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17- and 18-year-old youths were picked up by police in Kelantan for stunting with their bikes on public roads.

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Setelah lama tak melihat aksi lagak ngeri “stuntman” dari Austria, Günter Schachermayr, akhirnya beliau telah melakukan aksi baru menaiki Vespa.

Aksi terakhir kami melihatnya, beliau menuruni cerobong Slovakia dengan Vespa, dan kali ini beliau tarik pesawat pula menggunakan Vespa!

Dalam video di bawah ini, Schachermayr menggunakan Vespa oren sebagai tunda pesawat di landasan. Pesawat yang dimaksudkan bukanlah pesawat penumpang besar, tetapi Cessna kecil yang lebih ringan, tetapi masih besar juga kalau banding dengan Vespa itu.

Terdapat lebih banyak lagiyang diperlukan untuk aksi ini daripada sekadar memasang tali tunda antara Vespa biasa dan pesawat.

Walaupun pesawat itu lebih ringan jika dibandingkan dengan pesawat lain, ia pasti tetap sukar, kerana enjin skuter menggerakkan roda belakang, dan berat penunggang juga terletak di atas roda belakang.

Perkara ini pada dasarnya bermakna bahawa Schachermayr akan perlu menaikkan roda hadapannya sepanjang masa tidak kira apa pun, jadi kenapa perlu roda hadapan kalau tak digunakan?

Nampaknya itulah yang beliau lakukan, dan walaupun ini sebahagian dari aspek pertunjukan, ketiadaan roda hadapan juga membantu imbangan yang diperlukan untuk melaksanakan aksi ini dengan jayanya.

Hasil akhir yang anda boleh lihat dalam video ini, walaupun tidak berapa pantas, dipenuhi dengan Schachermayr yang sentiasa mengalihkan kakinya untuk mengekalkan keseimbangan yang baik sambil terus menarik pesawat itu atas Vespa monowheelnya ini.

Here’s Kenan Sofuoglu and Toprak Razgatlioglu racing each other across the Canakkale 1915 bridge.

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Watch stunt riders hoon and drift in tandem with two Triumph Street Triple R streetfighters.

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Dutchman Egbert Van Popta breaks world’s fastest wheelie record at 343.3km/h!

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Turkish WSSP ace Kenan Sofuoglu shows how to do epic rolling burnouts with a Kawasaki Ninja H2R.

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Daredevil FMX rider and friends perform insane backflip stunt over a stunt plane.

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Epic video shows all-new Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin adventure bike doubling up as a stunt bike!

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Legendary British road racer Guy Martin breaks the Wall of Death speed record at 125.77km/h!!!

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Newly launched Victory Octane dragster sets world record for longest burnout at 2.23 miles (approx. 3.59km). (more…)

Stunt-inspired Yamaha MT-07 Moto Cage ‘Night Fluo’ edition unveiled in the UK. (more…)

Who says electric power isn’t fun? Acclaimed French trials bike rider and Red Bull athlete Julien Dupont has proven so after releasing a video of him stunting and flipping the all-electric KTM Freeride E dirt bike.

Officially launched sometime last year, the KTM Freeride E sees the famed Austrian motorcycle manufacturer injecting a more extreme and dirt-busting flavour into the zero-emissions arms race.

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Based on the brand’s venerable Freeride series of dirt bikes, the Freeride E adopts a liquid-cooled electric motor instead of a thumpy single-cylinder petrol engine, with the electric system able to generate up to 16kW or 22hp and 22Nm of peak torque. The system draws power from a removable lithium ion battery pack rated at 2600Wh, and can be fully charged in just 80 minutes.

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Back to the video and you can see that the electric-powered dirt buster is capable of performing just as well as its petrol-powered siblings when in the right hands. The video not only sees Julien taking the Freeride E off-roading, he even goes to the extent of performing a backflip with the electric bike.

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The video above again proves that you can have copious amounts of fun whilst being green and eco-friendly. You can check out more on the KTM Freeride E via its dedicated microsite, ktmfreeride-e.com. You can also check out Julien and his exploits via his official Facebook page as well.

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Source: YouTube via MCN

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