Best power slide ever - Melandri's last corner at Phillip island

MD · 2nd October 2006, 18:08

I can't believe you racing fans haven't been raving about this last week. I'm talking about the new God of cornering at the MotoGP. I was watching the highlights on TV1 yesterday and couldn't believe what I saw as Melandri came around the last corner seconds before he wins. It wasn't the shear speed as he came around the bend that blew me away, it wasn't the awesome clouds of smokin rubber coming off both tyres IN THE WET, it wasn't that he was still well leaned over. No, No this man set a new standard. I had to replay the tape half a dozen times to take it in. He was riding one handed all the way round the bend! What the ... his left arm raised in victory to the crowd (one finger up as in; I'm coming in number one).
Sorry I can't attach any picture. It would make an amazing poster. Most impression shot from racing I've seen.
Buy that man a beer someone. I have a new racing idol to replace that Rosie bloke.

**MattRSK** · 2nd October 2006, 18:14

Awesome!

I couldnt find a photo!

**cowpoos** · 2nd October 2006, 18:38

you havn't seen the shot of rossi almost knee down giving biaggi the finger????

**Kendog** · 2nd October 2006, 18:43

There are a couple of vids of it in this thread
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...light=Melandri

Damn good effort.

**The_Dover** · 2nd October 2006, 18:54

bollocks, you should have seen me on the way to work this morning in the pissing rain.

hit a cat's eye on the motorway and wahey!!!

melandri eat your heart out.

**Motu** · 2nd October 2006, 19:11

No one seems to be interested in getting sideways here,it's always been my biggest thrill.Wheelstands and stoppies,it's all they can do.

**SPman** · 2nd October 2006, 19:13

Calling them catseyes now, eh......................?

MD · 2nd October 2006, 19:31

Apologies this is a crap way to do it but it's all I can manage. Atleast it gives an ideal of what he was doing but you wont appreciate the tyre smoking and that he is moving more sideways than forward. Cheers to MattRSK for finding a clear pic. of the same guy at it again.

**MattRSK** · 2nd October 2006, 19:35

Originally Posted by MD

Apologies this is a crap way to do it but it's all I can manage. Atleast it gives an ideal of what he was doing but you wont appreciate the tyre smoking and that he is moving more sideways than forward. Cheers to MattRSK for finding a clear pic. of the same guy at it again.

I can just imagine it, awesome stuff. Getting it on bittorrent at the moment so I will be able to see the race soon.

MD · 2nd October 2006, 19:37

Originally Posted by Kendog

There are a couple of vids of it in this thread
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...light=Melandri

Damn good effort.

Ok. My bad, I did have a look first under racing. So what, it deserves more mention.

**pritch** · 2nd October 2006, 19:46

Originally Posted by MD

I can't believe you racing fans haven't been raving about this last week.

It was great. Brilliant in fact.

If you see the footage about Gary McCoy in the movie "Faster" this ain't unique and Milandri wasn't first.

Mind you that one-handed flourish was a show stopper

Sort of puts the efforts of the "fast"

guys on KB into some sort of perspective