new vid from Pleven - Bulgaria supermoto track

[typeone]

Supermoto of Nations 2009 - Pleven - Bulgaria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfbD7K_oACQ&

[Pittenger5]

Gotta be honest, that looks like fun.

On a different note, how come 98% of actual supermoto riders do foot out, while at loudon 98% of riders do knee out.

[Paul_E_D]

Vids of that place make my head wanna explode. How can that exist in Bulgaria and not here in the USA? Safety nazis will bring the downfall of what was once a great counrty. It's actually been a while now that the decline into lameness has been going on.

[seth399]

Gotta be honest, that looks like fun.

On a different note, how come 98% of actual supermoto riders do foot out, while at loudon 98% of riders do knee out.

I think most of it has to do with speeds/tight corners. I feel I can be more flickable foot out if I was dicing back n forth yet I wouldn't if I was going through 80mph wider switchbacks


*edit* oya and serously fuckin awesome...how the #$#$@ is that in BULGARIA ugh

[typeone]

yeah, i love footage from that place. looks like serious fun! that paved berm must feel nuts to rocket out of into the rhythm section. so sweet.

foot vs. knee, agree with Seth on the track layout, corner size and speed also rider background. foot out and pushing the bike under just feels more natural to a dirt rider.

[typeone]

Vids of that place make my head wanna explode. How can that exist in Bulgaria and not here in the USA? Safety nazis will bring the downfall of what was once a great counrty. It's actually been a while now that the decline into lameness has been going on.

totally agree

[seth399]

yeah, i love footage from that place. looks like serious fun! that paved berm must feel nuts to rocket out of into the 'whoops'. so sweet.

foot vs. knee, agree with Seth on the track layout, corner size and speed also rider background. foot out and pushing the bike under just feels more natural to a dirt rider.

true, forgot to add in rider background...Like at loudon I still suck in turn 3 (midcorner speed) so I am still toying with going back to foot out where as I still wouldn't in 1/1a or something

[typeone]

true, forgot to add in rider background...Like at loudon I still suck in turn 3 (midcorner speed) so I am still toying with going back to foot out where as I still wouldn't in 1/1a or something

i really gotta head up to watch the 'tard racing. i was going to ask if anyone rides foot out in 3

[FirstDuc-1098]

...that paved berm must feel nuts to rocket out of....

that's nuts with half the field taking the corner tight and the other half lopping out thru the berm!!!

[typeone]

eating it into the face of any of those obstacles could wreck your season though. woooo!

[Paul_E_D]

Or your life! Would not want to crash anywhere on that track. Sliding into a paved berm, or hisiding into the face of a paved whoop/jump would have a hi fatality rate.

[typeone]

Or your life! Would not want to crash anywhere on that track. Sliding into a paved berm, or hisiding into the face of a paved whoop/jump would have a hi fatality rate.

safety nazi!

[typeone]

speaking of eating it into that whoop section ouch! guess he was OK, broke his collarbone

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

[seth399]

o wow...shit

[Kurlon]

There is a US supermoto track with paved jumps and rhythm sections in Georgia...

[Paul_E_D]

That crash is EXACTLY what I'd be worried about!

[Pittenger5]

Like that wouldnt hurt if the ground was flat

[Paul_E_D]

ya, but try piledriving a whoop sometime and let me know if you prefer it over flat ground. Mkay?

I've had that exact crash in the dirt, and I couldn't imagine the punishment those paved whoops deal out. That guy friggin dove straight into the face of one. OUCH!

[seth399]

ya he has a point, when you are going along in 3rd/4th gear or even 2nd and you swap out and slam an uneven whoop...it feels like a brick wall compared to skidding across flat ground.

[typeone]

ive had the wind knocked out of me in the dirt, cant even imagine hitting a paved whoop! damn.

that little lip looks so easy to catch out of that berm, surprised they dont pave that gap a little more.

[a13x]

Gotta be honest, that looks like fun.

On a different note, how come 98% of actual supermoto riders do foot out, while at loudon 98% of riders do knee out.

Because we're ROADRACING at Loudon which is a roadracing track, on motards.


If I was to go Supermoto racing on a supermoto track, I'd ride foot-out.


Case in point: Here's a pic of Jeff racing AMA Supermoto. Ever see him ride foot out at Loudon?

[seth399]

a13x...YOU'RE LATE!!

[a13x]

my god that track looks stupid fun. :/

[Danz19899]

That track is fricken awesome, that crazy banked corner but be insane

reason why we can have it here . . . people suck . . it would cost ass loads to insure that track.

god i fricken hate people that sue because they are retarded

[R7]

There is a US supermoto track with paved jumps and rhythm sections in Georgia...

Link?