Lap the Nurburgring in 7:50
08-01-2011, 10:47 AM
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Lap the Nurburgring in 7:50
Another 720P -Full Screen- Crank it up video.......and I bet you'll be leaning into the corners...... 
‪Nordschleife Gyrocam-Onboard-Runde Kawasaki Ninja 2011‬‏ - YouTube
‪Nordschleife Gyrocam-Onboard-Runde Kawasaki Ninja 2011‬‏ - YouTube
08-01-2011, 11:09 AM
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The Ring
This was on another forum I visit. Great video. The "Ring" should be on everyones bucket list. I have done many laps around the Ring, the place is just awesome. Imagine doing a trackday with cars on track with you at the same time! Saying that this place is very dangerous. You can't make one lap with out seeing a accident or incident? When I lived in England, I had a few friends that had annual passes for the track. While they were sleeping of the last nights drinking session in the sliders hotel. I would be up early riding laps tell they turned up. It can be quite expensive riding laps there. Also it takes a long time to learn the track. You need to get alot of laps in.
If you are ever in Germany, I highly recommend renting a car or a bike and doing a few laps. This place is a gearheads dream.
If you are ever in Germany, I highly recommend renting a car or a bike and doing a few laps. This place is a gearheads dream.
08-02-2011, 02:19 PM
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Speedkelly... Honestly I wouldn't recommend a tourist to try that track on a bike... I love the track, but do a dozen or so laps on 4 wheels before you even consider tackling it on 2... Not so much based on your own skill level, but based on the simple fact that you are exposed to all the other yahoo's out there... I have done a dozen or two laps on a bike, but generally I prefer to do that track in a car... A Viper GTS is the perfect choice for a lap, flat out, including 4 wheel drifts in some of the offcamber corners... I did have a Jahreskarte for a couple of years, so I did get a few laps in...
I did have a Jahreskarte for a couple of years, so I did get a few laps in...
08-02-2011, 03:06 PM
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Hey tweety, Never driven a car around the ring, been a car passenger. Can honestly say I have never been more scared in my whole life. I love that track on a bike. Yes I have had the odd moment in a slower corner with a fast car or two? The screech of brakes from behind you can be a little scary! Still there is no other place in the world like it. Rode a GSXR600,GSXR1000 and Aprilia Mille at that track, all where awesome.
To be honest I just like the whole atmosphere of being there, the car park, with all the cars and bikes getting ready to go out. Doing a few laps and coming in and bench racing with your buddies. Good days.
To be honest I just like the whole atmosphere of being there, the car park, with all the cars and bikes getting ready to go out. Doing a few laps and coming in and bench racing with your buddies. Good days.
08-02-2011, 04:26 PM
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I read about 10 years ago in "Car and Driver" that all it takes is $20 and signing a disclaimer to do a lap on the "Ring". The article also said that civilians die every year while driving the Nurburgring.
08-02-2011, 04:55 PM
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Here is a good English based "Ring" website Ben Lovejoy's Nurburgring Nordschleife website
Just do a google search for all the Errr! O **** I got it wrong video clips of the Ring.
To ride the ring last time I was there you basically used a vending machine to purchase your ticket 1 lap, 6 laps or 12 laps etc etc, or have access to a annual pass. Credit card you just swipe and go ride. No signing of papers no words of wisdom. They do sometimes sound check your exhaust pipe, other than that. Just ride as fast or slow as you want. Saying that the rules of the german road apply. Strictly speaking this is just another public roadway!!!!
I have see vans, mopeds every type of vehicle. Once you learn the track just try and follow the ring Taxi to get your lines right or take a school.
I love watching this video.
Just do a google search for all the Errr! O **** I got it wrong video clips of the Ring.
To ride the ring last time I was there you basically used a vending machine to purchase your ticket 1 lap, 6 laps or 12 laps etc etc, or have access to a annual pass. Credit card you just swipe and go ride. No signing of papers no words of wisdom. They do sometimes sound check your exhaust pipe, other than that. Just ride as fast or slow as you want. Saying that the rules of the german road apply. Strictly speaking this is just another public roadway!!!!
I have see vans, mopeds every type of vehicle. Once you learn the track just try and follow the ring Taxi to get your lines right or take a school.
I love watching this video.
08-02-2011, 05:46 PM
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BIG BIG *****.
With so many corners to remember, it makes normal tracks seem well... ordinary.
The video is fantastic. How do they get the camera to rotate around the center axis of the bike and keep the road surface level in the image with no swaying back and forth? I will assume that it is mounted to some kind of gyro!
With so many corners to remember, it makes normal tracks seem well... ordinary.
The video is fantastic. How do they get the camera to rotate around the center axis of the bike and keep the road surface level in the image with no swaying back and forth? I will assume that it is mounted to some kind of gyro!
08-03-2011, 03:47 AM
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Hey tweety, Never driven a car around the ring, been a car passenger. Can honestly say I have never been more scared in my whole life. I love that track on a bike. Yes I have had the odd moment in a slower corner with a fast car or two? The screech of brakes from behind you can be a little scary! Still there is no other place in the world like it. Rode a GSXR600,GSXR1000 and Aprilia Mille at that track, all where awesome.
To be honest I just like the whole atmosphere of being there, the car park, with all the cars and bikes getting ready to go out. Doing a few laps and coming in and bench racing with your buddies. Good days.
To be honest I just like the whole atmosphere of being there, the car park, with all the cars and bikes getting ready to go out. Doing a few laps and coming in and bench racing with your buddies. Good days.
Usually I can safely push it down to around 9 on tourist sessions... On a clear track, mid 8's is possible... And it's not even scary until you get below 8... Then you are pushing it...Nürburg is the name of the nearby town, so it's not supposed to be translated... Ring is correct to translate as "track", but I wouldn't translate that either, since Nürburg Ring is more the name of the place than anything you translate... Nordschleife is correct as North Loop or similar though...
08-03-2011, 02:29 PM
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Nürburg is the name of the nearby town, so it's not supposed to be translated... Ring is correct to translate as "track", but I wouldn't translate that either, since Nürburg Ring is more the name of the place than anything you translate... Nordschleife is correct as North Loop or similar though...
You are completely correct.....
That is the downfall of using my early '80 Military "Navigational German"...... 
You just translate it all and use the bits you need.....
08-03-2011, 03:02 PM
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Dont know if this has been posted in the past but here a Storm/SH on the 'ring ‪Nurburgring jonathans Honda VTR lap‬‏ - YouTube
08-03-2011, 03:15 PM
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Dont know if this has been posted in the past but here a Storm/SH on the 'ring ‪Nurburgring jonathans Honda VTR lap‬‏ - YouTube
Damn, thank god for Go-pro, those old video's have pretty poor quality.
08-03-2011, 03:18 PM
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‪The Nurburgring - Crazy bike overtake‬‏ - YouTube
I like these kinds of video's. Ring is a great place for real fast power wheelies. Sorry to say a I'm a bit of wheelie merchant?
I like these kinds of video's. Ring is a great place for real fast power wheelies. Sorry to say a I'm a bit of wheelie merchant?
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