[Enfield Pro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSoQ01IQPo

[qgolden]

Cool   

[The Garbone]

Ok,  so what is with the no feet on the pegs?    Going for the Rollie Free?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_Free


Pushing hard with only 880 miles on the clock...

[sixtysix]

Are we supposed to be impressed by the bike, or amazed at the stupidity

[2bikebill]

Or is it a fake? I'm not convinced that road surface is moving by at 80mph. And if he is doing 80, his odometer suggests that poor bike is too young for 80mph....

[Ducati Scotty]

Stupidity, low miles, etc aside, kinda puts a damper on the whole 'high speed instability' party.  If it's fake that's a lot of trouble to go through to make a fake.

Justin at Vespa PDX has had a few people come in asking about the C5 instability.  He hands them the keys and says, "See for yourself."  They come back, "There's no instability!"  Eggs-zack-leeeeee!  I'm not saying some bikes don't have the problem, some do, but it's not inherent to the design.

Oh, and he needs to add this soundtrack to that video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F_G2zp-opg

Scott

[r80rt]

RIGHT!

[ScooterBob]

Ok,  so what is with the no feet on the pegs?    Going for the Rollie Free?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_Free


Pushing hard with only 880 miles on the clock...

The Crash Test Dummy has ALWAYS been pushed hard like that ..... From the time it had about, oh ...... 18 miles on it until it dies ..... which, at this rate, even WITH the daily whippings, will probably take forever .... Haw haw haw!! Abuse testing is my favorite kind ..... 

[ScooterBob]

Are we supposed to be impressed by the bike, or amazed at the stupidity

The Crash Test Dummy only gets ridden by motorcycle industry professionals. Both of its test riders are ex-racers and are highly skilled- so don't try this at home - or if you can't ride a bicycle! 

[clubman]

Out of curiousity, Bob, what kind of fuel consumption do you get from the Crash Test Dummy? Is it the same as you'd expect from a carefully run in example or lower? (Please don't tell me it's better!  )

[Ducati Scotty]

The Crash Test Dummy only gets ridden by motorcycle industry professionals. Both of its test riders are ex-racers and are highly skilled- so don't try this at home - or if you can't ride a bicycle! 

Hey, so what are you guys highly skilled at?

[gashousegorilla]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSoQ01IQPo

Come on now, there's a piece of bubble gum under the needle, and it sounds like someone is pushing him on roller skates. I'm not saying it can't be done, but with all that moving around, yea, right. Now if someone was to film him from the side, with a radar gun, I might believe it.

[Maturin]

Come on now, there's a piece of bubble gum under the needle, and it sounds like someone is pushing him on roller skates. I'm not saying it can't be done, but with all that moving around, yea, right. Now if someone was to film him from the side, with a radar gun, I might believe it.

 

[MOCMW]

Sorry boys! I know how you like a conspiracy. Its all true.
No fake footage, no super imposing, no car pushing the bike, or someone on roller skates pushing (gashousegorilla). It was just a good sunday afternoon idea to quite some of this noise about head shake or bad handling.

Here is the other video i made minutes before that one. Should be a little more evidence for the non believers.

http://www.youtube.com/user/timhirdler#p/a/u/0/DkIvP_2pbNM


The way we ride that bike i would say fuel consumption is not a concern of ours.
I would imagine it to be pretty good because its rather loose! 

Oh, and sorry Ducati Scotty no music.

[Anon]

Ok,  so what is with the no feet on the pegs?

Maybe they're on the rear pegs?

[Ducati Scotty]

It probably looks slower than it is because the low sample rate on the camera comes together as a bunch of choppy stills more than a nice flowing movie.

And it's not music I want in the soundtrack, it's the "Wheeeee!"

Scott

[gashousegorilla]

And it's not music I want in the soundtrack, it's the "Wheeeee!"

Scott

Yea, LOL !!!,  He' gonna need that insurance to

[MOCMW]

The foot coming off the peg was an adjustment i had to make to keep going in the direction i wanted to go. When your not holding the bars the bike becomes very sensitive to wieght transfer. Tranfering more wieght to one side or the other on the seat will steer the bike. I was leaning over to stay straight. 

