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Clearly a getbigger, since we drive 140 mph on the way to grab a muscle milk from 7-11
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that`ll buff out.
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For the most part, people who drive those motorcyles (crotch rockets) are morons. they think they are all big and bad and trying to impress people. lol. Looks like the only thing he imPRESSED that day was the pavement.
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I almost hit some guy this morning while he dogged around lanes and cars thinking he was the only one on the road. Had I not braked and seen him coming, he would have been really fucked up and probably ran over by other cars as well.
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I use to ride a lot when I was in my early 20's. I don't know how I didn't kill my self. People make lefts in front of bikes all the time where they wouldn't consider it if a car was coming at them. A tap of a car against another car is a dent. To a motorcycle rider it could be the loss of a leg.
12 years ago I had all my money saved up to get a Honda Interceptor. I go into the show room and the salesman comes wheeling out in a wheel chair. That and the prior motorcycle accidents I saw made me change my mind. I bought an inground pool instead. Now I float with a beer in hand looking at the clouds go by.
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I use to ride a lot when I was in my early 20's. I don't know how I didn't kill my self. People make lefts in front of bikes all the time where they wouldn't consider it if a car was coming at them. A tap of a car against another car is a dent. To a motorcycle rider it could be the loss of a leg.
12 years ago I had all my money saved up to get a Honda Interceptor. I go into the show room and the salesman comes wheeling out in a wheel chair. That and the prior motorcycle accidents I saw made me change my mind. I bought an inground pool instead. Now I float with a beer in hand looking at the clouds go by.
Interesting. A 19 year old kid used to come in and was really a nice kid. All the time, positive dude. One day his then wife (they were religious) comes in to return a bunch of unopened stuff. I asked why he didnt need it anymore. She said, he'd been hit by a truck on the freeway months earlier and died. Turns out, he was in fact ran over by a 18-wheeler, not just "hit by a truck". If my son ever gets a motorcycle, i'll disable him myself.
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140 mph? Seems more like 45-50 max.
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Two years ago right in front of my work. Some young guy on a crotch rocket speed at just over 80mph in a 35 to be the first where two lanes merge into one. He slammed head on into a pick up truck that was turning. His body flew over the truck and some 50 plus feet onto the street. Paramedics where cutting his shirt off trying to work on him all while he was flopping around like a fish out of the water. He was dead on the scene. This young guy left behind a wife and young son.
I thought if that sob had hit my wife and kids commuting to see me at work made me mad. I though......screw this guy, he got what was expected.
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Two years ago right in front of my work. Some young guy on a crotch rocket speed at just over 80mph in a 35 to be the first where two lanes merge into one. He slammed head on into a pick up truck that was turning. His body flew over the truck and some 50 plus feet onto the street. Paramedics where cutting his shirt off trying to work on him all while he was flopping around like a fish out of the water. He was dead on the scene. This young guy left behind a wife and young son.
I thought if that sob had hit my wife and kids commuting to see me at work made me mad. I though......screw this guy, he got what was expected.
So what you're saying is the pickup truck turned left in front of the bike and killed the rider.
Pickup driver should be charged with vehicular homicide.
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a month or two back, I nearly crushed a motorcyclist. He was coming up in a 45 mph, going at least 80. I was legally changing lanes at 43 mph like the normal schmuck does. He swerves (he anticipated having that slot open).
He pull up next to me, 2 lanes over at the red light, flipping the bird and yelling thru his helmet about motorcyclists rights. 125 pounds wearing the helmet, skinny little punk. I begged him to de-bike and come on over, but he didn't... sped out and reached 100+ mph in a few seconds.
Locally, the guys riding harleys get killed time to time, by drunks late at night. They take care of their bikes, they ride the speed limit (or a little above) and they GIVE A SHIT.
Then you have the kids, under 25, driving crotch rockets at 100 mph, screaming about their rights. Cant stand them when they drive illegally and demand everyone respect them.
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I was in a very similar accident when I was 19. But I was driving at 60 mph and I wasn't wearing a helmet. A car in front of me stopped all of a sudden and I couldn't avoid it completely. I thought I was going to die.
PS: I call BS at 140 mph in the video.
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a month or two back, I nearly crushed a motorcyclist. He was coming up in a 45 mph, going at least 80. I was legally changing lanes at 43 mph like the normal schmuck does. He swerves (he anticipated having that slot open).
