Why do burnouts?

[popelli]

I don't see cruiser riders doing this

obviously hanging out with the wrong crowd or not going to the right parties

[StoneY]

If you have to ask, you don't understand !!!!!

Hehehe like this answer

[st00ji]

Apparantley our 2010 Hiace diesel work van does amazing line lock burnouts. Right into 4th gear I've heard.

On the bike, it's a balance of front brake, twist of throttle, clutch out. Weight over the bars. Watch the front doesn't lift, or you're moving forward. Quickly.

vans tend to to do sweet skids, especially turbo diesels. not much weight over the back plus load sensitive brake proportioning helps.

we had an old high top hiace with two tyres on each side of the rear back at one of my old jobs, did great heel-toe standstills at the lights etc. used to get some pretty funny looks! boss never questioned why we had to replace the tyres on one side three or four times without the other side needing to be touched, hah.

[Autech]

vans tend to to do sweet skids, especially turbo diesels. not much weight over the back plus load sensitive brake proportioning helps.

we had an old high top hiace with two tyres on each side of the rear back at one of my old jobs, did great heel-toe standstills at the lights etc. used to get some pretty funny looks! boss never questioned why we had to replace the tyres on one side three or four times without the other side needing to be touched, hah.

I have an 2005 the last of the older shaped models. I tell you if you so feel like it, so I hear, that if you kick the clutch while taking a corner in 2nd, she'll light up the rear for a few seconds of smile inducing bliss. So I hear anyways...

[firefighter]

Yeah I don't really get into burnouts either.

I fucken hate listening to it down the road and seeing black lines all over the road too. It makes a nice area look like shit.

I know i'm probably one of the very few with this opinion, iv'e done plenty before when I thought I was cool doing it as a teenager and to be honest that's the only reason why, because my mates thought it was cool. I've been to a burnout comp and was bored as hell, the only cool bit was the sound of the big V8s and looking at them, then the smoke made them invisible, so it was actually really gay until they stopped! As for the Jappas going vrrrroooop pish vroooop pish vrooop pishhhhh........what a yawn-a-thon. How anyone thinks that sounds better than the heart shaking V8 rumble is beyond me.

I know i'm a weirdo.

[Laava]

I watched a few bikes burn out their tyres at the CK this year [I stood upwind!] and after about 20 jappas had gone up, some guy decided to do one on his harley. Well he needed about 5 extra guys to help him wobble his bike up there and he really needed lessons on mastering the clutch and throttle, but when he had finished, eventually, some bozo yelled out, "Yeah bro, fuck those jappas!" I couldn't help myself and yelled out "Spot the brain cell!" Jo punched me in the ribs while other people sniggered!

[slydesigns]

Burnout are bad...lol


There is a better photo in the Kiwi Rider mag from last month, its all smoke and half my head and not much else. God bless the Hinkley engineers for adding spadefuls of torque to the 675. It was MADE to be a hooligan on!

[avgas]

Can a burn out be done in an unmodifed car - how do you get it started and control it.

Easy peasey.....

McDonald trays under the drive wheels, and drop the clutch while giving 1st lots of revs.
By the time the tyres hit road they are already spinning.
Even a tata nano could do a burnout this way.

[Autech]

Or you could try the "Reverse back then bang it into drive (or first) approach.

Maccas trays are good fun, in my younger days I worked there while studying, we'd all grab a few after work and head to the nearest industrial street in our front wheel drive Jappas. Drive the rear wheels on to the tray and engage the hand brake, then go round n round n round n round

Good times

As for a V8 sounding better than a Jappa.
I'd agree most of the time (especially if it goes wank wank wank wank waaaaaank) but if the car in question has a straight 6 Skyline or Supra motor, bliss.

[StoneY]

I can honestly say I have never done a burnout in a car deliberately, not even the 4 V8's I have owned

More fun on a bike anyway, can make shapes, do donuts, wheelie out and hope the tyre aint about to pop..... LOL

I generally save em for tyre change day and smoke out the workshop at TSS anyway

[bogan]

its about the power, the noise, the smoke, the smell! (insert tim the tool man grunts).

Either get a shitter to thrash, or wait till the tyres are outa life, cheaper that way but just as awesome

another cheap option is get a 2T dirtbike with a good knobly then go do skids in the mud, you still get the noise and smell (nothing like a nice 2T fume aroma), no smoke but the mud flying fucking everywhere is a pretty reasonable substitute

[White trash]

Only poofters do burnouts with their feet on the ground...

[bogan]

Only poofters do burnouts with their feet on the ground...

pffft, his front wheel is still on the ground, get that in the air while doing a burnout and I'll be impressed

[slydesigns]

Photos coming of a Rolling burnout to Wheelie, just for you Bogan. We are hitting the Stunt track at Rotorua this this weekend... Assuming Alexis still wants to play after jumping from under the McLearns Falls bridge and getting the monster leg bruise from a dodgey water entry to the appreciation of the crowd!!

[The Lone Rider]

People on cruisers do burn outs.

They are suited to it same as any bike.