Pedrosa race start practice

[rod]

Up 'n over!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-w_BhQIvdg]YouTube - Dani Pedrosa makes rookie mistake[/ame]

[branchi]

fark, how easy was it... just shows after years of doing it they still get it wrong...

[DaveR6]

fark, how easy was it... just shows after years of doing it they still get it wrong...

was due to clutch problems honda were having. hayden went in and switched bikes cause of hit...pedrosa didnt...

[likefry]

i thought they said he forgot to turn the launch control on.

[DaveR6]

i was just going on what hayden was saying when interviewed on the grid before the race.

maybe perdrosa is just a schmuck

[vbroom]

wonder if hopper was laughing

[Foofie Foofie]

I wasnt there, i cant comment on the clutch itself, but ill say this.

Watch the vid, watch what he does with his clutch hand. Make me up 10 excuses, and you would do the same on a stock 600, let alone a full blown moto GP bike.

[rudleo]

how embarrassment...

[Ozboy]

Hopper was probably thinkin ... "Well ,I cant do any worse than that!"

[Semi]

I wasnt there, i cant comment on the clutch itself, but ill say this.

Watch the vid, watch what he does with his clutch hand. Make me up 10 excuses, and you would do the same on a stock 600, let alone a full blown moto GP bike.

??? dont get it

[Foofie Foofie]

Whats a moto gp bike make now .... 220+hp ? . We know even at 800 they make a lot because of top speeds. Now we know they also run a heavy duty dry clutch to grip that power and put it thru the gearbox.

Now if you look, you see him just get off that lever, snap. Well, for every action there is a reaction. The reaction to a brainfart and you let it go like your in a AWD rental car, is a flip.

[simmo]

Hehe, hopper was probably pissing himself laughn. Didn't quite see it all on the day as we were 50m further on just over the little crest which blocked the corner exit viewing. The crowd certainly enjoyed it!!

[likefry]

The commentators said that during the start they have a electronic launch control thing so they give it full stick and dump the clutch and the electronics are "supposed" to stop that from happening.

[T_B R1]

Now if you look, you see him just get off that lever, snap. Well, for every action there is a reaction. The reaction to a brainfart and you let it go like your in a AWD rental car, is a flip.

Exactly. give a bike with sticky tyres a fist full of revs and dump the clutch and up you go.