# Big motorcycle accident on the 290... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 7, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247 "2011-06-07T20:01:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sleeper/32/7500_2.png) [@Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247/321 "2011-06-21T06:16:00Z")
Not sure if it’s appropriate to post, but I have a few pics of the aftermath of their bikes. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247/322 "2011-06-21T06:39:07Z")
150 MPH at night?! Jesus tapdancing Christ. Talk about overdriving your headlights. You’re just about literally riding blind. Here’s some math to help understand how stupid this is: If you figure a motorcycle headlight lights up, say, the next 4 seconds at 60 mph, then at 150 mph you can only see where you will be in 1.6 seconds. In those 1.6 seconds at 150 mph you’ll be covering 352 feet of road. It’s pretty hard to spot a hazard 350 feet away, much less with 1.6 seconds to identify, decide, and execute. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247/323 "2011-06-21T07:19:03Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > 150 MPH at night?! Jesus tapdancing Christ. Talk about overdriving your headlights. You’re just about literally riding blind. > > Here’s some math to help understand how stupid this is: > If you figure a motorcycle headlight lights up, say, the next 4 seconds at 60 mph, then at 150 mph you can only see where you will be in 1.6 seconds. In those 1.6 seconds at 150 mph you’ll be covering 352 feet of road. It’s pretty hard to spot a hazard 350 feet away, much less with 1.6 seconds to identify, decide, and execute. The fastest I have ever been on a bike was 130ish which was on a track. For some of the racer guys, if in theory they did slam the brakes on at 150+, would that instantly throw the bike into a nose dive? ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247/324 "2011-06-21T07:24:00Z")
I would think slamming on the brakes at 150 mph would toss you to the next off ramp. ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247/325 "2011-06-21T07:51:38Z")
Any number of scenarios can happen stopping from that fast. There is just no way to tell what is going to happen with so many variables, tires, rider, tire temp, tire pressure, which brakes used, how sudden. Not to mention road conditions, bump? debris? Going straight vs turning slightly. If I had to stop from that speed quickly I would definitley be front brake only and the initial bite would have to be semi-gradual until the forks were compressed. I always ran very sticky tires though. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247/326 "2011-06-21T08:38:22Z")
> [@rdandy5875](#): > > Any number of scenarios can happen stopping from that fast. There is just no way to tell what is going to happen with so many variables, tires, rider, tire temp, tire pressure, which brakes used, how sudden. Not to mention road conditions, bump? debris? Going straight vs turning slightly. > > If I had to stop from that speed quickly I would definitley be front brake only and the initial bite would have to be semi-gradual until the forks were compressed. I always ran very sticky tires though. agreed. As i posted on FB last night "Wear your gear, always have decent tires and brakes, and practice emergency braking EVERY time you have 5 minutes to spare in a parking lot 0-40-0, 0-50-0, 0-60-0… until you’re comfortable with the back tire coming off the ground or the front tire on the edge of losing traction. It WILL save your life. Ask anybody who’s ridden for more than 3 years and actually practiced this technique. " I was told in the first week riding, if you havent practiced stopping in an emergency stop situation from that speed, then you have no business going that fast. Good advice. Also, practice this on different surfaces, newly sealed pavement, wet pavement, dry pavement, tar snaked pavement, etc. They all make a bike react differently. ---
**Author:** ![gt08vapor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@gt08vapor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gt08vapor)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247/327 "2011-06-21T08:47:44Z")
Very good info ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247/328 "2011-06-21T09:03:39Z")
I’ve been practicing emergency stopping like that since my CBR, has saved my butt a few times. ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247/329 "2011-06-21T12:48:15Z")
Not a fan of tar snakes. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247/330 "2011-06-21T13:00:54Z")
You dont need to like them, but you DO live in WNY so you need to know how they make your bike react if you want to remain safe 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247/331 "2011-06-21T13:47:47Z")
So true, road paint is a bitch too. Stay safe folks! I used to love toying around vacant lots emergeny braking and whatnot. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-motorcycle-accident-on-the-290/213247.md?page=16)