Stephen Moore wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Ah, you mean this: http://www.steves-digicams.com/dpotd/jun2002/06102002.jpg > >Yeah, somehow "Ottawa Tulip Festival" didn't quite fit the >ensuing comments :-) > >> I've seen stunt riders do this for over a hundred yards and then put the >> wheel back down. This guy is clearly one of them (notice the bach plate >> bolted on the exhaust under the engine) and knows what he's doing. > >There's a somewhat famous guy (whose name escapes me, of course) >who's appeared at several AMA Superbike races over the last couple >of years. In addition to "wheelies," he also does "stoppies -- >the front-wheel equivalent of this -- with one, two, and sometimes >three other people aboard. Helps satisfy the natural human desire >to look at somebody doing something and be able to say, >"Wow! That guy's *nuts*!" > >Mark, help me out if you can. What's his name?
There are a lot of people specializing in these kind of stunts now (Starboyz being the group I saw last year). The superbike races often have them as kind of a "half-time show" between races. Two-up stoppies are routine now. The famous Wheelie King was Doug Domokos (who was killed in an ultralight aircraft accident in 2000) may have done that kind of stuff. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
