A sphincter tightening moment

[Mort]

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[Quasievil]

Dumarse , what else can be said

[Kiwi675]

:shit::shit:

What a prat.......

In the words of Mr Stoner "ambition outweighing talent"
:facepalm:

[Virago]

Fucking cagers...

[slofox]

Dumarse , what else can be said

Wot 'e said. Dumbarse...

[Winston001]

......there but for the grace of God, go I and many other bikers.


Few of us can be holier than thou, easy to overcook it at some point.

[Sable]

What a retread..

[sinned]

Analysis please? May be a dumbarse, prat, retread? or retard; but what about his skill?

He wasn't going that fast for the corner - just failed to turn enough. A fairly common situation for inexperienced riders riding in a group and riding beyond their level of skill.

[wanpo]

Analysis please? May be a dumbarse, prat, retread? or retard; but what about his skill?

He wasn't going that fast for the corner - just failed to turn enough. A fairly common situation for inexperienced riders riding in a group and riding beyond their level of skill.

I'm guessing he saw the bikers ahead and his vision went red. Started screwing up his lines, then the corner in question, chopped the throttle and went on the front brake straightening up, quick thinking with the recovery going for the gap, but dodgy as hell.

Ego's a dangerous thing

[schrodingers cat]

riding beyond their level of skill.

Analysis - dumbarse

[BoristheBiter]

......there but for the grace of God, go I and many other bikers.


Few of us can be holier than thou, easy to overcook it at some point.

Yep,
we all know what he did wrong because at some point in time we did the same, not between two cars, the bad corner bit.

[Urano]

anyway, better than sphincter enlarging moments...

[Edbear]

Analysis please? May be a dumbarse, prat, retread? or retard; but what about his skill?

He wasn't going that fast for the corner - just failed to turn enough. A fairly common situation for inexperienced riders riding in a group and riding beyond their level of skill.

Sums it up well, although it could also be that he was distracted momentarily. Ego is a dangerous trait on the road, you're a long time dead...

[monkey99]

Which sphincter? the inner sphincter or the last barrier to the outside world sphincter?

Either way, damn close and I bet he needed a pack of smokes at the next group stop!! :sick:

[Ronin]

Yep,
we all know what he did wrong because at some point in time we did the same, not between two cars, the bad corner bit.

Yup. Mine involved a fractured Rib. Group Ride. Hel's ass in front of me didn't help :innocent:

I did learn though.

[Grasshopperus]

Nice road though, great scenery. I reckon he got target fixation; there was plenty more cornering left in the bike.

[Spearfish]

The SR's, its always the SR's.

[Edbear]

The SR's, its always the SR's.

Seratonin Reuptakers..? :blink:

[Spearfish]

Seratonin Reuptakers..? :blink:

You just made that up....

[Edbear]

You just made that up....

LOL!!! SR's are a type of anti-depressant designed to increase the uptake of Seratonin in the brain...

[Hans]

WTF is "Seratonin"?

[Bald Eagle]

WTF is "Seratonin"?

Brain chemical involved in neural process. seratonin uptake medication used for treatment of a range of mental disorders.
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[Hans]

Ah hah! Thought I might get a bite.... That would be SerOtonin. :corn:

[Crasherfromwayback]

Just a dork riding well outside of his capability.

[jellywrestler]

Just a dork riding well outside of his capability.
the corner was signposted so most likely as if they used the same standards as they do in nz the corner speeds are worked out on a machine so are uniform.
Nevertheless he worked well getting between the cars and no target fixating there and if it was nz there would've been shit on the on the edge by the armco but there was a squeal of tires so lucky here. (mind you american cars in the movies can squel their tyres on the desert even!)

[Spearfish]

LOL!!! SR's are a type of anti-depressant designed to increase the uptake of Seratonin in the brain...

Ahhh right....what?

I've done been watching the Twist of the wrist II moving pictures on that there magic window and trying to stuff knowledges in my head. I done thinkin the SR's start when yer bum opens to take a bite of yer strides and finishes when its gnawed through to the seat foam, from that point on is just crashing.

[Edbear]

Ah hah! Thought I might get a bite.... That would be SerOtonin. :corn:

Yeah, sorry, brain's a bit messy today... :facepalm:

[Banditbandit]

Yep,
we all know what he did wrong because at some point in time we did the same, not between two cars, the bad corner bit.

Naaa ... sometime back in the early 1970s I managed exactly that ... (Round a left-hand corner in, I think, Mona Vale in Chch ... )
Pretty much as wanpo describes ...


Started screwing up his lines, then the corner in question, chopped the throttle and went on the front brake straightening up


I now know to wind on the throttle and crank it over with countersteering ... not easy on a Trumphy 650 with 12 inch ape hangers tho' ...

[Winston001]

LOL!!! SR's are a type of anti-depressant designed to increase the uptake of Seratonin in the brain...

Nope.

SSRI. Serotonin Selective Re-uptake Inhibitor.

Serotonin as posted above is a mood-enhancing molecule made by the brain. A neurotransmitter. It's a calmer cousin of adrenaline (epinephrine).

In some people serotonin gets disposed of too quickly, before it has a chance to work through the brain. That leads to depression.

SSRIs are molecules which slow down the absorption of this neurotransmitter.