He pull up next to me, 2 lanes over at the red light, flipping the bird and yelling thru his helmet about motorcyclists rights. 125 pounds wearing the helmet, skinny little punk. I begged him to de-bike and come on over, but he didn't... sped out and reached 100+ mph in a few seconds.
Locally, the guys riding harleys get killed time to time, by drunks late at night. They take care of their bikes, they ride the speed limit (or a little above) and they GIVE A SHIT.
Then you have the kids, under 25, driving crotch rockets at 100 mph, screaming about their rights. Cant stand them when they drive illegally and demand everyone respect them.
240, was he wider than Heath?
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240, was he wider than Heath?
Teenage rider was 1.35 Heaths wide.
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Teenage rider was 1.35 Heaths wide.
Mary Kay or Ashley Olsen?
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I ride.
they are flying. watch the lines and how fast they close in on the overhead sign in the far right lane.
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I rode. Gave it up.
Got tired of waiting an hour for a $9 shake to give me enough strength to not have two limp dicks steering. You can't tack on mass and hid the redline in the same afternoon.
I chose the Cycle over the 'cycle
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I rode. Gave it up.
Got tired of waiting an hour for a $9 shake to give me enough strength to not have two limp dicks steering. You can't tack on mass and hid the redline in the same afternoon.
I chose the Cycle over the 'cycle
I have no idea what you meant to say but it sounded good.
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I know a trauma doctor who is a contributor and see him at fund raisers frequently. He despises all motorcycles, calls them "murdercycles". Whenever the subject comes up, and it does a lot with him, he calls for the outlawing of motorcycles at the Federal level.
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Teenage rider was 1.35 Heaths wide.
Damn, everyone is wider than heath :-X :-X
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that wasnt 140, no one's looking away at 140 i dont care how dumb you are. I could barely glance at the speedometer at 120 on my shitty r6
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Saw a rice rocket versus car in FL on 95 just north of Ft Lauderdale. My estimate was the bike was doing about 130 and the cab was doing about 40. The cab didn't see the bike and swerved into his lane. When the bike hit the back of the cab, the cabs back tires came about 3 feet off the highway.
The bike was completely compressed and demolished and the dude pin wheeled down the highway at least 100 yards.
I was first on scene, so I got a couple of guys to direct traffic and another guy to call it in. I jogged down the highway with another female bystander to see what I could do to stabilize pinwheel-guy.
I've seen some shit and been around the block a few (did some time in a morgue), but I have never seen a deader dude than this guy. Both arms and legs had multiple compound fractures with the bone protruding from his leathers. His helmeted head was turned around completely on his neck.
The woman next to me identified herself as a nurse and I said, "I don't think that you really need to check for a pulse, do you?"
She looked at me and said, "Lord no."
Anyway, I got outta there fast because I needed to pick up my wife at FLL. The highway was closed southbound for 6 hours to deal with the scene.
Black dude, named Calvin Murphy removed himself from the gene pool that day.
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So what you're saying is the pickup truck turned left in front of the bike and killed the rider.
Pickup driver should be charged with vehicular homicide.
Absolutely in the wrong. The left turning vehicle in America does not have the right of way in any state.
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I get my new bike next week and can't wait! ;D
I ride like everyone on the road is a shit driver and is out to kill me. It wont save me from every problem but cuts some down. I'm often enraged by some of the idiots that shoot past me on their bikes.
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Couldn`t pay me enough money to ever ride a motorcycle.
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Had a very nasty accident on a motorcycle many years ago that nearly cost me my life. (hit a deer) compound fracture right leg, with broke tib and fib on both legs, and separated shoulder. Was minutes away from bleeding out before a passerby spotted me and my bike in the ditch unconscious. Haven't touched a motorcycle since.
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It's stories like these that make me glad that I never got the itch to want to ride motorcycles. You're so vulnerable on a bike. You can be the most disciplined, skilled driver there is but there's no accounting for the idiots that drive alongside you. Especially now with all of these fuckheads that are texting and driving and rolling into the next lane that you're driving in.
My father is 71, god bless him. Has been in a couple of accidents on a motorcycle that weren't too serious. but even to this day he continues to ride. Even owns a Hyabusa that he takes out to ride from time to time. Crazy old fucker.
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I know a trauma doctor who is a contributor and see him at fund raisers frequently. He despises all motorcycles, calls them "murdercycles". Whenever the subject comes up, and it does a lot with him, he calls for the outlawing of motorcycles at the Federal level.
