A sticky situatioin

On Feb 24, 1:59�pm, Sean <no.s....RemoveThis@no.spam> wrote:
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> Curious that the 3 riders to the right of the picture are leaned
> to their right, whereas the two on the left are leaning the other way.
> Bike #65 seems to be standing on its front wheel; there's a visible
> skid mark behind it.

Looks like the red bike on the left got into a huge speed weave that
is high-siding him, and the other rider is doing a stoppie to avoid
hitting him, but it's not working.
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On Feb 24, 4:59 pm, Sean <no.s....RemoveThis@no.spam> wrote:
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> Curious that the 3 riders to the right of the picture are leaned
> to their right, whereas the two on the left are leaning the other way.


They're in the middle of crashing!

See ya,

Kristen
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"Sean" <no.spam.TakeThisOut@no.spam> wrote

> Curious that the 3 riders to the right of the picture are leaned
> to their right, whereas the two on the left are leaning the other way.
> Bike #65 seems to be standing on its front wheel; there's a visible
> skid mark behind it.

"Curious"?

You mean you really don't know what's just happened there and what's *about*
to happen?

The three bikes on the right are leaning into a right-hand turn entry, and
the two bikes on the left have just collided and are in the process of
high-siding.

The first two bikes on the right are ahead of the collision (look at the
shadows) and will probably be just fine. The yellow #77 following them is
going to be lucky to miss the sliding, tumbling, and decelerating bikes and
riders crossing his line just ahead of him, but may be far enough behind
them to avoid the chaos. (Difficult to tell when the picture's been taken
with a telephoto lens.)
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"Sean" <no.spam RemoveThis @no.spam> wrote in message
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Typical day of 2-wheel NASCAR?
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:27:47 -0500, "Vito" <vito.DeleteThis@xxcrosslink.net>
wrote:

>"Sean" <no.spam.DeleteThis@no.spam> wrote in message
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>> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/170383394_d78b677c0e.jpg
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>Typical day of 2-wheel NASCAR?
>

Please say that you being facetious and not actually comparing
motorcycle road racing with the circling billboards that are NASCAR!
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:51:44 -0500, Russell Watson
<russell-watson.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote:

>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:27:47 -0500, "Vito" <vito.DeleteThis@xxcrosslink.net>
>wrote:
>
>>"Sean" <no.spam.DeleteThis@no.spam> wrote in message
>>news:5Nlwj.72778$Ly.11976@pd7urf1no...
>>> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/170383394_d78b677c0e.jpg
>>>
>>Typical day of 2-wheel NASCAR?
>>
>
>Please say that you being facetious and not actually comparing
>motorcycle road racing with the circling billboards that are NASCAR!

Yeah. You sure won't see any billboards on those bikes!

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"P. Roehling" <nowayjose.DeleteThis@uh-uh.edu> wrote in message
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> "Sean" <no.spam.DeleteThis@no.spam> wrote
>
>> Curious that the 3 riders to the right of the picture are leaned
>> to their right, whereas the two on the left are leaning the other way.
>> Bike #65 seems to be standing on its front wheel; there's a visible
>> skid mark behind it.
>
> "Curious"?
>
> You mean you really don't know what's just happened there and what's
> *about* to happen?
>
> The three bikes on the right are leaning into a right-hand turn entry, and
> the two bikes on the left have just collided and are in the process of
> high-siding.
>
> The first two bikes on the right are ahead of the collision (look at the
> shadows) and will probably be just fine. The yellow #77 following them is
> going to be lucky to miss the sliding, tumbling, and decelerating bikes
> and riders crossing his line just ahead of him, but may be far enough
> behind them to avoid the chaos. (Difficult to tell when the picture's been
> taken with a telephoto lens.)

