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« on: October 01, 2013, 05:46:28 AM »

What you think, on your bike would you have done the same or tried a different maneuver?

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« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2013, 05:52:14 AM »

Was it intentional? Looks to me like he might have just grabbed a fist full of front brake and gone down on accident.

Either way, I would have TRIED to slow down as much as possible and then swerve to the left - but of course hindsight is 20/20 and I know from experience that the mind doesn't work that rationally when put in situations like that.
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« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2013, 05:52:43 AM »

I also believe a moderator will move this to the Riding Techniques area  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2013, 05:59:58 AM »

I also believe a moderator will move this to the Riding Techniques area  Grin
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« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2013, 06:04:26 AM »

I think he overreacted  Grin


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« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2013, 06:25:22 AM »

Good guess. Wink

Dang! Too much coffee this morning............
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« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2013, 09:15:40 AM »

Was it intentional? Looks to me like he might have just grabbed a fist full of front brake and gone down on accident.

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If intentional, I would have tried to stop instead. Rubber to pavement has a better friction value than skin/leather to pavement, so you'll always stop faster using your brakes.
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« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2013, 10:49:14 AM »

If you watch his hands in the beginning you can see he almost takes a dive off to the right.  A little target fixation on the car he was passing probably, but I think and hope I would have done it different.   It looks like car on left, watch to see if it will pull to the right, look up to see holy crap I better jump, maneuvers were never in the program.
 

Or better yet wait a heartbeat to find the gap under the truck, push right bar ahead to get a lean, hit throttle, front brake a little, shift weight to lay it on the side, go under trucks center, come out the other side bring it up and keep going.   laughingdp
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« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2013, 02:05:03 PM »

This gent needs to practice "emergency stops".  Virtually any motorcycle stops better, steers better, and hurts its operator less when it's upright.    Dolph
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« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2013, 07:23:30 PM »

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Or better yet wait a heartbeat to find the gap under the truck, push right bar ahead to get a lean, hit throttle, front brake a little, shift weight to lay it on the side, go under trucks center, come out the other side bring it up and keep going.   laughingdp


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« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2013, 07:30:27 PM »

I'm hoping I would have not had to react at all. How can you miss bright orange huge Fing truck a good ways in front of you? His overtake rate of the car may indicate that he was riding a little faster than he should have. Not that I have ever ridden over the speed limit Roll Eyes but if had I would have paid attention..you know scanning and other boring stuff that keep us from getting killed.

Long Rant over. Short version: Braked my ass off maybe been able to escape to the left, but really once I was on the brakes hard I don't know if I could have released and and turned.
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« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2013, 05:59:42 AM »

As soon as this clip started I thought to myself "how does this dude not see that huge orange truck... Oh shit!"

I endo'd and broke a wrist and collarbone trying to stop before hitting a stalled car in a similar situation to this (at night big black tinted SUV in front didn't see the car til late and swerved around it. I came around the SUV into a ffffffuuuuuuuuuucccckkkkkkkkk stalled car). Ever since then, it's been priority #1 for riding on the road: make sure you see EVERYTHING ahead of you. This clip is just unfortunate rider not paying attention. Next time he will. That could have been ugly.
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« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2013, 06:10:13 AM »

Is his foot caught under the wheel?
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« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2013, 06:51:11 AM »

Is his foot caught under the wheel?

I was wondering the same thing, hopefully he got that thing out!
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« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2013, 08:00:01 AM »

Ugh, that made my stomach hurt to watch.
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