William Dunlop killed RIP
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Unless you've experienced road racing or any form of extreme sport you will never understand what drives people. Nutters is an unfair description of people that are top of their game. In this pc world with millennium children wrapped up in cotton wool the days of road racing are sadly numbered as is any activity that gets the adrenaline pumping. Personally I don't get what all the excitement is about with football but can relate to what drives the Road racers. It's all consuming and totally selfish.
I can't imagine how his mother losing a husband and son and his grandmother feel having having lost two sons and a grand child. Please god she won't have another funeral to attend in her lifetime.
I can't imagine how his mother losing a husband and son and his grandmother feel having having lost two sons and a grand child. Please god she won't have another funeral to attend in her lifetime.
Last edited by edsel; Jul 9, 2018 at 03:53 PM.
Agree , when your born into the sport it’s all you know . Even joeys sister married laverty & they produced 2 sons who both race .
There are stories saying he had fallen out with the sport , I suspect fatherhood played a part in that , but it’s just hear say .
Back to skerries, it’s a very short circuit , & the tunnel where he crashed is Up through gears into sweeping left & straight ( heavy tree lined , my guess is some wildlife has struck the front . Again it’s just a guess
There are stories saying he had fallen out with the sport , I suspect fatherhood played a part in that , but it’s just hear say .
Back to skerries, it’s a very short circuit , & the tunnel where he crashed is Up through gears into sweeping left & straight ( heavy tree lined , my guess is some wildlife has struck the front . Again it’s just a guess
I still say the road racers are bonkers. In the car, you've got protection when something goes wrong, or you run out of talent.
The bike, well, you're kind of on your own with that one.
I dabbled about in rallying for several years, so I can totally understand the adrenaline rush.
I still say the road racers are bonkers. In the car, you've got protection when something goes wrong, or you run out of talent.
The bike, well, you're kind of on your own with that one.
I still say the road racers are bonkers. In the car, you've got protection when something goes wrong, or you run out of talent.
The bike, well, you're kind of on your own with that one.
I did a run what you brung last year in the impreza and while walking round the paddock I stopped to look at the bikes, the mrs looked me straight in the eye and said " don't think you're doing this on one of them" she knows the look, she knows what's going through my head, she knows what makes me tick. She's had the phone calls.
In fact she went into labour the morning of the first day of the season. "You go mate" she said "it won't be here till later" I imagine the dunlops think the same, we don't think we're gonna die each time we sit on a bike.
Yes it’s on you tube now . It’s very tragic
A few years ago around 2013/14 the Yamaha R1 has severe problems dumping its oil into the air box & also bottom end seizures. It looks like the this may have been the case on Williams 2017/18 bike . It has severe power loss as it approaches & looks like a lock up to a degree . He loses his helmet as he hits the bank . So tragic .
The Yamaha was so bad in fact his brother michael refused to ride his R1 at the TT for this very reason, & signed a rush deal with BMW , it forced Shaun muir & his Yamaha team to withdraw from the Isle of Man ...
A few years ago around 2013/14 the Yamaha R1 has severe problems dumping its oil into the air box & also bottom end seizures. It looks like the this may have been the case on Williams 2017/18 bike . It has severe power loss as it approaches & looks like a lock up to a degree . He loses his helmet as he hits the bank . So tragic .
The Yamaha was so bad in fact his brother michael refused to ride his R1 at the TT for this very reason, & signed a rush deal with BMW , it forced Shaun muir & his Yamaha team to withdraw from the Isle of Man ...
Yes it’s on you tube now . It’s very tragic
A few years ago around 2013/14 the Yamaha R1 has severe problems dumping its oil into the air box & also bottom end seizures. It looks like the this may have been the case on Williams 2017/18 bike . It has severe power loss as it approaches & looks like a lock up to a degree . He loses his helmet as he hits the bank . So tragic .
The Yamaha was so bad in fact his brother michael refused to ride his R1 at the TT for this very reason, & signed a rush deal with BMW , it forced Shaun muir & his Yamaha team to withdraw from the Isle of Man ...
A few years ago around 2013/14 the Yamaha R1 has severe problems dumping its oil into the air box & also bottom end seizures. It looks like the this may have been the case on Williams 2017/18 bike . It has severe power loss as it approaches & looks like a lock up to a degree . He loses his helmet as he hits the bank . So tragic .
The Yamaha was so bad in fact his brother michael refused to ride his R1 at the TT for this very reason, & signed a rush deal with BMW , it forced Shaun muir & his Yamaha team to withdraw from the Isle of Man ...
that was the words of his chief mechanic
Last edited by Gambit; Jul 14, 2018 at 04:26 PM.
there you go then , oil on the back wheel , it does sound like severe power loss on the video poss the oil starvation at such RPM speed .
Thanks for posting the cause ,
On another sobering story James cowton lost his life yesterday at the southern 100
& another lad is fighting for life
Thanks for posting the cause ,
On another sobering story James cowton lost his life yesterday at the southern 100
& another lad is fighting for life
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