Daytona 675 wheelie gone bad [Archive]

slydesigns

26th March 2009, 19:12

Clivoris

26th March 2009, 19:33

Wheelie wheelie bad alright.

CookMySock

26th March 2009, 21:22

Ok, post-mortem? What went wrong?

Steve

slydesigns

26th March 2009, 21:37

looked at his mates, tilted slightly then brought the wheel down, causing the tank slapper from hell...lol

Taz

26th March 2009, 21:40

Hilarious!! :clap:

Maha

26th March 2009, 21:43

The camera man did well to hang on!

Gremlin

26th March 2009, 21:47

Well, if you're gonna destroy something, you may as well do it in style. Everyone watching, and a camera on his helmet... :eek:

mark247

26th March 2009, 21:47

Ok, post-mortem? What went wrong?

Steve

Watch the damn video. He obviously landed with the bars not straight, pretty clear me thinks.

Brett

26th March 2009, 22:33

He should not have tried to continue riding the wheelie when the bike started leaning over just before he reached the group of bikers. He landed the wheelie with the bike leaned over, when the bike straightened up vertically, it over corrected itself with its momentum and threw him into a nasty tank slapper. Only way to have saved that was to have put the bike down when the wheelie started to go off center. he is lucky to have got a away so lightly from a wheelie at that speed.

Brett

26th March 2009, 22:35

Seems like the same guy, same place!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-evqB7A600

slydesigns

29th March 2009, 22:30

ok... turns out the rider is a guy named Kyle, hes on the same forum (http://www.triumph675.net) as me.

hes pretty honest about his screwup too. lol! Seems it only happened last month. Hes since rebuilt the bike into the street fighter shown in the second pic.

Post crash pic

Usarka

29th March 2009, 22:45

Lucky it happened after he'd passed the other riders......!

dipshit

29th March 2009, 22:56

Hes since rebuilt the bike into the street fighter shown in the second pic.

I'd always figured that is why wankers build street fighters. They've crashed their nice bikes, no insurance... so take the fucked plastic off and call it a street fighter.

vtec

30th March 2009, 05:01

What were his injuries. Looked like he just had draggin jeans. Knee looked stuffed. He just lay there so i was guessing broken leg/knee?

slydesigns

30th March 2009, 05:35

swollen wrist and ankle and some scratches from clipping the barded wire fence. pluus the wrenched and cut knee. Got away ultra lightly I think

Blackshear

30th March 2009, 07:41

I'd always figured that is why wankers build street fighters. They've crashed their nice bikes, no insurance... so take the fucked plastic off and call it a street fighter.

So, what bike do you have, again? :girlfight:

RantyDave

30th March 2009, 07:57

Got away ultra lightly I think
I'd say. Particularly compared to what could've happened if he put it down as he passed the parked bikes.

Dave

dipshit

30th March 2009, 08:28

So, what bike do you have, again? :girlfight:

Well it isn't called a street fighter. And what exactly is a "street fighter" fighting anyhow...???

Dave-

30th March 2009, 14:18

Well it isn't called a street fighter. And what exactly is a "street fighter" fighting anyhow...???

the street.

name is implied in the title...

slydesigns

30th March 2009, 16:38

And you can buy some already made as street fighters.
My mate Dani has a Street Triple R to go with her new 08 CBR600RR. She rates it a ton more fun round CHCH traffic than the Blade and shes a sportbike nut from way back, so they must be good for something

dipshit

30th March 2009, 16:52

She rates it a ton more fun round CHCH traffic than the Blade and shes a sportbike nut from way back, so they must be good for something

Does having the fairing off make it easier to fit through gaps in the traffic or something..???

Sorry, I just don't get it... apart from being an image thing.

Gubb

30th March 2009, 17:04

Fairings are overrated.

mark247

30th March 2009, 17:31

Does having the fairing off make it easier to fit through gaps in the traffic or something..???

Sorry, I just don't get it... apart from being an image thing.

I would say it is more the bigger handle bars making it easier to turn at slower speeds

Quasievil

30th March 2009, 17:35

dipshit

30th March 2009, 18:00

I would say it is more the bigger handle bars making it easier to turn at slower speeds

This 675 still has the original clip-ons on by the looks of it.

So perhaps just crashing your bike and taking the fucked fairing off is enough to class it as a "street fighter"... :tugger:

dipshit

30th March 2009, 18:04

Arrr wheelies into oncoming bikers huh...................I knew a guy that did that a good mate of mine actually, killed himself and his best mate, both my best mates, wasnt even a good wheelie..................wonder if it was worth it ?

Don't be Mr negative. When you see such heroes you are meant to say things like... "You are so cool.!" "I wish I could be like you when I grow up..!" "I want to father your lovechild (yes even though we are both boys)"... etc. etc.

Owl

30th March 2009, 18:16

And what exactly is a "street fighter" fighting anyhow...???

Would you prefer "Urban Sports Bike"!:D

ducatilover

30th March 2009, 21:35

I have bigger slappers on smaller bikes! I'm a bigger fuck wit. ;)

looked a tad sore didn't it?

Mental Trousers

30th March 2009, 21:57

What camera was he using? It survived way better than the guy and his bike.

slydesigns

30th March 2009, 22:05

go-pro camera

The 675 guys all asked the same thing.

ital916

31st March 2009, 08:52

Im sure there are easier ways of stop, dropping and rolling....he wasnt even on fire :oi-grr: