Pushing The Envelope, Part V: Black Devil

The human being has always pushed the envelope into and beyond the realms of danger. This is the fifth of various Sunday postings displaying how restless Man is with the mundane and how he purposely crosses the threshold into danger willingly -- and sometimes unwillingly.

From Pitchpull, I introduce the Black Devil:

This individual is reminiscent of my prior PTE, Part III involving Europe's "Ghost Rider." With this caveat:

Black Devil is certifiably insane -- incapable of understanding death or its consequences.

On the other hand, he must be a very young man at the absolute height of his visual acuity and physiological reaction times.

I have to tell you this: I stopped the video twice in order to gather my thoughts and senses. Visual stimuli cascaded past my brain at such a rate that I had to pause in order to process. And I look at videos like this differently than you; I examine driving lines, peripheral visual stimuli, body weight transfer, closure rate judgment and anticipatory entry and exit lines and corrections.

The Yamaha RZF-R1 ridden here is a 1,000-cc, six-speed sport model with 135 hp.

I really am a sucker for perspective-type videos of this kind.

BZ