1...Hey look at me everyone...I'm so cool.
2...Hey look..someone with a camera...look at me...take my pic.
3...Hey what's this...a corner...what's that.
4...Hey turn..you big pile of #@&%#.
5...Hey...mummy...I wana go home now..
That is from Deals Gap and is the same curve that the photos appeared a while back of the Harley rider crossing the center line and hitting another Harley. This is where Killboy sets up a lot and apparently get a lot of action!
I read elsewhere the guy on suffered minor road rash. Sure dressed properly didn't he? He will never live it down with his riding buddies though!
'02 in black - the real BMW color! (Now gone to a new home)
Vann - Lifer No. 295
darthrider wrote:My favorite old boss used to say:
"Ignorance is curable but stupid goes on forever!"
My favourite quote from an old boss is 'I may not always be right, but I am always the boss'
Sorry, strayed off the thread a bit there. I've seen photos of the aftermath of an open face lid injury, a bit like a bulldog with a face full of raw steak - very nasty. Plus I've heard that emergency staff are a bit more gentle when removing gravel from your skin if you've at least showed you've taken all possible precautions to minimise it's possible effects.
It is sort of funny, except when you think about what could have happened to someone coming the other way. Imagine if you were coming around the curve and some clown and his XL bike are sliding toward you. That is not a fun situation to be in.
If you go back to the first photo in the series and take a look, this doofus is doing absolutely everything wrong you can do in his situation - lane position is wrong, body position is wrong, protective equipment is wrong, bad entry point, lack of visual directional control, riding a ridiculous contraption rather than a performance motorcycle. You reap what you sow. Amen to the comment about oncoming vehicles - what a shame it would have been to have this idiot cause someone in or on an oncoming vehicle to be hurt.
It looks like the guy is on a Road King Classic, which doesn't allow you to lean very far. You can see him pointing to the cameraman in the first and second frames. He must have wanted to show off by going faster than his mount could handle and had his rear tire lift off the ground from the hard dragging parts. Good thing he had engine guards to keep that 720 lbs. bike off his right leg
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'14 BMW R1200RT "Wethead"
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He will never live it down with his riding buddies though!