Does he want cars and trucks outlawed too? Doctor sounds like a commie?
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Had a very nasty accident on a motorcycle many years ago that nearly cost me my life. (hit a deer) compound fracture right leg, with broke tib and fib on both legs, and separated shoulder. Was minutes away from bleeding out before a passerby spotted me and my bike in the ditch unconscious. Haven't touched a motorcycle since.
Shit! How long did it take you to recover?
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Absolutely in the wrong. The left turning vehicle in America does not have the right of way in any state.
It does in America if the other vehicle is a drunk driver
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A friend in high school put his bike down in front of himself to act as a buffer for his imminent impact with a car that had pulled out in front of him from a driveway. Unfortunately, the bike came around and pushed him. Pinned under the vehicle. Dead on scene.
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Saw a rice rocket versus car in FL on 95 just north of Ft Lauderdale. My estimate was the bike was doing about 130 and the cab was doing about 40. The cab didn't see the bike and swerved into his lane. When the bike hit the back of the cab, the cabs back tires came about 3 feet off the highway.
The bike was completely compressed and demolished and the dude pin wheeled down the highway at least 100 yards.
I was first on scene, so I got a couple of guys to direct traffic and another guy to call it in. I jogged down the highway with another female bystander to see what I could do to stabilize pinwheel-guy.
I've seen some shit and been around the block a few (did some time in a morgue), but I have never seen a deader dude than this guy. Both arms and legs had multiple compound fractures with the bone protruding from his leathers. His helmeted head was turned around completely on his neck.
The woman next to me identified herself as a nurse and I said, "I don't think that you really need to check for a pulse, do you?"
She looked at me and said, "Lord no."
Anyway, I got outta there fast because I needed to pick up my wife at FLL. The highway was closed southbound for 6 hours to deal with the scene.
Black dude, named Calvin Murphy removed himself from the gene pool that day.
Same here. In what capacity, if you don't mind?
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Interning at UNC Memorial Hospitals in the ER. Was the transfer guy downstairs. Didn't do much other than transport and storage.
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Ok, thanks.
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this thread makes me consider not riding anymore. you can only control what you can control
esp sobering is the deer story. there's a ton of deer where I live. if I don't see them every day it's a rare occasion. in fact one ran into the side of my car this winter. I couldn't imagine one hitting me on a bike. you think they'd shy away when a vehicle approaches but the opposite happens. the become confused and panic and are unpredictable.
thanks for sharing that bro.
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Seems every biker will inevitably lay the fucker down at some point. The odds are pretty fucked up. Careful out there, chaos.
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a month or two back, I nearly crushed a motorcyclist. He was coming up in a 45 mph, going at least 80. I was legally changing lanes at 43 mph like the normal schmuck does. He swerves (he anticipated having that slot open).
He pull up next to me, 2 lanes over at the red light, flipping the bird and yelling thru his helmet about motorcyclists rights. 125 pounds wearing the helmet, skinny little punk. I begged him to de-bike and come on over, but he didn't... sped out and reached 100+ mph in a few seconds.
Locally, the guys riding harleys get killed time to time, by drunks late at night. They take care of their bikes, they ride the speed limit (or a little above) and they GIVE A SHIT.
Then you have the kids, under 25, driving crotch rockets at 100 mph, screaming about their rights. Cant stand them when they drive illegally and demand everyone respect them.
Harley fags are the drunks. Outed leatherman.
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When I was an EMT we called motorcyclists organ donors
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Harley fags are the drunks. Outed leatherman.
I've been playing in bars for the harley riders for almost a decade now. yes, they drink, but it's always 1-2 beers an hour and they usually drive home perfectly. It's the 24 year old, pepped out on adderall + vodka/red bulls, that crash their crotch rockets. If a dude is 50 and he's been riding that bike to have a few beers 4x a week for 30 years, he's probably a safer driver than I am sober. Something to be said for experience. Old people do'nt drink to hangover, they don't barfight. if you're 50 and you're not in jail or dead, you found moderation along the way.
Today I thought of this thread... when i saw this dude, probably 30, just zipping around on a shiny new bike with the wax still on it. I knew he was going to swing in front of me without looking or signal, and sure enough, he did. Then he almost got creamed by the guy next to him... same thing... he made sure nobody was in FRONT of him, but never looked to the side when shifting... fcking idiot.
