See It From A Car

[rc_36_rider]

A sports bike would of taken a big handful of front brake and gone down,the typical sportsbike crash.Being a cruiser he's taken a big footful of rear brake - he got crossed up nicely and had the bike pointing in the right direction,a handful of throttle could of got him sorted....but you need a different Harley for that,an XR750.

any decent bike ment for taking a mild bend like that would have had plenty of ground clearence to make that bend at such a low speed...

[Zed]

the rider will most probably be fine, he'll just have the piss taken outta him for a couple of years to come.....

Hmmm I was curious when watching it as to just how deep that ditch went, he just dropped down into the greenery outta sight? Could have been a number of metres?? When the woman inside the campervan/trailer 'screamed' as the biker went off the road she reminded me of the times I've yelled out in my helmet when i've witnessed accidents happening in front of me, which are at least 4 in the last 16 months. I'm guessing the guy who was cursing out "#@*&%# idiot" all the time is a biker himself, and a great twat at that! The *prisoners* should have stopped imo, but for some reason the driver feared the bikers!

Cheers for the vid!

[Paul in NZ]

any decent bike ment for taking a mild bend like that would have had plenty of ground clearence to make that bend at such a low speed...

They are all mild bends sitting behind your PC, the sharpen up a bit from behind the bars.

He made a hash of it, we all do from time to time, he got caught on camera...

[Motu]

any decent bike ment for taking a mild bend like that would have had plenty of ground clearence to make that bend at such a low speed...

I don't think he got as far as a ground clearance problem - he paniced and hit the brakes.As I said,the sportsbike will grab a fist full of front brake,the cruiser the rear brake,it's just what they do.

[Bend-it]

The *prisoners* should have stopped imo, but for some reason the driver feared the bikers!

Yes, I wouldn't necessary fault them, knowing the rep HD riders have in the US, rightly or wrongly... Enough stories of hitch-hikers turning on their picker-uppers to deter anyone from helping out a bunch of HD riders...

Also, the fact that there were that many of them around means the off-er won't be lying in the ditch bleeding to death or anything like that.

[Zed]

Hmmm... I was quite surprised to see him go off the road...
Probably too fast for the corner/skill level but a counter steer in the right place would have seen him right.

Now forget the bike, how about that road! fun~!

That road is choice, what a shame it's a dubble yella line though! After watching the vid again it looks like a rather easy passing manoeuvre that any biker 'should' have completed having made the attempt, he was either a bad rider or a good rider who had a bad day?

[Paul in NZ]

That road is choice, what a shame it's a dubble yella line though! After watching the vid again it looks like a rather easy passing manoeuvre that any biker 'should' have completed having made the attempt, he was either a bad rider or a good rider who had a bad day?

Could have hit a squirrel?

[ManDownUnder]

I LOVED IT!

Round the corner... straight through the ... shit shit shit... I didn't put the knobblies on.... braaaaakkkeeeeee...

it's SQUIRREL HUNTIN' TIME!

[Hitcher]

A lovely bit of road www.tailofthedragon.com, and a mind-numbingly stupid bit of riding. But not as mind numbingly stupid as the woman on the commentary "Why did he do that?" Sigh.

[dawnrazor]

have a look at it again I reckon he grounded the right pipe and picks it up mid corner and then just plows straight on til morning

[Dafe]

Bwahahaha! That's weird!

Somebody hasn't learnt to look to where they want to go!

[Korea]

just gotta say nothing wrong with the choice of area to pass you could clearly see up the road, but man that guy couldnt ride for shit what a twat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol!!!!! lmao!!!! i hope it hurt !!!!!

Dude, that's a bit harsh...

I've also been in a couple of situations when I found myself involuntary shouting into my helmet "No, nonono, nooooo~" as events leading up to the rider in front biffing his bike have unfolded in front of me.

Luckily on both occasions the rider got up, but I had a horrible sinking feeling of dread when they didn't move straight away.

Take it easy out there.

[Shadows]

I've just watched the overtake / bin part over and over again and I still can't figure it out. It was such an easy corner, he set up for it just fine, only after coming off the brakes did he decide to take the scenic route.
A great big WTF???? from me.

[Jsn]

Hmm doesn't actually look like they were going that fast.. seems like he just didn't see the edge of the bank at all.. weird.. but completely his own fault!

[pixc]

I cant believe I read this whole thread from start to ..here.
I think i just had one of those micro-sleep thingies...only..on my pc..and not driving the car