"Tohru" (tohrurokuno)
07/19/2016 at 15:49 • Filed to: None
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"Tohru" (tohrurokuno)
07/19/2016 at 15:49 • Filed to: None | 6
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Picture taken on the Tail of the Dragon by 129slayer.com.
The hi-viz weenie on the bagger ST1300 (thanks for the correction!) crossed the center line.
He target-fixated, panicked, and straightened up.
This went badly for him.
Everyone involved survived the wreck.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 15:52 |
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The windshield frame on the victim is doing some interesting things in that last shot.
Die-Trying
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 15:55 |
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thats spectacular.......................... glad the folks were okay too.
The Ghost of Oppo
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 15:56 |
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I was gonna post this but too lazy. The dragon ain’t for amateurs
Invinciblejets
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 15:56 |
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Skill is irrelevant. It's those shitty useless bikes. They belong on straight roads in town to show off. Not the dragon ffs
HammerheadFistpunch
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 15:57 |
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Holy. Crap.
Out, but with a W - has found the answer
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 15:58 |
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TIL video game ragdoll physics are real.
Hot Takes Salesman
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 15:58 |
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Jesus.
Nonster
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 15:59 |
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129 isn’t a road to take lightly, a lot of those turns are blind and decreasing radius. Target fixation is a real thing kids. Keep the shiny side up
Feel bad for the two on the Harley. I’m glad to hear they survived, hopefully with minimal injuries.
Tekamul
> Invinciblejets
07/19/2016 at 16:00 |
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I’d be interested to see an earlier shot. Look how upright he is. There’s a lot of tire left that he’s not using.
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:00 |
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That’s one way to fly.
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:03 |
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When I was on NC-215 last week, I had a guy on a bike come into my lane mid curve. He was trying to pass.
bob and john
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:03 |
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Thats not a bagger. Thats a sports touring bike (a honda ST1300 to be exact)
bingham123
> Invinciblejets
07/19/2016 at 16:03 |
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havin ridden one i can tell you they are very good in the corners, that was caused by speed and a lack of skill/experience.
if you are on a road like that on a bike like that you slow the hell down. he has now learned that the hard way.
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Tohru
> Invinciblejets
07/19/2016 at 16:03 |
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I would say it’s skill. I have a friend that can corner his Harley Night Train harder than I can with my 250 Ninja. And then there’s this guy with his Hayabusa at a gymkhana.
If you know what you’re doing you can make fat bikes dance.
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bingham123
> Tekamul
07/19/2016 at 16:06 |
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body work is the limiting factor on those bikes, aswell as exhausts.
Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:06 |
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I just got dizzy and threw up. You owe me a new keyboard.
Chasaboo
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:09 |
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That dude crossing the line is riding my bike, and he’s doing it all wrong. He should be kissing his right mirror. His body is on the wrong side of the bike. He came into that turn way too hot, and didn’t setup for it at all. Squid.
McMike
> Invinciblejets
07/19/2016 at 16:11 |
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It’s those shitty useless bikes. They belong on straight roads in town to show off. Not the dragon ffs
Which bike are you referring to?
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Chasaboo
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:15 |
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The same bike that crossed the line, ridden by someone who has an idea what they’re doing.
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Tekamul
> bingham123
07/19/2016 at 16:15 |
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The exhaust is going to be first (unless under a real hard brake maybe), but he’s got plenty of angle left in the earliest shot. Also, sitting up so high is doing him no favors.
Berang
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:16 |
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Secret cornering technique: lean the opposite direction your bike is going.
CRider
> Invinciblejets
07/19/2016 at 16:16 |
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No, it’s the rider. The bike is perfectly capable of turning, stopping and leaning over, three things most bagger riders are afraid to do. That’s why they take baggers to the Dragon.
Future next gen S2000 owner
> Invinciblejets
07/19/2016 at 16:17 |
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Skill is more important than the bike.
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Future next gen S2000 owner
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:17 |
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I can barely do the box. That person is pretty good.
ttyymmnn
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:19 |
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jimz
> Tekamul
07/19/2016 at 16:22 |
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I’d say it was target fixation; he was looking at the double yellow line, trying to stay inside it. Instead, going where he was looking, went right at it.
I did the same thing my first time out on the road on two wheels. Luckily my riding mentor had chosen to take me out on a very lightly traveled road. That was a lesson I learned really fast.
AfromanGTO
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:24 |
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That’s impressive!
