Muddy leg and bent footpeg...

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Muddy leg and bent footpeg...

Post by Jon » Fri Nov 06, 2015 3:02 pm

Empirical test to determine whether suddenly applying 9 bhp to a rear wheel on wet leaves will make you fall off in the car park like a twat...

Yes.....

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Re: Muddy leg and bent footpeg...

Post by Bogger » Fri Nov 06, 2015 4:57 pm

My lips are sealed :roll: ..........for once

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Re: Muddy leg and bent footpeg...

Post by Newtsalad » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:45 pm

I'd keep that quiet if I were you Jon, you'll make yourself look a right tit! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yes, it's that time of year. The big bikes are stashed! :D

Ps, presume you had an audience?

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Re: Muddy leg and bent footpeg...

Post by radar » Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:25 pm

Glad you did that test Jon, I was going to do that test myself. The other empirical test I was going to do, was to perform a doughnut on wet leaves full throttle. Do you think you can try that out? just see if wet leaves help with the centrifugal force of the spin, then write a report back of the results.

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Re: Muddy leg and bent footpeg...

Post by mark1982 » Sat Nov 07, 2015 3:43 am

Ive done the wet leaf doughnut quite few times in local car park it works really well just got watch out for front wheel slipping to much on leafs

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Re: Muddy leg and bent footpeg...

Post by barker » Sat Nov 07, 2015 9:41 am

who needs a bike to manage that , arce over head I went yesterday going to the shop

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Re: Muddy leg and bent footpeg...

Post by buzz500 » Sat Nov 07, 2015 1:01 pm

I look like a twat anyway,with or without a bike :D
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Re: Muddy leg and bent footpeg...

Post by Jon » Sat Nov 07, 2015 2:38 pm

Newtsalad wrote:I'd keep that quiet if I were you Jon, you'll make yourself look a right tit! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yes, it's that time of year. The big bikes are stashed! :D

Ps, presume you had an audience?
Actually no...Apart from the car parks CCTV....So I expect it'll be on 'You've been Framed Soon!

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Re: Muddy leg and bent footpeg...

Post by Jon » Sat Nov 07, 2015 2:47 pm

radar wrote:Glad you did that test Jon, I was going to do that test myself. The other empirical test I was going to do, was to perform a doughnut on wet leaves full throttle. Do you think you can try that out? just see if wet leaves help with the centrifugal force of the spin, then write a report back of the results.
Well...Because the bike clearly wasn't square-on, was was meant to be a simple wheel spin turned into a 360 deg doughnut and as I throttled off, a little comedy highside at the end so I can safely say I've covered that one too

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Re: Muddy leg and bent footpeg...

Post by krazy kev » Fri Dec 18, 2015 8:54 pm

about a month back i was waiting at traffic lights unaware that my rear wheel was on a shiny drain lid.
i went to pull off quick and the rear wheel started to spin on the wet drain lid.
its lucky i was going in a straight line or the bike would of span round

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