Biaggi will finally be able to sleep at night...

[DEATH_INC.]

Doohans thumbbrake, I wasn't awhere it was widely copied ?

Yep, i was on a website the other day that still has thumb brake master cylinders for sale. Seemingly everyone used them for a while.....
http://stores.sportbiketrackgear.com/Detail.bok?no=104

[Cleve]

What's all the bloody dangly leg and thumb brake comments got to do with the thread title??!!
Anyway congrats to Biaggi - another World title after many years.
Sufoglu and Laverty - well what can we say except look forward to more of the same in the deciding final championship round.

[pritch]

What's all the bloody dangly leg and thumb brake comments got to do with the thread title??!!
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That'd be my fault, there was an open thread relating to the same meeting and I just didn't have the energy to start a new thread.

[Shaun]

What's all the bloody dangly leg and thumb brake comments got to do with the thread title??!!
Anyway congrats to Biaggi - another World title after many years.
Sufoglu and Laverty - well what can we say except look forward to more of the same in the deciding final championship round.

Sufoglu has amazed me with his comments about the crash " He did it on purpose" what a Fuk tard, why would you make your self crash in the first place? Eugene is just prepared to push all to get to the front, and bloody good on him

PS, Fuk the Biaggi thread

[Shaun]

The 'dangly foot'?

Is it similar to the off road technique when cornering and putting the inside foot out towards the front axle. It certainly helps, but not sure why. I think it acts as a sort of counter balance?

But this RR 'dangly foot' thing seems different, as they just let it dangle downwards.

Where's Shaun when ya need him?

Hiding in the dark room.

My thoughts on it are, I think the leg out thing started with Pysicologigal self warfare, ie, when you look way way through a corner, in your head you have already done it, finished with it really, ( Freddie Spencer was my hero for this work way back when, and front tyre sliding) and I believe apart of this leg dangling is that as well, ie, your leg has gone into the turn already, so mentally you feal committed and finished with it.

There is a weight distrabution thing with it also, but I truly believe it as my first pharagraph on it, A MIND GAME.

If I believe my hand is a car, it is a car, simple.

Not to mention the 5 Daughters that travel with it

[lostinflyz]

Yep, i was on a website the other day that still has thumb brake master cylinders for sale. Seemingly everyone used them for a while.....
http://stores.sportbiketrackgear.com/Detail.bok?no=104

Geoff Maloney who runs gptech has been helping me out a bit building my aprilia. I've got one on the way over with a few other bits if someone wants to get one, and not pay shipping.

www.gptechllc.com

[pritch]

( Freddie Spencer was my hero for this work way back when, and front tyre sliding)

I read a recent interview with him in which he said he learned the front wheel thing when riding on wet clay. Then he transferred that to 130mph corners...

He also said that he could do this with such precision that at the end of the race he would have only varied his track about four inches over the entire course of the race.

Sadly his wife has left him, his business has folded, and he's selling his race bikes.
He came across as a nice guy, I wish him well.

[Shaun]

I read a recent interview with him in which he said he learned the front wheel thing when riding on wet clay. Then he transferred that to 130mph corners...

He also said that he could do this with such precision that at the end of the race he would have only varied his track about four inches over the entire course of the race.

Sadly his wife has left him, his business has folded, and he's selling his race bikes.
He came across as a nice guy, I wish him well.

Read the same interview. I used to spend hours watching vids of Freddie racing years ago, and he 100% could slide the front end in he 4" Zone he spoke of, I remember the first time I saw him do it, and was convinced a crash was coming, but O no, and then he repeated it lap after after lap.

Him and Mich Doohan were the 2 most technical riders I have ever studied

Would have been good to have had Matt Maladin in the world scene instead of the AMA all this time, he was another extremelly precise rider and could have been a world champion in any class of racing I think, I Guess he must have just liked his income and life style in the USA, big shame really

[roogazza]

I read a recent interview with him in which he said he learned the front wheel thing when riding on wet clay. Then he transferred that to 130mph corners...

He also said that he could do this with such precision that at the end of the race he would have only varied his track about four inches over the entire course of the race.

Sadly his wife has left him, his business has folded, and he's selling his race bikes.
He came across as a nice guy, I wish him well.

I watched that too (will try and find it) on either 'youtube' or maybe sky Doc ? Things aren't going so well for him, but came across as a nice fella. Brilliant, but just couldn't get over his arm problems.
A very good mate was go'fer in his team of 85 when he won both 250 and 500. Unusual creature, as are most of the best. G.

[White trash]

( Freddie Spencer was my hero for this work way back when, and front tyre sliding)

Ahhh Freddie Spencer, what a genius. We have him to thank (obviously) for the almighty MVX250. If he hadn't of done so well on the V3, Honda would never have thought it a good idea to build them, then I'd have nothing to rebuild......

[denill]

But he's still an arsehole.
http://crash.net/world+superbikes/ne..._reaction.html

Have only recently realised - he is the only world class rider I have actively disliked.