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Onboard lap of the Nurburgring - Kawasaki ZX-10R
By Andy Downes -
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28 July 2011 09:33
This new video put together by Bridgestone straps a gyroscopic camera to a Kawasaki ZX-10R and shows Bridgestone tyre tester Tim Röthig on a flying lap of the Nurburgring in Germany.
Gyroscopic cameras have been used in MotoGP for the past few months and manage to give a unique perpective of racing as the camera stays level no matter how far over the bike is leaning.
It takes a bit of getting used to and Rothig is clearly having to sit up quite high so he doesn’t get in the way of the camera but it’s a fascinating look at the fearsome Nurburgring on a fast bike in the hands of someone who knows the track intimately.
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Feakster says
Calm down people
29 July 2011 10:27
Fomancusays
@ luckskua
The girocam has been in use in MotoGp this season--its generally fitted on the tail piece of the bike behind the rider and facing the riders back. Ok--on the straight(read boring) bits all you see is the riders arse but thats not what its there for.This actually allows the viewers to get a real perception of how far the riders lean into the bends and its mind boggeling.
29 July 2011 08:40
luckyskua says
Gyro cam
28 July 2011 21:57
merv007says
car vs bike
there are a few videos on youtube now of superbikes being faster than the GTR, like an RSV4 which is clearly able to match it for corner speed.
a rider at the ring, will never push fully to the limit due to the risk of being killed if he crashes... unlike the car driver who dosent have such high stakes
but around Mugello say a GTR would be much slower than a superbike, provided the bike was ridden by Troy Bayliss type rider who understands the art of cornering on a motorcycle.
I find bikers who worship cars like the GTR are those who dont have the skill or confidence to corner anywhere near what their bikes are capable of, so wrongly assume no bike could keep up with a supercar in the corners. Luckily there are 100s of vids on youtube to prove this very wrong!
28 July 2011 19:36
DoomedDog says
Lap Times
The MV lap time was done over a shorter distance of 19,100 metres. Tim Roethig did a time of 7m:46.7s using the Nordschleife circuit (20,832 metres) on a GSX R1000 in 2008 - so slighlty quicker than the ZX10 featured here. The GSX R time would work out 17 seconds slower than the Nissan GT-R (the GT-R time set on a shorter circuit - 20,600 metres)
So no kennygorrie the GT-R driver would barely have enough time for a cup of tea. If anything he'd probably be a little embarrassed that his £60,000 plus car wasn't that much quicker than a 2008 sports bike.
28 July 2011 15:11
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