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Balls of steel or stupidity?

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Speeding big time between vehicles in traffic =! cool.

<<---used to be a speed demon but was not that stupid like that guy.

Down here, if the cop got you on that kind of speed, you would be in jail because of reckless driving, not speeding anymore.
 
vi edit said:
And because I've a) never road a motorcycle and b) never taken a bicycle over 40MPH....how hard is it to even stay planted on the ground at those speeds?
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Those bikes make pretty fair down force, so maybe not as hard is it might seem at first.

Still, at that speed it wouldn't take much more than a twig in the wrong spot on the road to detach him from the bike and smear bits of him along the next half mile of pavement.

That's assuming he didn't hit a car and kill someone else sooner.
 
busydude said:
IronWing said:
What's the cup holder thing on the right?
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Maybe Jules knows exactly but I think that is the brake fluid container.
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Exactly what it is.

drebo said:
In other crotch-rocket news, I saw a 300lb fattie on one today...was hilarious.
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Sorry. I was testing a kid's shortened exhaust on his Ninja 250R before we shortened mine. I wasn't expecting to do that, hence, no weight-hiding gear. My T-shirt came untucked, revealing my ass-crack. Also, thanks for rounding up and not down, asshole.
 
So when he smears himself on the highway, how long while everyone else have to sit in traffic while they clean the quarter mile mess?
 
Imp said:
Looks like they got the idiot.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/04/19/bc-motorcycle-video-victoria.html

It's "mom's" bike...
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Friend of a friend reports that the bike has been found, the police have it under impound and they guy called in to report it stolen and after verbally confirming to the cops that no-one but him rides it, they said, "So that was you on the video, then?"

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Now, it's just some paperwork, and deciding what charges are to be laid and picking him up.

Apparently his bragging to friends didn't have QUITE the result he expected (since it was a couple of them that tipped the police off to where the bike could be found, and abotu half-a-dozen drivers that day have come forward as witnesses.
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lol if true
 
vi edit said:
And because I've a) never road a motorcycle and b) never taken a bicycle over 40MPH....how hard is it to even stay planted on the ground at those speeds?
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Cake. The amount of gyroscopic stabilization you get at high speeds is pretty crazy...it is much harder to push the handlebars at highway speeds than at low speed. If he somehow fell off the motorcycle at speed and the highway was straight, the bike would stay upright and keep on going until it hit a car (the "ghost rider" effect).

A panic stop at those speeds without pitching yourself right over the handlebars is somewhat more difficult, though.

Yes, the container at the right is the brake fluid reservoir for the front brakes.
 
homercles337 said:
When i was younger i used to do shit like this, you get a great understanding of how traffic distributes itself. I evaded the police a few times, and once hit 155 mph on my GSXR 750. I know the nannies will chime in with "shame" but i was a kid...kids do stupid things.
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Shameful kids do.
 
homercles337 said:
Who are you to judge? I am not ashamed, you should just keep your whore mouth shut.
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All you need to know is that I judge, others judge, and there's nothing you can do about it. Neener neener neener.

I hate that "kid" excuse anyway. The reality is that people also judge people who use that excuse.
 
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