Bike Stunts

[Skid Marks]

What’s the most daring and courageous stunt you’ve ever pulled off on two wheels? Have you ever tried to copy someone like Evil Kanevil (sp?) And to add to that, also the best one you’ve botched, and did you ever think of trying it a second time? :cool:

[Eirik]

I've never done any serious stunt riding. I've popped a few wheelies, but not many. Wheelies are hard on the front end of the bike and NEVER ever makes you faster. Some may consider 100mph powerslides on public roads to be stunt riding, but I don't. And, contrary to wheelies, steering with the back wheel can also make you faster. Slow speed powerslides are much more difficult to control and will often slow you down or land you on your ear.

The best stunt riders are terrific performers, comparable in bike control to the best trials riders. However, most stunt riders - even those performing at shows, are simply lunatics lacking proper control. They fool around a lot and do burnouts and pull small wheelies and fall down more often that necessary. It's a typical British thing - look at the magazines like Fast Bikes (bunch of prats that can't ride save for one rider), Performance Bikes (a few chaps who ride decently) and Superbike (silly sods). They don't impress me at all, especially since they always fool around yet have very little control over their bikes and even less control over what they are doing (which is why they crash every week). American test riders like Don Canet, Mick Ienatch and Brian Catterson will consistently beat all and every European rider around the tracks, yet they avoid riding like jerks.

You pick your "heroes" - I hate to see a-holes behaving like 2-year-olds on public roads. If they do have to play, keep it on closed circuits.

Just my humble opinion :D

[Junior]

<FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I've jumped four people ..but that was on a BMX :) </FONT f>

[WhipLash]

A BMX bike, now there a blast from the past :) . I suppose it still had Two Wheels though, so it does fit within the bounds of this forum ;)

Could you do all the tricks, like bunny hops, eh, , eh, that’s all I can remember!

Tell me one thing though Junior, did you successfully clear the four of them, or did someone end up with BMX tyre scars for life? :D

[Junior]

<FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Nobody was hurt in the Jump and no -one ever had any wheel marks either &lt;phew&gt; </FONT f>