What's the rules with doing burnouts?

[SMOKEU]

My sons mate was doing a burnout and all the smoke was going straight over into the neighbours house. Next minute he had the hose from next door going full bore into his drivers window which was down. He got no sympathy from me when he was moaning about it.
So at least consider who has to smell or breathe the smoke from it.

The neighbour sounds like a dick. Skid smoke is great. Tell your sons mate to do a skid at 3am in the same spot.

[haydes55]

The following is factual first hand knowledge of both legalities and motard burnouts.

Fistly legalities:
Burnouts are illegal in a public area. Car parks, driveways or any other area accessible by public is public area. We had a drift car in my dads driveway/park, about 15m from the road at 7pm ish. Did a few donuts and burn out big smoke cloud, copper down the road heard/saw the smoke. Came barrelling up threatening all kinds of tickets. Stopped the car.

About 2 hours later we needed to get the drift car home to the neighbours so went to see if any cops were down the road. They were hiding in the bushes in our other neighbours. Some abuse was given and an arrest was made.

The next day at the cop shop we made queries and told next time;
1) lock the gate.
2) have a security guard
3) inform the cops before hand
4) they will try arrest us anyway (lucky we weren't lighting up a joint)
5) be cautious of smoke, wind direction and whether it could obstruct road vision.

So basically remove the license plate, scope out an industrial area that has an escape route small enough that a cop car can't give chase, wear different gear and don't stop.




As for burnouts on a motard, the long travel front suspension is a hindrance. Lean right over the front, support your weight on the handlebars. If you're not comfortable with trying to compress the forks, use a couple tie downs from the bottom of the forks to the handlebars. The front wheel will skip easily. If it bites, grab the clutch.

The clutch will handle it fine, don't ride the clutch (that's not a burn out anyway), just rev the tits off it, dump the clutch and keep all the weight you can on the handlebars.

Have fun! Smoke some rubber!

[scumdog]

Any skid is better than having traction.

Only if you're a fuckin' boy....

[Coldrider]

Burn it out at the cold kiwi, and be a hero for a few hours.

[Laava]

The neighbour sounds like a dick. Skid smoke is great. Tell your sons mate to do a skid at 3am in the same spot.

No, skid smoke is boring. I don,t give a fuck so long as I do not have to smell or breathe it and I sure as hell aren,t interested in hearing it. Any fuckin yokel can do a burnout, hell I even saw a bloke in Otaika doing a burnout in a daihatsu Mira. One wheel only and that was bouncing up and down with just occasional puffs of smoke coming off it. Totally retarded.

[nzspokes]

Drury Tyres have a skid area for this. Another reason they are the best tyre shop.

[Ocean1]

Amateur burnout on a DRZ400 on tarmac, were I a bookie, I'd give even odds for the clutch going, also even odds for it being dropped if the front isn't wedged against a wall.

The clutch will be fine.

But using a wall is gay. On the other hand if you don't then on a DRZ I doubt you'd break traction, you'd end up on yer arse.

[BuzzardNZ]

Do it outside the AA centre

[AllanB]

The rules are simple.

Front brake on
Lots of revs
Slip clutch till you feel rear spin
dump clutch
maintain lots of revs

[nerrrd]

Don't burnouts come from a place where there are no rules??

PS don't break your bike bro! But I want to see the video... heh, first time I've ever used that emoticon.

[bosslady]

The following is factual first hand knowledge of both legalities and motard burnouts.

Fistly legalities:
Burnouts are illegal in a public area. Car parks, driveways or any other area accessible by public is public area. We had a drift car in my dads driveway/park, about 15m from the road at 7pm ish. Did a few donuts and burn out big smoke cloud, copper down the road heard/saw the smoke. Came barrelling up threatening all kinds of tickets. Stopped the car.

About 2 hours later we needed to get the drift car home to the neighbours so went to see if any cops were down the road. They were hiding in the bushes in our other neighbours. Some abuse was given and an arrest was made.

The next day at the cop shop we made queries and told next time;
1) lock the gate.
2) have a security guard
3) inform the cops before hand
4) they will try arrest us anyway (lucky we weren't lighting up a joint)
5) be cautious of smoke, wind direction and whether it could obstruct road vision.

So basically remove the license plate, scope out an industrial area that has an escape route small enough that a cop car can't give chase, wear different gear and don't stop.




As for burnouts on a motard, the long travel front suspension is a hindrance. Lean right over the front, support your weight on the handlebars. If you're not comfortable with trying to compress the forks, use a couple tie downs from the bottom of the forks to the handlebars. The front wheel will skip easily. If it bites, grab the clutch.

The clutch will handle it fine, don't ride the clutch (that's not a burn out anyway), just rev the tits off it, dump the clutch and keep all the weight you can on the handlebars.

Have fun! Smoke some rubber!

Great advice thank you! Esp leaning over the front. I see what you mean when I YouTube'd motard burnouts!

Do it outside the AA centre

TThat's the best post you've ever made.

The rules are simple.

Front brake on
Lots of revs
Slip clutch till you feel rear spin
dump clutch
maintain lots of revs

Sounds too simple even!

Don't burnouts come from a place where there are no rules??

PS don't break your bike bro! But I want to see the video... heh, first time I've ever used that emoticon.

We should find somewhere on Thursday?

[nerrrd]

We should find somewhere on Thursday?

Like I would know anywhere... and no you can't use my driveway (even the one-twenty sixth of it which is actually mine).

[haydes55]

Great advice thank you! Esp leaning over the front. I see what you mean when I YouTube'd motard burnouts!

TThat's the best post you've ever made.
Sounds too simple even!


We should find somewhere on Thursday?

I offer my dads driveway in Pukekohe or my flats shed in Hamilton any time to any burnouts. Or in the pits at speedway after a meeting. Wouldn't be the first nor last burnout at either venue.

[bosslady]

I offer my dads driveway in Pukekohe or my flats shed in Hamilton any time to any burnouts. Or in the pits at speedway after a meeting. Wouldn't be the first nor last burnout at either venue.

Lol tis a bit far away. Imagine rocking up to your dads alone and informing him I'm going to do burnouts on HIS driveway, lol.

[bosslady]

Like I know anywhere... and no you can't use my driveway (even the one-twenty sixth of it which is actually mine).

Can find somewhere, need your moral support!