A place for bikers; particularly those of the performance variety.
As an extension of my popular motorcycle track day and performance riding site - LifeAtLean.com - with this channel I want to continue to teach those who are looking to learn, as well as provide you with anything else that gets the juices flowing for this sort of motorcycle rider.
At present the direction for this channel is somewhat unknown, but rest assured I aim to provide content you'll enjoy and/or learn from. Let's wait and see what that is!
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Thx legend!
Thanks for the tips. I'm a new rider and have been wondering if I should keep pressure on the tank with my outside knee throughout a turn. So as to push the bike into the turn with my knee while keeping the bars free of counter steer. Essentially, the position on the bike I can see from other riders but the weight distribution and push/pull forces are hard to deduce. Not sure if I should be pushing into the outside page throughout the turn either. Or should I keep neutral on my weight and just send everything through the center-point to the road or track. Thank you.
Thank you😊
I guess it is the case when you want to touch with a knee so bad :)
I would imagine that tyres are the biggest reason why they lean more now
I still wonder why the BMW *lever solutions are not use more. It solves the diving issue, the geometry issue, as well as the less shock absorbing issue. While keeping (some) feedback. And is a relative simple and lightweigt solution
Neat idea, but it looks way more complex than a simple telescoping fork.
Excellent video, well presented, great clips and info. Just had the pleasure of attending the 2024 races. Although it's unbelievable that the race is still allowed, the experience was unbeatable.
How about rear wheel steering ? Solving all the problems
Yet I still haven’t found a bike with a custom “tank depression” in the crotch to allow room for my male parts. Would be nice to have the design engineers make something like that.
As a track rider of 10+ years, I have to say this is probably the single best riding advice video on KZread. Short, to the point. Pure perfection. You’re a scholar and a saint.
0:17 I slowed it down to see the brown bits left on the road, but nothing! He must've had it clenched closed tight.
I rode a CBR600rr for years. now I'm riding MT09, and it feels so weird to lean. Felt like I'm too far from the ground and make me lose confidence in the corner
Nothing in sports is worth the very big risk of crashing into a stonewall doing 180 mph! Why not reduce to 400 cc?
W How would that be any safer?
@@davidmatthews3093 TT average speed record nearly tripled since the early years. Impact damage quadruples when speed is doubled. F1 reduced from 3 to 1.6 Litres, Paris Dakar from 1000 to 450 and Moto GP from 1000 to 850 why not the TT ?
Very, very well done.
Unspoken benefit of gp dhift is your bike is alot hardet to steal as a bike theif isnt likely to knoe hoe to ride gp and cba to figure it out
I loved Joey but the greatest of all time post WWII was Mike Hailwood, he won on so many different machines and against top class opponents, when the TT was a world title event.
But what about the weight? the total weight of wheel/hub and arm (especially the wheel) is much more than a conventional fork system..
Huh? I don't get the argument: In either configuration, you have one vertical and one axial degree of freedom. The axial DOF is not affected by the vertical stresses, while the vertical is freely configurable (i.e. resistance to displacement x and derivative v of displacement are fully custumable for every pair<x,v> ). Thus, how would either of them be better at nose dive or steering decoupling when nose dive is fully customable in both configurations and steering is always decoupled?
weight and weight distribution are of course an important consideration but I assume that is rather on the end of material science and manufacturability. I.e., I would expect a fork to be more easily constructable with high stability then a hub-arm because of its standardization.
You mention TT stands for TOURIST TROPHY, maybe they should have a touring bike race next year something akin to the Harley racing going on in USA ? Fuel limits would make it 'interesting' Seeing a Gold Wing or BMW grinding expensive bits off on corners could be quite a spectacle. Personally though, I stopped 'following' IOM TT when speeds and bikes got away from what 'ordinary' road riders could get in 90's (as tech and 'workshop manager' I got to ride a lot of 'fast' bikes back then, 165~70mph being around max speed available)
Please, no!
Less than 300 killed in more than 100 years. If governments had a record as low as that over 100 years they would be utopias. Governments should have zero say in any events where the spectators and participants freely participate.
Mike Hailwood is the Isle of Man TT. My hero when I was riding and still regarded as the best raw talent - I wonder what Mike could have done with the modern bikes??
Great video. This year nobody died at the TT despite adverse conditions. But there will always be people who push the boundaries. In my 20s I did that but no one took it further. I broke the 100mph world record on barefoot water skiing and in 2007 at the age of 57, I broke the 145mph record over 50kms on river waterski racing. Since then both events have been scrapped as insurance in Australia for the events evaporated. But when we raced, there was no insurance. You took your risk to compete, spectators took the risk of watching and the organisers took the risk of hosting. No one thought about suing anybody. You did it solely for the glory.
