Get some cornering practice.

[WRT]

Sorry if you guys have seen this before, but I havent spotted it on here so far, so here goes.

The thing about this clip is how quickly the guy is dropping this bike (VFR400?? Not sure) onto its line. He's not going nuts trying to get his knee down, hes not even moving his lower body around on the bike all that much. But as he comes up to the corner, he just DROPS it into the turn. No lining it up, no leaning it over, just BANG - goes from vertical to the right angle for the corner as fast as possible - and he gets it right every time. Doesnt often need to adjust his line as he corners.

Impressive to watch.

[Eurodave]

Top riding that man,:2thumbsup shit I got lost after the first few corners!!

[phoenixgtr]

Nice. Youre right tho...he goes from upright to right over like its nothing!!

[stunz]

what confuzzled me was how the heck he knew where he was going...I got lost after the first corner...

[Postie]

maybe he just makes it up and gets style points......... i'm sure i'm wrong. still, serious skills there

[WRT]

Took me a while to realise what was going on at the end when he put his foot down. I think I seriously expected him to just keep riding until he either fell off or ran out of gas. Its kind of mesmerising to watch.

It looks like a timed circuit, so I would say that he has done that a few times in the past . . .

[MSTRS]

Took me a while to realise what was going on at the end when he put his foot down. I think I seriously expected him to just keep riding until he either fell off or ran out of gas. Its kind of mesmerising to watch.

It looks like a timed circuit, so I would say that he has done that a few times in the past . . .
Yep....practise and familiarity with bike & course. Note how he lifts & drops his upper body to assist with COG changes. Cool to watch.

[TwoSeven]

Its a good sport that one, a chap I knew in london years ago who did cbt training had a course marked out. Used to take my F2 round it - fun. I used to have problems with tight cones, the F2 required a partial stoppie turn to get round em - he swore you didnt need to but I never figured out how unless you were on a scooter.

The quick turning is easy, just requires not being so lazy on the turning - looks like he is just simply muscling the bars. Nice throttle work tho I thought.

Surprised they dont run those comps here tho.

[Lou Girardin]

If he tried hanging off he wouldn't have been able to make such quick transitions. Great skills, would be useful in traffic.

[gamgee]

does anyone know what sort of bike that is? it looks (and sounds) more 250ish like an older vtr250 or something

[XP@]

I can do that... well maybe not but I'd sure like to try!

Anyone in the welly area got a 250 they would lend me and a large car park?

[sAsLEX]

does anyone know what sort of bike that is? it looks (and sounds) more 250ish like an older vtr250 or something

VFR400 the model before the nc30 dunno what it is called. Exhaust on the non swingarm side ...

[onearmedbandit]

NC24 VFR400.

[Korea]

Mmmm! Saw something similar with Japanese police bikers doing a training circuit, equally tight and twisty on VT750's~ I think.
This guy has some mad skills alright.
It's all in the steering! A quick counter-steer push on the inside handle bar and the bike falls into the turn. When he reaches the right angle he keeps it there - and so should you. Keep steering inputs to a minimum, preferably one, or you'll upset the the bike in the corner (get it right in the entry).
Meanwhile, you too can have this level of cornering apptitude by training in Tokyo traffic!
:yes:

[bugjuice]

stick some cars there and you'd be lane splitting around Auckland!
Seen it before. I bet his flat spots aren't down the middle

[Motu]

I posted this one a loooong time ago.Good dirt bike skills - watch his helmet,he's got a neck like an owl and looks where he wants to go.

[FROSTY]

I'll stand corrected here but I think thats an instructor at a Jap advanced riding school. Those bikes were vfr400 NC24's stripped down Naked-with big crash bars on em--Colemans had a few a couple of years back

[Bartman10]

I agree that it's in Japan.

Awesome vid. Cheers

[pyrocam]

that looks like FUN!

[TwoSeven]

yep, think its in japan. I had a whole bunch of short vids of a competition a while back, but different bike and course. Not sure if its an instruction thing tho - the ones I saw were timed events - you could see em doin the scoring.

[Edbear]

Draw dropping stuff! Makes me think I need a few lessons!

[TwoSeven]

Maybe it could be a kb event at the track days - mini-circuit racing ?

[skidMark]

:gob: holy crap thats some nice riding suprised the bike didnt let go

also noticed sometimes when he was doing slalem you could see the suspention in the rear nainly dive right down as he was flicking the bike over must have been forcing his weight down hard or wierd suspention set up?

[Zed]

Sorry if you guys have seen this before, but I havent spotted it on here so far, so here goes.

Impressive to watch.Yeah seen it before, but thanks for posting it again, I was looking for that movie not so long ago but couldn't find it. Top riding skills displayed!

[DogBreath]

That is sooo cool
Reminds me of the jet sprint stuff.
Are they special tyres? Looks like shit loads of traction way down low.
Thanks for the clip

[Wasp]

I can do that... well maybe not but I'd sure like to try!

Anyone in the welly area got a 250 they would lend me and a large car park?

hmmm mabye..... if i can try it with yours :bash:

looks VERY much like my vtz, same engine bracket running in the curve under the engine, similiar front and fairings...... but its not quite the same... possibly a Spada i reckon or a vt250fe with the front fairing removed.

pic of my bike below (not actually my bike)

edit: couple of differences i notice after watching and pauseing

- no rear indicators (could have broken off)
- two brake discs on the front instead of one