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Title: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: MAXdB on April 12, 2010, 06:03:50 PM http://www.triumph675.net/forum/showthread.php?p=533235 (http://www.triumph675.net/forum/showthread.php?p=533235)
great moment-by-moment shots of a highside.. gives me flashbacks :o Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: Grampa on April 12, 2010, 06:08:10 PM cant see any of the pics ???
Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: NoisyDante on April 12, 2010, 06:26:29 PM google searched it, looks like a lot of forums posted the link to the triumph site.
Someone on a Kawi forum seems to have made a gif of the photos, though I can't see the originals either, so I assume it' the one in question. (http://www.createagif.net/actual/1085466_CreateAgif.gif) Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: Grampa on April 12, 2010, 06:35:04 PM white boots will get you every time
Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: Popeye the Sailor on April 12, 2010, 07:00:56 PM Set your bike free. If it comes back to you, you probably highsided.
Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: il d00d on April 12, 2010, 07:14:36 PM Animated gif is cool, but does not show the denoument - standing, giving the thumbs up, decidedly not dead, and looking largely uninjured. I'm glad to see he was OK [thumbsup]
Up until about picture nine, it looks like he was trying to pull off a trick, like kick-flipping his bike. I had a Thrasher Magazine pictorial flashback - BP knows what I'm talking about :P Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: The Bearded Duc on April 13, 2010, 12:26:09 AM Set your bike free. If it comes back to you, you probably highsided. [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] Although, I hope it never happens to me!! Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: WetDuc on April 13, 2010, 02:14:37 AM Wow, that was crazy looking through the pics in the link!
I'm passing this one on. You can see the white of his eyes as soon as the back end starts to fishtail! Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: NorDog on April 13, 2010, 06:12:34 AM white boots will get you every time [laugh] [laugh][laugh] [laugh] Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: The Architect on April 13, 2010, 06:22:57 AM white boots will get you every time But they're Sidi's. Doesn't that cancel out the white? Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: NoisyDante on April 13, 2010, 06:44:19 AM A Wilhelm scream would absolutely make that gif.
Wilhelm Scream Compilation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YDpuA90KEY#) Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: Autostrada Pilot on April 13, 2010, 06:59:34 AM So, once he got the back end out like that, how could he have saved himself from high-siding?
There I go again, trying to make it all educational. Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: derby on April 13, 2010, 06:59:34 AM google searched it, looks like a lot of forums posted the link to the triumph site. Someone on a Kawi forum seems to have made a gif of the photos, though I can't see the originals either, so I assume it' the one in question. (http://www.createagif.net/actual/1085466_CreateAgif.gif) you can see the exact moment he chopped the throttle. Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: zooom on April 13, 2010, 09:36:10 AM you can see the exact moment he chopped the throttle. I was looking at the same thing.... Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: The Architect on April 13, 2010, 10:57:28 AM you can see the exact moment he chopped the throttle. textbook they should show that at every track day event. Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: Monsterlover on April 13, 2010, 11:47:49 AM So, once he got the back end out like that, how could he have saved himself from high-siding? There I go again, trying to make it all educational. Stay on the gas and pray to whatever god you think will help you. Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: Spidey on April 13, 2010, 11:52:02 AM Sometimes, even if you consciously try not to chop the throttle, the rear wheel steps out enough that it yanks your hand off the throttle and you head sky high.
There's a youtube video out there somewhere of me highsiding in Turn 9 at Sears Point, along with the subsequent cool X-rays and CAT scans. :'( Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: fastwin on April 13, 2010, 12:02:48 PM I was going to say the same thing about how you can see where he chops the gas. He might have been better off to stay in the throttle and let it low side. But that's really just bad Monday morning quaterbacking on my part. Just really glad he's OK and didn't get nailed by the bike or a following rider. [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: NorDog on April 13, 2010, 12:17:55 PM I've lowsided and highsided both a number of times, and I really prefer lowsiding. My first highside was at Turn 11 at Laguna Seca (it was called Turn 9 back then) and I was slammed into the pavement like someone was using me to crack a whip. The back of my helmet was stove in.
Yeah, I'll take the lowside anytime over that kinda fun. Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: Spidey on April 13, 2010, 12:34:15 PM I've lowsided and highsided both a number of times, and I really prefer lowsiding. [laugh] That, my friends, is wisdom that only a wealth of experience teaches. [clap] Title: Re: Anatomy of a Highside Post by: Privateer on April 13, 2010, 04:22:31 PM i know that guy. he insists he didn't chop the throttle. /shrug
apparently that corner is off camber and was a little dusty when he tried a different line. it didn't work. I threw this one together back on the 5th (http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7370/ofcounselcrash.gif) |