At Least He Lives in Russia

This is a little different of a video from last week since it is from the camera of an amateur and is also about motorcycles. The point however, is still kind of the same with that "wow, these people are somehow dumb and at the same time talented." I think that this video is thoroughly nauseating and spectacular. Simply put, the Yamaha R1 is a street legal racing motorcycle. It took most of its technology from its racing motorcycles and was built based on input from the hugely famous motorcycle racer, Valentino Rossi.

However, this video isn't so much about what the motorcycle is capable of as much as it is regarding the balls that this rider has. It starts out in a not-so-dramatic manner with him driving the motorcycle at a pretty standard pace for someone with a motorcycle, but then as he approaches traffic the video goes from another motorcycle video on YouTube to a hit for people who love adrenaline. This is a phenomenal video in that it strongly attracts the viewer to physical emotion from watching. I kind of have this feeling to sneak in to an IMAX theatre and play the video on the screen. Someone needs to do that as soon as possible. This is more entertaining and takes advantage of the true IMAX qualities, instead of those normal movies that they take and put on IMAX to charge more.

I think that it can be safely said that everyone is glad that this motorcycle rider is a whole ocean away so that we don't have to worry about driving on the roads with him. If one car had done a lane change, the video would end drastically different. That is also the main part of this video that makes it so entertaining to watch, and how it is able to excite a viewer. Apparently the rider hits 50 mph while going tightly between those cars and this is another moment where you ask, "Did he really do that?" Yes, he just did.

-I'm assuming he's male, sorry.

Gymkhana Driving, with Ken Block

This video is straight up bananas. Ken Block exhibits whip game that isn't anything but vicious. The video demonstrates a mash up of car technology and driving expertise. It is probably my favorite car video of all time as a result.

The car is far from a stock vehicle that would be found on the road. It was clearly assembled for the sole purpose of being thrown around. The stock version of Ken Block's car looks like this:

However, when you have companies like Monster Energy and DC Shoes willing to pay for you to do dumb shit, the car becomes what is seen in the video. It has an incredibly powerful engine that is simply needed to make the video even possible. It has 660 lb-ft of torque, which is unimaginably violent. Torque is the twisting motion in the car, which is pretty hard to explain, but basically that says how hard you get pushed against your seat when accelerating.

Along with the feisty engine, there are some pretty wicked brakes on this Fiesta. At 6:50 in the video you get to see the breaks, and they're pretty much on fire. This leads to the belief that those are probably carbon ceramic breaks that are found on cars like Ferrari and other elite cars. Carbon ceramic breaks are lighter, stronger, and can keep up with high temperatures created through strong breaking at high speeds. To put things in perspective, the carbon ceramic breaks on a Porsche are an $8,840 option.

The video is amazing and simply makes me feel suddenly hyper and ecstatic. It shows what is possible with car technology and with a driver at the top of their game. When all those things, and a shit ton of money, are put together, it can make a video that is beautiful and violent at the same time. The most amazing thing about this is that even if a person knows nothing about cars, they can watch the video and be amazed by it. Everyone knows what it is like to drive a car and what the car they drive can do. They also know what they are capable of doing as a driver (if you can't parallel park, Ken Block probably blew you're mind even more). So this video is able to be appreciated and exciting to everyone that watches it.