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Decided I can`t ride a bike

Started by The General, December 12, 2015, 04:47:31 AM

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The General

December 12, 2015, 04:47:31 AM
`93 with downside up forks.
`78 XS11/1200 with a bit on the side.
Special edition Rocket Ship ZX14R Kwacka

TexasDave

#1
December 12, 2015, 08:37:31 AM
Unbelievable. This guy has big brass ones.  Dave
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oz.fj

#2
December 12, 2015, 03:53:38 PM
 :good2:
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roverfj1200

#3
December 12, 2015, 04:29:59 PM
I used to follow a guy on youtube that did this type of stuff. He was fantastic dam shame he is now a quadriplegic. A short video like this can take months to film as each stunt is done one at a time. Good stuff.
1988 FJ1200
1991 FJ1200

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Pat Conlon

#4
December 12, 2015, 05:19:44 PM
Quote from: roverfj1200 on December 12, 2015, 04:29:59 PM
I used to follow a guy on youtube that did this type of stuff. He was fantastic dam shame he is now a quadriplegic. A short video like this can take months to film as each stunt is done one at a time. Good stuff.


All you need to have is *one* oops moment. A fraction of a second moment.

Gives me the heebie jeebies.

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December 12, 2015, 05:35:34 PM
Quote from: Pat Conlon on December 12, 2015, 05:19:44 PM

All you need to have is *one* oops moment. A fraction of a second moment.

Gives me the heebie jeebies.



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FJmonkey

#6
December 12, 2015, 05:41:21 PM
I quit before the end, saw myself going over the edge.... We need a "Major Pucker Emoticon"... You know the lump 'O coal turns into a Diamond in a single moment...  :shok:
The glass is not half full, it was engineered with a 2X safety factor.

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X-Ray

#7
December 12, 2015, 11:09:33 PM
Amazing control, and nerves of steel. Gives me the shivers looking over the edge of the buildings, though not as much as those daredevil climbers who hang off cranes and things 1000 feet up. That stuff gives me nightmares lol.
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Arnie

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December 13, 2015, 06:36:24 PM
Quote from: X-Ray on December 12, 2015, 11:09:33 PM
Amazing control, and nerves of steel. Gives me the shivers looking over the edge of the buildings, though not as much as those daredevil climbers who hang off cranes and things 1000 feet up. That stuff gives me nightmares lol.

Not sure how high you have to be for a falling human body to attain "teminal velocity". (terminal can be defined 2 ways here :-)
It certainly would be much less than 1,000 ft. So, 60ft or 10,000 ft the end result is the same, you just have more time to accept your fate with the higher start point.

Maybe someone with these figures close to hand can tell us.

Also interested in the increase of deaths and injuries sustained by all the attempts to create new and amazing feats of daring by those using Go-Pro (and similar) "action cameras" intending to post them to YouTube or Vimeo or DailyMotion or ......
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