Suzuki Hayabusa test with Randy Mamola

[kml]

Sorry if it's a repost...

cheers
ken

[SnapAttack]

First time in English I think...

[ike]

Sweet!!! nice find.

[DaCol.]

Looked like he nearly loss the front end  

a couple of times with all that weight and solf suspention up front  ! Good Flick  

[PR111]

I don't think that was the front-end tucking, it was the rear sliding. He's hard on the throttle at corner exits - pretty cool.

[Revolution]

dude, everyone's here lol

[P-Willy]

Good find but i'm confused about your signature. I could have sworn that the busa is one of the most beautiful machines ever made. Oh wait, I know. You meant to type ZX14. Right? RIGHT??

[kml]

Good find but i'm confused about your signature. I could have sworn that the busa is one of the most beautiful machines ever made. Oh wait, I know. You meant to type ZX14. Right? RIGHT??

When the busa debuted there was much debate about it's looks and while I think it's a handsome purposeful looking motorcycle, it's not in the same league (looks wise) as a 916, '69 bonnie or Laverda 750 sfc.
One day, chatting with an ignoramus in the coffee shop parking lot and a crack was made about the busa's looks.
I replied, "Well, there's two ugly things I ride and one of them is a Hayabusa."
"so what's the other thing?" ignoramus inquired, having swallowed the hook line and sinker.
"Your mother" was the answer to that oh, so easy set up.
Hence my sig.

cheers
ken

[Blue Lightning]

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When the busa debuted there was much debate about it's looks and while I think it's a handsome purposeful looking motorcycle, it's not in the same league (looks wise) as a 916,[/quote]

Werd.  I ride the ugly/purposeful 'Busa and it's no 916.  Thankfully, uglier bikes have debuted after the 'Busa eg. ZX14, 08 Busa (No  

ing) and Buell 1125R.  All nice rides, all very ugly.



Edited for typo.

[gtrpimp76]

here's the vid for those too lazy (like me) to click the linky

[NINJA KILLER]

AWESOME !

[Charlesbusa]

Mamola gets the new Busa sideways, gotta love it

[gtrpimp76]

I don't think that was the front-end tucking, it was the rear sliding.  He's hard on the throttle at corner exits - pretty cool.

+1

Yep. It's a pretty common MotoGP (as well as Superbike technique) style. Just spinning up the rear, steering it with the rear, and controlling it by modulating the throttle. That is something I'll be learning more in depth with Jason Pridmore's STAR racing school next year.

The twitching you see when Mamola is at mid-corner could be due to improper suspension settings and is magnified when he goes over variations of the track pavement. The Busa is trying to compensate and recover by rebounding, thus the twitching.

[probusa]

love the way he gets it sideways

[Shibumi]

Awesome slinging it around the track that way!

What's up with Mamola squidding it on the street, no gear but helmet and gloves?!?

[gtrpimp76]

Any of you guys remember former GP racer Gary McCoy? That dude was THE MASTER of getting sideways. Just google Gary McCoy and check out some of his footage. Or...I'll try to post up a youtube vid of him gettin gnarly on some old skool 500's.

[gtrpimp76]

Okay. found some...

[gtrpimp76]

How spinning it up saves the tire...excerpt from "FASTER"

[BA BUSA]

[DaCol.]

I don't think that was the front-end tucking, it was the rear sliding.  He's hard on the throttle at corner exits - pretty cool.

+1

Yep. It's a pretty common MotoGP (as well as Superbike technique) style. Just spinning up the rear, steering it with the rear, and controlling it by modulating the throttle. That is something I'll be learning more in depth with Jason Pridmore's STAR racing school next year.

The twitching you see when Mamola is at mid-corner could be due to improper suspension settings and is magnified when he goes over variations of the track pavement. The Busa is trying to compensate and recover by rebounding, thus the twitching.

Geezzzzzz, interesting observations, but I wasn't talking about his sliding the rear. I was talking about the shot showing the front end with the suspention bottomed out and the tires initial slide to the outside while still in the extreme lean. It's something a person at his level could enjoy, but it show the extreme limits while he's riding.

Must have been fun because while doing it he could be doing this  

to the crowd