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jimz
> Future next gen S2000 owner
07/19/2016 at 16:25 |
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it takes a lot of practice. a hell of a lot for someone like me, I haven’t quite got it down yet. I need working the friction zone to become muscle memory; right now I spend too much effort thinking about each individual action (clutch, throttle, rear brake, head position) and I eventually let one of them get away from me.
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AfromanGTO
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:28 |
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That’s an easy lawsuit to win for the Harley guy. I hope everyone is ok. That passenger got some air. I hope she landed in the grass.
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jimz
> Invinciblejets
07/19/2016 at 16:28 |
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nah, skill is totally a big part of it. any bike can go around those curves, you just have to have the skill to know what speed to take them and how much lean you have. And if you’re not experienced riding through those kinds of curves, you may think you have less lean angle than you have. as I’m still getting used to it, even the piddly 30° or so I have on my Dyna feels like I’m on the verge of being horizontal.
WiscoProud
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:31 |
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I'm amazed someone was poised to get the shots. I feel bad for all the riders, but those are some incredible pictures.
fourvalleys
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:31 |
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I’ve always loved this video:
That exhaust drag...
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Tohru
> bob and john
07/19/2016 at 16:32 |
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Big saddlebags though. Thanks for the correction.
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Tohru
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
07/19/2016 at 16:32 |
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Trying to pass from this life to the next?
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Tohru
> WiscoProud
07/19/2016 at 16:34 |
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It’s kinda like the cameras on rollercoasters - the photographers set up to take the pictures in order to sell them to the people in the pictures.
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WiscoProud
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:37 |
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Got it. Shouldn't be surprised.
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 16:51 |
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Apparently. Luckily I was in 4wheelsbetter so I could stop safely to avoid him.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Chasaboo
07/19/2016 at 17:15 |
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He's got commiemnt issues. Too scared he might low side it so he doesn't lean in. I've done it too, but at 20mph on a moped lol
spanfucker retire bitch
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 17:45 |
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The moron who crossed the center line is 100% at fault and I hope he gets hit with whatever civil and/or criminal charges that come his way.
But those people who got hit - though not their fault - are pretty stupid for their complete lack of safety equipment beyond the rather useless open helmets. They’re extremely fortunate to not receive even worse injuries then they did.
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Tohru
> spanfucker retire bitch
07/19/2016 at 19:01 |
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Riding a motorcycle is an assumption of risk, and an expression of freedom. They have the right to not wear safety equipment if they don’t want to.
There’s times I ride in full leathers and full-face helmet, and there’s times I ride in sunglasses, t-shirt, and jeans.
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spanfucker retire bitch
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 19:33 |
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They have the right to not wear safety equipment if they don’t want to.
That doesn’t mean they’re not idiots for doing so.
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Tohru
> spanfucker retire bitch
07/19/2016 at 19:51 |
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“People who do what I don’t agree with are idiots.”
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spanfucker retire bitch
> Tohru
07/19/2016 at 19:59 |
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People who eschew even the most basic of safety equipment when riding a motorcycle are idiots. Just like idiots who don’t use seat belts. Future Darwin Award participants are all they are.
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Tohru
> spanfucker retire bitch
07/19/2016 at 21:57 |
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They’ve got helmets and at least partial leathers.
my justification for not using all safety equipment all the time is that I’m an organ donor, so I’m going into it knowing it might kill me and I’m okay with that. “Life free or die”
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McMike
> WiscoProud
07/21/2016 at 17:19 |
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I rode the Dragon once, and there are no less than 12-20 photos of me from that one pass. They sit out there all day under canopies just snapping everything. There are like, three or four websites that do it.
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McMike
> fourvalleys
07/21/2016 at 17:21 |
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That’s actually floorboard, rear bag guards, and/or front engine guard scraping. Pipes can’t hit the ground on a Touring Harley.
Ask me how I know. :(
Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
08/02/2016 at 14:28 |
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Dude NC215 is amazing! I had just ridden 151 before that and then did a bunch of other roads immediately after. Some of those roads after that were 10x harder and more interesting than the Dragon. Plus completely empty!
xyzabc
> Tohru
08/01/2017 at 10:54 |
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Fully respect one’s rights. No issue.
But how come it’s 0% of someone’s business to suggest / advocate what safety equipment a motorcycle rider “must wear”....
Yet 100% of their financial responsibility (via higher insurance premium(s) / expense(s) ) to cover the increases in medical costs associated with closed head injuries and related physical damage for not wearing said protective gear?
IMHO, if someone knows the risks and beats the the odds, then they should uniquely enjoy the reward of the “freedom” from said risks. But they should also be prepared to be fully responsible / accountable for the consequences of those risks becoming reality in their life....not someone else.