Stretched zx10 vs. V8 powered rx7 drifting showdown

[landricscustoms]

Check it out. This is nuts. One handed drifting on a bike.

YouTube - Motorcycle vs. Car Drift Battle

[TheIglu]

That was a lot cooler than I had initially thought.

Bike drifting will get big soon.

[obsolete]

Saw that on Schleppy's FB. I really wonder why they picked Sandia. It's smaller than Loudon and not near anything.

[landricscustoms]

I see a new sport brewing.....

[Trouble]

Madness. That's crazy.



Kinda looks like fun though...

[Sheppo]

nuts...

[ForcedFed]

I see a new sport brewing.....

You ain't kidding.. and he sure set the bar high! Wasn't enough to be drifting at 85mph+ with a car on your tail.. but one-handed! wow

[Paul_E_D]

Is it easier to drift a stretched bike? Less highside prone?

[obsolete]

Is it easier to drift a stretched bike? Less highside prone?

Less wheelie prone.

[Expat]

Looks like Degsy.....

[DuncanMoto]

That remote car camera was cool too. Too bad about the cone.

[SVRACER01]

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They use those remote controlled cars in off road races too

[DuncanMoto]

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They use those remote controlled cars in off road races too

Do they have someone driving them remotely or are they tracking the vehicle electronically?

[KB]

eh not impressed.

Clayton I need sound. WTF over.

KB

[TheIglu]

eh not impressed.

Clayton I need sound. WTF over.

KB

Swap it with Jen's. She'll never know. Over.

[ZX11D]

Definitely a something we will see more of. I`d like to see some bike vs bike stuff. Ridiculously dangerous with a car chasing you that close.

[Kurlon]

Is it easier to drift a stretched bike? Less highside prone?

Yes, the longer wheelbase slows down the rate at which the bike swings out when you light up the rear. I got to experience this first hand as I developed my CRF70 and it's wheelbase grew to 48". On cold concrete the extra 8" to 12" I had on other machines made it cake to drift out of a couple turns and block the whole track, inside line was my front wheel and elbow, outside line was a madly spinning 12" wheel of doom and the middle was the back of my motor. Pissed people off to no end when I played park and drift. : )

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They use those remote controlled cars in off road races too

Do they have someone driving them remotely or are they tracking the vehicle electronically?

Not sure I understand the question

[breakdirt916]

yowza...I thought motorcycle drifting was ridiculously unpredictable...tell me more about the stretched swing arm stability

[schleppy]

Saw that on Schleppy's FB. I really wonder why they picked Sandia. It's smaller than Loudon and not near anything.

Nice, I was first!

That video was most excellent

[dhuze]

I was just going to post this. I guess there is a use for extended swingarms now.

[Kham]

I was just going to post this. I guess there is a use for extended swingarms now.

me too.

can any of you drift like that? that's it im putting on the extended swing arm.

[ninjachica250]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4m41viy4I


when drifting fails

[xrocket21]

AWESOME

[gregp]

yowza...I thought motorcycle drifting was ridiculously unpredictable...tell me more about the stretched swing arm stability

Ride a "screwed" dirt bike on the ice. It is incredibly fun and relatively easy to master. The skills learned there can be transfered to pavement sliding, but there is a big difference in the amount of power required to do so.
It is not so much the extended swingarm that makes sliding more stable, but the lengthened wheelbase. The swingarm is just the easiest way to get a longer wheelbase. Think about it in terms of sliding a station wagon on a snowy road, verses a short rwd compact car. The vehicle with the longer wheelbase is much more "stable" in a slide. It likes to "stay there", and not come around so fast.