My dad used to ride every day. Got his helmet caught on a fallen cable/power line following a FL storm. Nearly decapitated him. Messed up his shoulder and back. Landed him in the hospital for a while. I think he got a $ settlement for that one. Company hadn't addressed the fallen line, 2 weeks after the storm or something, dunno the details. Was riding along and booom, whipped right off his bike.
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I've ridden a few hundred thousand miles on only crotch rockets. Only went down once and alcohol played it's part.
I had a friend who lived in Arizona. He went years and years without a car, and only rode his 2 bikes. He gets married cuz she got pregnant. He was forced to buy a car. On his way home from the dealership he was killed in an accident. How ironic.
Heres my bike after a low speed crash.
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Seems every biker will inevitably lay the fucker down at some point. The odds are pretty fucked up. Careful out there, chaos.
2 kinds of motorcyclists - those that have crashed and those that will.
I have been riding for 30+ years, I own a Harley now a big comfy slow one. I started on dirtbikes crashing them into trees and such in the woods, I think it prepared me well for the hazards of the road.
If you can`t handle riding on the sidewalk don`t go into the street.
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Shit! How long did it take you to recover?
3 weeks in hospital and another month in a convalescent home.
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Had a very nasty accident on a motorcycle many years ago that nearly cost me my life. (hit a deer) compound fracture right leg, with broke tib and fib on both legs, and separated shoulder. Was minutes away from bleeding out before a passerby spotted me and my bike in the ditch unconscious. Haven't touched a motorcycle since.
I had a traumatic brain injury instead. I went into surgery, doctors had to drain the blood clot. I left the hospital 5 days after the surgery but I had to spent 3 months without leaving home. And I had a black eye that took like 5 months to heal completely. I'm lucky I can do whatever I want :), and nobody can even tell I went through this. Yes I have a big scar in my cranium but my head is full of beautiful hair and most people won't notice.
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this thread makes me consider not riding anymore. you can only control what you can control
esp sobering is the deer story. there's a ton of deer where I live. if I don't see them every day it's a rare occasion. in fact one ran into the side of my car this winter. I couldn't imagine one hitting me on a bike. you think they'd shy away when a vehicle approaches but the opposite happens. the become confused and panic and are unpredictable.
thanks for sharing that bro.
When I had my bike accident as I mentioned above, I was riding outside a little town in Alberta, Canada called Rocky Mountain House. Tall grass and trees/shrubs on either side of the highway. Beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Summer. Gods Country they call it. It happened so fast I had zero time to react. The deer leaped out from the trees on my right, and that was it. I T-boned the deer and off I went into the ditch along with my bike. I was knocked out cold and bleeding profusely from a compound fraction in my leg. Where I ended up in tall grass in the ditch, I was not visible from the highway. What saved my life was that a passing motorist stopped to move the deer carcass off of the road, and only then did the person spot my bike in the grass in the ditch. Then I was spotted a considerable ways away from where my bike landed. That person saved my life as I would have bled to death had I been there much longer. That and the good fortune of having a medevac helicopter land on the highway to get me as opposed to an ambulance which would have taken much longer. Both a lucky day, and an unlucky day for me. This happened years ago.
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this thread makes me consider not riding anymore. you can only control what you can control
esp sobering is the deer story. there's a ton of deer where I live. if I don't see them every day it's a rare occasion. in fact one ran into the side of my car this winter. I couldn't imagine one hitting me on a bike. you think they'd shy away when a vehicle approaches but the opposite happens. the become confused and panic and are unpredictable.
thanks for sharing that bro.
A guy I know who is LE said that he was on patrol in a rural area at night where he came upon a bike lying in the road with it's lights on and it was still running. It had hit a deer and then a telephone pole. He looked for the rider and couldn't find him. He then looked up and the guy had been thrown up into the telephone wires.
Another LE had told me about coming on scene to a bike accident. He said that the bike had hit a guard rail...and apparently the rider went under it and it decapitated him. The officer went looking for the helmet. And he found it, with the head still in the helmet.
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I had a traumatic brain injury instead. I went into surgery, doctors had to drain the blood clot. I left the hospital 5 days after the surgery but I had to spent 3 months without leaving home. And I had a black eye that took like 5 months to heal completely. I'm lucky I can do whatever I want :), and nobody can even tell I went through this. Yes I have a big scar in my cranium but my head is full of beautiful hair and most people won't notice.
