Kawasaki and BMW now making the closest shave you can get

[onearmedbandit]

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And there was a pillion involved. Passing on a corner was never wise, especially with a 2.5 tonne 4x4 coming at ya!

[hayd3n]

wow :eek5:

[Ender EnZed]

That guy's idea of passing relies way too much on the other drivers' ability to avoid hazards.

[Glowerss]

Great example of why you dont A) overtake near the center line or (while not shown in the video) poke your head over the center line going around a corner. If he had been leaning over he would have lost his bloody head.

[Gremlin]

Shit riding and I think the BMW hit him because he saw the bike there, assumed he was going wide and tried to give him room.

Next time he wants to kill someone, leave the helpless pillion out of it...

[skippa1]

that will learn him

[Crasherfromwayback]

Shit riding and I think the BMW hit him because he saw the bike there, assumed he was going wide and tried to give him room.

Next time he wants to kill someone, leave the helpless pillion out of it...

I think the BMW was off line well before he saw the fuckhead on the bike. Both fucking retards.

[Old Steve]

Yeah, the BMW was definitely over the centre line as it came around the corner, both complete F-wits. I think the rider may have hit the Bimmer's wing mirror or maybe scrapped the bodywork with his elbow or shoulder pad, bloody lucky to have got away with it though. That was a real sphincter testing moment!

[Gremlin]

I think the BMW was off line well before he saw the fuckhead on the bike. Both fucking retards.
He was cutting the corner prior, but when he/she had line of sight of the bike, cut further in... unless of course that driver REALLY hates bikes :crazy:

[CookMySock]

He was cutting the corner prior, but when he/she had line of sight of the bike, cut further in... unless of course that driver REALLY hates bikes :crazy:It is possible that he being tucked in nice and close, that there was not enough headlight on the motorcycle for it to be recognised, but yeah the BMW should not have been there - not really something that he has any control over.

The bigger danger with this, is filtering motorcyclists coming from the other direction. You won't see them until the very last second, there WILL be nowhere to go, and any large evasive manoeuvre will simply push wheels out further into the line of the opposing bike and not achieve much else except more carnage, and then there's the opposing lanes of two-tonne steel rhinocerouses to trample both of you to death. Nasty.

[bogan]

Great example of why you dont A) overtake near the center line or (while not shown in the video) poke your head over the center line going around a corner. If he had been leaning over he would have lost his bloody head.

If his head was over the center line, he would have also been turning left, which is an even worse decision than blind passing when on a right hand corner :bleh:

[caspernz]

Two clowns...one near miss...:rolleyes:

[HenryDorsetCase]

He was cutting the corner prior, but when he/she had line of sight of the bike, cut further in... unless of course that driver REALLY hates bikes :crazy:

I wondered the same thing. Stupid place for the bike to pass though.

Oh yeah, at least he was ATGATT. Like it would have helped in a headon

[Muppet]

Christ almighty that made me jump!:eek:

[george formby]

Looks like the Beemer Kinder Wagen had pulled out early approaching a passing lane, the white vehicle just ahead pulls to the right as the BmW approaches.

A salutary lesson, somebody else may be jumping the gun too.

Hmm, my bad, the BMW spears across the centre line, the whole off side is two lanes. Meh, maybe the white car did not get out the way quick enough or the bimmer driver got Kawasaki fixation. Either way, don't let your balls dangle in the breeze.

[SPman]

Twats, both of them - the 4x4 for doing the over the white line thing, the bike for trying to pass on a blind right hander........good road skills shown by neither!

[sleemanj]

If you watch carefully, the white car in front of the BMW far left of the picture is moving into the BMW's lane, probably avoiding something on the side of the road. The BMW moves over into the riders lane to follow the white car's movement.

Just as it comes into view the BMW is in it's own lane, you can clearly see when it moves into the bike's lane as the white car moves into the BMW's lane.

Not that being in-the-right makes you any less dead, the bike shouldn't have overtaken there. It has to be a VERY clear line of sight for me to even remotely think about overtaking a car on hills, gives me both the heebies and the jeebies for exactly this reason.

[flyingcrocodile46]

If he'd been riding this sucker the BMW driver might have swerved to avoid the gunfire.. Nah! just give the sucker a 1 second blast and ride right on through him. :niceone:

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[AllanB]

What do you expect if you do stupid passing like that? Dumb arse on the Kawa putting his passenger in that position. Shit happens - expect it when riding.

[caseye]

Croc, put our bike away, they see that, they'll all want one, test fired those baby's yet?
Yep rider for doing the stupidly dangerous overtake on a blind corner and the BMW driver for being so close behind another car that he had to cross the centre line to avoid them. Did think for an instant that he'd spotted the bike and deliberately crossed over to hit him.

[george formby]

If he'd been riding this sucker the BMW driver might have swerved to avoid the gunfire.. Nah! just give the sucker a 1 second blast and ride right on through him. :niceone:

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Them's cannons would have a serious impact on acceleration me thinks.

[BMWST?]

i think the kawi lost its foot peg???.Its why the guys keeps lookin down?Sheee it that was close

[flyingcrocodile46]

Them's cannons would have a serious impact on acceleration me thinks.

Yup. Imagine how well they would work in a cop pursuit if they were facing the other way. Killer booster :lol: