wtf was that?
That might have been the guy from The Car Show on the Autobahn with an Audi R8 V10 doing 180mph.
only it was a corvette
If there's one person I would call a legend it would be Doug Henry:
(first one might be a re-post.... don't really care though)
(first one might be a re-post.... don't really care though)
So I googled Doug Henry and saw he took a bad crash and now rides again, but what is that cage around him?
He was paralyzed in that crash.
I met him once when I was like 12 or so at High Point. My dad talked to him for a second then told me how he was paralyzed and all that. From what I could tell he was a cool person, but most the older pros are.
On that note I felt a little bad for laughing when he fell over in that curve.
Rekluse wouldn't help with shifting really, but you did get me curious.
http://www.vitalmx.com/news/news/A-Look-At-Doug-Henrys-Bike,3486
...and I thought adding a push-button bar-mounted lap timer to my bike might make things complicated.
To keep with some video content, this one is pretty funny.
what kind of air supply do those shifters use?
No idea.. tried searching but did realize who I met at High Point wasn't Doug Henry - it was David Bailey.
<edit> They were playing this at the Dew Tour and my daughter was freaked out that I knew all the words. I love this song.
Drag bikes use air shifters and a lot of the squids, do too.
http://www.pingelonline.com/air_shifter.htm
lame.....
wow, talk about how badly out of proportion something could be
Too bad it can't turn.
from the videos i've seen, he has the bike propped up and just pulls himself on. When he's finished he leans it against something and climbs off. An electric starter would cover the starting issue
The metalwork is a roll cage of sorts, suppose going over the bars could be nasty if you cant eject at all (think his feet must be strapped down too)
Just riding a crosser feet-up all the time is gonna be incredibly hard, the fact that he even seams to be able to get his scrub/whip on is just amazing!
This confirms it, the feet are strapped on:
http://www.vitalmx.com/news/news/A-Look-At-Doug-Henrys-Bike,3486
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awesome
not sure if this has been posted.
