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Title: 2012 MotoGP QP Saturday. (video) lots of crashes (fixed)
Post by: GreenMachine on August 19, 2012, 12:23:01 AM
Hate seeing all the carnage.  I've never seen a more violent MC crash than Stoner's.  Crazy!  I think I saw one of the wheels bent up as the bike was spinning.

Linked SpeedTV video at bottom.

(http://dlstatic.speedtv.com/imageserve/07aRejc64b5We/575x459.jpg?fit=scale&background=000000)(http://dlstatic.speedtv.com/imageserve/0azQfwsaKVbGf/575x459.jpg?fit=scale&background=000000)(http://dlstatic.speedtv.com/imageserve/0eh96ne8Ei8YE/575x459.jpg?fit=scale&background=000000)(http://dlstatic.speedtv.com/imageserve/0f2Ebvi7BF9G3/575x459.jpg?fit=scale&background=000000)

Video (http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/video-motogp-indy-qp/)
Title: Re: 2012 MotoGP QP Saturday. (video) lots of crashes
Post by: n10sive on August 19, 2012, 09:49:46 AM
It was pretty ugly watching Nicky just laying there
Title: Re: 2012 MotoGP QP Saturday. (video) lots of crashes
Post by: dub on August 19, 2012, 09:43:08 PM
The "video" link just takes you to the pic of Spies on the ground?
Title: Re: 2012 MotoGP QP Saturday. (video) lots of crashes (fixed)
Post by: GreenMachine on August 20, 2012, 10:20:45 AM
Fixed.  Thanks for catching that.
Title: Re: 2012 MotoGP QP Saturday. (video) lots of crashes (fixed)
Post by: dub on August 20, 2012, 02:13:03 PM
That was a disaster.  I wonder if the track is slick for some reason?
Title: Re: 2012 MotoGP QP Saturday. (video) lots of crashes (fixed)
Post by: GreenMachine on August 21, 2012, 07:37:47 PM
I have no idea.  I reminds me of Mulholland drive crashes (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mulholland+drive+motorcycle+crashes&oq=mulholland+drive+motorcycle&gs_l=youtube.1.1.0l3.335344.339194.0.343213.18.9.3.6.6.1.196.1049.3j6.9.0...0.0...1ac.EK9FLecZ5j4), where all the riders lose grip at the same point of the turn.

Don't know if you noticed, but on the Oroville Bridge, the surface is concrete.  Every time I've entered onto that road this season I've slid making the gentle left-hander.  For that matter, going the other way in the exact same area the bike slides there too and I'm neutral on the throttle.  I can't say the same for any other corner anywhere else.
Title: Re: 2012 MotoGP QP Saturday. (video) lots of crashes (fixed)
Post by: n10sive on August 21, 2012, 09:00:01 PM
The only thing causing crashes on Mulholland is the camera LOL