Motorcyclist Makes A Near-fatal Mistake

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DaveM

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A driver in San Diego recently captured a gnarly motorcycle crash ahead of him on his G1W-C Dash Cam. The reckless rider attempted an emergency stop when cars ahead of him began to slow. However, the biker’s brakes locked, and he went flying and sliding as his bike flipped into the traffic barrier. Luckily, the motorcyclist had a helmet and jacket to avoid getting too torn up in the wreck, but it seems clear he wasn’t necessarily prepared for this disaster scenario.

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXj9ME_DkKM
 
Ouch, I hated to see that!!
I don't think the rider was doing anything wrong, just not anticipating what was going on up ahead in the fast lane and panicked locking up his brakes,
 
Looked to me like he used all back break. "Panic Braked" if you will. Common in new or unskilled riders.
HE looked to not be paying attention either.
HOWEVER I OWNED a Harley Sportster and it locked the back break on me (and others prompting-- eventually-- a recall) and did that to me. lower speeds.....but a light touch on the break to "trail break" through a tight turn totally locked up the back wheel.

FRIENDS......dont let friends ride Harleys. they are the Fire-ey death traps of the motorcycle world. Like the Ford Pinto of old......unsafe and designed with $ not safety in mind. Period

Personally I will walk before i ride a Hardley ....my ods of living are better
 
A similar situation happened to me. I was on the freeway, when a car pulled into my lane. I panicked and locked up the front brakes. Down i went.
 
he looked very inexspirianced to me ! plus thats why i dont like forward pegs and low riders , no afence ment to anyone that does i just dont think you have the same control as a standard riding posision .
 
keystiger said:
Looked to me like he used all back break. "Panic Braked" if you will. Common in new or unskilled riders.
HE looked to not be paying attention either.
HOWEVER I OWNED a Harley Sportster and it locked the back break on me (and others prompting-- eventually-- a recall) and did that to me. lower speeds.....but a light touch on the break to "trail break" through a tight turn totally locked up the back wheel.

FRIENDS......dont let friends ride Harleys. they are the Fire-ey death traps of the motorcycle world. Like the Ford Pinto of old......unsafe and designed with $ not safety in mind. Period

Personally I will walk before i ride a Hardley ....my ods of living are better
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Oh, Please...... I have a Softail parked beside my Bonnie in the garage. What a load of crap.....
 
keystiger said:
Looked to me like he used all back break. "Panic Braked" if you will. Common in new or unskilled riders.
HE looked to not be paying attention either.
HOWEVER I OWNED a Harley Sportster and it locked the back break on me (and others prompting-- eventually-- a recall) and did that to me. lower speeds.....but a light touch on the break to "trail break" through a tight turn totally locked up the back wheel.

FRIENDS......dont let friends ride Harleys. they are the Fire-ey death traps of the motorcycle world. Like the Ford Pinto of old......unsafe and designed with $ not safety in mind. Period

Personally I will walk before i ride a Hardley ....my ods of living are better
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Let's not get into bike bashing. That's not what this forum is about.
 
I was always very aware of the differences in operation of back brakes on different bikes over the years.I have had them that you could stamp on and feel very little retardation and others that would lock at a reasonably soft touch.
Personally I generally only use a little back brake when making a slow maneuver or just at walking pace to save putting feet down in traffic.I try not to ever use the back brake before the front to avoid what happened in that video.
It ain't the bike that's dangerous,only the fool on it generally.
Not saying I ride perfectly by any means but do occasionally do a brake test on an empty road with a good surface,especially when the bike is new to me,but we are all capable of making mistakes and bad snap decisions,I sure have.
 
Wow, I'm late to the party, but this was an amazing video. Classic high side, right?

Go to full screen on the video and slow it down to 1/4 speed.

At 0+06 on the video, you can see his right foot depress the rear brake and his rear brake light illuminates.

At about 0+07.30 seconds he starts leaving a skid mark, indicating that he's locked the rear tire and probably ruined his pants, too. Heh.

As the rear of the bike swings around to his right, he releases the rear brake at 0+09 seconds, and never applies any more brake (no more brake lights that I can see).

The rear tire regains traction (brake light is off) but unfortunately is pointed left. I'd say it's at about 110 degrees on a compass rose...with the front tire pointed at 360 (straight ahead). Look at the position of the front wheel at the moment the rear tire regains traction. Moon shot.......owwwww.

I don't think I"v ever been able to see a high side as clearly as this video. It really cemented some things for me, about how it happens and what the mechanics are.

As MOT said, too bad he didn't consider using the left shoulder lane. Or the front brakes. Or lane splitting.

All it took was a few seconds of inattention and a poor technique to bite him in the arse. There but for the grace of God go I......
 
What a freaking idiot. The first thing you should learn is AVOIDANCE. And there's a nice, big and clear emergency lane right there. There is absolutely no reason for that crash.
 
well at least he wasn't on his cell phone, but lucky driver behind had car that stopped on its own in time. great things for anyone riding a bike with 2 wheeels
 
I think all the bases have been covered here. I took an old high school friend and a couple of others on a long week end tour a few years back to break in his new softail classic. Some where on route he locked up the rear and got it a bit sideways after approaching an intersection to fast. I was concerned and brought it up at our next break. He informed me that the front brake was a dangerous piece of equipment. This guy spent a month in hospital in 1970 after a crashing a new cb 750. Hard to increase the IQ of special needs adults. Any 10 year old with a couple of weeks experience on a kx 80 would be better equipped to save it than the rider in the video. Brooke
 

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