Awsome motorcycle riding: I did not take these images, the link was forwarded to me by a friend in Australia. It is worth looking at the 11 photo sequence to appreciate both the skill...

romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI

I did not take these images, the link was forwarded to me by a friend in Australia. It is worth looking at the 11 photo sequence to appreciate both the skill of the rider and photographer.
Click this link: http://superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/14archive/mm93nobin/_TIN2306.htm

Look at the pic, read the text below the pic, and then click on the arrow to the right.

Repeat above instruction 11 times.

Now, stop that shaking of your head.

wings42 Loc: San Diego, CA

Utterly amazing riding and photography, especially considering that this was done at very high speed.

About 50 years ago I was privileged to take a motorcycle skills course put on by the LAPD. As part of the course a motor officer demonstrated laying down his 800 pound Harley at about 60 mph, sliding at high speed but still under control, then flipping the bike back upright from the slide. He did that several times.

He warned us civilian riders not to try that without his training, which we could get by joining the LAPD!

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

romanticf16 wrote:

...Look at the pic, read the text below the pic, and then click on the arrow to the right.....

wow

mechengvic Loc: SoCalo

...Still shaking head...

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

Nice camera work - I wonder what the photographer was using...

GTinSoCal Loc: Palmdale, CA

Frame 10 - not even on the bike completely and he wheelies out of the corner.

Great job, photographer and rider!!!

GT

Mr PC Loc: Austin, TX

Awesome!

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

I'm a big fan of Marc Marquez, the rider in the photos. He competes in MotoGP, which is the motorcycle equivalent of formula 1. He won three world championships in lower series before moving to MotoGP last year and winning his first championship there at age 20. This year he won the first 10 races of the season, with his first loss last weekend. The bikes are very light 1000cc prototypes that do more than 210 mph top speed. TV coverage used to be on a cable channel I didn't get, but last year they moved to the NBC sports channel. I am a fan of all kinds of motor racing, but MotoGP is the most exciting for me now.

juicesqueezer Loc: Okeechobee, Florida

Having taught MSF courses for 10 years, I'm impressed with his skills. However, he was very lucky as well. On the wheelie part, since he was most likely still on the throttle, as the wheel caught traction, it lifted him momentarily off the pavement. I don't believe he did this intentionally. Great action shots!
Thanks for sharing!

romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI

juicesqueezer wrote:

Having taught MSF courses for 10 years, I'm impressed with his skills. However, he was very lucky as well. On the wheelie part, since he was most likely still on the throttle, as the wheel caught traction, it lifted him momentarily off the pavement. I don't believe he did this intentionally. Great action shots!
Thanks for sharing!

I agree. He was probably just hanging on for dear life, the throttle was open, and it helped him get the bike up. The whole 11 shots thru the corner couldn't have taken more than a few seconds in real time.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

Let's play a numbers game, just for the fun of it. Let's assume that the entire incident took just under three seconds, or a total of four shots/second. What would the shutter speed have been? At least 1/1000. So we have pictures of 4/1000 of each second, or 1/250 of each second of this potential nightmare. What happened during the remaining 996/1000 or 249/250 of each second? It amazes me how much we can catch with modern cameras. But consider that the rider experienced, he lived the 249/250 of each second.

I don't know how accurate and/or practical my numbers are, but the fact that, at our best, we capture less than ½% of the action and the rider is captured in 100% of the action, gives me a recurring perspective on the bravery and tenacity of these performers.

davemar Loc: SW France

I remember seeing American rider Randy Mamola at Donnington Park UK.
Laying his bike over at 100mph waving to the crowd, while SMOKING THE BACK TYRE. INCREDIBLE!!!

JohnM Loc: Springfield, Illinois

romanticf16 wrote:

I did not take these images, the link was forwarded to me by a friend in Australia. It is worth looking at the 11 photo sequence to appreciate both the skill of the rider and photographer.
Click this link: http://superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/14archive/mm93nobin/_TIN2306.htm

Look at the pic, read the text below the pic, and then click on the arrow to the right.

Repeat above instruction 11 times.

Now, stop that shaking of your head.

now thats just scary, great rider with fantastic mental and physical strength. Thanks for sharing

One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID

Outstanding rider and photographer

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

It says this was the day after the last race, so I'm hoping they will have video of this to show on the next race broadcast, which is next Sunday at 5 am Pacific time on the Fox Sports 1 channel (not the NBC Sports Channel as I said above).