or Edwards) could ride like that sans electronic TC, based on the race I saw in person.  The riding that Kiyo is doing just doesn't look . . . unassisted.  Just my .02.

best regards,

John