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Low siding..the best way to go but OUCH!
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:57 pm
by DJ Downunder
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:00 pm
by Bry
It's just superficial damage DJ... the bitumen can be resurfaced again...
Mind you, hands off bar, NO real safety gear, was already looking to pain...
Bry
whoops
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:02 pm
by wncbmw
That is from Deals Gap and is the same curve that the photos appeared a while back of the Harley rider crossing the center line and hitting another Harley. This is where Killboy sets up a lot and apparently get a lot of action!
I read elsewhere the guy on suffered minor road rash. Sure dressed properly didn't he?
He will never live it down with his riding buddies though!
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:02 pm
by jamming
Let's do the math.
Benie helmet + Tank Top+ Low side= 1 severe case of road rash
Jeez, was Darwin right or what.
Roger
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:26 pm
by JCsman
It was only three months later that "Scar" remounted his Hog, "Sparky".
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:26 pm
by darthrider
My favorite old boss used to say:
"Ignorance is curable but stupid goes on forever!"
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:39 pm
by JCsman
darthrider wrote:My favorite old boss used to say:
"Ignorance is curable but stupid goes on forever!"
Forever?
I don't know, Darth. Looking at the photos, I'll bet he only went another 30 feet or so.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:55 am
by frevrod
darthrider wrote:My favorite old boss used to say:
"Ignorance is curable but stupid goes on forever!"
My favourite quote from an old boss is 'I may not always be right, but I am always the boss'
Sorry, strayed off the thread a bit there. I've seen photos of the aftermath of an open face lid injury, a bit like a bulldog with a face full of raw steak - very nasty. Plus I've heard that emergency staff are a bit more gentle when removing gravel from your skin if you've at least showed you've taken all possible precautions to minimise it's possible effects.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:04 am
by DJ Downunder
Some people are just asking for it....aren't they.....is this the same corner???
DJ
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:36 am
by sshallen
It is the same corner.
So is this... except it's me! I was awake, honest!
Hmmm... I have Smilies disabled and it still isn't working...
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:01 am
by DJ Downunder
Just click on the url...
http://tinyurl.com/acdfc ..look mum..one hand.
DJ
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:02 am
by rdsmith3
It is sort of funny, except when you think about what could have happened to someone coming the other way. Imagine if you were coming around the curve and some clown and his XL bike are sliding toward you. That is not a fun situation to be in.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:12 am
by BobFV1
If you go back to the first photo in the series and take a look, this doofus is doing absolutely everything wrong you can do in his situation - lane position is wrong, body position is wrong, protective equipment is wrong, bad entry point, lack of visual directional control, riding a ridiculous contraption rather than a performance motorcycle. You reap what you sow. Amen to the comment about oncoming vehicles - what a shame it would have been to have this idiot cause someone in or on an oncoming vehicle to be hurt.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:10 am
by hansR1150R
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:30 am
by 1stBeemer
Sam,
There is a better picture of you taking that same corner in Aerostich catalog on the bottom of page 19
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:42 am
by yjleesvrr
It looks like the guy is on a Road King Classic, which doesn't allow you to lean very far. You can see him pointing to the cameraman in the first and second frames. He must have wanted to show off by going faster than his mount could handle and had his rear tire lift off the ground from the hard dragging parts. Good thing he had engine guards to keep that 720 lbs. bike off his right leg
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:51 am
by sshallen
1stBeemer wrote:There is a better picture of you taking that same corner in Aerostich catalog on the bottom of page 19
Yep, same day, even.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:58 am
by rockster.ch
Christina Applegate - nice norks. I watched almost all of that movie before I realised that was her.
And Saab stationwagon - quality car. Now if only I could get the wife to do something similar in ours
