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Offline rush2112

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Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« on: May 17, 2013, 11:21:39 AM »
Wow!!!! This is not the way to get off a bike!
Especially when you're doing 230mph!

ANDRA Drag Racing - Chris Matheson Top Bike crash
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2013, 11:27:14 AM »
I bet he is happy he paid a little extra for the thick leathers.  Damn that wind can be tough on a person.
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2013, 11:30:32 AM »
"Chris Matheson comes off his 370kmh Top Bike at Sydney Dragway's 2013 Nitro Champs but remarkably escapes with just a broken ankle."

Ouch!
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2013, 01:06:35 PM »
I'll bet there is some bruising involved somewhere.
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2013, 01:41:07 PM »
Why did he jump off a perfectly good bike?
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2013, 02:49:09 PM »
Like they say - adrenaline is brown
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Bloody hell - its a heavy bike!

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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2013, 04:05:25 PM »
Quote from: VirginiaJim on May 17, 2013, 01:41:07 PM
Why did he jump off a perfectly good bike?

+1...  ???
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2013, 07:10:07 PM »
At 230mph, the wind probably peeled him off when something got out into the wind flow.
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2013, 12:57:42 AM »
The bike stayed upright. Ima hafta get me one of them car tires  ::)
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2013, 04:18:53 AM »
It's probably still going...
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2013, 02:15:34 PM »
Looks like he carries a little padding to help break the fall....

As my avatar says...
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2013, 10:51:41 PM »
That was so weird....looked like the problem originated in his left hand/left arm when it was flung behind him and he then sat up a tiny bit and got plucked off by the jet stream...maybe in slow mo one can see what the issue with the left hand/arm might have been? Maybe a side-gust of wind from the left?
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2013, 01:26:18 PM »
Why in the world would you bring politics into this?  I know the left does funny things but wreck a bike nah LOL
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2013, 05:25:07 PM »
Quote from: timmerz on May 18, 2013, 10:51:41 PM
That was so weird....looked like the problem originated in his left hand/left arm when it was flung behind him and he then sat up a tiny bit and got plucked off by the jet stream...maybe in slow mo one can see what the issue with the left hand/arm might have been? Maybe a side-gust of wind from the left?

It looked like he started to wave at someone to me.
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2013, 09:57:02 AM »
I recently heard the ignition system somehow shorted and he was getting shocked, thru leather gloves and all! :yikes:
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Re: Think I'll get off the bike now!!!!!
« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2013, 06:58:16 AM »
I have a friend that dumped his Hayabusa at 154 MPH.  He indicated slowing down from 154 to approx. 80-90 MPH was a piece of cake......almost no friction at all.  Just skidded along his butt and back, with no tumbling or rolling.

But the 80 MPH down to the complete stop kind of wore on him. ;D
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