You got lucky, like I did. I have long scars on my lower legs on either side of my calf muscles where I had a Fasciotomy, but they're only noticeable if you're up close. The deer I hit fared much worse than I did. From what I was told, I disemboweled the dear when my bike hit it.
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You got lucky, like I did. I have long scars on my lower legs on either side of my calf muscles where I had a Fasciotomy, but they're only noticeable if you're up close. The deer I hit fared much worse than I did. From what I was told, I disemboweled the dear when my bike hit it.
Oh we did :), where I live so many people die from motorcycles accidents every day. :-\
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I'd say that was about 80mph...cringe knowing the ping ping ping ping sound is his helmet bouncing off the pavement. I low sided at PIR doing almost 70mph and while sliding the back of my helmet made a sound like that over and over. His fault though.... too busy watching his buddy.
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I use to ride a lot when I was in my early 20's. I don't know how I didn't kill my self. People make lefts in front of bikes all the time where they wouldn't consider it if a car was coming at them. A tap of a car against another car is a dent. To a motorcycle rider it could be the loss of a leg.
12 years ago I had all my money saved up to get a Honda Interceptor. I go into the show room and the salesman comes wheeling out in a wheel chair. That and the prior motorcycle accidents I saw made me change my mind. I bought an inground pool instead. Now I float with a beer in hand looking at the clouds go by.
Well done that man...
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Absolutely in the wrong. The left turning vehicle in America does not have the right of way in any state.
Reading comprehension isn't your strong point is it?
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A guy I know who is LE said that he was on patrol in a rural area at night where he came upon a bike lying in the road with it's lights on and it was still running. It had hit a deer and then a telephone pole. He looked for the rider and couldn't find him. He then looked up and the guy had been thrown up into the telephone wires.
Another LE had told me about coming on scene to a bike accident. He said that the bike had hit a guard rail...and apparently the rider went under it and it decapitated him. The officer went looking for the helmet. And he found it, with the head still in the helmet.
Jesus Christ.
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I know a trauma doctor who is a contributor and see him at fund raisers frequently. He despises all motorcycles, calls them "murdercycles". Whenever the subject comes up, and it does a lot with him, he calls for the outlawing of motorcycles at the Federal level.
I know a doctor calls then "donor cycles"
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So what you're saying is the pickup truck turned left in front of the bike and killed the rider.
Pickup driver should be charged with vehicular homicide.
Are u that stupid? 80 plus mph in a 35, the idiot on the bike got what he deserved. No way can a guy in normal traffic gage head on speed. Screw the jerk on the bike. The truck driver btw was questioned and that was all. It was obvious to all who was at fault. What your starting is like the guy who breaks into someone's house and sues because he fell over something he could not see.
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Seems every biker will inevitably lay the fucker down at some point. The odds are pretty fucked up. Careful out there, chaos.
i've been riding for 38 years, all my crashes were on motocross when i was younger. hopefully i've filled my quota.
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a month or two back, I nearly crushed a motorcyclist. He was coming up in a 45 mph, going at least 80. I was legally changing lanes at 43 mph like the normal schmuck does. He swerves (he anticipated having that slot open).
He pull up next to me, 2 lanes over at the red light, flipping the bird and yelling thru his helmet about motorcyclists rights. 125 pounds wearing the helmet, skinny little punk. I begged him to de-bike and come on over, but he didn't... sped out and reached 100+ mph in a few seconds.
Locally, the guys riding harleys get killed time to time, by drunks late at night. They take care of their bikes, they ride the speed limit (or a little above) and they GIVE A SHIT.
Then you have the kids, under 25, driving crotch rockets at 100 mph, screaming about their rights. Cant stand them when they drive illegally and demand everyone respect them.
Everything you just said is spot on.
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Absolutely in the wrong. The left turning vehicle in America does not have the right of way in any state.
Wrong bud. When the left turning vehicle does not see the bike approaching at 80 mph jumping into the next lane from two that merge into one. He had no idea the guy was there until the last second. I know this guy he said he thought the bike was going to kill him. He got out of his truck looked back and fell to his knees in shock. He literally had no time to see this a hole speeding and changing lanes.
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It's stories like these that make me glad that I never got the itch to want to ride motorcycles. You're so vulnerable on a bike. You can be the most disciplined, skilled driver there is but there's no accounting for the idiots that drive alongside you. Especially now with all of these fuckheads that are texting and driving and rolling into the next lane that you're driving in.
