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| Tuesdays After The Crunch made quite a few people giddy and quite possibly made them lose consciousness momentarily. It's safe to say that I am quite desensitized, especially considering I get much more gruesome photos on a weekly basis.
So here we are, with a return to the Before The Crunch series. This one comes in from Peter who emailed me this dramatic photo:
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| Sean Jordan commented on October 26, 2007
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My entirely fictitious post from the other day aside, I actually enjoyed a brief career as a motorcycle roadracer. This photo shows Spaniard and MotoGP racer Dani Pedrosa "high-siding" his Honda RC212V. These bikes are essentially hand-built prototypes that make well in excess of 200 horsepower at the rear wheel. You cannot buy them. If you are well connected, you could lease one from Honda to go racing in MotoGP to the tune of several million dollars per year, per bike. (Ok, maybe just $1 million or so, per bike.)
A high-side crash occurs when one or more wheels begin to spin or otherwise lose traction in a corner, the bike slides laterally, and then the tires suddenly grip the track surface, flinging the bike and the rider to the "high" side of the machine (defined by the bike's lean). Imagine sliding in your socks on a freshly waxed floor, then hitting a dirty spot . . . your socks stop sliding, and you pitch forward - same concept.
Not sure what race this happened at, but I'll find out.
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