Irish road racing

[Dieselman]

I didn't know this took place. It makes the Isle of Man TT look rather tame.



[YOUTUBE]BzWf-6UzQUA[/YOUTUBE]

 

[moonloops]

Northwest 200 per chance??

Yes they are quite mad just like the Irish rally drivers

 

[flango]

Northwest 200 per chance??

Yes they are quite mad just like the Irish rally drivers

I've rode the North West 200 circuit and scared myself silly, one of my customers used to race must have had his nerves removed as a kid, the pro's do over 200 mph, now on 2 wheels thats too exposed for me one wrong move = death

 

[moonloops]

I've rode the North West 200 circuit and scared myself silly, one of my customers used to race must have had his nerves removed as a kid, the pro's do over 200 mph, now on 2 wheels thats too exposed for me one wrong move = death

Yes, not sure which garners the most excitement the NW200 or the old bathurst 1000 race in oz.

 

[renault12ts]

The NW200 is huge...and it's free.

 

[Sp!ke]

Modern day gladiators these guys. Absolutely what racing is all about.

[YOUTUBE]LU-ynRoqDEs[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Stratman]

Great stuff, their pucker strings must be twitching like a rabbit's nose! Fantastic racing, which tends to be the norm on two wheels. There was more excitement on the last lap of Sunday's Moto GP than in a whole season of Formula 1, all without artificially generated pit stops, Play Station overtake buttons and comedy tyres.

 

[cinek]

Nice, crazy but still nice.
I dont think I'd have the balls to ride it the way they do

 

[camerafodder]

I didn't know this took place. It makes the Isle of Man TT look rather tame.

Wild indeed but the TT is anything but tame with a fatality rate of more than 10 times that of the NW200.

 

[st13phil]

There was more excitement on the last lap of Sunday's Moto GP than in a whole season of Formula 1, all without artificially generated pit stops, Play Station overtake buttons and comedy tyres.

Isn't that the truth

 

[Palfrem]

Wow

That's fast

 

[tanuie]

All nutters, I like Guy Martin, he say's he like's it because
"it's dangerous one mistake and your dead".

 

[John Jones Jr]

Wild indeed but the TT is anything but tame with a fatality rate of more than 10 times that of the NW200.

Not that it's really important as it can be a brutally dangerous sport no matter where they race but I bet there's less road racing miles carried out at NW than on the IOM?

 

[John Jones Jr]

All nutters, I like Guy Martin, he say's he like's it because
"it's dangerous one mistake and your dead".

Yes, nutters sums it up. As it's been said before they remove their brains and then put the helmet on! 10/10 to those lads all the same, I wouldn't touch a bike again with a forty foot barge pole, never mind attempt to race one.

 

[camerafodder]

Not that it's really important as it can be a brutally dangerous sport no matter where they race but I bet there's less road racing miles carried out at NW than on the IOM?

I think you're correct. The TT is a longer race.

 

[aquanaut]

insane video...thanks for posting

 

[renault12ts]

I think you're correct. The TT is a longer race.

But don't they go off one at a time on the TT...not the close racing experienced over here?

 

[camerafodder]

But don't they go off one at a time on the TT...not the close racing experienced over here?

The context was that TT race has a fatality rate 10 times that of the NW200. I think John was speculating that there may be a correlation between race length and deaths of riders. I'm sure it is a factor among many others.

 

[Dieselman]

But don't they go off one at a time on the TT...not the close racing experienced over here?

That was my original point, but one could reason that racing against the clock means flat out continuously and not getting to slow to other riders pace at times.

 

[LTD]

That was my original point, but one could reason that racing against the clock means flat out continuously and not getting to slow to other riders pace at times.

I get that.

When I was racing, albeit pedal bikes, I crashed more times during time trials than in 'pack' racing.

When you are in a group then you race against your immediate rivals who are around you. Cat and mouse.

When you race in a time trial then you race against a rival that you cannot see. At vmax you take risks and these risks create crashes.