My father is 71, god bless him. Has been in a couple of accidents on a motorcycle that weren't too serious. but even to this day he continues to ride. Even owns a Hyabusa that he takes out to ride from time to time. Crazy old fucker.
While I agree that there are ducked up drivers.......I always laugh at how motorcyclists think that they are never in the wrong or that it's the other driver they have to worry about when they cause more of the problem. Showing off how fast they can change lanes and cut people off.
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I used to hang out with friends that did this a lot... probably ten years back. They were going so fast up near the interstate that they already knew they would get away with it, if police tried pulling them over. They were going over 100 mph. If anything resembling a cop came into their view or rear-view, they would literally drive a mile and turn down a sidestreet and completely disappear behind a house or building before the cop could catch up. They all laughed about it, how many times they tried to stop them, and they got away. Then one day, one of the dudes ran into the back of a trash truck and was killed instantly. Everyone melted about how his fmaily should sue, how the system was "fixed" so nobody pressed charges.
I dont know they don't literally take away the drivers license for 5 years, if a dude is caught riding a bike 50 mph over the limit.
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Damn, just damn at some of the stories in this thread :'(
Thanks for sharing! I ride motorcycles myself, never had a crotch rocket though, decided they were too dangerous. There are so many things that can go wrong when you drive fast, a car doing something unpredictable like changing lanes without looking or signaling, left turns etc. Some insurance companies did statistics over it and of all accidents involving a car and a motorcycle the driver of the car was responsible for the accident in 64-85% of the cases.
Still, as a driver of a car you can't predict a motorcycle appearing from nowhere when they zoom up in 100+
Lesson to be learned: Stay away from cars as much as possible and be prepared for the worst from them. Cars are more dangerous than the speed of the bike, if there were no cars on the road it would be pretty safe to drive fast (with the exception of deer), just like on the track.
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P.S for the OP video, the driver of the motorcycle is an idiot, drives straight into a car. If you can't even see the traffic in front of you...
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Everything you just said is spot on.
totally true
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i've been riding for 38 years, all my crashes were on motocross when i was younger. hopefully i've filled my quota.
Be safe, buddy.
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Had a buddy who bragged about making it to Houston from Dallas in less than 3 hours (260 miles).
He said the cops would never mess with him cause they knew they would never catch him.
Same guy ended up getting in a bad wreck on I-45 and died in the ambulance. Left a one month old little girl behind and a wife. It's a shame too cause he was a really good guy.
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I remember three kids getting killed on rockets within a relatively short time. Gym employee, saved for six months to buy a Honda Hurricane, killed within a week of purchase. Childhood friend taking his buddy's Ninja for a neighborhood lap, hit an overpass pylon on his first left turn. Third guy, a gym acquaintance, broadsided by a car while he was exiting his school's parking lot. All in the same year.
I still bought one, but sold it shortly after. Way too much power for an inexperienced kid. Dude I sold it to totaled it the next week. Fuck the rockets.
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I went down on I-95 doing about 55 in traffic one evening after work... It was a low side so I just picked it up, got on the side, moved the throttle cable back into position and went home.
Bikes are just what they are... I keep my speed on the track and I don't do dumb things if at all possible.
You give up security for maneuverability... You just have to use what you have as well as possible and watch out for idiots.
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Good riddance! Every crotch rocket person I've seen or known think they are invincible, glad to see these kind of tragedies to sort out these buffoons
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I remember three kids getting killed on rockets within a relatively short time. Gym employee, saved for six months to buy a Honda Hurricane, killed within a week of purchase. Childhood friend taking his buddy's Ninja for a neighborhood lap, hit an overpass pylon on his first left turn. Third guy, a gym acquaintance, broadsided by a car while he was exiting his school's parking lot. All in the same year.
I still bought one, but sold it shortly after. Way too much power for an inexperienced kid. Dude I sold it to totaled it the next week. Fuck the rockets.
agreed. My first bike was a Kawasaki LTD 400 (cruiser) and rode it 3yrs before going to GSXR750 of which I rode for several years before getting a Bandit 1200. Then when in my 30's decided I was ready for the high end bikes like Hayabusa, CBR1100xx and GSXR 1000. I've been riding since age of 17 and even now (36) I still respect the power of these liter bikes...they are literally rockets between your legs.
I get sick every time I see some 22yr old kid buy a R1 knowing he's probably going to kill himself or someone else. They should license bikes different. 600cc for several years without accidents to move up to under 1000cc for a couple years then after like 5yrs allow 1000cc and up license.
