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"Real Roads" Racing

Started by Mel, February 10, 2015, 10:05:23 AM

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Mel

Hey guys, here's a link to hours of videos of real road racing at it's best 8)! You don't hear these guys bitching about no run off room, bumpy conditions, or too narrow of a track...that's because they aren't spoiled and pampered MotoGP riders :)!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYnv2jnKmr1mxdrB6q0a0yg/videos

Mel

slmoto

Yeah, but MotoGP and other proper racetrack races are not dying at anywhere near the rate racers do on road courses.

I was watching that Macau one recently, that's almost worse than Isle of Man. At least at Isle of man you have a chance of screwing up in a field section where you fly across the land but the Macau one is like racing in a concrete canyon.

Mel

Yeah, dangerous to the max, but those guys live for that adrenalin rush and are more than willing to risk death 8)! They sure don't do it for the money ;)! It's just a different mindset is all and the fans love it! I worked in a logging crew for 6 years as a chokersetter, not because I had to, but because I loved the danger and tough working conditions. Logging and Alaskan crab fishing are the two most dangerous jobs in the country and the pay isn't that great, but the adrenalin rush is off the chart 8)!! To each their own I reckon ;)!

Mel

GreenMachine

This adrenaline rush you speak of.  Is it something that is bottled and sold to junkies?  Sounds illegal.
It's about taking in the most corners to your destination, not about the shortest, quickest route.

slmoto

Quote from: GreenMachine on February 10, 2015, 10:19:56 PM
This adrenaline rush you speak of.  Is it something that is bottled and sold to junkies?  Sounds illegal.

It is.
http://www.canmuseum.com/Staging/Images/Cans/54322L.jpg
Instead of dying from hitting a wall you die from diabetes instead.

Mel

GM, it's something you're born with...you either have it or you don't, simple as that ;)!

GreenMachine

#6
So it's genetic?

It's about taking in the most corners to your destination, not about the shortest, quickest route.

Mel


GreenMachine

Quote from: slmoto on February 10, 2015, 10:25:48 PM
Quote from: GreenMachine on February 10, 2015, 10:19:56 PM
This adrenaline rush you speak of.  Is it something that is bottled and sold to junkies?  Sounds illegal.

It is.
http://www.canmuseum.com/Staging/Images/Cans/54322L.jpg
Instead of dying from hitting a wall you die from diabetes instead.
:D
It's about taking in the most corners to your destination, not about the shortest, quickest route.