Uh I need a runway, really let me explain

[nismaratwork]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDjMlamhynk"

I rest my case, the crash near the end: at 3:05 is horrific, the bike came down on the rider, then went into the apron, the rider rear ended the guy in front of him, sending him to the tarmac at very high speed.

Rhody...

P.S. The crashes throughout this video should give any same racer (there aren't many of them) pause...
and this compiled http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqB97XoWZXQ&feature=related", watch at 1:00 minute this guy was 6 inches and about 10 milliseconds in the right place at the right time, or he would have been killed for sure. These are older compiled segments, still hard to watch though.

Wow that's some amazing racing... *approaches 3:05*... yeah, really, whoa... look out!
*cleans mouth and keyboard*...

...very... potent imagery.

 

[rhody]

I am contemplating small finishing touches, something like the second thumbnail below on the back of the bike, in the tail section, and possibly something like this on the black powder coated swing arm, in blood red, like the formula for thrust, first thumbnail.

BTW, took the FJR out for a bit today, temps in the high 30's parked then did my usual 1 hour walk, sun was just setting as I returned home. Nice day all in all.

I am open to requests for posts, I have a few uncharted areas in mind, but would like requests from the lurkers in this peanut gallery, sorry Turbo, Misnara, Mugs, hehe.

Rhody...

P.S. The last thumbnail is of my daughter, Rhody child (I got that one from Evo), and her boyfriend, home from 82nd Airborne Training for Christmas break, let's call him Green Baret brat, great guy, wish them the best.

 

[turbo]

Rhody, the pepper graphic would be cool. You could play with the palatte too. Maybe make your carbons a nice blood-red, and put a black and green pepper with light highlights on the rear fender. I'm fond of contrasts and inversions.

One reason that I liked my old tweaked Wide-Glide so much when I first bought it was the paint-job that featured "broken" trim over the flames. It's a little visual grabber. It took me years to get the performance on a par with the paint, but it was fun. Luckily, I have a very tolerant wife. She never complained if she came home after work and found a carb all torn down on the kitchen table, and she didn't give me a hard time for using our kitchen table as a work-bench when I rebuilt and restored old guitar tube-amps. She's a saint.

 

[rhody]

Stay tuned, the bike is done, Professional Calendar photo's with College models have been taken, and I have a special set with the model who displayed my bike. Will post with pictures of the extra bits that have been added.

All I can say is, wow, to the bike I mean, if you get my drift... Will share when I get CD, Turbo, my buddy said he would have an extra Calendar for you, I took him at his word. The bottom line is, the bike will be a part of history, February 2011. Fair enough.

Rhody...

 

[turbo]

Stay tuned, the bike is done, Professional Calendar photo's with College models have been taken, and I have a special set with the model who displayed my bike. Will post with pictures of the extra bits that have been added.

All I can say is, wow, to the bike I mean, if you get my drift... Will share when I get CD, Turbo, my buddy said he would have an extra Calendar for you, I took him at his word. The bottom line is, the bike will be a part of history, February 2011. Fair enough.

Rhody...

Really looking forward to it, Rhody. I love 2-wheeled machines. I didn't own a car the first year that I was married. Even in the winter, I drove back and forth to work on a Honda CL450. Wearing an Air-Force flight-line Eskimo suit with Wolverine-fur trim.

My wife eventually convinced me that I needed to get an enclosed vehicle with a heater. It was for the better, I guess.

Edit: is it February yet? How about now? Are we there yet?

 

[rhody]

Turbo,

Paid for the bike today, signed up for track day in June, may do a second day as well because you really don't "get it" on the first one. It arrives tomorrow morning by truck, the roads are just too crappy to ride it. The Ohlins fork action is really supple, smooth, just like the Patron Anejo, hehe... BTW, I will be sending you a calendar with the college models as promised in a week or two. Here is a small sample. The model posed with my bike, February I believe. There should be dramatic photo shopped backgrounds so the pictures should be interesting, a nice memory...

Rhody...

 

[turbo]

Turbo,

Paid for the bike today, signed up for track day in June, may do a second day as well because you really don't "get it" on the first one. It arrives tomorrow morning by truck, the roads are just too crappy to ride it. The Ohlins fork action is really supple, smooth, just like the Patron Anejo, hehe... BTW, I will be sending you a calendar with the college models as promised in a week or two. Here is a small sample. The model posed with my bike, February I believe. There should be dramatic photo shopped backgrounds so the pictures should be interesting, a nice memory...

