Lane Challenged 848 Crash

[UglyDogRacing]

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=CNfFL...ure%3Dyoutu.be

[Grant H.]

Suck.

Only 1000 miles on the bike, and stupid looses it across lane lines...

[j0ker]

"Dude this is the snake telling you"

Fuck off guy..... I just wrecked.

[johne303]

poor bike

[Ezzzzy1]

Rookie...

[~Barn~]

poor bike

That.

[Bueller]

Sorry but he got off easy.

[CaneZach]

There has to be something about that damn curve. I've seen a bunch of videos from that photographer and they're always crashing there.

[Matty]

There has to be something about that damn curve. I've seen a bunch of videos from that photographer and they're always crashing there.

3 reasons....

1st: the turn has a perfect angle where with a lil skill you can easily put a knee down.

2nd: it's the last turn before an overlook resting spot. So there's a lot of onlookers. And who on a sportbike doesn't like showing off?!?!?

3rd: all the new photographers trying to make a couple bucks off some speed shots and crashes!!

Being as I've ridden the turn thousands of times I can say it's a lot of fun, but as I was leaving almost 7 years ago it was starting to get bad with really poor drivers and riders!

[CaneZach]

3 reasons....

1st: the turn has a perfect angle where with a lil skill you can easily put a knee down.

2nd: it's the last turn before an overlook resting spot. So there's a lot of onlookers. And who on a sportbike doesn't like showing off?!?!?

3rd: all the new photographers trying to make a couple bucks off some speed shots and crashes!!

Being as I've ridden the turn thousands of times I can say it's a lot of fun, but as I was leaving almost 7 years ago it was starting to get bad with really poor drivers and riders!

Matty, i agree with everything you said, but is the road off camber in any spots or are there any seams in the asphalt? It seems like it's more than just crappy riders.

[gregr]

Hard to tell for sure, but it kinda looks like the rear was starting to slide _before_ he lost it, and when the rear hit the reflector line there just wasn't any grip left. Look that way to you guys?

[Grim2.0]

Everyone of those videos I've watched people go down because they get heavy on the throttle and lose the rear or they target fixate and nail the guard.

[gregr]

Everyone of those videos I've watched people go down because they get heavy on the throttle and lose the rear or they target fixate and nail the guard.

Ya know, for those of us who haven't had the chance to learn on the track - what exactly are you supposed to do when the rear starts to go?

My intuition says if you lift abruptly, you might high side...so ideally you'd just smoothly back off the throttle a bit. But given my intuition might well put me into the guardrail, what exactly _should_ you do?

[jcj81]

Everyone of those videos I've watched people go down because they get heavy on the throttle and lose the rear or they target fixate and nail the guard.

or cyclist

[Matty]

Matty, i agree with everything you said, but is the road off camber in any spots or are there any seams in the asphalt? It seems like it's more than just crappy riders.

From what I remember the road was fine. No seems, cracks, whatever. Just a really nice sweeper with a lot of entry speed and people getting carried away.

[Horsman]

uphill decreasing radius -once you set the initial line it closes up. reset and set new line. It still looks like fun to ride but I would be taking that very slow. So many have wiped out at that spot.

This guy must have been from Australia or Hong Kong!!! LOL Everyone knows you don't ride the yellow line and eat the yellow snow. You also don get far by riding on the tar.

[mxer]

The irony is that the guy has an accent like he's from Australia or Britain.

The commentary is awful.

Is that your gear shift right there??....That's gone....well no shit.

Total loss?? New plastics and rearset he's ready to go.

[Bueller]

Ya know, for those of us who haven't had the chance to learn on the track - what exactly are you supposed to do when the rear starts to go?

My intuition says if you lift abruptly, you might high side...so ideally you'd just smoothly back off the throttle a bit. But given my intuition might well put me into the guardrail, what exactly _should_ you do?

Usually poor positioning creating excessive lean angle, coupled with poor throttle control and in this guys case, just plain riding over his skill set. When you are wondering into oncoming you are pushing too hard.

Obviously you don't want to chop the throttle in a slide. You want to decrease throttle slowly and smoothly and ride out the slide. It takes some practice to feel what a controlled slide feels like. Until then when you save it, it'll involve a little luck
Good body position will more than likely eliminate the slide in the first place. More people than not really screw up their position "trying" to drag knee.

[CaneZach]

More people than not really screw up their position "trying" to drag knee.

I'd say about 90% of the guys who drag knee in these videos have horrendous body position. They're all kinds of crossed up just so they can get their knees down.

[Nooch]

Hard to tell for sure, but it kinda looks like the rear was starting to slide _before_ he lost it, and when the rear hit the reflector line there just wasn't any grip left. Look that way to you guys?

A bit. But this guy is clearly not an advanced rider. And newbies, even semi-experienced riders on technical roads, will often show signs of panic or fixation when they start to lose grip (or at least thats what I see many times in rnickeymouse's crash vids). This guy didn't, so I doubt he was losing it before the actual crash. Looks more like he couldn't make up his mind how much throttle to use, looked like he rolled on and off the throttle a couple times in the turn, that surely contributed to the crash as well.

[j0ker]

or cyclist

Nice one.

[TFOGGuys]

The irony is that the guy has an accent like he's from Australia or Britain.

The commentary is awful.

Is that your gear shift right there??....That's gone....well no shit.

Total loss?? New plastics and rearset he's ready to go.

That bike could well be a total. Insurance would want to replace the chassis components that were damaged, like the frame and the swingarm. The damage I saw might very well total that bike, if the salvage value is high.

[Sarge]

Nobody else thinks the paint had anything to do with it?

[kawasakirob]

I think he saw a bike coming at him head on and hit the front brakes.