AusTexS10
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Don't try this at home, or anywhere else for that matter.
Oops, it's all downhill from here
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RCinNC
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Just when you think the motorcycle had hit the bottom, it would rise, Phoenix-like, from the cloud of dust and continue its downward trajectory towards the end. Kind of a metaphor for life.
But hey, it'll probably buff out.
But hey, it'll probably buff out.
AusTexS10
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That's the hard way to part out a bike.
AZMike
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In snow skiing we call that a Yard sale
RCinNC
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Proper respect to the guy for being able to sit on a motorcycle; you'd think the giant brass balls would make that really difficult.
RCinNC
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I'm sure. It was a ballsy place to ride a motorcycle, even without the big rock he was trying to squeeze around. I wouldn't do it, because the joy I'd feel at success would be no match for the sadness I'd feel as me and my motorcycle plummeted down the side of a cliff, but I can give credit where it's due. No matter how I feel about the powers of judgement possessed by a free climber, or wingsuiter, or MotoGP rider, I can still pause for a moment and respect the amount of balls it takes to do that.
WJBertrand
Ventura Highway
At least it was only a BMW
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RCinNC
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Of course it takes balls to ride on a road like that. I didn’t relate it to being smart or not smart.
Wingsuiters, in spite of their highly protective nylon wingsuit and crash helmet, are not “smart” for doing that type of activity, unless their helmet and nylon suit can protect them from a 100 mph impact into a cliff wall. I also have my doubts that a pair of Moosejaw shorts and Scarpa shoes have the ability to defy gravity when a freeclimber loses his grip on an overhang. And there are certainly enough fatalities on the Isle of Man to bolster the idea that a helmet and leathers can only do so much in a 180 mph impact into a stone wall. Those $200 shoes or that $1200 wingsuit or that $70,000 MotoGP racing suit might make those activities possible, but they don’t make them safe or smart; if they did, then anyone could do it. Those activities flat out take a lot of balls to do, just like a guy riding a GS on a gravel footpath on the side of a mountain. I wouldn’t do it, because it’s nuts and my fortitude isn’t up to the task, any more than I would fly a wingsuit or freeclimb El Capitan.
Dude made a bad judgement call and hit a rock with his pannier. He lost his balance and fell off the cliff. That same thing could have happened to a guy on a CRF-250, if he made the same bad call. If that same road was a gravel path through the woods, I doubt that too many guys here on Super Teneres would think it was beyond the capabilities of the bike. It just has a way higher penalty for failure than the singletrack through Daniel Boone National Forest.
Wingsuiters, in spite of their highly protective nylon wingsuit and crash helmet, are not “smart” for doing that type of activity, unless their helmet and nylon suit can protect them from a 100 mph impact into a cliff wall. I also have my doubts that a pair of Moosejaw shorts and Scarpa shoes have the ability to defy gravity when a freeclimber loses his grip on an overhang. And there are certainly enough fatalities on the Isle of Man to bolster the idea that a helmet and leathers can only do so much in a 180 mph impact into a stone wall. Those $200 shoes or that $1200 wingsuit or that $70,000 MotoGP racing suit might make those activities possible, but they don’t make them safe or smart; if they did, then anyone could do it. Those activities flat out take a lot of balls to do, just like a guy riding a GS on a gravel footpath on the side of a mountain. I wouldn’t do it, because it’s nuts and my fortitude isn’t up to the task, any more than I would fly a wingsuit or freeclimb El Capitan.
Dude made a bad judgement call and hit a rock with his pannier. He lost his balance and fell off the cliff. That same thing could have happened to a guy on a CRF-250, if he made the same bad call. If that same road was a gravel path through the woods, I doubt that too many guys here on Super Teneres would think it was beyond the capabilities of the bike. It just has a way higher penalty for failure than the singletrack through Daniel Boone National Forest.
RCinNC
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Hater!At least it was only a BMW
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AusTexS10
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Nope. Someone else on FB said it was a Tenere 660 and here's a screenshot from a video further down the postingAt least it was only a BMW
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Kinda my point. That was a single track. Take the box off, and likely all is well. Take the CRF 'cuz that would be the right tool for the job.
In aviation accidents, we call this a POR, which stands for Press On Regardless, and it was totally needless. The rider had all sorts of potential ways to reduce his risk that he never took.
Remove the panniers
Safety rope tied off to minimize how far the bike could slip
One person ahead and one behind to push/pull the bike past the rock (without panniers)
etc
Remove the panniers
Safety rope tied off to minimize how far the bike could slip
One person ahead and one behind to push/pull the bike past the rock (without panniers)
etc
WJBertrand
Ventura Highway
Same exhaust set up on BMW 650 GS. Guy at work had one, so that’s what it looked like to me.
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its a yamaha xt660, one of these
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Where's the video?
AusTexS10
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Don't know what happened. I tried to load it again and got the same result. It must be a FB thing. Worked fine yesterday. You can probably view it if you go to the Yamaha XT1200Z Super Tenere group on Facebook and look for the original post.
I just clicked on the original link above. Worked fine.
here it is at the bottom xf660z