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[bigtwin]

Close shave in Moto2 Qualifying Session

Ian

 

[old-mo]

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Close shave in Moto2 Qualifying Session

Ian

Must be running back for some new underwear

 

[Steve and Denise]

I can just imagine you doing this Ian when your next in the lead at Thetford

 

[bigtwin]

Must be running back for some new underwear

I’ll bet his heart was in his mouth!

Ian

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[bigtwin]

I can just imagine you doing this Ian when your next in the lead at Thetford

I’m not sure if I was ever in the lead so there’s certainly room for improvement!

Ian

 

[XxAnthxX]

I shat myself for him

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

That was a fair old slide as well, don’t know what their race suits are made of but didn’t look like it wore through at all.

 

[RowleyBirkinQC]

 

[Otter Spotter]

I bet that smarted

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[Taran_Las]

Flippin' eck ​

 

[Carpmart]

OMG - that was sphincter clenching...

 

[Mikey RV]

He should go and buy a lotto ticket.

 

[Jo662]

Amazing how he kept looking back as he knew the chasing pack where close,and then just got up and jogged to his bike. Just another day at the office!

 

[Silver-Fox]

Yikes

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[bigtwin]

Amazing how he kept looking back as he knew the chasing pack where close,and then just got up and jogged to his bike. Just another day at the office!

Yes, he was very aware of what he was, potentially, facing! His crawling scramble to get off the track was almost cartoonish - lots of action without much motion.

Ian

 

[Bonkers the Dog]

Nice slide; I bet he got a hot erse! The length of the slide is immaterial, I know from bitter experience it's the sudden stop at the end when hitting an obstacle that does the damage!

For the person asking above, the racing suits these days are fairly high tech, A combination of fine grade leather from various beasts, up to 1.2 - 1.6 mm on high contact areas. They also like to use ostrich, kangaroo and stingray on some of them as it is tough, strong but light compared to coo leather and provides high abrasion protection.

Those same areas may also have Kevlar reinforcement, air dams and perforations for cooling and titanium sliders on shoulders, knees etc. They will also have reinforced corrugated expansion joints for comfort and a a nice fit to avoid flapping and movement whilst at speed; you want your armour where its supposed to be should you have an off. They are lined with high tech wicking fabric to ensure optimum temperature control as dehydration whilst riding can have a marked effect n performance.

In the aerodynamic hump there may well be plumbed water for the rider by way of a camel-back system and it may also contain GPS tracking and the brain for the Air Bag system that they are all required to use; when activated by the accelerometers detecting " a significant departure" and the CPU deploys an air bag to places like neck, chest and back - very Gucci!

Then you get to gloves boots and helmets! Some can cost an arm and a leg and are also very high tech and have to meet not only regional certification of a very high standard but also stringent testing and certification from the various racing bodies.

I can easily blow 2 grand on serious riding gear for weather and crash protection and I am just an average rider. Professionals get nothing but the best, from the best, made to measure with no expense spared and rightly so...

 

[TheTwoOfUs]

That's nothing, I've seen footballers get hurt much worse than that

 

[Holly's mum]

Crikey, that was a close shave. He'll definitely need a change of underpants after that one

 

[chaser]

Has anyone else scrolled down on this, there appear to be all sorts of videos , where are they coming from, this morning it was all animals giving birth now it's changed to various stuff.?

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[Jaws]

That was a fair old slide as well, don’t know what their race suits are made of but didn’t look like it wore through at all.

Just decent quality leather... But believe me.. it gets more than a bit warm in 'em even with a short slide