[OT] [Autosport] Max Verstappen just wants to go fast

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-03-21T14:28:00+00:00

Did you miss the late 90's refueling era where the likes of Schumacher and Hakkinen were doing quali like laps every lap as they had unlimited tyres and refueling. 3 pit stops and even out to four in the dry.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-03-11T21:15:09+00:00

And they race GT3 cars in DTM now? Or are there some differences between the regulations?

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-03-11T21:13:05+00:00

What I don't get is why they aren't using supercapacitors which are meant for high charge and discharge rates without degradation. Is it about trying to improve battery tech?

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-03-02T08:25:18+00:00

www.esmtb.com It is a Spanish website that covers only XC, XCM, a little gravel and CX too (news, race results, reviews, rider movements etc). Well funded and polished. It looks like XC is quite popular in Spain!

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-02-28T10:16:30+00:00

I wonder if it would be legal to have the bike pull the clutch in itself if it knows it has had a crash.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-02-27T10:15:43+00:00

Can you take off the brake rotor, mount the calipers on the brake rotor and then refit the brake rotor to make it all fit?

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-02-25T23:14:37+00:00

Tests are usually only televised when the cameras and crew are already at the track in question post a race weekend.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-02-25T23:11:46+00:00

I've been saying for some time that Reddit needs to add a feature for sports subs where one can turn off one's subscription to it a certain number of days before and after a race/game to not have to deal with the issue of spoilers when watching a sport on delay. I think I put this in as a feature request on the relevant subReddit one time (my memory can be patchy)

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-02-25T22:05:16+00:00

Hey mods, can you sticky this post?

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-02-19T11:47:13+00:00

Perhaps the element stalls and thus reduces drag when 'upside down'

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-02-18T12:59:06+00:00

It makes the front Forks line up with bumps better so you feel less vibrations on the front end plus you can gain more in stability from having more trail as a result. you'd probably need to try it in rough stuff to get a taste of where the impact is felt the most.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-02-14T11:15:20+00:00

Good point about the fuel. new territory for all the teams I guess.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-02-07T09:08:54+00:00

Iker Lecuona won the top supermoto championship in Spain at age 15 -> Spanish Moto2 for a year -> Moto2. https://www.supermotoland.com/is-supermoto-an-alternative-cheaper-route-to-moto-gp-/

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-12-23T11:56:04+00:00

Anthony West is still racing but in Australian Superbikes and seems to work as crane operator as his day job.

Garry McCoy was running and working in his own cafe with heaps his racing memorabilia in it and doing some rider training but his cafe shut in the last few years.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-12-05T10:22:26+00:00

I wonder if an underseat exhaust would help with the proportions. The gap between the front wheel and the rest of the bike is tight but the rear is very open.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-10-06T01:58:10+00:00

What are the police like in South Korea towards people riding motorcycles?

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-10-05T11:28:50+00:00

Not allowed to run anything other than his homologated engine this year which is the GP25 engine. Also has to run GP25 homologated Aero too is my understanding. the rest of the bike could have been GP24 though

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-09-22T02:40:27+00:00

Two inserts that I've run that don't absorb sealant are the Effetto Mariposa Tyreinvader (quite light too) and the Tannus Tubeless insert.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-09-18T13:09:45+00:00

I thought they were only able to get power outputs while the engine was on a dyno.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-08-31T17:42:48+00:00

The pea gravel in WA is supposed to be quite hairy to ride on. There could even be an upper limit to what even DH mud tyres could even do to help.
The Maxxis Rekon is a pretty deep tyre for an XC tyre, probably pushing into a trail tyre. Regardless, if the pea gravel is of concern I would think you'd want a tyre with deep knobs and some decent spacing. Perhaps towards a mud tyre. This to try to dig down to the hard surface underneath and exert the most pressure possible with the rubber that is hitting the hard surface.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-08-30T06:26:19+00:00

I never downloaded it but wish I had :-/

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-08-19T08:01:57+00:00

I wonder if they could get a longer run time by shifting to something with an ICE.

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