Some of us are mere mortals. Others are gods. Or just insane

k1dude · Post by **k1dude** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:10 am

http://theopsec.com/index.php/isle-of-m ... ycle-race/

Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:24 am

There is not enough gear in all the armies of all the nations to make this safe.
Speaking as someone who has been in a serious motorcycle accident, that was difficult to watch!
And I love watching motorcycle racing. Some of those spills were just too much.
Oy.

spr0k3t · Post by **spr0k3t** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:08 pm

I would just love to take that route on a scoot. That would be totally awesome!

LunaP · Post by **LunaP** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:15 pm

0.o

I think I'm going to file that under 'terrifying'

and that's coming from somebody who wants to jump out of an airplane

pumpedoncaffeine · Post by **pumpedoncaffeine** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:33 pm

I would love to drive that road, but that is insane. I am still sore from dropping my scooter on Friday.

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:16 pm

Amazing. Nuts, but amazing. Definitely the most dangerous road race that there is. A motorcycle/scooter trip to see it in person is way high on my on my bucket list.

ender07 · Post by **ender07** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:18 pm

Holy. God.

2wheelNsanity · Post by **2wheelNsanity** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:21 pm

So the guy at the end of the vid who was hugged by the girl with her fingers crossed was the only one who lived, so he won.

Lokky · Post by **Lokky** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:26 pm

I loved the guy who raced through the fireball.

Looks like I have to get myself a racing bike now...

LunaP · Post by **LunaP** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:35 pm

Lokky wrote:I loved the guy who raced through the fireball.

Looks like I have to get myself a racing bike now...

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:59 pm

Lokky wrote:I loved the guy who raced through the fireball.
.

+1
& then comes out of the fireball to see the downed rider in the road & then avoids him

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:12 pm

With every new comment I become more glad that I haven't watched the video.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:31 pm

This reminds me of a post from awhile back ... something else I'll never do.

viewtopic.php?t=14392&highlight=clip

Rob

k1dude · Post by **k1dude** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:18 pm

Skootz Kabootz wrote:A motorcycle/scooter trip to see it in person is way high on my on my bucket list.

It isn't even safe for the spectators. IIRC, last year 3 riders died and 4 spectators died.

If you notice, a lot of spectators are watching from the most dangerous spots imaginable - from the outside of a turn!

Aguacate · Post by **Aguacate** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:06 pm

3 things
1. how is this even possible, they look on the edge of crashing the whole time
2. I wouldn't want my house on that course
3. How do they clean the poop out of their suits afterwards.....

gr8dog · Post by **gr8dog** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:22 pm

That video reminds me of the daily commute to work. Only instead of motorcycles it's cars, trucks and suv's on hwy 41. It also reminds me of why I take the back roads to work.

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:53 pm

Keep in mind this video is edited to show only the most cringe-worthy parts of the race. There are also some wide open stretches to the circuit and plenty of safe viewing spots. My viewing spot of choice will no doubt be close to a pub

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:11 pm

Also keep in mind that there's a lot of CGI in that clip. you know, to make it 'EXTREME' enough for consumption. While there are many real crashes, there's a lot of bullshittery in the clip.

Post by **jrsjr** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:09 am

skully93 wrote:Also keep in mind that there's a lot of CGI in that clip. you know, to make it 'EXTREME' enough for consumption. While there are many real crashes, there's a lot of bullshittery in the clip.

No CGI in this clip. Give it a watch...

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2012/06/ ... pping-iom/

Southerner · Post by **Southerner** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:27 am

TVB wrote:With every new comment I become more glad that I haven't watched the video.

It's not that bad.

If you've watched action movies, you've seen worse.

It does make me wish that I lived closer to civilization so I could go and experience track days on a trainer bike like a Ninja 250 or some such.

I believe that IOM is one of the last real streetrace events so the course is inherently more dangerous than a track.

I thought the guy who slid on his back until he slowed down then came to his feet showed particular style. Knowing when you're slowed down enough to do that is hard. Don't ask me how I know.

k1dude · Post by **k1dude** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:48 am

There's nothing fake about any of the footage. They're doing between 165mph and 200mph on most of the course. It's off the charts insane. It's been compared to warp drive.

The helicopters can't keep up on the straights.

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Post by **ericalm** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:58 am

Ahhhh! Ahhhhhh! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! Wow.

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 3:23 am

k1dude wrote:There's nothing fake about any of the footage. They're doing between 165mph and 200mph on most of the course. It's off the charts insane. It's been compared to warp drive.

The helicopters can't keep up on the straights.

Great clip K1, thanks for posting. I didn't know there was a day they opened the course up to the public. Always figured I'd just putt putt around it sometime when it was back to being regular roads. Hope to be scooting around it one of these years.

k1dude · Post by **k1dude** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 3:47 am

Skootz Kabootz wrote:Great clip K1, thanks for posting. I didn't know there was a day they opened the course up to the public. Always figured I'd just putt putt around it sometime when it was back to being regular roads. Hope to be scooting around it one of these years.

You'd probably be better off putt putting around NOT during the 2 weeks of the race. Lots of public riders die on Mad Sunday. Evidently it gets pretty crazy out there between the drunk riders, the slow riders, and the wannabe racers. Lots of collisions and carnage on Mad Sunday.

laxer · Post by **laxer** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:22 am

I've seen this somewhere before...I think they called it Pod Racing.

On an entirely separate note, the Island of Man is somewhere I have always been fascinated with and where I'd like to spend a week relaxing after a busy week sightseeing in London.

Joker219 · Post by **Joker219** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:36 pm

can you say speed wobble of doom????!!!! this is what is commonly know as completely bat sh** insane... on a separate note... some body should CGI a buddy 50 blistering by amongst a pack of super bikes as though it were doing about 250mph down a straight away like that. would be awesome!

Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:46 pm

laxer wrote:I've seen this somewhere before...I think they called it Pod Racing.

On an entirely separate note, the Island of Man is somewhere I have always been fascinated with and where I'd like to spend a week relaxing after a busy week sightseeing in London.

A bit of trivia:
The Bee Gee's were born on the Isle of Man.

Coffeejunkie · Post by **Coffeejunkie** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 3:51 pm

I so want to run my scoot through this course, and then edit the video with the "Benny Hill" theme song playing as the audio bed.

On a serious note, that is just an astoundingly good vid!

Southerner · Post by **Southerner** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:17 pm

Tocsik wrote:
laxer wrote:I've seen this somewhere before...I think they called it Pod Racing.

On an entirely separate note, the Island of Man is somewhere I have always been fascinated with and where I'd like to spend a week relaxing after a busy week sightseeing in London.
A bit of trivia:
The Bee Gee's were born on the Isle of Man.

For.reals? Will have to tell the wife, who's a big fan. I am not since I loathe disco, which is all they're remembered for.

SYMbionic Duo · Post by **SYMbionic Duo** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:36 pm

that 1st video is spliced from different years.

phatch · Post by **phatch** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:02 pm

To each their own...

Bluduh · Post by **Bluduh** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:51 am

For.reals? Will have to tell the wife, who's a big fan. I am not since I loathe disco, which is all they're remembered for.

Yeah, it's too bad that they're remembered for disco. They had practically an entire earlier career in the late '60's and *early* '70's and were great.

I guess they tried disco in the late '70's to earn a living. Kinda sad hearing those incredible voices and harmonies wasted on too much falsetto.

Modern Buddy

Some of us are mere mortals. Others are gods. Or just insane

Some of us are mere mortals. Others are gods. Or just insane

yikes