World’s highest burnout!

Yogesh Sarkar · 24-05-08, 08:18 AM

Here is a video of Eric performing World’s Highest Burnout on his Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-Fi at Khardung La, which is located at an altitude of 18,380ft and currently holds the record for being world’s highest motorable road.

The burnout was done on 6th September 2007 by Eric on his Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-Fi during BCMTouring’s trip to Ladakh. His bike was also the first Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-Fi to make it to Ladakh.

YouTube - World's highest burnout!

Click here to download high resolution version of World’s Highest Burnout (right click and then choose save as, 5.45mb and needs media player 9)

anupmathur · 24-05-08, 08:50 AM

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But is that what it is called? Burnout?

Yogesh Sarkar · 24-05-08, 08:55 AM

Yes

anupmathur · 24-05-08, 09:10 AM

Not quite, LOL.
If a proper burnout were done, Eric would have been in deep shit on top of Khardung La!

Burnout - Rider applies the front brake and quickly accelerates causing the rear wheel to loose traction and spin so that the tyre rubber overheats and begins to smoke and disintegrate.

Yogesh Sarkar · 24-05-08, 09:11 AM

Sir download the high res version and you can see slight smoke. Also its really hard to use up all the rubber during burnout in Indian bikes.

anupmathur · 24-05-08, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Yogesh Sarkar

Sir download the high res version and you can see slight smoke. Also its really hard to use up all the rubber during burnout in Indian bikes.

Well, if you say so! But a very daring effort!
Were you carrying a spare tyre? (Of course not, you silly ol' man!). I know, I know...

sparsharun · 24-05-08, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by anupmathur

Were you carrying a spare tyre? (Of course not, you silly ol' man!). I know, I know...

thats why he dint burn the whole tyre.. and anyways there was snow to cool the tyre down..

Yogesh Sarkar · 24-05-08, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by anupmathur

Well, if you say so! But a very daring effort!
Were you carrying a spare tyre? (Of course not, you silly ol' man!). I know, I know...

Sir I have seen a guy try to burst his 10k old tyre by doing burnouts (which already had done lots of burnouts), the guy even managed to take his bike to third gear while doing burnout and even after almost half an hour long burnout session nothing happened. He finally gave up and even though the tyre was almost finished, the tube was still intact.

akshay4384 · 24-05-08, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Yogesh Sarkar

Sir I have seen a guy try to burst his 10k old tyre by doing burnouts (which already had done lots of burnouts), the guy even managed to take his bike to third gear while doing burnout and even after almost half an hour long burnout session nothing happened. He finally gave up and even though the tyre was almost finished, the tube was still intact.

How about something like this the tyre will blow for sure in some time
this bike had a DURO 918 at the rear and center tread line vanished within 3-4minutes donot underestimate indian bikes

Yogesh Sarkar · 24-05-08, 07:22 PM

Akshay that bike also had a Duro and was also a Karizma and even though the center tread disappeared, it didn’t get punctured/bust even though Vikhyat and Bunny tried their best.

Ps. where is Amar these days and how is he doing?

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24-05-08, 09:10 AM	#4
anupmathur Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 15,285	Re: World’s highest burnout! Not quite, LOL. If a proper burnout were done, Eric would have been in deep shit on top of Khardung La! Burnout - Rider applies the front brake and quickly accelerates causing the rear wheel to loose traction and spin so that the tyre rubber overheats and begins to smoke and disintegrate.

24-05-08, 09:11 AM	#5
Yogesh Sarkar Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 23,499	Re: World’s highest burnout! Sir download the high res version and you can see slight smoke. Also its really hard to use up all the rubber during burnout in Indian bikes. __________________ BCMTouring: FAQ \| T-Shirts

24-05-08, 07:22 PM	#10
Yogesh Sarkar Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 23,499	Re: World’s highest burnout! Akshay that bike also had a Duro and was also a Karizma and even though the center tread disappeared, it didn’t get punctured/bust even though Vikhyat and Bunny tried their best. Ps. where is Amar these days and how is he doing? __________________ BCMTouring: FAQ \| T-Shirts

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