Rhody...

Pretty cool, Rhody! Track days can be fun.

An acquaintance and his wife had Ducatis and they did track days as a family thing a few times each season. Eventually, he crashed and got concussions enough times that his doctor told him to quit the track, so he took up flying instead.

 

[rhody]

Lest we forget trials riders, a few video's for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmzM31g_dOQ"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIL7zqrEyNg&feature=fvw"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNXPflPh-8M&feature=related"

2009 SPEA FIM Indoor Trial World Championship - Madrid (SPA)

2009 SPEA FIM Trial World Championship - Portugal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGahKI-e9Y&feature=channel"

and a few who need a bit more practice... or we a bit off their game...

We all need practice before becoming proficient

Rhody...

P.S. Too much snow here, last winter I was able to ride ay least once a week, not this year, just dodged big snowfall, only about 10 inches here.

 

[turbo]

Where is Scorpa? She'd love those videos, but hasn't been around for a while.

 

[rcgldr]

A work in progress

Why aren't any of the normal liter bikes included in this comparason? Honda CBR 1000, Kawasaki ZX-10 (instead of the ZX-6), Suzuki GSXR 1000, Yamaha R1 1000, ?

A goal is to ship this bike to the Isle of Mann ... BMW ... abs

I don't think abs will help much here. The danger of the 37.75 mile (60.7 km) track is the combination of high speeds, narrow track, and remembering which turns are 200mph turns and which ones are 160mph turns. Average speed on the fastest bikes is 130 mph now. From Wiki:

... regards to the safety, especially "Mad Sunday" when any member of the public can ride the mountain section of the course which is open one way from Ramsey to Douglas. The TT races are extremely dangerous because of the high speeds on very narrow, twisting streets, roads and lanes flanked by stone walls and even buildings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man_TT

 

[rhody]

Why aren't any of the normal liter bikes included in this comparason? Honda CBR 1000, Kawasaki ZX-10 (instead of the ZX-6), Suzuki GSXR 1000, Yamaha R1 1000, ?

I don't think abs will help much here. The danger of the 37.75 mile (60.7 km) track is the combination of high speeds, narrow track, and remembering which turns are 200mph turns and which ones are 160mph turns. Average speed on the fastest bikes is 130 mph now. From Wiki:

... regards to the safety, especially "Mad Sunday" when any member of the public can ride the mountain section of the course which is open one way from Ramsey to Douglas. The TT races are extremely dangerous because of the high speeds on very narrow, twisting streets, roads and lanes flanked by stone walls and even buildings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man_TT

rcgldr,

As for as your first comment about the HP/Thrust Chart, it came from October 2010 Sport Rider Magazine. They choose the bikes, and did not include the ones you mentioned for unknown reasons, it addition, why they included the Kawasaki ZX-6R in a liter bike comparison is a stumper.

Second, Mad Sunday is open to the public, however I am not sure of the safety rules imposed, safety wiring, inspection, etc... add infinitum. I think it would be interesting to make a lap of the course, at a relaxed pace. I am fairly careful, and would not ride with or near any yahoo's who could take me out with their antics.

Third, if you go to one of my earlier posts, https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=2997732&postcount=6" and watch video 1 link I think you will see what a great job BMW did in their development of the bike, it speaks for itself. From what the guys who work in the bike sales industry are telling me, in 2012, Ducati, Yamaha, and Honda are promising to answer the challenge issued by BMW in 2009 with the S1000RR. That remains to be seen, but it will be interesting to see what they come up with. There are rumors of liter bikes with a dry weight in the neighborhood of 400 - 410 lbs. How they will do this is beyond my comprehension. I feel lucky to have shaved 15 lbs of my bike with a Taylor exhaust, with carbon fiber cover. About 445 lbs with a full tank of fuel.

Rhody...

P.S. I have stated in more than one post in this thread before, it bears repeating here, I have the most fun in 1st .. 3rd gears getting it up off the corners and on the power, the acceleration is awesome, high speed is not necessary for that sensation. Do it all the time with the heavy FJR, however the BMW is in a whole different league altogether. It will take some getting used to. I have signed up and prepaid for a track day in June at Loudon race track in NH. About 30 guys going, it should be fun. They tell me you put about 140 track miles on your bike, enough to shag a set of tires, a new set of tires will be ready at the end of the day.

P.P.S. Turbo I got the calendar's today, my bike appears in August. Not too bad for a college student's senior project. Decide for yourself. You should have it in a week or so.

 

[turbo]

Thanks Rhody. Looking forward to the calendar.

I wish Scorpa was still kicking around this board. Her dad is a Harley man, like me, and she really loved my tweaked-out old Wide-Glide. She picked the user-name when she was a teen and wanted a trials-bike.

 

[nismaratwork]

I realize this isn't very 'PF', but I sum up this whole thread, and recent post as, "this is so cool... hehehe..."

 

[rhody]

I realize this isn't very 'PF', but I sum up this whole thread, and recent post as, "this is so cool... hehehe..."

nismara,

I agree, if you live your life with little or no passion, then for what reason ?

Rhody...

P.S. Maybe I will find a way to scan, reduce and post, August 2011 Calendar shot with my bike in it. Give me a day or two, I will see what I can do.

 

[nismaratwork]

nismara,

I agree, if you live your life with little or no passion, then for what reason ?

Rhody...

P.S. Maybe I will find a way to scan, reduce and post, August 2011 Calendar shot with my bike in it. Give me a day or two, I will see what I can do.

re bold: I like that choice of words, and I'm damned sure looking forward to that shot! I may not ride them, but they are sexy bikes... I don't know another word for it.

 

[turbo]

Rhody, my situation is:

Nobody left to run with anymore.
Nobody left to do the crazy things we used to do before.
Nobody left to run with anymore.

(It happened with white-water kayaking, and it happened with biking. Some activities just aren't that fun alone.)

 

[nismaratwork]

Rhody, my situation is:

Nobody left to run with anymore.
Nobody left to do the crazy things we used to do before.
Nobody left to run with anymore.

(It happened with white-water kayaking, and it happened with biking. Some activities just aren't that fun alone.)

Somehow, with everything, someday, it happens to all of us. The only alternative is to be one of the guys who leaves first, and that's no fun at all.

 

[rhody]

Rhody, my situation is:

Nobody left to run with anymore.
Nobody left to do the crazy things we used to do before.
Nobody left to run with anymore.

(It happened with white-water kayaking, and it happened with biking. Some activities just aren't that fun alone.)

Turbo,

Here is my take on things, when I can no longer run, I jog, when I can no longer jog, I walk, when I can no longer walk, I crawl, I take whatever life has dish out and try to remain positive no matter what happens, and somehow I find ways to compensate, and even improve whatever resources I have even when faced with injuries, stress, etc...

I can still hike, bicycle, work out, ski, motorcycle, and fight like hell to keep my health so that I can keep enjoying these things. I have a friend, who has a really bad knee, it needs to be replaced and an advanced case of sarcoid, his lungs are about 60% or less than what they should be, and his is overweight too boot, but somehow this year he hiked in NH for a week with a friend and made it to a secluded lake that he had failed 3 other times to reach. The had to bushwhack through rough terrain to get there are well, on a Moose trail of all things ! I was in touch with him on a Sat phone and gave him text messages of daily weather every 6 hours. He made it out on his own too, pretty remarkable if you ask me. Without hiking as a part of his life, it is well, simply not complete, simple as that.

I climbed Mt Greylock on my bike again this fall, it was a ***** of a climb, I made it in a little over two hours, what I am trying to say is at the end of the day, it is all about attitude, mindset and determination. Sometimes you don't always reach your goal, but it is a shame to give up trying.

Rhody...

P.S. Don't let anyone or anything stop you from trying to reach your dream(s) you set for yourself, however modest or bold. BTW, some of these activities I do by myself, and am fine with it. Hiking is with others as is skiing, but with everything else I pretty much do on my own, including climbing mountains on my bike.

Edit: One more thing, as you age, try to make and keep friends a decade or two younger than you. I have a good friend who is almost thirty years older than me, and he loves life, has health issues, most of his peer age group friends and relatives are dead or have little quality of life. I consider myself lucky to have met him and his wife almost ten years ago.

The calendar should be in the mail tomorrow, you should see it next week, it was done by a college student as part of a media course I believe. Going to see if I can get my bike's page scanned in on a large scanner tomorrow, probably at Kinko's. Then I will post it.

