This is Supermoto

I tought it would be a good idea if we had a thread for all our favourite Motard junk(discussion/clips/pics) Put it all in one place rather than starting a bunch of threads and looking for ages to find something of intrest

I'll kick off with this little collection

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rgvneil @ May 23 2008, 01:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>You left out Rocco SuperMotard


Its an open thread man post away

Provisional World Supermoto S1 & S2 Chamionship Round 2 this wkend

Date--------Country---------Circuit
25th May....Europe (ITA)....Castelletto di Branduzzo

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (phleg @ May 23 2008, 10:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>....! Did the guy in the last shot crash?!

Supermoto really is an amazing sport, I'll have to try it out one-day.

Nope

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dion @ May 24 2008, 09:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>That guy must be pleased with the grip of his tyres, thats nuts !
Do you ride supermoto odessa ?
AMA seems more extreme than the worlds ?


Yea I ride Supermoto's.. Its my biggest passion, I've joined in races over the last few years in the lower classes, its purely for fun and to learn..

I woul'nt say the AMA is more exterme than the World or European championship's mabey so for some individual European Countries championship,
The AMA tracks for the most part are held in empty car parks which is'int the problem really bcos some European races are run in empty car parks but most are either dedicated Supermoto tracks or Karting tracks with dedicated dirt sections

Its how the tracks are designed, the AMA are designed in a style very close to MotoX, which is fine in the States bcos thats where most of the riders learn their trade, AMA tracks are generally very tight, short and technical, but their nowhere near as fast as the World/European tracks which are just as technical, they have longer straights, and have better and longer dirt sections. Faster will always be better in my book.. Its not that the riders are slow, when Jeff Ward came over he surprised everyone with his speed and talent, its just the way the AMA tracks are designed..

From talking to some Americans they said Supermoto is an underground sport as it is every where really but even more so in the U.S. or at least it was at the time and unlike in Europe karting is'int that big in the States and they dont really have any dedicated tracks to Supermoto so good venues are hard to come by that fit well into their calander of 6 races, they just build the tracks for that wkend, its easy to believe how underground Supermoto must be when you consider how unpopular MotoGP and F1 are in the States but then you have to take in the size and population of the country

I dont want to seem all negative towards AMA Supermoto bcos its all Supermoto at the end of the day but just to give you an idea of what im trying to explain have a look at these clips.... also check out the 3rd clip in the 1st post its from Greece

This is one of my fav AMA tracks, Salt Lake City
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Typical AMA car park style track,
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France Saint Laurent
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Highlights from last years World Supermoto Championship
Check out the 2nd track @ 04:30
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (baldylocks @ May 24 2008, 10:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>that track look AWESOME !!!!


The Dolna Mitropolia track in Pleven Bulgaria

Ruben Xaus on the Hypermotard

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Ducati Hypermotard Stunts, Ernie Vigil (5 star vid)

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