Here’s a video to underline just how quickly things can go wrong on track – end of a track session, one rider coasting around – another clips him – and the following rider gets a face full of superbike pretty quickly. Ouch. Here’s the video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9j9EmfZjCQ
It reminds us of this crash in British Superbikes that saw the late, great Karl Harris copping a mush full of Tom Sykes’ Suzuki after Sykes and Leon Haslam had a coming together.
This was way back in 2008 – watch the clip from 0.19s in. It’s a brutal clash but Harris walked away with nothing more than a fat lip and a broken finger. Incredible.
Tony has been riding motorcycles for over 35 years and he's been a motorcycle writer for over 25 of those. He's ridden almost every motorcycle you can think of at most places around the world and he's partial to some racing, too. A Taurus, Tony doesn't believe in horoscopes (but then that's exactly what a Taurus would say!) but he does believe in Mandalorians and their right to earn a living.
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