Le Mans onboard the R1 plus pics

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 5:04 pm

For anybody interested in bikes, heres some footage from my latest trip abroad.

https://vimeo.com/49941490

Watch on Vimeo

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:17 pm

Looks like fun

flyingscot68 · Post by **flyingscot68** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:51 pm

Nice one.
Always wondered what the big right after the start is like, is it as fast as it looks on TV?

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mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:37 pm

flyingscot68 wrote:Nice one.
Always wondered what the big right after the start is like, is it as fast as it looks on TV?

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On my R1, you shut the throttle and rolled in at 158mph. You just kept slowing down through the corner, then pick the bike up and brake hard for the chicane.

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:27 pm

I was glad I was on pole when I raced there in the rain.

Great corner though, totally different in a car though

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:35 pm

Is it flat in a car?? I can't remember, it was 7 years ago when I drove my Elise there??

Your going a lot faster on the way in with the bike, and it's harder to brake mid corner. I never did find the balls to go fast enough though

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:45 pm

I think it was flat out in the dry, then you had to trail it towards the end.

I wasn't doing 158 thou

Scottish Elises