For those who missed it last night in Vegas or on tv. Here's the link for the new world's record by Robbie Madison on ESPN. Over 320 feet.
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New World's Record For Motorcycle Jump
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it was a very impressive jump.... twice...
Although i found it to lack somewhat of a sense of danger with the jump.
maybe it was more intense in real life.
Although i found it to lack somewhat of a sense of danger with the jump.
maybe it was more intense in real life.
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I thought is was cool the first time.... when he did it the second time I thought he was not wise
maybe the 2nd trip to the jump paired with the smoothness and lack of near sure death that detracted from the entertainment for me, i have been trying to figure it out since i saw it last night...
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that was sick!!! :rockon:
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HavBlue
Just a thought but how do they measure this? Seems as though he left the ramp after passing through the goalpost on one end and landed well before the post on the other end. Post to post heads up would be 330' while the field is 300'.
WOW what a jump. I would be so scared, mid air incontinence for me. Hahaha.
they use camera's to determine the point that the bike leaves the takeoff ramp and becomes airborn and then the same process on the landing. they showed them measuring last night after the jump, they have measurement marks already on there.
Hey, were you in Vegas?
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he was in vegas or... maybe he meant "live" on TV...
yeah, sorry, live on TV, although if i were in Vegas i would have been there for real live and i would have dropped you a line...
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Considering the bike that was used had twice the suspension travel and half the weight some how I don't think so. Rather, I think Evil would be asking him to try it again with an XR750.
Oh hell no.. Not that tank.
Would the XR even go 100 mph to clear the jump? Let alone land it...
Probably no, but that was the danger and excitement of the stunts of that era, Build a big a$$ jump and hit it with a heavy, ill equiped bike and see how far you could get, notn of this calculated risk BS...
Mattberkshire
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Puff. When I was a kid I jumped over 4 mates on my Raleigh
if there are no pictures then it didn't happen.
Nobby
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Man,some of you blokes are hard to please.
+1 No matter how you look as it calculated risk or not. For the average joe its gona be one hell of an adrenaline fulled arse puckering moments of your life.Man,some of you blokes are hard to please.
there is no doubt that if you put me on that bike and launched me that far, my a$$ would be so puckered to that seat that i would not need to worry about falling off.
LMAO, will I would have if the pucker had not stuck me to the seat lol
