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Title: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: shreveportSS on July 30, 2011, 03:38:00 PM: Oh Sh!t.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d5e_1312033470 (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d5e_1312033470)
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: gPink on July 30, 2011, 04:17:51 PM: No Sh!t !!!!!
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: BrianM on July 30, 2011, 04:26:36 PM: The road is not a race track..... stop treating it like one.

>:(

I swear that those 'people' do as much to harm motorcycling as loud-pipes and squids combined.
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: shreveportSS on July 30, 2011, 04:32:12 PM: Quote from: BrianM on July 30, 2011, 04:26:36 PM
The road is not a race track..... stop treating it like one.

>:(

I swear that those 'people' do as much to harm motorcycling as loud-pipes and squids combined.

He was doing fine until he lost concentration, caught some paint, maybe a little target fixation or trying to let the bike behind him pass, but the road is a track. Just remember your track is one lane.
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: ZG on July 30, 2011, 04:42:14 PM: :yikes: (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/wtf.gif)

Did he just fall asleep or what?? His mind must not have been in the zone...
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: Jeremy Mitchell on July 30, 2011, 07:07:07 PM: I wonder if he pulled over immediately or waited until the next stop to change his undies. :D

Very lucky that he is still around to ride, hopefully he isn't running triple digits with lots of oncoming traffic anymore.
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: Strawboss on July 30, 2011, 07:41:09 PM: I'm not going to say I've never exceeded the speed limit on a twisty road. Not 100mph though, and not filming it to brag later. Glad he/she was able to keep their head and at least avoid a crash. I don't like to see this either. How many people in those cars are going to talk about the "idiot" biker and then reinforce all the myths about motorcycles we are all trying to debunk?
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: Pfloydgad on July 30, 2011, 08:39:21 PM: I shot this video to my big screen, damn near broke my Lazy Boy trying to get the Hell out of the way. Now my back hurts and I have to pee.
Thanks so much for the adreneline rush at 10:40 at night. :yikes:
Ride safe all.
Greg
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: MIST on July 30, 2011, 10:10:40 PM: In the immortal words of Frank Barone....
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: JetJock on July 31, 2011, 08:13:29 PM: Object fixation. He was looking at the oncoming vehicles and that's why he got himself into the near-fatal-statistic category.

If you're going to go fast, pay some FREAKIN' attention!
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: stevewfl on July 31, 2011, 10:18:33 PM: Quote from: shreveportSS on July 30, 2011, 04:32:12 PM
He was doing fine until he lost concentration, caught some paint, maybe a little target fixation or trying to let the bike behind him pass, but the road is a track. Just remember your track is one lane.

+1
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: DaveO on August 01, 2011, 07:12:05 PM: guys that give up on the turn really **** me off. They carry this little escape plan around in there heads. If it gets too hard i'll just find a place to ditch. They are going to keep ditching and crashing till they get that thought completly out of their numb skulls.
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: So Cal Joe on August 03, 2011, 07:21:29 AM: I'm not going to say I've never exceeded the speed limit on a twisty road. Not 100mph though
He wasn't doing 100 MPH, look at the speedo, he was going from 50 to 70, the 106 you saw was the time.
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: booger on August 03, 2011, 07:24:23 PM: Target fixation? Object fixation? Loss of concentration?

How about he just drove way past his capabilities.
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: Laserjock on August 04, 2011, 09:19:10 PM: Quote from: So Cal Joe on August 03, 2011, 07:21:29 AM
He wasn't doing 100 MPH, look at the speedo, he was going from 50 to 70, the 106 you saw was the time.

Look again ::)

=Laserjock=
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: Strawboss on August 05, 2011, 10:08:07 AM: Yeah, he hit over 100 briefly.
Title: Re: Figure 8 Pucker factor.
Post by: Rhino on August 05, 2011, 11:00:03 AM: Quote from: JetJock on July 31, 2011, 08:13:29 PM
Object fixation. He was looking at the oncoming vehicles and that's why he got himself into the near-fatal-statistic category.

If you're going to go fast, pay some FREAKIN' attention!

I agree! He was one lucky bastard. Lets hope the lesson was learned and he stops riding above his ability.