With the plethora of riders now doing backflips and other crazy nonsense, a little precision riding seems so mundane, combined with the fact the display shown here is a group of Italian policemen in 1953, there couldn't possibly be anything worth watching, ... but then again, take a minute anyway and see what these guys do. It's actually very cool.
Thanks for the tip, Jim!
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WT says
March 18, 2009 at 8:07 amBelieve those are Moto Guzzi Police bikes.
Claymore says
March 18, 2009 at 8:28 amBravo!
Bob Miller says
March 18, 2009 at 8:30 amIn their day this would have been Super Cross level or Rock Stars size of an event, they had had time to train and money to burn. But what a great show.
taxman says
March 18, 2009 at 8:31 ami believe i’ve seen this before. i’m sure this took a lot of practice and organization to get that kind of coordination out of so many people. i’m impressed.
Larry says
March 18, 2009 at 8:43 amIn this day and age of “individuals”, you would be hard pressed to find enough people pay attention long enough to pull this off!
Phoebe says
March 18, 2009 at 8:49 amI saw this on another blog. It’s mesmerizing. I can’t imagine ever having the riding precision to pull something like this off.
Phoebe says
March 18, 2009 at 9:30 amBy the way, was that Enzo Ferrari in the stands?
JBM636 says
March 18, 2009 at 8:44 pmOmg hat was amazing! That blew my mind!
Don says
March 18, 2009 at 9:05 pmThere are still folks who do formations in this day and age. They are marching bands and other corps style marching units. On motorcycles, however, I agree. It would be hard to find riders today with that kind of patience to pull it off.
It kind of reminds me of something the Chinese could have done in their Olympic opening ceremonies. 🙂
stu says
March 18, 2009 at 10:25 pmthat was awesome, thanks for sharing it!
zipidachimp says
March 19, 2009 at 3:28 amdamn! that was coooool!
sure looked like ol’ enzo in the stands, lol!
palegreenhorse says
March 19, 2009 at 4:39 pmthat rocks… i wish there was more cool stuff like this on motorcycles now instead only the stuff that could kill you, easily. this is the type of thing—if as previously pointed out we had enough patience these days—even weekend riders could get good at without death lurking.
mike fawkes says
March 21, 2009 at 4:22 amfabulous display, great to see,thanks for showing that to us.
Azzy says
March 24, 2009 at 7:57 amVery cool. I liked the riders having to hold the bikes upright as they leaned off one side to go under the bridge, and the reversing spiral.