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Travis Pastrana's latest "dumb idea": speeding across a lake with a two-stroke tricycle
Travis Pastrana's latest "dumb idea": speeding across a lake with a two-stroke tricycle

Video: Travis Pastrana's latest "dumb idea": speeding across a lake with a two-stroke tricycle

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Video: One of Travis Pastrana’s Dumbest Ideas 2024, March
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Travis pastrana we are used to seeing real follies that only the least common of mortals would think of trying. We remember some memorable moments like when this legend of the Freestyle Motocross jumped the Caesars Palace fountain or that time he went from one barge to another with a huge backflip.

This time he wanted to surprise and present his troupe of acrobats from the Nitro Circus show with something a little different from the typical ramps. It is precisely on their YouTube channel that they have posted one of their latest feats with a name that can advance what we are going to see: One of Travis Pastrana's dumbest ideas.

The principle of aquaplaning: the key to success

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We, more than a silly idea by Travis Pastrana, would have called it an almost impossible proposal. In the video the North American pilot appears with his Nitro Circus boys and poses the following challenge: there is a lake in front of them that is not very deep and the objective is to pass it across the surface with its mounts, have two, three or four wheels, at the maximum possible speed so that they do not sink before reaching the opposite shore.

In order to achieve this challenge, they had to ensure that their motorcycles had the highest aquaplaning effect, a situation in which a vehicle crosses a terrain covered by a layer of water that causes it to lose traction and remain at the mercy of the liquid element.

In this case there was various problems: water was the only element they could roll on (without something solid underneath); the liquid had to be as still as possible so that there was no no pothole in the form of a small wave that would make the motorcycle take off from the water; They did not know exactly the actual speed at which they had to enter the lake to get there; And let's not forget the mechanical part: it is not It is not recommended to put water in the engines and here they would take a good bath every time they tried to cross the lake.

Despite all these complications, Nitro Circus decided to give it a try. At the beginning of the video we can see an epic as well as comic shot of all the vehicles entering the water at the same time. Neither one succeeds, of course. Too much turbulence in the water for them to float to the other shore.

Then and after trying Travis Pastrana, who reaches the other shore after hitting the blow of his life, who got really serious was Trevor piranha, a guy from Maryland (United States) who loves beer, with his old Honda 250R two stroke trike. He tries seven times and ends up sinking in all of them. Miraculously he manages to revive the engine after drawing liters of water. The eighth race is the epic, the one everyone had dreamed of that day. He finally manages to cross the lake from side to side and Piranha celebrates it, of course, with a beer.

Travis Pastrana Lake Challenge 3
Travis Pastrana Lake Challenge 3

Despite the illusion of Nitro Circus's stunts (we don't take any credit for them), Iván Cervantes already managed seven years ago to pass with his motorcycle through an artificial lake manufactured by Red Bull that is 40 meters long and one and a half meters high. depth. As has happened to the Americans, Cervantes didn't get it the first time either. He got wet a few times before he made it, but he made it and with only two wheels.

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