Thx for that answer. Yea i rode the Nurburgring Nordschleife for a few years, it's 20 kilometres and even that needs 100+ laps to learn and get a good and smooth line. Well, in 2013 I will go to the Isle of Man for the first time to watch the TT. I love racing there, all the riders who start there have my biggest respect. I love road racing! Just as I said in the last comment -> Stay safe guys! Shiny side up!
Great ride mate, i started racing last year (only a couple of meetings in the UK) with the intention of doing the Mountain circuit in a competition basis, i have been to the TT 4 times and also had my road going CBR 600rr over there and of course took it over the mountain and rode the circuit as much as i could, OMG nothing like a race circuit, the videos never do justice to how bumpy the roads are and how some of them are so off cambered, very impressed with your ride defo look out for ur name
During these 10 months Björn was doing this 1-2 hours every day. Then he flew in and visited the island 2-3 times and had local racers to guide him around the course and discuss certain points. Then during the Manx GP there is one week training where you can get up to 6-8 laps depending on weather. Then Björn participated in 3 different classes in the race itself with possibility of 4 plas in each race. The footage is from the last race, first lap and a half. I think Björn was doing very well.
Speedy00 ..... (cont) The green indicator lights you see flashing sometimes, are of course not indicators as all lights are removed, but they are connected to the ECU rpm max rev information, i.e. a shift light. Så every time engine revs above a certain rpm, lights blink and you need to shift gear. When the shift light blinks in the high gears, it most often is because the bike is in the air and rear wheel is spinning!!! So you know he is in air when shift light blinks without gear changes.
Hello ScbrN5454, Sorry for late answer, but here it goes. On the race bike speed indication is not interesting for the rider, and can be distracting. So we always remove speedo on all our race bikes. Also when riding different tracks we change gearings, and speed indication would become wrong. On many modern bikes, like this CBR600RR the signal is coming from the gearbox. So we just disconnect the wire going to the ECU (Engine mgmt unit).
It's because the lowest laptime over the complete lap is the important thing. A racer don't have time to look at useless information like a momentary speed. He is already planning the next bend. He try to go as fast as possible into the bend, through the bend, out of the bend, that's what makes a good total lap time. The straight between bends is just a transportation stretch into the next bend. The speed in bends is up to your skills, and the speed between bends is outgoing speed and length.
No need to cut wires. Don't disconnect the big wire connector at the ECU, but find the sensor (speedo sensor at the gear box in this case) trace the wire from the sensor and within a short distance from the sensor you find a connector. Disconnect that connector. Now you disconnected just that wire from just that sensor. That is ok for club racing. Bikes we use for national racing we often take out the compete electrical harness and the ECU, replacing with a programmable ECU and smaller harness.
Yes, the video runs fine in many different locations without skipping, jumping or FF-winding. At work however I have noticed it sometimes have these problems when there are many clients and high load on the WiFi network. Maybe that's what Ivan experienced at his location. Let's hope he has a good network now.
Om än något sent men ett stort grattis till framgångarna i Isle of man! Synd med den skadade foten, hoppas att den har läkt fint och att du är tillbaka på banan snart. Hälsningar från en MC-polis i Stockholm!
this is like milionth TT video im watchin here on youtube but this one seems to me like its speeded up for small amout or im watching this in 720p and camera takes moar rates than the other ones...Strange :o
Hello Speedy00, In the video it is my old team mate Björn Gunnarsson from Sweden that rides with the onboard camera. How long does it take to learn? Well, all the experienced guys say: a long time, several races and several years. The reason is one lap is 60,7 kilometres and has 264 turns, and even more bumps and dips which themselves can be more dangerous than a turn. Here is Björn's preparation for this ride: 10 months of studying the lap via onboard footage and connectng this with course map.
The footage is raw footage from a GoPro camera in real time. Maybe your network has temporary problems, then things break up and catch up. I've seen this effect on other videos. Looks strange and funny. Try watch this again on a reasonable cable connection without WiFi and a good internet uplink. You should get real time video.
Great stuff. Freakin fast... how many laps did you do yet? I wonder how long it takes to learn the track with all its bumps, drops.... I so want to ride there, but i think i would start with a 400cc :D Amazing vid, amazing ride. Stay safe 8-)
Hi Carlos. Well, on a race bike everything unnecessary is removed, and things like fairings, exhaust and wheels are replaced with lighter items. On a race bike a speedo is just disturbing and is always disabled or removed. You try to go fastest possible, and what the speedo says is uninteresting. They have radar traps in some sections for PR reasons. In an expensive bike setup (like BSB, WSBK and similar) the original instruments are removed and replaced with digital panel without speedo.
Thx for that answer. Yea i rode the Nurburgring Nordschleife for a few years, it's 20 kilometres and even that needs 100+ laps to learn and get a good and smooth line.
Well, in 2013 I will go to the Isle of Man for the first time to watch the TT. I love racing there, all the riders who start there have my biggest respect. I love road racing!
Just as I said in the last comment -> Stay safe guys! Shiny side up!
Music at the beginning unnecessary. The bike is the orchestra and Gunnarson is the conductor. Also a very good clear video.
Wow, major props to these guys! That takes balls of steel! No... Diamond.
