{"id":7894,"date":"2015-06-23T13:15:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T17:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/?p=7894"},"modified":"2015-06-23T13:15:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T17:15:14","slug":"victory-pikes-peak-prototype-crash-on-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/2015\/06\/victory-pikes-peak-prototype-crash-on-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory Pikes Peak prototype crash on video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victory\u2019s Pikes Peak project suffered a huge setback on Saturday June 13th when Don Canet lost the front end during practice and crashed. Fortunatelyx, the rider was not injured and Victory Racing is still intending to compete in Pike\u2019s Peak on Sunday 28th June. Roland Sands Design is working round the clock to get Project 156 ready on time. Click through and watch the video of the crash.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Victory was very honest about the incident<\/p><\/div>\n

The crash is a terrible disaster for Victory since there was only one prototype made. Cycle World’s road test editor Don Canet was testing the prototype when he lost the front end and crashed on the famous Colorado mountainside.<\/p>\n

See this Victory Motorcycle Engine Hat<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been making significant progress on the engine tune of the motorcycle each time it went out and were able to start focusing on the handling aspects of the bike,\u201d explained Canet, who knows the course well after taking third place in his debut at the Race to the Clouds last year. \u201cAs I was going up the mountain I lost the front end under braking, asphalt temperature was extremely low and, counter intuitively, I think the tyre was getting colder as the run went on.\u201d<\/p>\n