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Moto GP Star
Join Date: Feb 2008
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230 feet? He MUST have been going well over 100mph. 21yo and on a Busa....
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Keyboard Racer
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mile High City
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From the motorcycle magazines, most bikes can stop from 60mph in under 120 feet. That's with a professional, using front and rear, and with the brakes almost at lockup. With a novice, at night, from out of town, on a new and possibly unfamiliar bike, going too fast, and stomping on the rear brake could leave hundreds of feet of skid marks.
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SV Power
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Knoxville, TN
Moto: 07 SV650 Naked
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![]() ![]() That's what has made it tough for us locals .... Sorry to hear adout this incident!!! Riding way over his limits!!! Got to have RESPECT you know!! Respect for the machine and for the road!! At least if you want to survive!!! Couple of Friday's ago .. going up toward Lake City at 6am - little young dude riding a CBR was going thru some twisties .. a semi truck was parked on the side of the road at a gravel pull off. Somehow this guy lost it coming out of the curve and hit the back of the semi ... took his freakin head off - no joke!! Estimated going about 120-130 mph .. plus it was pretty chilly and foggy here that morning!! Pretty sad .. even though was stupid!! Don't understand what were they thinking??? ![]()
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Letzroll
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lake Norman area, NC
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That's sux for him and I'm sure really tough on the family...especially since somr were there.
I don't have much if any desire to run the dragon at night. I'm sure some of you more "dragon experienced" guys would disagree. That's one thing I hate about sportbikes headlights...you may be leaning and turning to the right or left but the headlights are aiming elsewhere and it's just hard to see where you're going in the twisties unless you know the road pretty well. |
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They talked about that in the MSF class I took. Don't out ride your head lights... I never ride at night and that is one of the reasons.
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![]() Yea in a straight line I can see this happening at a high speed so just slow down a bit but in the mountains even at low speeds...it is flat out weird to me to be looking into complete darkness rounding a twisty and my headlight aiming out front into the wilderness...just gives me an uneasy feeling...ok it scares the crap out of me...if I'm not familiar with the road ![]() ![]() Having said this...following someone makes life easier. |
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Ride Like an Asshole
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Of course the article couldn't resist stating, "According to Suzuki's website, the Hayabusa is the fastest motorcycle in the world."
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Thats a prerequisite when talking Hayabusa accidents.
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Night runs are bad for a lot of reasons. It's not something one should do lightly. I still can't believe fpzx made his first run at night.
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