Bailing at 230mph

**gwigs** · 21st May 2013, 14:25

Only broke his ankle ..

**EJK** · 21st May 2013, 14:31

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

**nodrog:Me** · 21st May 2013, 14:39

What the fuck did he do that for?

**oneofsix** · 21st May 2013, 14:43

Originally Posted by nodrog

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** · 21st May 2013, 14:56

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

**Monkfish** · 21st May 2013, 15:07

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

**Maha** · 21st May 2013, 15:32

Originally Posted by BigAl

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

I think a moth might have landed on his visor?

**Crasherfromwayback** · 21st May 2013, 15:58

Originally Posted by nodrog

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** · 21st May 2013, 16:02

Originally Posted by nodrog

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** · 21st May 2013, 16:47

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.

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**nodrog:Me** · 21st May 2013, 17:29

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

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.

Originally Posted by Madness

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** · 21st May 2013, 17:32

Originally Posted by nodrog

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

heeheehee

**onearmedbandit** · 21st May 2013, 18:30

Possibly an electrical shock? Something gave him the shits.

**Drew** · 21st May 2013, 19:01

Originally Posted by 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

Ya stole my thunder hippy!

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