Motherfucking tank slapper from hell

[Headbanger]

:Punk:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ScKEbTTaOU


Its got to be said, even with the crash, he is way better at wheelies then me.

[MVnut]

That was not a good wheelie.....................good wheelies you land without falling off.....the guy needs to learn to ride, he could have killed the guy on the other bike

[Headbanger]

Fuck.

You are kidding.

Next you will tell me good cornering doesn't consist of falling off either.

I never said the motherfucker was good, I said he was better then me, Huge difference right there.

[MVnut]

Fuck.

You are kidding.

Next you will tell me good cornering doesn't consist of falling off either.

I never said the motherfucker was good, I said he was better then me, Huge difference right there.

Generally speaking, good cornering does NOT involve falling off....the guy pulling the wheelie was not capable, simple as that...he nearly killed his mate

[Headbanger]

Generally speaking, good cornering does NOT involve falling off....the guy pulling the wheelie was not capable, simple as that...he nearly killed his mate

Thank fuck you pointed that out.


Never would have seen it myself.

[Metastable]

That is a pretty vicious tank slapper. I'm surprised he even held on. Once... going over a set of double railway tracks.... the grips just ripped out of my hands. That was probably a good thing, because the bike settled itself on its own. People say to do this or do that or do whatever when a tank slapper happens..... truth is you are on for the ride and you hope for the best. Note - a slapper does not = a strong weave.... that's a different story.

[Hashbandicoot]

He survived like a boss.

[SMOKEU]

Video only 360p?! What is this, 2004?

[Mike.Gayner]

Video only 360p?! What is this, 2004?

I saw this a few days ago @ 720, some idiot is sharing the mirror low res version.

[Headbanger]

I saw this a few days ago @ 720, some idiot is sharing the mirror low res version.

.....righto.....It showed up on the Australian news sites at that res, and the only copy I could see uploaded to youtube comes from the same source.

Show us the 720......

[Akzle]

"Motherfucking tank slapper from hell"
and shit*

[DamianW]

At least he now owns a fashionable pair of jeans :rolleyes:

[Thaeos]

So.. is there anything you can do in a tank slapper?

Apart from wearing hi viz.

[Brett]

That was not a good wheelie.....................good wheelies you land without falling off.....the guy needs to learn to ride, he could have killed the guy on the other bike

Sorry man, disagree. Sometimes putting a wheelie back down when the bike is crossed up can really go pear shaped. His mistake was landing with the front wheel not straight. Shit will sometimes go very wrong that way.

[Brett]

So.. is there anything you can do in a tank slapper?

Apart from wearing hi viz.

One of the California Superbike instructors told me that a lot of people's crashes are caused by poor rider input. IE holding onto the bars too tight and not gripping the tank with their knees. His advice for controlling slappers (the tank slapping kind) is not to try and grip the shit out of the bars, but to grip the bike with the knees, light touches onto the bars and the bike will sort itself out 9/10 times. I Certainly found that I became much smoother on the track once I stopped trying to wrangle the bike everywhere by the bars and rely more on my knees and lighter inputs through the bars.

[AllanB]

Hmmmm - tank slappers were originally something brought on at speed - the bike would be at high speed and the bars start slapping side to side - back in the day the way out was to lie down on the tank and slowly decelerate. Instantly rolling off the throttle only made it worse.


That vid is solely due to a wheelie landing while the front end was turned. Bloody lucky he was not badly injured and I'm impressed the bike will ride again/

[Metastable]

So.. is there anything you can do in a tank slapper?

Apart from wearing hi viz.

Best thing is to have a steering damper..... being a hypocrite here since my track bike doesn't have one. That doesn't answer your question though. IMO, the best thing is to let go of the bars if they aren't ripped from your hands to begin with. I don't see how anyone could have any kind of throttle control with the bars slapping around vigorously.... for sure a death grip would make it worse.

Honestly my slapper started... my hands instantly lost control of the handle bars.... and then it went into a weave and I was able to grab back on to the bars and accelerate. The slapper itself probably didn't last more than 2 seconds.... then it was just a weave. The slapper started instantly and went full lock to lock. It was violent, it started instantly and it sorted itself out without any conscious inputs from me.

[Grubber]

One of the California Superbike instructors told me that a lot of people's crashes are caused by poor rider input. IE holding onto the bars too tight and not gripping the tank with their knees. His advice for controlling slappers (the tank slapping kind) is not to try and grip the shit out of the bars, but to grip the bike with the knees, light touches onto the bars and the bike will sort itself out 9/10 times. I Certainly found that I became much smoother on the track once I stopped trying to wrangle the bike everywhere by the bars and rely more on my knees and lighter inputs through the bars.

Correct! Give the man a chocolate fish!

[SMOKEU]

I'm just glad I've never had the pleasure of a proper slapper*

I've had a bit of headshake on the SRAD, and that was enough to scare me a fair bit. Happened with heavy acceleration in 2nd gear, and that doesn't have enough power to power wheelie in 2nd gear either. I'm light as at around 75-78kg including riding gear.









*tankslapper, you sick, perverted fuck.

[unstuck]

*tankslapper, you sick, perverted fuck.

We all know you like bumsex with black dudes.:yes::yes:

[SMOKEU]

We all know you like bumsex with black dudes.:yes::yes:

I told you to keep it a secret! ;)