 

[turbo]

I understand, Rhody. Two arthritic knees and a stroke that cost me coordination and balance, and I still pack my canoe and fishing gear into ponds. Can't give up fly-casting!

I wouldn't have given up biking, either, except for the lack of companionship. Four of us were pretty inseparable. Then one buddy started building a new house, and he dropped out. Soon, he developed cancer and died. Another buddy started clearing property, and having a house built. They couldn't afford to have it finished off, so there went all his weekends (it's still not done!). The third buddy followed suit when my wife and I sold our big place and down-sized, except that they bought a really cheap fixer-upper that needed (and still needs) lots of TLC. With nobody to run with, I sold my H-D. I still challenge myself - not about to lie down and die.

 

[rhody]

Lets explore the Isle of Mann, the riders, and who better to start with than 15 time winner, John McGuiness, and a bit of high speed slow motion video (600 FPS) and John's description of it during practice. What you are seeing John do, save his bacon, is not something you can train for, it is pure nervous system reaction, instinctively he knows how to correct the squat cross up wheelie and his leg provides the necessary correction. Amazing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1q_xdJ38Lg".

This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_yqoM3NH4o&feature=fvw" every time I watch it, see if it does for you as well: Around 1:50 amazing shots if steering damper and rider corrections to correct potential tank slappers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGChhWq8frs&feature=related"

Guy Martin who has never won a TT Race, podium ed many times and who almost died in this year's Senior TT, Crashed at 160 in a ball of flame and lived to tell the story, first an http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjfi-ZhzLOI":

His description of his http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhA_U6LStQA&feature=related" at the senior TT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTLXKX1mbTI" Believe it or not there is a helicopter that takes long angle shots, and it can only do so for part of the course due to it's relatively slow speed, about 120 mph, the Onboard link provides some of those shots.

To give you some perspective, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcqbLYz2vQg&feature=related". Going to buy one or possibly two to record some of my exploits. 720 P with very very good high speed motion shots, vastly superior to what you see here.

More... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLgtK_a8afs&feature=related"
Notice the ring on the fork slider as Cameron takes off, that tells the rider what maximum compression was put on the fork, and helps the rider decide to increase compression and or rebound damping to compensate. From this perspective you get a rough idea of the braking forces being applied, in the hundreds of pounds of force on the riders arms every time the fork is almost compressed to the bottom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spt0JVUTqGc" (Kiwi) smashing lap record in 2009, 17 min 13.25 seconds, average speed 131.467 mph. I have this is 1080P HD, it is simply awesome... This doesn't do it justice by any means. Around the 2 minute (video) mark, he simply drives away from the helicopter, unable to keep up.

They need one of those acrobatic planes that can easily cruise at 200 plus mph to take high speed shots, anyone from the IOM listening ?! hehe. He definitely uncorked one that day.

There are more top riders, with some interesting stories to tell, this is a start, hope you like them, I know I did and still do. Will report on more in the near future. Enjoy...

Rhody...

 

[nismaratwork]

Lets explore the Isle of Mann, the riders, and who better to start with than 15 time winner, John McGuiness, and a bit of high speed slow motion video (600 FPS) and John's description of it during practice. What you are seeing John do, save his bacon, is not something you can train for, it is pure nervous system reaction, instinctively he knows how to correct the squat cross up wheelie and his leg provides the necessary correction. Amazing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1q_xdJ38Lg".

This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_yqoM3NH4o&feature=fvw" every time I watch it, see if it does for you as well: Around 1:50 amazing shots if steering damper and rider corrections to correct potential tank slappers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGChhWq8frs&feature=related"

Guy Martin who has never won a TT Race, podium ed many times and who almost died in this year's Senior TT, Crashed at 160 in a ball of flame and lived to tell the story, first an http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjfi-ZhzLOI":

His description of his http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhA_U6LStQA&feature=related" at the senior TT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTLXKX1mbTI" Believe it or not there is a helicopter that takes long angle shots, and it can only do so for part of the course due to it's relatively slow speed, about 120 mph, the Onboard link provides some of those shots.

To give you some perspective, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcqbLYz2vQg&feature=related". Going to buy one or possibly two to record some of my exploits. 720 P with very very good high speed motion shots, vastly superior to what you see here.

More... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLgtK_a8afs&feature=related"
Notice the ring on the fork slider as Cameron takes off, that tells the rider what maximum compression was put on the fork, and helps the rider decide to increase compression and or rebound damping to compensate. From this perspective you get a rough idea of the braking forces being applied, in the hundreds of pounds of force on the riders arms every time the fork is almost compressed to the bottom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spt0JVUTqGc" (Kiwi) smashing lap record in 2009, 17 min 13.25 seconds, average speed 131.467 mph. I have this is 1080P HD, it is simply awesome... This doesn't do it justice by any means. Around the 2 minute (video) mark, he simply drives away from the helicopter, unable to keep up.

They need one of those acrobatic planes that can easily cruise at 200 plus mph to take high speed shots, anyone from the IOM listening ?! hehe. He definitely uncorked one that day.

There are more top riders, with some interesting stories to tell, this is a start, hope you like them, I know I did and still do. Will report on more in the near future. Enjoy...

Rhody...

I love this.

 

[rhody]

nismara,

Thanks, a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mms-Oi2YyAw&feature=related" for you, this gave me chills, very well done...

Rhody...

 

[nismaratwork]

nismara,

Thanks, a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mms-Oi2YyAw&feature=related" for you, this gave me chills, very well done...

Rhody...

Oh man... I wonder how many thousands of hours of practice it takes for your nervous system to get wired that way?! I'd bet it's somewhere near what it takes to achieve 'mastery' in a craft or subject...

 

[rhody]

thousands of hours... and tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands of miles...

You hit the nail on the head my friend, most of these guys have been riding since a very tender age, 5 or less.

Rhody...

 

[rhody]

Here is the August Calendar picture with my bike and the model. I had to scan it, play with the image a bit to get it to look halfway decent. It is tough getting things to look sharp when you only have a 300KB to play with. The Calendar project was a college student's media project, not sure for what grade. I was told all the models were college students. There are a few things on the bike now that are not in that picture, carbon fiber rear fender, full Ohlins suspension, new 2X windscreen, custom brake, clutch levers, radiator guards, bar end mirrors that change the look.

Rhody...

 

[nismaratwork]

Here is the August Calendar picture with my bike and the model. I had to scan it, play with the image a bit to get it to look halfway decent. It is tough getting things to look sharp when you only have a 300KB to play with. The Calendar project was a college student's media project, not sure for what grade. I was told all the models were college students. There are a few things on the bike now that are not in that picture, carbon fiber rear fender, full Ohlins suspension, new 2X windscreen, custom brake, clutch levers, radiator guards, bar end mirrors that change the look.

Rhody...

Yowza! Hot bike... hot lady... brain *meltdown*

 

[turbo]

Nice shot, Rhody. Can't wait for the calendar.

 

[turbo]

I have a new calendar for the wall next to my desk. Wow. I paged through it slowly and started drooling. Some of the girls were cute, too!

Thanks Rhody.

 

[rhody]

Turbo,

Glad you like it, am a bit beat, family health issue, appendicitis (we suspected it coming), not me, Rhody wife, and was up real late last evening, and all day at hospital today. She is home now and resting, has anti-nausea and pain meds.

I wish I had more energy to do more posting, it is such a great stress reliever. Maybe this weekend, I will try to outdo myself. Have more bits and pieces on order for the bike, alarm, custom seat cover, and soon Ohlins steering damper, Xenon headlights, and flush turn signals, just about ready to order some custom decals too. If I like the way some of the decals work I will have them painted, some are impossible because of their complexity.

Rhody...

 

[nismaratwork]

Turbo,

Glad you like it, am a bit beat, family health issue, appendicitis (we suspected it coming), not me, Rhody wife, and was up real late last evening, and all day at hospital today. She is home now and resting, has anti-nausea and pain meds.

I wish I had more energy to do more posting, it is such a great stress reliever. Maybe this weekend, I will try to outdo myself. Have more bits and pieces on order for the bike, alarm, custom seat cover, and soon Ohlins steering damper, Xenon headlights, and flush turn signals, just about ready to order some custom decals too. If I like the way some of the decals work I will have them painted, some are impossible because of their complexity.

Rhody...

Ooooh, sorry to hear it! Take care, and I hope she recovers quickly.