It may save some lives, though I'm guessing an asshat is going to be a idiot on whatever he rides regardless of cc
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agreed. My first bike was a Kawasaki LTD 400 (cruiser) and rode it 3yrs before going to GSXR750 of which I rode for several years before getting a Bandit 1200. Then when in my 30's decided I was ready for the high end bikes like Hayabusa, CBR1100xx and GSXR 1000. I've been riding since age of 17 and even now (36) I still respect the power of these liter bikes...they are literally rockets between your legs.
I get sick every time I see some 22yr old kid buy a R1 knowing he's probably going to kill himself or someone else. They should license bikes different. 600cc for several years without accidents to move up to under 1000cc for a couple years then after like 5yrs allow 1000cc and up license.
It may save some lives, though I'm guessing an asshat is going to be a idiot on whatever he rides regardless of cc
Never really thought about it but that does make sense.
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agreed. My first bike was a Kawasaki LTD 400 (cruiser) and rode it 3yrs before going to GSXR750 of which I rode for several years before getting a Bandit 1200. Then when in my 30's decided I was ready for the high end bikes like Hayabusa, CBR1100xx and GSXR 1000. I've been riding since age of 17 and even now (36) I still respect the power of these liter bikes...they are literally rockets between your legs.
I get sick every time I see some 22yr old kid buy a R1 knowing he's probably going to kill himself or someone else. They should license bikes different. 600cc for several years without accidents to move up to under 1000cc for a couple years then after like 5yrs allow 1000cc and up license.
It may save some lives, though I'm guessing an asshat is going to be a idiot on whatever he rides regardless of cc
Ride safely, my friend.
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Never really thought about it but that does make sense.
Only thing, the 600 is still too much. All you can do is be extra careful, drive defensively, and carry a rabbit's foot. And make sure your donor card is filled out.
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Never really thought about it but that does make sense.
Probably would kill Hardly Davidsons sales though. Since the older guys buying them (and can afford it) usually buy 800lbs 1800cc "hogs" and think they can ride cause they used to ride dirt bikes when they were kids.
Check out ownership stats
http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-Safety/motorcycle-accident-statistics.htm (http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-Safety/motorcycle-accident-statistics.htm)
Though highest death rates were all in their 20's -
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/dsMotorcycleSafety/ (http://www.cdc.gov/Features/dsMotorcycleSafety/)
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Had a buddy who bragged about making it to Houston from Dallas in less than 3 hours (260 miles).
He said the cops would never mess with him cause they knew they would never catch him.
Same guy ended up getting in a bad wreck on I-45 and died in the ambulance. Left a one month old little girl behind and a wife. It's a shame too cause he was a really good guy.
Before I had my bike accident, I never had a broken bone in my body. I had never even been in a hospital before. And then in one instant, I had broken bones galore and was very familiar with hospital life.
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I get my new bike next week and can't wait! ;D
I ride like everyone on the road is a shit driver and is out to kill me. It wont save me from every problem but cuts some down. I'm often enraged by some of the idiots that shoot past me on their bikes.
i ride a custom softail deluxe..got $40k+ in it. im the same as you. ride like you are invisible. never had an accident..have had some dodgy instances, but if you ride at a speed where others can judge- i.e. what is expected, and respect others, then theres not much problem. it isnt a death sentence.
i ride for the nostalgia and appreciation of the machine...not for the thrill of risk, or a sense of insane speed.
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i ride a custom softail deluxe..got $40k+ in it. im the same as you. ride like you are invisible. never had an accident..have had some dodgy instances, but if you ride at a speed where others can judge- i.e. what is expected, and respect others, then theres not much problem. it isnt a death sentence.
i ride for the nostalgia and appreciation of the machine...not for the thrill of risk, or a sense of insane speed.
Harley riders seem to have much better odds than the sportsbike guys. I'd imagine it has a lot to do with average age of the two groups. Never had any serious incidents on my chop, but I was much older and more experienced by then. Still had a few close calls, though. Always with lane changes, it seemed.
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I remember three kids getting killed on rockets within a relatively short time. Gym employee, saved for six months to buy a Honda Hurricane, killed within a week of purchase. Childhood friend taking his buddy's Ninja for a neighborhood lap, hit an overpass pylon on his first left turn. Third guy, a gym acquaintance, broadsided by a car while he was exiting his school's parking lot. All in the same year.
