"McMike" (mcmike)
12/23/2013 at 10:35 • Filed to: two wheels bad
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"McMike" (mcmike)
12/23/2013 at 10:35 • Filed to: two wheels bad | 2
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Here's some advice:
Slow down
Apex later
Keep your eye on your line
Keep your hands on the bars.
There's one FLHRC that's going to need some spendy replacement parts.
Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
> McMike
12/23/2013 at 10:39 |
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First frame... can't forget to call your shot as well.
Destructive Tester
> McMike
12/23/2013 at 10:48 |
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We got this "photo series of failure" in a motorcycle safety briefing (the DoD hates motorcycles)... It was amusing listening to the Harley riders fail to comprehend how the guy's highway bars levered his front wheel of the ground, resulting in a lowside. These are the same people who are deathly afraid of their front brake...
FWIW I ride a supermoto, the polar opposite of a Harley.
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McMike
> Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
12/23/2013 at 10:48 |
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"Left Shoulder... (he said confidently) this one's going downtown"
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McMike
> Destructive Tester
12/23/2013 at 10:53 |
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That's the bike I have.
You have got to lean the thing pretty damn far to drag a floorboard, (the first thing to scrape) By the time it's on the front crashbar, it's too late.
In fact, if you lay the bike down on its side, it lays on three points. 1) front crash bar, 2) rear crash bar, and 3) floorboard mount. No rubber on the road at that point.
About twice a year someone tells me they are putting a trip together to go to the Dragon. I'll never go. Sounds like a clusterfuck.
davedave1111
> McMike
12/23/2013 at 10:59 |
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How about '5) Wear some goddamn safety gear'?
Tekamul
> davedave1111
12/23/2013 at 11:04 |
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Yeah, forget how much the exhaust and shiny bits cost. All that skin on his arm is invaluable.
Goshen, formerly Darkcode
> McMike
12/23/2013 at 11:06 |
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Further proof HDs can't handle.
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Destructive Tester
> McMike
12/23/2013 at 11:07 |
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Upon closer inspection you're right. I thought the sparks were coming off the highway bar. I've seen floorboards sparking plenty of times but they fold which led me to think it was the bars.
If I lived on the east coast I'd consider making a trip to the Dragon but it's just not worth a cross-country trip for me.
Slave2anMG
> McMike
12/23/2013 at 11:15 |
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McMike
> Slave2anMG
12/23/2013 at 11:18 |
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I was looking for that!
I made a gif of that accident a while ago, but didn't have it with me.
Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents
> McMike
12/23/2013 at 11:20 |
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No jacket, bowl helmet, no gloves, jeans. Tells you enough there already
Random Commenter
> Goshen, formerly Darkcode
12/23/2013 at 11:30 |
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No... All this is proof of is this: If you try to lean a Harley through the corners like it's a crotch rocket, you'll pay dearly for it.
That guy tried to lean the bike way too hard, that's all him, not the bike. It's not designed for such dramatic leaning. That's why the larger Harley bikes are called cruisers, not sport bikes.
f86sabre
> McMike
12/23/2013 at 11:43 |
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If I go to the Dragon or the north GA mountains I always go by myself or with one or two friends. You go in a big group and someone will do something stupid. I also go Tuesday-Thursday to avoid crowds.
brakesnow
> Slave2anMG
12/23/2013 at 12:49 |
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poor c5....
mrazekan
> McMike
12/23/2013 at 19:55 |
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For all the non riding Jalops, The error is most easily seen in the first photo; he is leaning to the left for a right hand turn. He should have shifted his weight right and moved his head behind the right mirror before entering the turn.
Oh, and don't call your shot.