So much material for this California Highway it deserves it’s own thread
wish i was there
later on ill dig up hudreds ive seen on youtube but i do like this one for now
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrd6c_jvGzI&feature=relmfu[/ame]
Wish Mulholland wasn’t all the way across the United States. x_x
Amazing how many tons of videos rnickeymouse has of accidents in the same spot though.
No need for it here, it’s quite overrated but well covered/hyped media and YouTube wise. Why do you think all the vids are off one main swooping curve? :rofl
Plenty of amazing roads in NY, plus deals gap/tail of dragon is on our side of the coutry.
^ This is where I want to go! I’m hoping I can afford a trip to the dragon next year.
You need to show me these “amazing roads” in NY 
I know Vermont has some nice roads. They call it the “App Gap”
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg9JnTJMy9c[/ame]
lots of good roads listed there
Maybe we need to pick a hot spot and record rides.:ponder
Call the youtube channel “Danger mouse” or “constant peril mouse”
the hell happened there? the slow mo looked like the rear tire went or something. tons of shaking in the rear wheel
He’s on the rear brakes, and the rear was skipping compounded by how the wheel is pogoing usually means his suspension adjustment is way off.
Also look at where he is looking, he panic and looking dead at the very thing he is trying to avoid.
2 basic rule about riding: 1) Look where you want to go. 2) when you get to a turn, TURN! As long as you are on the pavement you still have a chance.
its amazing how difficult this is for some people. even at trackdays with the best rubber money can buy people still shit their pants when going in too hot :dunno
just man the f*** up, get as far off the seat as you can, throw it into the turn and roll on the throttle. at least if you crash you’ll be closer to the ground :lol
:crackupGood way to look at it.
Look at the vid. He gave up before he even try. It would be fine in you are at a track with miles of runoff, he is lucky it is a left turn; if it is right it could be a head on collision; and I know most fatal accident happens this way.
Most crashes are not because of the rider’s riding ability and/or the bike’s capibility but often due to what they THINK their riding ability is and/or what they THINK the bike’s capibility is. At that moment he is being put out of his comfort zone and into previously unexplored territory, he essentially puts himself into recover mode before it is required; In other words, he crash the bike before the bike crashes.
I’ve always suggested that trackdays are not just for fun, it literally WILL make you a safer street rider because at the end of even just 1 trackday you WILL, under a controlled environment, gain a far greater understanding of your rider envelope and the bike’s envelope.
This, Most guys do not know their limit till it’s to late. Frankly around here I find guys gauge their skill by how fast they have gone in a straight line.
What I hear the most is “how fast have you gone? I’ve done 160 +” and all I think to myself is you do no anyone can go fast in a straight line. If you have no clue how to care speed into a turn or finish breaking before a turn and lean into that fucker and commit to the turn you are fucked.:rofl
I recall if the suspension is off that leaves extra stress on the tire to makeup for lack of travel through the swing arm? Or am I thinking of chain slack being to tight.
Depends on if it is way off on the hard side or way off on the soft side. Between your ass (assume seat is soild, assume no chassis/swing-arm flex and looking at rear suspension alone) and the pavement, there are only two temporal energy absorbsion device; shock spring and tire spring; make one of them solid and the other will have to do all the work. The problem is, in addition to simply handle all the energy, the rear suspension and the tire are designed to do two very different things.
saved it, then lost it