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Here's a piece of racing footage we just don't get to see every day: a drag motorcycle's chain point of view camera.
There are few riders who actually know how weird the slow-motion movies of many of a bike's components look like, but trust me – it's awesome.
Such a video would have looked even cooler with a high-speed camera. You can figure out for yourselves that the "chain dance" puts an immense stress on the bike and all the rest of its moving parts, and especially the tires.
And given the acceleration and final speed, everything must be set up perfectly, with even minor mistakes possibly leading to disaster. To understand better what drag racing does to a motorcycle tire, check out this drag bike crash slow-motion video.
Such a video would have looked even cooler with a high-speed camera. You can figure out for yourselves that the "chain dance" puts an immense stress on the bike and all the rest of its moving parts, and especially the tires.
And given the acceleration and final speed, everything must be set up perfectly, with even minor mistakes possibly leading to disaster. To understand better what drag racing does to a motorcycle tire, check out this drag bike crash slow-motion video.
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