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[Closed] Who fancies doing a fast Nurburgring lap on a Honda Africa Twin, then?

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Anyone? Not sure I’d fancy doing it in a car, let alone on an adventure bike, on a damp day!
https://jalopnik.com/brave-rider-tackles-the-nurburgring-on-a-honda-africa-t-1834856767


 
Posted : 18/05/2019 8:39 pm
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Brass.


 
Posted : 18/05/2019 8:42 pm
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Glad he had the megane before the end of the lap


 
Posted : 18/05/2019 8:51 pm
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Good man ....


 
Posted : 18/05/2019 9:02 pm
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Pretty good going tbh, I doubt honda had that in mind when they designed that bike eh.


 
Posted : 18/05/2019 9:05 pm
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Glad he had the megane before the end of the lap

The clio/megane driver politely let the bike pass when held up in traffic, up to getting stuck in traffic the boring French hatch was pulling away from the bike. Perhaps he slowed down to change radio station or light a fag. Just like the périphérique then. 🙂

And I'll take a Zoé rather than either of them, the Goldman medley on the radio.


 
Posted : 18/05/2019 9:42 pm
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Took mine on a couple of trackdays they are quite good tbh

https://flic.kr/p/26KixnN


 
Posted : 18/05/2019 9:51 pm
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Been passenger in a car (s1 Elise with VW 2.0tsi lump) doing 8:30 laps. At that speed you’re passing the privateers in very fast stuff like GT3s, Skylines and just keeping up with the bikes. Stunning effort by the rider. That place scares the £&@? out of me. No way would I take my bike on it.


 
Posted : 18/05/2019 11:23 pm
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Enjoyed watching that.

Been a few years since I punted a bike around like that. Looked like the front wheel was waving around a bit. 🙂


 
Posted : 19/05/2019 12:11 am
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And I’ll take a Zoé rather than either of them, the Goldman medley on the radio.

And I reckon I could take a Zoé in a Smart fourtwo.
I doubt very much that the Renault was a bog-standard model, more likely a Cup version.


 
Posted : 19/05/2019 12:48 am
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That rider knows the ring well - doesn’t miss a single apex & doesn’t chase the car - simply rides their own ride. Fast.


 
Posted : 19/05/2019 12:59 am
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Knobbly tyres as well = Baws like saddlebags.


 
Posted : 19/05/2019 2:31 am
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No chance, countzero. Driving/riding round the Nurburgring with any other vehicle on it is a really dumb thing to do. I'm not interested unless I can have the place to myself just after they've cleaned up all the dropped oil from those messy ICE vehicles.


 
Posted : 19/05/2019 7:03 am

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