ichibankilla;223128 wrote:
I think ihaveaids(nice name by the way) should join honda-tech.com, he'd feel much more at home there.

I usually don't get in on the bike discussions but for some reason I clicked on this thread, curiosity for the most part I guess. So, after reading ihaveaids (again,nice name) ramblings I thought I had to add something. First off I'm just going to say I never really understood the whole stunting thing and to be honest I though it was quite stupid in fact, seeing people with nice ass bikes wreck them while attemping to do stunts or doing stunts on busy streets and highways, NOT COOL. But now you see, after it's caught on and has almost become a sport in itself and the riders using, shall we say, recycled bikes that are modded and stripped into a purpose built bike made specifically for stunting, I find it rather interesting and entertaining. Although I've never seen a show in person, mostly on the boob tube, anybody with half a mind can tell that shit's not easy to pull off. I mean, almost any kid can ride a skateboard but throw him in a half pipe and he's coming out with some broken bones.

totally off topic but i saw your sig and im wondering if you work at corwin honda

D S ohM;221424 wrote:
Why do people have to be so negative all of the time? Jeezus. Great pics BTW.

3_Series;221588 wrote:
Welcome to Fargostreet.

I think ihaveaids(nice name by the way) should join honda-tech.com, he'd feel much more at home there.

I usually don't get in on the bike discussions but for some reason I clicked on this thread, curiosity for the most part I guess. So, after reading ihaveaids (again,nice name) ramblings I thought I had to add something. First off I'm just going to say I never really understood the whole stunting thing and to be honest I though it was quite stupid in fact, seeing people with nice ass bikes wreck them while attemping to do stunts or doing stunts on busy streets and highways, NOT COOL. But now you see, after it's caught on and has almost become a sport in itself and the riders using, shall we say, recycled bikes that are modded and stripped into a purpose built bike made specifically for stunting, I find it rather interesting and entertaining. Although I've never seen a show in person, mostly on the boob tube, anybody with half a mind can tell that shit's not easy to pull off. I mean, almost any kid can ride a skateboard but throw him in a half pipe and he's coming out with some broken bones.

ihaveaids;221576 wrote:
It was a discussion of skill, not a comparison of the two. And tell me how learning proper form, staying on your line, proper breaking and shifting technique, and corner entry speed are so easy to pick up on? Take any member of the army of squids in the FM area and I bet any one of them can do a wheelie for you, can any of them actually ride? Hardly, and they all prove it day in and day out by weaving in and out of traffic, riding ridiculously fast, and cutting off cars. There are plenty of lake roads to learn on as long as you stay safe and don't push it to hard. One of my favorites is the backroad to DL through Downer. If I'm not mistaken there is also a track in Brainerd as well.

your retarted, if you cant do either then why are you preaching on what you see??? yea they both take skill, and yea one might be harder than the other. but do you know?? do i know??? NO. you are the last person that can even open an oppinion about it, ESPICALLY since you even said you cant do either.

so my question to you is, how do you know what take more skill??

King Ricer;221605 wrote:
any body can do power wheelies and ride them for a distance a high speed. but it does take skills to be able to slow them down and ride them a a low rate of speed. it takes lots of throttle and brake control like Derek said.

This is exactly what I was thinking.

Your right it takes no skills to burn rpms in a wheelie, but to everyone doing it in a parking lot is riding only idle. The means only brake use unless they fall out of balance point and need to blurp the throttle to knock it back in. Huge difference.

Harwood you'll be looking forward to supermoto more and more. What little I have rode it, its been a blast. Completly different than track racing. Those guys have some talent hands down. Takes a little bit of everything and mixes it into a crazy sport.

ihaveaids;221576 wrote:
It was a discussion of skill, not a comparison of the two. And tell me how learning proper form, staying on your line, proper breaking and shifting technique, and corner entry speed are so easy to pick up on? Take any member of the army of squids in the FM area and I bet any one of them can do a wheelie for you, can any of them actually ride? Hardly, and they all prove it day in and day out by weaving in and out of traffic, riding ridiculously fast, and cutting off cars. There are plenty of lake roads to learn on as long as you stay safe and don't push it to hard. One of my favorites is the backroad to DL through Downer. If I'm not mistaken there is also a track in Brainerd as well.

any body can do power wheelies and ride them for a distance a high speed. but it does take skills to be able to slow them down and ride them a a low rate of speed. it takes lots of throttle and brake control like Derek said.

D S ohM;221424 wrote:
Why do people have to be so negative all of the time? Jeezus.
Welcome to Fargostreet.

This:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLrDXghfHYY

takes greater skill than this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9YC5Hlswd0

ihaveaids;221561 wrote:
I traded in the kawa last week:(
I still haven't claimed to have any stunting skills lol.

well if your claiming that, then why bash people and say it isnt as hard as riding on a track???

Feel free to come to bismarck anytime. You can show me your stunting skills and than from there we can take a twisty road and you can show me your cornering skills.

King Ricer;221506 wrote:
so what your saying is that you could go out and do that shit then? i dont think so, i want proof that you can with a vid or something!

At what point in my post did I imply that I could do any of this shit? Because I find real "riding" to be more difficult than stunting I am jealous? You guys do a lot of assuming. DerekS you must be a ridiculously good rider, racing at a track was a piece of cake huh? I would like to see how you would do at an AMA or other track/race day competition. Anyone can go out and think that they are fast or feel comfortable doing it but that doesn't always mean that they are setting a good lap time at all.

ihaveaids;221499 wrote:
I'm not jealous at all. I have owned two bikes, an 01 R6 and an 07 ZX6. All I am saying is that it takes quite a bit more skill to be fast on a bike at the track than it does to to a m4d tyte 5mph wh33li3!!111! Maybe you could change the title of the thread to nutswinging 101?

You don't know half the skills that it takes to stunt. Everything includes the perfect balance, right amount of brake use, throttle control. Way harder to catch on than racing a track. I can keep up with a lot of riders in town on my stunt bike when there on their minty one. Maybe not over 110mph. But I will still smoke most of them other wise on twisties otherwise. I don't do much cornering but I did recently race the Las Vegas speedway and it was a piece of cake to get use to.

So quit hating on stunt riders because you can't do it.

ihaveaids;221499 wrote:
I'm not jealous at all. I have owned two bikes, an 01 R6 and an 07 ZX6. All I am saying is that it takes quite a bit more skill to be fast on a bike at the track than it does to to a m4d tyte 5mph wh33li3!!111! Maybe you could change the title of the thread to nutswinging 101?

so what your saying is that you could go out and do that shit then? i dont think so, i want proof that you can with a vid or something!