Some Scary Stuff

OldSchool · 01-13-2017, 01:03 AM

Some things can just leave a person speechless. This is one of them.

Monkeyman · 01-13-2017, 02:31 AM

Not exactly sure I'd call that a "cliff" and there are 5 people. Surely, they can flip the bikes over and get back on the road. Worst case, they have to ride slow to the nearest dealer.

**ringadingh** · 01-13-2017, 09:40 AM

They went down very slowly, I would have picked the bikes up and continued on my way.

**Framer** · 01-13-2017, 09:55 AM

It looks like some people need more than two wheels.

twowheeladdict · 01-13-2017, 10:03 AM

Loose sand in the road. 900 lb bikes. The car wasn't able to continue on without spinning a tire.

Some here are a little quick to judge.

Glad the guy with the camera was smart enough not to leave his bike stopped in the blind curve.

Scootergptx · 01-13-2017, 10:15 AM

Not sure what the optimal speed is to have a bike roll over on you.

At the very least, it would not be fun to have to pick those back up on a slope like that.

**Framer** · 01-13-2017, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by twowheeladdict

Loose sand in the road. 900 lb bikes. The car wasn't able to continue on without spinning a tire.

Some here are a little quick to judge.

Glad the guy with the camera was smart enough not to leave his bike stopped in the blind curve.

I saw the sand but if you hit it with any speed you should be on the other side of the road and why did the lead bike go off after the trailing bike.

redjay · 01-13-2017, 11:20 AM

It appears to me the first bike went off because he turned around to see what his buddy was in the process of doing and steered where he was looking.

**Framer** · 01-13-2017, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by redjay

It appears to me the first bike went off because he turned around to see what his buddy was in the process of doing and steered where he was looking.

That's very possible.

OldSchool · 01-13-2017, 02:55 PM

" Some here are a little quick to judge."

I think they got their motorcycle endorsements on Friday and went out and rented a couple of Harley's on Saturday. How's that for judging.

**Top Cat** · 01-13-2017, 10:13 PM

I don't know what they were doing but I can tell you if you fixate on the edge of the road that is where you go.

**cnc** · 01-13-2017, 11:51 PM

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I don't know what they were doing but I can tell you if you fixate on the edge of the road that is where you go.

So don't judge a road by it's shoulder I guess.

Chuck A. · 01-14-2017, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by redjay

It appears to me the first bike went off because he turned around to see what his buddy was in the process of doing and steered where he was looking.

Watch it slowly. The first bike down was the lead bike. The lady with the white helmet was just ahead of the crouch rockets. They probably hit the brakes hard while passing the lead in the curve and was in to high of a gear causing their bike to stall and their weight pulling them over. That driver put his foot down as the bike was just leaving the asphalt.

**Framer** · 01-14-2017, 09:46 AM

You right about which bike was in the lead. If you watch the first corner they barely rolled through it. When you slow down that much you lose control of your bike. The second corner the first rider that went down said he hit a hole in the road. Once again when you roll through the corners that slow you don't have the control you do with some speed but if they would have hit the sand with more speed it could have been way worse. The second bike that went off the road just fixated on the first. He was past the hole and the sand but saw his buddy going down and drove right off the road.

**Rasta** · 01-14-2017, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by redjay

It appears to me the first bike went off because he turned around to see what his buddy was in the process of doing and steered where he was looking.

That's what it looked like to me....and I think the same happened to the lead guy, after avoiding the pothole he was probably was looking at the shoulder and headed for it. Like mentioned, your bike will go where you are staring at

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Monkeyman Top Contributor Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: North Wilkesboro, NC Posts: 6,289	Not exactly sure I'd call that a "cliff" and there are 5 people. Surely, they can flip the bikes over and get back on the road. Worst case, they have to ride slow to the nearest dealer. __________________ Christopher "Monkeyman" Gray ---------------------------- Widows Sons "Overseers" Patriot Guard Rider USArmy 1987-1990 2021 Can Am Spyder RT 2018 Can Am Spyder RT Limited - SOLD 2014 Nomad - SOLD 2012 Victory Vision - SOLD 2007 Black Nomad - SOLD VMC #9367 VBA #1860
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Framer Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Piedmont OK Posts: 2,207	You right about which bike was in the lead. If you watch the first corner they barely rolled through it. When you slow down that much you lose control of your bike. The second corner the first rider that went down said he hit a hole in the road. Once again when you roll through the corners that slow you don't have the control you do with some speed but if they would have hit the sand with more speed it could have been way worse. The second bike that went off the road just fixated on the first. He was past the hole and the sand but saw his buddy going down and drove right off the road. __________________ David (Framer) Marang 2018 Harley Davidson Ultra Limited VBA#02245 VROC#35311 2013 Antlers 2014 Mountain View 2014 Antlers 2015 Eureka Springs 2015 Antlers 2016 Salem 2016 Antlers 2017 Eureka Springs 2017 Lake George 2017 Antlers 2018 Custer Last edited by Framer; 01-14-2017 at 11:15 AM.
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