157mph Motorcycle Crash

[sbrguy]

remember showya was probably going just as fast if not faster when he crashed, that doesn't make it ok or good, just saying any motorcycle crash is a massive craps shoot no matter what, and probably this guy won't survive past the next week.

but you are right, sometimes it just is not fair.  RIP to all those that pass on.

[ducatiz]

It upsets me when idiots like this lives thru horrific crashes and good people like Peter Lenz and Shoya Tomizawa didn't

drunks often survive for some reason

[rideserotta]

Ree-dick-u-luss... 157MPH?... revoked license?... drunk?...are you kidding me? Glad he didn't kill anyone else.

[krolik]

I bet his insurance rates go up.

[hoyden]

drunks often survive for some reason

Their bodies are more relaxed upon impact.

[jim_0068]

Their bodies are more relaxed upon impact.

correctomundo...my EMT friend said drunks don't have the reaction time to "tense up" when approaching impact like a sober person does and it most cases it helps injuries.

[MadDuck]

It was a Yamaha inline 4 of some sort:
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Photos-Motorcycle-crashes-at-157mph-112264509.html?gallery=y&c=y&img=9#gallery-image

He hit the concrete base of a light pole;
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Photos-Motorcycle-crashes-at-157mph-112264509.html?gallery=y&c=y&img=13#gallery-image

From what's left of the taillight & exhaust cans it might have been a R1.

[Heath]

I bet his insurance rates go up.

Hard to get insurance when you don't even have a license lol

[Ahks]

From what's left of the taillight & exhaust cans it might have been a R1.

an '05ish r1 specifically given that shade of red and the fact that it was white letters on a black belly pan :p

got a buddy that accidentally pushed his r6s to about 120. another guy i know pushed his r6 to 175 on his "I wonder what it can do" ride after breakin. R1's may have still been without a speed-limiter in the '05ish's... and theres a group of guys that race a couple times a summer from the detroit river to flint. nutters blew my doors off and i was merrily cruising @ about 95 northbound I-75. fairly certain that whole group of bikes was going atleast a buck fifty in traffic.

the jap sport bikes are retarded fast.

[DRKWNG]

175 on an R6?  He must have replaced the "6" sticker with one that said "620".

[rgramjet]

In the Summer when we sleep with the windows open, packs of inline 4's can be heard, working the curves on 495 at high speeds.......sometimes as late as 4-5am.

[MadDuck]

the jap sport bikes are retarded fast.

The Japanese sport bikes are not any faster than the Italian Ducati sportbikes, or the British Triumphs or the German BMW. I have ridden all four. In the big picture it is only the rider that is retarded fast. 

[DRKWNG]

Or just simply retarded. 

[Ahks]

The Japanese sport bikes are not any faster than the Italian Ducati sportbikes, or the British Triumphs or the German BMW. I have ridden all four. In the big picture it is only the rider that is retarded fast. 

True but the yamaha street bikes are really really close to the same thing that hits the track in WSBK

Also bolded part above is VERY true.

and after DRKWNGs reply to my post i looked it up. it is possible for a 150lb guy to hit 175 on the speedo of an r6. very possible. it's just that the speedo is so inaccurate at that speed that it was closer to 160mph actual :p

And to nudge it back on topic...
Is 157 in a 45 a felony?

[fastwin]

I'm thinking this whole story is really just about natural selection at work. And thank God the drunk moron didn't hit/hurt/kill anyone else other than himself and his bike. Problem is he most likely doesn't have health insurance and the citizens of AZ will have to foot his soon to be astronomical hospital bill. Oops, did I just trip over the cord to his medical respirator?? Damn!