Bailing at 230mph

[gwigs]

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Only broke his ankle ..

[EJK]

I thought "Twist and hang on!" was just a marketing saying...

[nodrog]

What the fuck did he do that for?

[oneofsix]

What the fuck did he do that for?

+1. The bike had stablized by the time he bailed. There is a flash of light orange when I paused it just before he bails, not sure if it is flame, oil mist or spray from the track, so perhaps there is more to the story that is not seen in the clip.

[BigAl]

fooking hell..... Looked like he wanted to get off for some reason?????

[Monkfish]

looks to me like he had second thoughts on bailing, but let the wind get under his left shoulder and pick him up.

[Maha]

fooking hell..... Looked like he wanted to get off for some reason?????

I think a moth might have landed on his visor?

[Crasherfromwayback]

What the fuck did he do that for?

Maybe pooed in his leathers and didn't like sitting in it. Bout the realy thing I can thing of. The fat lady hadn't even started warming her vocal chords.

[Madness]

What the fuck did he do that for?

He noticed a stall selling cheap saveloys at the end of the grandstand and just had to have one?

[sinfull]

Matheson, a three-time ANDRA Top Bike champion, was on a solo run in the semifinal round of eliminations on his nitro-burning, 6.0-second motorcycle when, at the 1/4-mile finish stripe, he was yanked from the speeding bike by the forces of the wind and sent tumbling through the shutdown area.

link (http://www.dragzine.com/news/video-andra-top-bike-racer-chris-matheson-crashes-at-229-mph/)

[nodrog]

Maybe pooed in his leathers and didn't like sitting in it. Bout the realy thing I can thing of. The fat lady hadn't even started warming her vocal chords.

I think the best thing he did was get off. The bike handled mint after that.


He noticed a stall selling cheap saveloys at the end of the grandstand and just had to have one?

You cant go past a cheap little boy.

[gwigs]

I think the best thing he did was get off. The bike handled mint after that.



heeheehee:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::niceone:

[onearmedbandit]

Possibly an electrical shock? Something gave him the shits.

[Drew]

Matheson, a three-time ANDRA Top Bike champion, was on a solo run in the semifinal round of eliminations on his nitro-burning, 6.0-second motorcycle when, at the 1/4-mile finish stripe, he was yanked from the speeding bike by the forces of the wind and sent tumbling through the shutdown area.

link (http://www.dragzine.com/news/video-andra-top-bike-racer-chris-matheson-crashes-at-229-mph/)Ya stole my thunder hippy!

Looked to me like he sat up as he throttled off...And got the fuck off.

[BigAl]

?..... he was yanked from the speeding bike by the forces of the wind and sent tumbling through the shutdown area.

Yeah after he let go of left bar:weird:

[Berries]

And there was me thinking this was the thread for George Michael - George Michael bales at high speed. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-22571754)

[nosebleed]

+1. The bike had stablized by the time he bailed. There is a flash of light orange when I paused it just before he bails, not sure if it is flame, oil mist or spray from the track, so perhaps there is more to the story that is not seen in the clip.

Speed camera?

[Scuba_Steve]

Only broke his ankle ..

Thank god there was no speed signs round... could have been alot worse :innocent:

[Swoop]

I wonder what time the bike set, after completing the run?

[leathel]

did he break his ankle before the let go of the bike?

His right foot looked floppy and dragging on the ground before he binned it ?

[Crasherfromwayback]

And there was me thinking this was the thread for George Michael -]

What do George Michael and gumboots have in common?











They both get sucked off in bogs.

[varminter]

All wrong, if you look carefully you can see the string that someone tied to the seat of his pants.