well i desribe bike racers as made of rubber cos they seem to bounce back, i cant remember what rider but i have an early 90s crash video were a guy has a crash, breaks his collar bone and gets back on the bike & finishes the race lol
Most / all riders ride with some injury, Kagayama has been known to ride with some horrific injuries, also, Troy Bayliss rode two weeks after losing one finger and had a ruptured testicule!!!.
Brave or mental, you decide, but they are my heroes!!!!
2 of the nastiest looking crashes i have seen for quite a while to be honest on Sunday. Dennis Hobbs only dislocated his shoulder in the first race. Truly a rubberised man if ever i saw one.
Chilli, rode bike for 4 weeks with 2 broken ankles, he had to be lifted onto and off of the bike, couldn't go on podium because he couldn't walk up the steps! managed to win 2 races like it as well!
Must say I've got to agree.. Having done my fair share of track time (not racing) and having had the privelege to learn off and follow guys that were Club racers, I came to the conclusion that anyone who hasn't spent a decent amount of time on a track just doesn't know how to ride a bike properly. No matter how fast they think they are.
To top it off I have had the even greater privilege of being passed like I was standing still by John Reynolds at Mallory, when he turned up to do a bit of practice for a meet that weekend. Just to get on track at the same time as a bunch of wannabe road riders and a sprinkling of club racers just goes to show the level of ability and confidence guys like him have.
All told my experiences on the track days I've done, has given me a lot of respect for motorcycle racers, (of any level).
The "No Fear" slogan got used by a whole load of idiots for stupid reasons but IMHO no one deserved to use it more than motorcycle racers.
to me it kinda looked mild as to what could be possible, it seems the bike crashed harder then him. But ive always had repsect for Motorbike riders, they go faster then most touring cars and F1 and are alot less protected.