...smooth riding style...lovely pass at the hairpin, thats how do do it at the TT...Hope to see you in the main event in June...All the best
Great ride mate, i started racing last year (only a couple of meetings in the UK) with the intention of doing the Mountain circuit in a competition basis, i have been to the TT 4 times and also had my road going CBR 600rr over there and of course took it over the mountain and rode the circuit as much as i could, OMG nothing like a race circuit, the videos never do justice to how bumpy the roads are and how some of them are so off cambered, very impressed with your ride defo look out for ur name
excellent video and great riding!
Wow.., Mr. Gunnarsson is really gunning it on this one 0_o
kudo's on the video quality I like it ✔
Great riding.....
During these 10 months Björn was doing this 1-2 hours every day. Then he flew in and visited the island 2-3 times and had local racers to guide him around the course and discuss certain points. Then during the Manx GP there is one week training where you can get up to 6-8 laps depending on weather. Then Björn participated in 3 different classes in the race itself with possibility of 4 plas in each race. The footage is from the last race, first lap and a half. I think Björn was doing very well.
nice clear vid, good job
Speedy00 ..... (cont)
The green indicator lights you see flashing sometimes, are of course not indicators as all lights are removed, but they are connected to the ECU rpm max rev information, i.e. a shift light. Så every time engine revs above a certain rpm, lights blink and you need to shift gear. When the shift light blinks in the high gears, it most often is because the bike is in the air and rear wheel is spinning!!! So you know he is in air when shift light blinks without gear changes.
Hello ScbrN5454,
Sorry for late answer, but here it goes. On the race bike speed indication is not interesting for the rider, and can be distracting. So we always remove speedo on all our race bikes. Also when riding different tracks we change gearings, and speed indication would become wrong. On many modern bikes, like this CBR600RR the signal is coming from the gearbox. So we just disconnect the wire going to the ECU (Engine mgmt unit).
It's because the lowest laptime over the complete lap is the important thing. A racer don't have time to look at useless information like a momentary speed. He is already planning the next bend. He try to go as fast as possible into the bend, through the bend, out of the bend, that's what makes a good total lap time. The straight between bends is just a transportation stretch into the next bend. The speed in bends is up to your skills, and the speed between bends is outgoing speed and length.
No need to cut wires. Don't disconnect the big wire connector at the ECU, but find the sensor (speedo sensor at the gear box in this case) trace the wire from the sensor and within a short distance from the sensor you find a connector. Disconnect that connector. Now you disconnected just that wire from just that sensor. That is ok for club racing. Bikes we use for national racing we often take out the compete electrical harness and the ECU, replacing with a programmable ECU and smaller harness.
This ride is on a Honda 600RR. Fixed up chassis with all trick bits, but basically a stock engine to avoid break downs.
Yes, the video runs fine in many different locations without skipping, jumping or FF-winding. At work however I have noticed it sometimes have these problems when there are many clients and high load on the WiFi network. Maybe that's what Ivan experienced at his location. Let's hope he has a good network now.
If you wanna fly like that over them roads...you got to know the circuit very well....
Actually its pretty stable broadband interwebs 10/2mbps and i know its low but its more than enough,anyway ill gotta watch it once more :P
Om än något sent men ett stort grattis till framgångarna i Isle of man! Synd med den skadade foten, hoppas att den har läkt fint och att du är tillbaka på banan snart. Hälsningar från en MC-polis i Stockholm!
this is like milionth TT video im watchin here on youtube but this one seems to me like its speeded up for small amout or im watching this in 720p and camera takes moar rates than the other ones...Strange :o
very very good i like
That was freaking awesome! Thank you, thank you.
Det går helt sinnessjukt fort det där. :)
Björn won't be there at the TT 2013. Broken foot badly, and hope for it to be better at end of 2013. So hope for comback next year 2014.
Hello Speedy00,
In the video it is my old team mate Björn Gunnarsson from Sweden that rides with the onboard camera. How long does it take to learn? Well, all the experienced guys say: a long time, several races and several years. The reason is one lap is 60,7 kilometres and has 264 turns, and even more bumps and dips which themselves can be more dangerous than a turn. Here is Björn's preparation for this ride: 10 months of studying the lap via onboard footage and connectng this with course map.
looks like me,running late 4 work every morning
holy ****
nice very very nice he made some guys look very slow and for a stock motor she was flying anyways keep it lit!!!!!!!
Suveränt kört Björn...:)
The footage is raw footage from a GoPro camera in real time. Maybe your network has temporary problems, then things break up and catch up. I've seen this effect on other videos. Looks strange and funny. Try watch this again on a reasonable cable connection without WiFi and a good internet uplink. You should get real time video.
Great stuff. Freakin fast... how many laps did you do yet? I wonder how long it takes to learn the track with all its bumps, drops....
I so want to ride there, but i think i would start with a 400cc :D
Amazing vid, amazing ride. Stay safe 8-)
Så kör en mästare!
Awsome footage, great being able to hear where you're changing gear. Temped to enter the ManxGP in 2014. What bike were you on in this video?
Hi Carlos.
Well, on a race bike everything unnecessary is removed, and things like fairings, exhaust and wheels are replaced with lighter items. On a race bike a speedo is just disturbing and is always disabled or removed. You try to go fastest possible, and what the speedo says is uninteresting. They have radar traps in some sections for PR reasons. In an expensive bike setup (like BSB, WSBK and similar) the original instruments are removed and replaced with digital panel without speedo.