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Title: Why we should always watch ahead of us
Post by: winddancer on April 29, 2014, 10:55:42 AM
it says he survives.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/04/28/hes-about-to-crash-his-bike-going-140-mph-and-a-gopro-camera-captured-it-all-on-video/ (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/04/28/hes-about-to-crash-his-bike-going-140-mph-and-a-gopro-camera-captured-it-all-on-video/)
Title: Re: Why we should always watch ahead of us
Post by: rktmanfj on April 29, 2014, 11:43:35 AM

Pretty impressive, the ping-ping-ping of the GoPro housing skipping along the pavement with no interruption in the video at all.   :yes:

Title: Re: Why we should always watch ahead of us
Post by: The General on April 29, 2014, 12:13:45 PM
Quote from: not a lib on April 29, 2014, 11:43:35 AM

Pretty impressive, the ping-ping-ping of the GoPro housing skipping along the pavement with no interruption in the video at all.   :yes:


How good is that "still shot" (one of four at around 06) showing mirror and shattered bits as he hits his head.  I tried to transfer and post just that pic but failed.....Is that possible?
Title: Re: Why we should always watch ahead of us
Post by: rktmanfj on April 29, 2014, 12:34:54 PM
Quote from: The General on April 29, 2014, 12:13:45 PM
Quote from: not a lib on April 29, 2014, 11:43:35 AM

Pretty impressive, the ping-ping-ping of the GoPro housing skipping along the pavement with no interruption in the video at all.   :yes:


How good is that "still shot" (one of four at around 06) showing mirror and shattered bits as he hits his head.  I tried to transfer and post just that pic but failed.....Is that possible?

Didn't look anywhere near 140 mph, though.  :nea:

(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/crash_zps21d7bbbd.png)

(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/crash1_zpse2fb6667.png)

(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/crash2_zps1d405d3e.png)
Title: Re: Why we should always watch ahead of us
Post by: Bminder on April 29, 2014, 04:34:48 PM
I know exactly where that stretch of I-25 is. Have driven it many, many times.
Very light traffic for daytime at that spot which is odd.  Probably saved him from getting run over 2 or 3 dozen times.
Title: Re: Why we should always watch ahead of us
Post by: Bminder on April 30, 2014, 10:59:58 AM
Now they made this a private video... the guy must have gotten embarrassed and changed the privacy setting.
Title: Re: Why we should always watch ahead of us
Post by: rktmanfj on April 30, 2014, 12:35:39 PM

Still plays for me.    :pardon:

Title: Re: Why we should always watch ahead of us
Post by: Bminder on April 30, 2014, 02:02:33 PM
Yup, now it's working again. This morning it wouldn't work on mine or my admin asst's. Said it was a private video.
Title: Re: Why we should always watch ahead of us
Post by: Firehawk068 on April 30, 2014, 07:00:14 PM
It looks like he crashed at around 45-50mph.........................nowhere near the speed the video poster claims.....
Still, it shows you why you always pay attention to what's in front of you..............(ie: traffic slowing)
Title: Re: Why we should always watch ahead of us
Post by: FJ Flyer on May 01, 2014, 11:39:24 AM
Definitely watch ahead.  All the freakin' rain around here has been a PITA.  Besides the road being flooded when I rode home, yesterday, on the ride in, on my road, a log/tree had fallen across the road in a set of S turns.  Lucky enough to stand the bike up and turn it enough to get by, but just clipped the end with the lower fairing and now have a small crack in the plastic.  Could have been worse.
Title: Re: Why we should always watch ahead of us
Post by: rktmanfj on May 01, 2014, 11:54:53 AM
I was initially impressed at how rugged the GoPro camera seemed to be as it skipped along the concrete.

However, while I was messing around with the frames of the video later, I realized that towards the end of the tumble it seems to have lost it's plastic shell and still survived:

(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/crash3_zpsbd7cee77.png)