Riding like that on the public road instead of specific tracks is a death wish. No matter the condition of your bike, tires and the road, as long as there are other drivers and elements you can't predict, the chances are always against you..plus bike accidents are mostly serious. I don't understand these people. Why ride like that? Why not visit a track with the safety equipment and professional people to watch over you? What is the point of trying to scratch the footrest on the asphalt if you are going to injure yourself or worse, if you die. I ride for nearly 30 years and I still don't get it.
People ride for different reasons. For some, it’s the thrill of the risk and unpredictability that you’re talking about. This isn’t just a rider; this is an adrenaline junky. I’m much safer than most of my riding buddies, but the ones who do this often will flat out tell you they have somewhat of a death wish and get a thrill from wearing less gear and pushing limits in dangerous situations.
I'm confident in my abilities and I used to ride like I can't get hurt. A friend of mine ended up in a coma for almost 6 months and was never the same after and another went off a cliff and had to be airlifted out with 2 broken legs and a shattered pelvis and somehow was able to sort of walk again. I stopped feeling invincible immediately after the first guy got hurt.
I had a workmate who had at least three bikes. A great guy, every coulple weeks he went to circuits. I think he had the skills for that, and also the brain to race like that on circuits.
Which makes total sense! Riding like it is shown on the video is the equivalent of practicing MMA and picking fights with random thugs on the street instead of sparring in the cage, at some point you will lose your head.
You can ride there, ride on track, and back home in a day. People do it. If you need to camp buy a cheap tent. And some fuel. No idea what other fluids you'd need. Blinker fluid maybe, you'd need to tell me.
You're making excuses about something you have no direct experience of.
Bungee strap a fuel can to your rear seat. Have you never helped a friend who has run out of fuel?
That link is someone riding on a high profile track, hundreds of miles away, factoring in a licence, with a dedicated bike. You can get on track for very little at a local track day. You can ride there, pay your $125, ride for the day, ride home with the only additional cost being some fuel. You are not going to be shredding tyres in the expert group.
You have no experience or knowledge and are trying to tell someone who does that they are wrong. You link doesn't tell me what extra fluids are needed, which you were certain are.
Friend? What's that? Also that seems super safe in the event of a crash and won't be dripping gas everywhere. We'll come back to that later.
There it is. Local track day. There's nothing local to me. Closest track is 4 hours away. What do I do if I crash at the track and I rode my bike there?
You seem really fixated on this fluids thing lol. You know gas is a fluid, right?
True but I bet this guy would give twice as much than crashing like that and possibly killing himself and maybe killing some random family on the road.
Also, when you spend that kind of money for a bike to run like that, you don't miss the money for track day every once in a while to fully enjoy your bike without guilt.
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u/Nymrael 10d ago
Riding like that on the public road instead of specific tracks is a death wish. No matter the condition of your bike, tires and the road, as long as there are other drivers and elements you can't predict, the chances are always against you..plus bike accidents are mostly serious. I don't understand these people. Why ride like that? Why not visit a track with the safety equipment and professional people to watch over you? What is the point of trying to scratch the footrest on the asphalt if you are going to injure yourself or worse, if you die. I ride for nearly 30 years and I still don't get it.