One Lap - Josh Hayes and the Yamaha R1 at Road America

2-time AMA Superbike Champion Josh Hayes on his Monster Graves Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike taking a lap at AMA Pro Roadrace Round 5, held at Road America on June 3rd 2012. Hayes had a perfect weekend at Road America taking the pole, winning both races, and setting a new track record of 2:11.216 around the 4.048 mile road course.

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[pmack8373]

Blake Young dislikes this!!!

[MotoJB]

Sick...Hayes is a beast on that R1.

[ViperJohnny1]

I love the way Josh does not hangoff in the turns and wastes movement and energy. Cameron Beaubier, my hometown racer, has a similar riding style... Just pure speed!

[The88katana600]

I was at this race, what a killer time! have to go again this yr. rode up with 12 other bikes on my cbr f4I... v.i.p all the way, food was killer nice and dry when the rain hit :)

[spiceytaco95]

Was two months ago i know how these brakes are and the question was answered idk why you are scrolling back that far

[galaxything]

Are you kidding me? They have insane brakes and pull that front brake lever so hard you wouldn't believe it! Like hitting a wall!

[spiceytaco95]

its more or less because whenever i see them i dont really see the hand brake being used but i do hear the engine braking

[opmike343]

Also, the superbikes from all the teams resemble the bikes you see in BSB, WSBK, IOM, etc. You're talking like everyone else except Josh is trying to put a factory stock R1 on the grid. They ain't.

[opmike343]

If it wasn't fair, it would be in direct violation of the rules, and it would eventually be banned from competition. Guess why they're still running it?

[opmike343]

Not sure where you came up with this...most of these bikes are running slipper clutches and electronics to help mitigate the off-throttle engine braking (though Josh isn't too crazy about slipper clutches). But ANY race motorcycle will be doing the majority of the braking using the actual brakes; you'll be beat by a scooter if you plan on running around a circuit and depending on engine braking alone to slow you down.

[2dL]

Nope, they use a lot of breaking.. most of the braking is done by using the lever bro

[spiceytaco95]

so basically these guys all brake mainly with their engine not the brakes themselves?