[gashousegorilla]

Sorry boys! I know how you like a conspiracy. Its all true.
No fake footage, no super imposing, no car pushing the bike, or someone on roller skates pushing (gashousegorilla). It was just a good sunday afternoon idea to quite some of this noise about head shake or bad handling.

Here is the other video i made minutes before that one. Should be a little more evidence for the non believers.

http://www.youtube.com/user/timhirdler#p/a/u/0/DkIvP_2pbNM


The way we ride that bike i would say fuel consumption is not a concern of ours.
I would imagine it to be pretty good because its rather loose!  

Oh, and sorry Ducati Scotty no music.

Alright Mo, don't get mad. I believe ya.  Just bust'in  some  ball's. No conspiracy theory's  here. You must admit that first one looked a little screwy  My hats off to you for doing it. But please, don't kill yourself to prove a point. By the way, how did you rig the throttle? I may have to try that myself  

[ace.cafe]

Ghost ridin' the whip?

[r80rt]

A fat O ring between the grip and grip housing works for me.

[MOCMW]

Throttle body.

I was well within my limits

[Kevin Mahoney]

WTF are you "motorcycle industry professionals" doing to my bikes?

[r80rt]

 

[gashousegorilla]

WTF are you "motorcycle industry professionals" doing to my bikes?

Come on don't get mad at him. Good intentions. , Effective to!
I'd want that guy work'in for me

[Andy]

I only ever saw the throttle side wiht no hands, but it looked like fun.

[Ducati Scotty]

Come on don't get mad at him. Good intentions. , Effective to!
I'd want that guy work'in for me

And once again if by working you mean flogging the pee out of a C5 all day I don't want that guy working for me, I want that guy's job.

Scott

[Cabo Cruz]

Come clean, Brs. Parts and Scoot... the Crash Test Dummy is running on training wheels... right?! 

[ScooterBob]

Sorry boys! I know how you like a conspiracy. Its all true.
No fake footage, no super imposing, no car pushing the bike, or someone on roller skates pushing (gashousegorilla). It was just a good sunday afternoon idea to quite some of this noise about head shake or bad handling.

Here is the other video i made minutes before that one. Should be a little more evidence for the non believers.

http://www.youtube.com/user/timhirdler#p/a/u/0/DkIvP_2pbNM


The way we ride that bike i would say fuel consumption is not a concern of ours.
I would imagine it to be pretty good because its rather loose! 

Oh, and sorry Ducati Scotty no music.

Hahaha! I love that reflection of ya goofy old self, just fumblin' with the phone at Warp Factor 7 ...... Typical Mo' Money!!

[ScooterBob]

WTF are you "motorcycle industry professionals" doing to my bikes?

TEST RIDING ....... Something that's never been DONE in the hallowed halls of CMW before ..... Hahaha! Just think how good Iron Barrels would be if they had this kind of testing and tweedling ...... Oh, yeah - as good as mine and ACE's! Heeheehee! BTW - We confisticated that bike fair and square from all the junk in the warehouse and under the workbench .... we got squatters rights on it ....... 

[ScooterBob]

Alright Mo, don't get mad. I believe ya.  Just bust'in  some  ball's. No conspiracy theory's  here. You must admit that first one looked a little screwy  My hats off to you for doing it. But please, don't kill yourself to prove a point. By the way, how did you rig the throttle? I may have to try that myself  

You just reach down and wank the throttle cam at the throttle body. I did the "no hands" first for about two miles - but I was a chickenshit and kept my left hand on the top of the tank and I was tucked. I didn't sit up in the wind, play with my cell phone and look around at the scenery ...... old Mo' Money is a ridin' FOOL! - He's seriously better than most ... seriously. I'm old and rickety compared to him .......  ....... but I ain't TOO skeer'd!

[ScooterBob]

Come clean, Brs. Parts and Scoot... the Crash Test Dummy is running on training wheels... right?! 

Hahaha! No, Papa - Mo' Money is THAT good ...... see the previous post ..... ! My boy gots "youf and skeel" ......

[Cabo Cruz]

"My boy gots "youf and skeel" ......"  ScooterBob

I hea' ya, Br. Scoot.

[ScooterBob]

"My boy gots "youf and skeel" ......"  ScooterBob

I hea' ya, Br. Scoot.

WE had that once .... didn't we? Now we have old age and treachery .... Muah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!