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03-08-2015, 09:42 PM | #1 | ||
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easily beats any speed record.
watch carefully, then tell me you don't want one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDi9uFcD7XI |
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03-08-2015, 10:01 PM | #2 | ||
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I do want one! Like, yesterday!
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04-08-2015, 06:39 AM | #3 | ||
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I'll take several, as i'm confident i'll drop it a few times before i really get the hang of it. Very cool
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04-08-2015, 08:17 AM | #4 | ||
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Thats is very cool.....
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04-08-2015, 02:02 PM | #5 | ||
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Coming off that wave, WOW!. I wonder how many times he fell in to get these shots?
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05-08-2015, 09:53 AM | #6 | ||
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Imaginative and impressive for sure.
Couple of issues though; first being rust, and second - how the heck would you retrieve the bike if it toppled over? |
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05-08-2015, 02:44 PM | #7 | ||
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looks like a lot of fun ,and a cool video , but i wonder how the bike goes with the salt water? chain drive ???
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05-08-2015, 05:51 PM | #8 | ||
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when i first saw that on the news add, i thought that it must be a trick, and that no way that this could happen. but it is ture.
this guy has just started a new out door sporting craze. cool automatic inflating air bags activated by a mercury switch, safety cord attached to the rider? could save the bike. make most of it out of stainless or aluminium for corrosion protection. Last edited by Pis-ton broke; 05-08-2015 at 06:03 PM. |
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05-08-2015, 06:34 PM | #9 | ||
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'No bikes were harmed in the creation of this video'
Wonder what they did with the air intake?
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05-08-2015, 09:54 PM | #10 | ||
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Guys have been going across the top of lakes on normal dirt bikes with enough speed built up for years. Can't just trek out to sea like this chap though.
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05-08-2015, 10:19 PM | #11 | ||
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They used 5 bikes, all cleaned out every time they sunk. Robbie broke an ankle, Shoulder injury (plus more- he's tough as!). Plus a 4-5 minute experience in full gear, being dragged underwater in a wave. He said it all started going white, so close to drowning.
He definitely pushes the boundaries, doesn't he? |
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06-08-2015, 09:29 AM | #12 | ||
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