Motorbike FAIL

IceCreamMan

http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=32006

VellaJ

But notice how many of them were being just plain stupid... ?

Metal-Lick

Thanks for that - needed a good laugh.

VellaJ - indeed, but all seems like a good plan at the time... ?

Highway-Chile

I was a professional motorcycle mechanic for 23 years and have spent some time on the track etc and had many, many prangs mostly on the street..........I have had some real doozies that even I laughed at even though I got nicely roastied up..... but there was some hilarious stuff in that video. A couple had me laughing out loud.....good stuff.

But yes.......the showboaters deserved it to the most part. In professional motosports and even as a mechanic for people using their bikes on the street....commuting, touring, fun rides etc, one strives for safety. These guys are making a mockery of the whole deal.

Plus....LOL......alcohol, drugs and motorcycles is not generally a good combination.

NorioDS

One thing that stands out to me in these vids is that motorbikes have a design flaw by having the accelerator on the handle bars and having acceleration be a "pull" action. If you're falling, you tend to hold on (to whatever you're on) for dear life, resulting in acceleration... not good. In a lot of these accidents, if the accelerator was somewhere else (or worked in reverse) the bikes would have slowed down and the riders would have been far better off for it.

First time I've ever noticed this and I've watched a lot of videos like this. Weird.

Nicholas-L

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: hahahaha this made me think of some of my biker friends

TomCat

Nicholas L wrote: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: hahahaha this made me think of some of my biker friends

LOL....and took me back to my biker days.....classic.....

Nicholas-L

lol luckily no one ever caught me on tape.... quads included :-[