High speed riding

cactusjack · 02-08-2010, 07:22 PM

High speed <s>riding</s> crashing

Yellow Jacket · 02-08-2010, 07:56 PM

Ouch!

garyo4 · 02-08-2010, 08:08 PM

Amazingly he wasn't injured very much. I came off my snowmobile 2 winters ago at 180 km/hr (about 110mph) after it went airborne, tore my right arm out of the socket and broke off the upper section of the arm bone. Would have been much worse but, like this motorcycle racer, I was wearing proper gear.

**Idaho** · 02-08-2010, 09:11 PM

My Nomad hauls my fat butt down the road as fast as I care to go. Certainly nothing approaching 170mph. Most of the time I'm doing 75 to 80 and that's it. I'm allergic to pain and I'm a chicken. HA

cactusjack · 02-08-2010, 09:59 PM

Here's another one, although not racing, it shows a more common hazard anyone of us could encounter.

What would YOU do in this situation?

watchman · 02-09-2010, 07:57 AM

There was no place for them to go. They did the best they could by scrubbing as much speed as possible to lessen the impact.

oldbikers · 02-09-2010, 08:05 AM

I would get up an leave with that first girl that came to help

**ringadingh** · 02-09-2010, 09:25 AM

In that second video there isn't too much he could have done other than try to stop like he did. He's lucky another car didn't hit him as he came off the bike.

cactusjack · 02-09-2010, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by oldbikers

I would get up an leave with that first girl that came to help

First thing I noticed was the cans on her! Wow!

cactusjack · 02-09-2010, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Ringadingh

In that second video there isn't too much he could have done other than try to stop like he did. He's lucky another car didn't hit him as he came off the bike.

Uh, that was a female rider.

I'd have beaten the dumb SOB that braked suddenly (probably texting) and turned into me like there was no tomorrow.

**glwilson** · 02-10-2010, 08:53 AM

Ouch!!!!

It is drivers and incidents like that one that scares me.

**Idaho** · 02-10-2010, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by glwilson

Ouch!!!!

It is drivers and incidents like that one that scares me.

I'm with you GL.. That is unnerving.

02-08-2010, 07:22 PM	#1
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02-08-2010, 07:56 PM	#2
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02-08-2010, 08:08 PM	#3
garyo4 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 275	High speed riding Amazingly he wasn't injured very much. I came off my snowmobile 2 winters ago at 180 km/hr (about 110mph) after it went airborne, tore my right arm out of the socket and broke off the upper section of the arm bone. Would have been much worse but, like this motorcycle racer, I was wearing proper gear.
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02-08-2010, 09:11 PM	#4
Idaho Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 5,241	High speed riding My Nomad hauls my fat butt down the road as fast as I care to go. Certainly nothing approaching 170mph. Most of the time I'm doing 75 to 80 and that's it. I'm allergic to pain and I'm a chicken. HA __________________ Idaho (aka Curmudgeon) Blue Knights Idaho III VBA #110 VROC #24864 IBA #49753 2007 Nomad 86,000 miles Bud Smalley Pocatello, Idaho Idaho Jack Adapter
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02-08-2010, 09:59 PM	#5
cactusjack Mega-Contributor Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Where it doesn't snow...ever! Posts: 21,926	High speed riding Here's another one, although not racing, it shows a more common hazard anyone of us could encounter. What would YOU do in this situation? __________________ Scott "Cactusjack" Hanks VBA #00105 H.O.G. #4250060 2011 H-D Ultra Limited 103ci :: 2011 HD Electra Glide Ultra Limited w/Stage 1 :: Rallies: Mesquite '08\|Custer '09\|Cortez '10\|Crescent City '11\|Kanab '12\|Antlers '12\|Estes Park '13\|Antlers '13\|Orofino '14\|The Dalles '17 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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02-09-2010, 07:57 AM	#6
watchman Sr. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Macon, Missouri Posts: 1,175	High speed riding There was no place for them to go. They did the best they could by scrubbing as much speed as possible to lessen the impact.
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02-09-2010, 08:05 AM	#7
oldbikers Sr. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sardis Mississippi Posts: 3,513	High speed riding I would get up an leave with that first girl that came to help __________________ Jim Hardin Sardis MS Kawanow # 453 Proud PGR member
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02-09-2010, 09:25 AM	#8
ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	High speed riding In that second video there isn't too much he could have done other than try to stop like he did. He's lucky another car didn't hit him as he came off the bike. __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951
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02-10-2010, 08:53 AM	#11
glwilson Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: North Central Illinois Posts: 8,575	High speed riding Ouch!!!! It is drivers and incidents like that one that scares me. __________________ "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." "You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts." *Former VBA NCR Assist Regional Leader* Formerly: 2004 1500FI Bronze Nomad: 2009 & 2014 HD Ultra Current Rides: 2017 HD Ultra Limited & 2011 Can Am Spyder RTS-SE Attended: VBA National Rallies 2009, 2011, 2015; VBA/NCR Regional Rally 2010, 12, 14, 16 and several rides throughout with regional members. VBA Member #652 HOG Member #3935417
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