1st 540 on a motorcycle

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Edited Date/Time 1/25/2012 12:20pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=birwjp4wCc0
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Teflon 7/18/2008 4:02pm
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Wow. I didnt know where they would go next; the backflip variations are getting played out, but with Renner and then this guy I guess the next thing is the quarter pipe.
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djp2k8 7/18/2008 4:04pm
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that was really cool! not a 540, though. It's a back flip with a 1/2 twist. Can't remember what they call that in bmx/skateboarding.
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Bob693 7/18/2008 4:07pm
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Yea, it might be more like a flair, but its cool. Every time they say freestyle is getting old and running out of things to do, a new door opens.
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SteveS 7/18/2008 4:19pm
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I was wondering how they could call that a 5. You'd have to either start or land backwards to do a 5.

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Tiki 7/18/2008 4:23pm
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looks more like a Mctwist.

Either way thats cool.
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Bob693 7/18/2008 4:27pm
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SteveS wrote:
I was wondering how they could call that a 5. You'd have to either start or land backwards to do a 5.
Not really, he lands the opposite direction than he took off from. A 360 would have had him landing backwards.
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The Hurricane 7/18/2008 4:41pm
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FMX has taken our beloved sport and thrown it in the gutter with this filth. What's next, having sex on the bike?
williamsmotowerx 7/18/2008 5:04pm
7/18/2008 5:04pm
badass.

look at the stands... they're overtaking racing with the fan base.
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SteveS 7/18/2008 5:07pm
7/18/2008 5:07pm Edited Date/Time 7/18/2008 5:11pm
SteveS wrote:
I was wondering how they could call that a 5. You'd have to either start or land backwards to do a 5.
Bob693 wrote:
Not really, he lands the opposite direction than he took off from. A 360 would have had him landing backwards.
Yeah, I guess it's the up and down on the halfpipe that gets it the 5.

But they don't call it a 180 when you just ride a half pipe do they?
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Matt Fisher 7/18/2008 5:13pm
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The Hurricane wrote:
FMX has taken our beloved sport and thrown it in the gutter with this filth. What's next, having sex on the bike?
Is it bad to have done so while not in public?
















Just wondering.
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djp2k8 7/18/2008 5:29pm
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SteveS wrote:
I was wondering how they could call that a 5. You'd have to either start or land backwards to do a 5.
Bob693 wrote:
Not really, he lands the opposite direction than he took off from. A 360 would have had him landing backwards.
SteveS wrote:
Yeah, I guess it's the up and down on the halfpipe that gets it the 5. But they don't call it a 180 when you just...
Yeah, I guess it's the up and down on the halfpipe that gets it the 5.

But they don't call it a 180 when you just ride a half pipe do they?
180's, 360's, 540's, etc. are spinning tricks. You stay upright. This dude is flipping and twisting. Like Tiki said it looks like a mctwist. Regardless, it's a back flip with a 1/2 twist. And regardless, it is pretty amazing on a dirt bike!
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Moto547 7/18/2008 5:32pm
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Bob693 wrote:
Yea, it might be more like a flair, but its cool. Every time they say freestyle is getting old and running out of things to do...
Yea, it might be more like a flair, but its cool. Every time they say freestyle is getting old and running out of things to do, a new door opens.
x2

thats crazy haha. wow.
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mike181 7/18/2008 5:38pm
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The Hurricane wrote:
FMX has taken our beloved sport and thrown it in the gutter with this filth. What's next, having sex on the bike?
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Big Lenny 7/18/2008 6:57pm
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Wow wowwowwowwowowowowowowow.....
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avidchimp 7/18/2008 7:16pm
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That was F'ing awesome. I MUST go to spain for that event in the next couple years.
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ProMed 7/18/2008 7:19pm
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Very cool, loved it.
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Void Main 7/18/2008 7:25pm
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Wake me up when someone does a Triple Lindy. Only one man on the planet who was ever bad ass enough to even attempt that, let alone nail it.
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todder 7/18/2008 7:42pm
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Good thing he rehydrated after that work out.

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GuyB 7/18/2008 7:48pm
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Yep, flair for sure. That's nuts.

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jtomasik 7/18/2008 7:54pm
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That was kinda like a flip. Pastrami did the 360 5 years ago. This is just fluff.
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Quantem 7/18/2008 7:58pm
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I actually think that if you compare it to other FMX spins like the 360 that Blake williams does, that qualifies as a 540. Either way, its awesome. I'm going to X, so I hope they have a Renner style quarterpipe there. At the moto X world championships, they had one like the one in the video and nobody even hit it.
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Bob693 7/19/2008 6:23am
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KAWboy14 7/19/2008 6:25am
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that kid is celebrating that he lived.....that is sic!
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Matt Fisher 7/19/2008 8:14am
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On the video that Bob693 posted, what are the things on both sides of the bars; easy to see at about 2:25? Looks like there are hydraulic lines coming off them. Some kind of damper system, or the ability to lock out the suspension?
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Foster576 7/19/2008 9:26am
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It looks just like a Flare that the BMX guys do. (Backflip 180)
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Bob693 7/19/2008 9:37am
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Matt Fisher wrote:
On the video that Bob693 posted, what are the things on both sides of the bars; easy to see at about 2:25? Looks like there are...
On the video that Bob693 posted, what are the things on both sides of the bars; easy to see at about 2:25? Looks like there are hydraulic lines coming off them. Some kind of damper system, or the ability to lock out the suspension?
Those are his flip levers. They rotate them up when they want to do a super flip.
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Evans 7/19/2008 10:37am
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YA I AGREE NO 540 BUT AN AWESOME FLAIR FLIP
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Bronson905 7/19/2008 11:45am
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its like a rodeo....
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Yamaha336 7/19/2008 12:18pm
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Sweet Flair!

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