[Edbear]

Nope.

SSRI. Serotonin Selective Re-uptake Inhibitor.

Serotonin as posted above is a mood-enhancing molecule made by the brain. A neurotransmitter. It's a calmer cousin of adrenaline (epinephrine).

In some people serotonin gets disposed of too quickly, before it has a chance to work through the brain. That leads to depression.

SSRIs are molecules which slow down the absorption of this neurotransmitter.

See post #27 above... :innocent:

[Spearfish]

And I though SR's were survival responses, how wrong could I get?

[Insanity_rules]

Gulp, that'd ruin your day!

[george formby]

Analysis please? May be a dumbarse, prat, retread? or retard; but what about his skill?

He wasn't going that fast for the corner - just failed to turn enough. A fairly common situation for inexperienced riders riding in a group and riding beyond their level of skill.

Also a common problem for born again bikers. Jumping onto a modern bike after riding a couch for 20 years is difficult.
Takes many miles to get the faith back & keep leaning when the head says Nooooooo!
I have witnessed a tragedy exactly like in the video, picking the bike up when it should be leaned harder due to lack of confidence & trying to keep up with guys who never stopped riding.

[thehovel]

The rider is still driving a car. He stays in the same tyre track all the time. When you enter a corner you should be as close to outside of the corner as is safe. Use all of your side of the road,Wide in ,narrow through, wide out. Another thing YOU DON"T HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE BIKE IN FRONT,catch them up at the next stop. He defintly over cooked the corner, came not wide enough, had no intention of cutting to the inside at the apex, one very lucky chap. The bikes in front are better but their lines could use some inprovement. Regards Richard

[short-circuit]

Regards Richard

Why thank you Richard.

[redhat]

Reminds me of this one.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdq46lIVm4M

[SILVER SUZI]

Two perfect adverts for trackdays!

[Brett]

Given the noob level of the mistake, I am surprised he managed to dodge between the car he nearly broadsided and the other oncoming traffic!

[shrub]

I'm surprised he did that - he was on a sports bike with a helmet cam and I always thought that if you had rode a sportsbike and had a helmet cam you were an ace, especially if you have the latest and finest riding gear money can buy which I'm guessing he had because people with helmet cams wouldn't go out unless they were dressed appropriately.

[shrub]

The rider is still driving a car. He stays in the same tyre track all the time. When you enter a corner you should be as close to outside of the corner as is safe. Use all of your side of the road,Wide in ,narrow through, wide out. Another thing YOU DON"T HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE BIKE IN FRONT,catch them up at the next stop. He defintly over cooked the corner, came not wide enough, had no intention of cutting to the inside at the apex, one very lucky chap. The bikes in front are better but their lines could use some inprovement. Regards Richard

Yep, you might be right, but I'm surprised someone with a helmet cam didn't know that.

[Brett]

Reminds me of this one.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdq46lIVm4M

Shit no...I would rate that rider pretty well...pretty fast and balanced reaction to avoid that crash. While the other guy made a noob mistake, that guy was saved from a nasty crash because of ace reflexes and ability. Big ups.

[swbarnett]

......there but for the grace of God, go I and many other bikers.


Few of us can be holier than thou, easy to overcook it at some point.
I will still call this biker a dumbarse. As I would call myself if I did likewise.

[Zamiam]

Yep,
we all know what he did wrong because at some point in time we did the same, not between two cars, the bad corner bit.

Exactly! :facepalm:

[short-circuit]

Regards Richard

Once again Richard, thank you.

Sincerely, short-circuit.

[Ntoxcated]

... Wide in ,narrow through, wide out ...

Maybe on the track when you know the next corner, but on the road I have been taught to ride wide in narrow out. 9 times out of 10 the next corner will be in the opposite direction meaning you are already lined up correctly. If on the exit of the corner you see that the next corner is another in the same direction it is easy to let the line drift out to the outside. If you *know* (or can see) there is a straight following the corner, or that it is effectively a double right/left then wide-narrow-wide works. But for the winding roads they were riding, wide in narrow out works much better - for me anyway. Also, if you have gone in too hot, you have a little bit up your sleeve for correction.

[BMWST?]

the guy on the R! was just bloody lucky...if it was a fraction of a second later he would t boned that car....

[ducatilover]

Regards Richard
What's Anilising Richard? :corn:

[Spearfish]

Reminds me of this one.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdq46lIVm4M


And leads onto this old one
http://youtu.be/v2eWdGSaxUw

Fake or real?

[short-circuit]

What's Anilising Richard? :corn:

Buggered if I know

[ducatilover]

Buggered if I know

You probably would be.....

[rideon]

The road's not a race track - period !! At legal speeds, on that road, there would not have been a sphincter tightening moment. IDIOT !!

[Milts]

The road's not a race track - period !! At legal speeds, on that road, there would not have been a sphincter tightening moment. IDIOT !!

Are you refering to the clip in the first post, on the nice scenic road? Because I can guarantee that those mistakes happen at and below the legal speed limit. Nearly did it myself several times on my learners when I was well under the speed limit. If I panicked, I might do so again - but hopefully I could focus and avoid the target fixation/grabing the front brake. Actually, hopefully I'll never have to find out.