Toseland crashes on his first test on Moto GP bike

[feejer222]

Looks like a slow slide off from the pictures. CLICKY

EDIT: Yep just that, slides off, picks it up, bump starts it and rides off. VIDEO FOOTAGE

 

[Randy]

Looked like a no-harm get-off.

Step 1 - Find the edge

Step 2 - Go to 99.9% of Step 1

 

[feejer222]

Found it I reckon

 

[madmike2]

Perspective:

It's better than having your bike wheelie out from under you on the start grid.

 

[GunMD]

Just ask a certain Spanish rider...

:huh:

 

[Fred W]

From the picture sequence, he looks like he was sliding into second base. Popped up and ready to go for third.

 

[Ari Rankum]

That link won't load in my browser.

Here's a YouTube copy with a nice intro. Man, the sound of that bike pulling out of the paddocks is so bad ass.

https://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nsZgx0NV-6U

 

[Fred W]

That link won't load in my browser.
Here's a YouTube copy with a nice intro. Man, the sound of that bike pulling out of the paddocks is so bad ass.

https://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nsZgx0NV-6U

Thanks for the link. That get-off looked a lot different in motion than in the stop action stills.

One has to wonder if he even warmed the tires up? Seems like it was right after he left the pits. I suppose they probably would have had tire warmers on it before hand.

 

[Ari Rankum]

That link won't load in my browser.
Here's a YouTube copy with a nice intro. Man, the sound of that bike pulling out of the paddocks is so bad ass.

https://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nsZgx0NV-6U

Thanks for the link. That get-off looked a lot different in motion than in the stop action stills.

One has to wonder if he even warmed the tires up? Seems like it was right after he left the pits. I suppose they probably would have had tire warmers on it before hand.

Yeah, I was looking closely at the get off. He's way, way leaned over, and the difference in the lean angle between making the line and sliding looks like a fraction of a degree. If you're not crashing now and then, you're not trying hard enough...