That's Pedrosa on the Honda. The two Ducatis are crashing. I don't know if
one is the eventual series champ, Stoner. Can't remember his number from
last year.
>
>
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On Feb 24, 10:21 pm, "P. Roehling" <nowayj....TakeThisOut@uh-uh.edu> wrote:
> "Sean" <no.s....TakeThisOut@no.spam> wrote
>
> > Curious that the 3 riders to the right of the picture are leaned
> > to their right, whereas the two on the left are leaning the other way.
> > Bike #65 seems to be standing on its front wheel; there's a visible
> > skid mark behind it.
>
> "Curious"?
>
> You mean you really don't know what's just happened there and what's *about*
> to happen?
>
> The three bikes on the right are leaning into a right-hand turn entry, and
> the two bikes on the left have just collided and are in the process of
> high-siding.
>
> The first two bikes on the right are ahead of the collision (look at the
> shadows) and will probably be just fine. The yellow #77 following them is
> going to be lucky to miss the sliding, tumbling, and decelerating bikes and
> riders crossing his line just ahead of him, but may be far enough behind
> them to avoid the chaos. (Difficult to tell when the picture's been taken
> with a telephoto lens.)

Speaking of shadows isn't it strange how the shadow of the bikes on
the left extends to the right while the shadow of the bike on the
right extends to the left? I suppose it could be that way if the sun
is almost directly over head.

Bruce
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:00:28 -0800 (PST), Bruce Richmond
<bsr3997.DeleteThis@my-deja.com> wrote:

>Speaking of shadows isn't it strange how the shadow of the bikes on
>the left extends to the right while the shadow of the bike on the
>right extends to the left? I suppose it could be that way if the sun
>is almost directly over head.

If we are looking due South, I'd guesstimate 12:15pm.

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"Bruce Richmond" <bsr3997 DeleteThis @my-deja.com> wrote

> Speaking of shadows isn't it strange how the shadow of the bikes on
the left extends to the right while the shadow of the bike on the
right extends to the left? I suppose it could be that way if the sun
is almost directly over head.

You can locate the angle of the sun by extending a line straight up from the
tip of the shadow of the Ducati's tail up to the tip of the tail itself.
Same thing with the shadow of the rider's knee and the knee itself.

They both give you the same angle: almost directly overhead and slightly to
the right.

If you knew towards which compass point the camera was facing, you could
tell what time of day it was. ;->
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"Turby" <turbosurfer RemoveThis @beach.comber> wrote

>>Speaking of shadows isn't it strange how the shadow of the bikes on
>>the left extends to the right while the shadow of the bike on the
>>right extends to the left? I suppose it could be that way if the sun
>>is almost directly over head.
>
> If we are looking due South, I'd guesstimate 12:15pm.

What was that thing about how great minds work alike?

I should have read your post first.
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:42:15 -0700, Turby <turbosurfer RemoveThis @beach.comber>
wrote:

>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:51:44 -0500, Russell Watson
><russell-watson RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote:
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>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:27:47 -0500, "Vito" <vito RemoveThis @xxcrosslink.net>
>>wrote:
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>>>"Sean" <no.spam RemoveThis @no.spam> wrote in message
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>>>> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/170383394_d78b677c0e.jpg
>>>>
>>>Typical day of 2-wheel NASCAR?
>>>
>>
>>Please say that you being facetious and not actually comparing
>>motorcycle road racing with the circling billboards that are NASCAR!
>
>Yeah. You sure won't see any billboards on those bikes!

OK, they're billboards, too. But other than flat track the just going
'round in circles thing is not part of it...
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"Russell Watson" <russell-watson.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote
> Please say that you being facetious and not actually comparing
> motorcycle road racing with the circling billboards that are NASCAR!

Going to Daytona next week? No GP motorcycle racing is not like NASCAR.
Stock Bike (Superbike) racing is essentially the same as NASCAR. Both race
powerful unweildy machines on the same tracks and the spectators pay to see
them crash. Figure out how to put a cage around a superbike so it could
wreck safely and AMA would get as rich as NASCAR.
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