I still bought one, but sold it shortly after. Way too much power for an inexperienced kid. Dude I sold it to totaled it the next week. Fuck the rockets.
I was watching a vid where a long time rider was an advocate of learning how to ride on 250s first. Then move up. As opposed to getting the 600s.
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agreed. My first bike was a Kawasaki LTD 400 (cruiser) and rode it 3yrs before going to GSXR750 of which I rode for several years before getting a Bandit 1200. Then when in my 30's decided I was ready for the high end bikes like Hayabusa, CBR1100xx and GSXR 1000. I've been riding since age of 17 and even now (36) I still respect the power of these liter bikes...they are literally rockets between your legs.
I get sick every time I see some 22yr old kid buy a R1 knowing he's probably going to kill himself or someone else. They should license bikes different. 600cc for several years without accidents to move up to under 1000cc for a couple years then after like 5yrs allow 1000cc and up license.
It may save some lives, though I'm guessing an asshat is going to be a idiot on whatever he rides regardless of cc
That sounds good, but unfortunately 600cc bikes today are as fast as liter bikes were 10 years ago... You have stock 600cc bikes running sub 10 second 1/4 miles at the track, stock.
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The three guys I'd mentioned earlier were probably all killed on 600s. They were very popular in the mid/late 80s. Top Gun started that shit, I think.
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The three guys I'd mentioned earlier were probably all killed on 600s. They were very popular in the mid/late 80s. Top Gun started that shit, I think.
That was a Ninja 900. The "original" Kawasaki Ninja. I think tiered licensing would be good for the USA but its most likely too late now to institute that into law, but riding like an idiot on the street should result in losing your license before you lose your life or take someone else's all in the name of you think you're so bitchin'. Or whatever goes through their little minds.
Most motorcyclists in Kommiefornia are idiots, regardless of make or model. They should take their idiocy to a track, not public roads. There have been at least two killed while lane splitting at speed in the San Diego and LA areas in the last couple of weeks or so. Darwin's law indeed.
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Couldn`t pay me enough money to ever ride a motorcycle.
i'd do it for a million
get rich or die trying
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That sounds good, but unfortunately 600cc bikes today are as fast as liter bikes were 10 years ago... You have stock 600cc bikes running sub 10 second 1/4 miles at the track, stock.
this
actually a skilled rider on a 600 will out ride an average rider on a liter bike.
a bike will only go as fast as you twist the throttle but today's 600's are no joke.
if I was going to urge anyone thinking of riding I'd say learn doing a few years of dirt, then when your ready for the road take an accredited racing course so you can handle what you buy.
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"There are old bikers and there are bold bikers, but there are no old bold bikers"
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Keep the crotch rockets, give me a sled like this and I'll be happy ;)
(https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.607988153147131196&pid=15.1)
I have put a couple hundred miles on a chopper like that, that was plenty for me.
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Kawasaki Ninjas took out Flex Wheeler.
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Did the guy in the video die?
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Keep the crotch rockets, give me a sled like this and I'll be happy ;)
(https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.607988153147131196&pid=15.1)
the majority of the bikes built like this have less than 1000 miles on them. way too difficult to ride, uncomfortable on the body and too stretched out to put in the back of a truck.
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I've rode and raced practically every type of motorcycle made in almost every type of racing discipline out there. I started on dirt bikes probably 40 or more years ago. I've roadraced and flattracked for years at the pro level and with that have crashed at high speed (triple digits) well over 50 times in my life without major injury.
And I don't ride on the street anymore because it's too dangerous.
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I love my gsxr750, horrible drivers here and bad roads though
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the majority of the bikes built like this have less than 1000 miles on them. way too difficult to ride, uncomfortable on the body and too stretched out to put in the back of a truck.
Agree. Love chops, but the stretch and rake there would make it a miserable ride. Plus, generic as fuck.
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Agree. Love chops, but the stretch and rake there would make it a miserable ride. Plus, generic as fuck.
It would take a football field to make a U-turn. ;D I [am a fan of certain Victory and Harley-Davidsons along with a few of the other manufacturers bikes but none of them would be HD wannabees. No race replicas, thank you. Uncomfortable and stupid fast. The stupid part usually comes with the owner. ;D
Harley's Sportster '72 is sweetness to look at but would I own one? I doubt it. ;D
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http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=owQ1mkuVxyk