Brilliant video, well done
Not into bikes but a great video
The danger of the TT is what makes it so special. I hate the idea of a rider being killed or injured. The fact that there were no deaths in 2024 is amazing. Here's wishing a speedy recovery to those who were injured. I love riding a motorcycle, my brain can't even comprehend the speeds these riders are going. Is it too dangerous? For someone like me, absolutely. Should it be stopped? No way. The riders know the risks and would likely find something else equally as dangerous if they were forced to stop.
The ultimate test of man and machine in the real world. The Pike's Peak hillclimb in the US had a similar flavor of deadly but they no longer race bikes there so the TT now stands alone. May it continue forever!
As a "hyper/sports bike" rider with many years (started riding in 1964) and a father that raced both cinder track (speedway) and road race with Ray Amm/Mike Hailwood/ Jim Redman, he taught me to tuck in/out of the fairing to use the wind to aid you in dragging you down into the corner. If you look at Rossi's style his upper body was wide open like a yacht sail on the inside which no doubt aided him Modern riders are very close down next to the tank and fairing and appear to use massive amounts of counter steer I am almost 70 now. And i have just recently sold my modded 270hp Suzuki BKing monster that gpsd at 316kmh. It was still pulling but backed off as a larger person with that tiny guage wind deflector the wind was about to tear you off the top...... And yep. I been high sided. At high speed on my GS1200 on a gravel road. It hurt. And took about 13 months to heal. And still have torn out bicep in my right arm and left tricep in the back of my shoulder, my left knee not too good and right ankle tells me often to not walk on it..... Riding style? Find what works for you. Over 1,5 million km, every bike or situation on/off road determined your riding style and you adapted to it........or ended up on the ground. IOM TT riders have a totally different style at insane speeds in insane situations on the street.....and they adapt Stay safe out there Live to ride Ride to live......
Nice up load thankyou !!
This geometry will finally catch on with electric bikes using steer-by-wire and taking advantage of two-wheel-drive. In-hub axial flux electric motors are going to make motorcycle much more fun and accessible.
Isle of man TT. Is and always will be one the greatest Rach of all time.
Why did i hear skyrim music? 🤔
The question is: why is this race still legal and not banned? Is it because of the big money it brings? So, lives can be bought This is the answer
More people pass away walking in the Lake District, each year, than at the TT. Check the stats at all the Mountain Rescue Teams in the Lake District, they're available online. Do you propose they ban walking in the Lake District?
To me, it is the Mount Everest of racing. As long as people are free to do it, then it should keep going. I’ve been there 10 times since 1990 and I will keep going there. There’s one thing said about the pro’s getting killed, well, no pros got killed this year in 2024, last year was one person and in 2022 5 people died. There are what’s called Spectator crashes and they are pretty deadly too, the authorities there are very tough on speeders.
Omitting the sidecars from your telling of TT history is a huge shame. Please don’t overlook this amazing class of motorcycle!
He didn't
I'd like to see another video, but this time about the Fior / Hossack type wishbone front suspension motorcycle suspension systems, like the Britten V1100, Saxon Triumph, Swallower Guzzi, etc. These are, according to reknowned testers, the superior front suspension when put against them all but, instead, powerful lobbies and the huge business investment already put on conventional forks has made them ignored.
Do you see any motorcycle cops out there?
lots, especially on mad sunday
Nice summary, thanks for making
I went in 1952 on my Model 18 500 Norton, a friend on his Model 7, we were astonished by the sight of Les Graham on the 500 MV, all silver and red, the sound which you could hear seemingly miles away was such a contrast to the Nortons and AJS. Wonderful experience, such a pity that Graham died the next year.
Looking at TV kill more.
I know his record is now surpassed, but to me Joey IS the TT. However, I feel Mike the Bike's 14 wins is the gold standard considering it was part of the world championship back then.
It's a shame today's organizers couldn't leave the history of the timing blackboards and the scouts that ran it alone.
Brilliant, solid documentary. 3rd generation TT fan and these stories never age. Personal favourites Phil Reed, Hislop v Fogarty, and D Jeffries vs J Dunlop, and the modern golden era❤
Fantastic video. I watched the TT for the first time this year despite being a racing fan most of my life and it was awesome. Hope to one day be there in person to see the spectacle.
Riders such as John McGuiness and Guy Martin are revered for their skill and riding ability ,taking their machines to 200 mph,but that 1957 rider who averaged over 100 mph must have needed his own sidecar to fit his balls into
'Road Racers', different breed.
The GP dudes can hang their whole body off the bike because they are all 4'4" and 90 lbs 😂