Kawasaki ZX9R

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A little background to this picture... We were looking to get a cover shot for the October

2007 edition of RiDE magazine, showing a ZX9 just lifting the front wheel out of a corner.

We had done many passes, when a car drove past, spilling diesel as it went. Unfortunatley,

the rear tyre collected some of the diesel, and decided to let go, just as my test rider was

lifting the front wheel. This made the back step out and look as dramatic as you can see

here. I must admit though, when things go wrong on shoots, I usually lie still and let the

rider make the decision of how to avoid me. This time, after firing this one frame, I rolled

out of the way in case the worst happened. It didn't. The rider managed to save it and

stayed on, at which point we decided to call it a day!

An exelent action shot.

 

Best regards Ole

Good idea Mark.... to roll out of the way and call it a day !!!

 

Very nice shot again. I know this might be contencious as you're shooting a road bike on the road but the sign is very distracting to me.

 

regards,

Keith

Yeah... I know what you mean. I ummed and aaaghed a lot about the sign, but decided to leave it in, as it kinda makes you realise just what is going on. Without the sign, it wasn't quite as obvious.

Oh I like this one BUT.....I do not want to be in that bike on one wheel with the other slipping..Its scary enough then the back slips when the 2 wheels are on the ground.

The shutter speed here is PERFECT, love the movement in the front wheel.

Can I ask what shutter speed this was Mark?

 

Ger..

Great shot. I like the sign being there, it adds a 'country lane' feel that you would not have had otherwise. Cheers, Alex

I was shooting at 1/400th of a second. I wanted it to have some movement, but not too much. By the same token, I wanted the bike to be frozen. A really fast shutter speed just shows up all the tyre tread. It's fine if your shooting a bike that is running slicks, but on road tyres, there's nothing worse than seeing all the tread.

Thanks for the tip Mark.

 

Ger..