Horrific bike crash!!!

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Those pics are crazy!!
The bike looks more like a missile the way its gone into the car. Straight into the front seats. Horrific indeed.
 
Oh! An old Honda! Sweet....
But, I feel sorry for the people in the car.

Oh, and Duke, about Ghostrider. I might like his videos and getwayas from the police but that doesn't mean that I love it, I think it's rather stupid.
BTW...And he's in jail now.... 👍
 
Not being rude to the people who died, but that would be a pretty neat piece to have in the basement, definately a great conversation starter for sure.
 
ND4SPD
Not being rude to the people who died, but that would be a pretty neat piece to have in the basement, definately a great conversation starter for sure.
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No offense, but you sound like the kind of person who would drive a hearse just to make friends. :lol:
 
SRV2LOW4ME
No offense, but you sound like the kind of person who would drive a hearse just to make friends. :lol:
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Funny, I really want to own a hearse one of these days too. A '63 Cadillac hearse to be exact. Man, are they hot.
 
kylehnat
But the body in the back isn't.....
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Well obviously, if I had one, I'd by a cheap casket in there for the effect. Fill it with, bouncy balls or something. Wait, it'd make a perfect cooler.
 
Slick Rick
Those pics are crazy!!
The bike looks more like a missile the way its gone into the car. Straight into the front seats. Horrific indeed.
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You just helped prove my point. I don't only believe they should be illegal on roads because the people who drive them are a threat, but also because if there is a collision involving one of these motorcycles and a car, the bike driver is almost certainly ****ed. Either way you slice it, these machines are NOT SUITED FOR TODAY'S ROADS.
 
I disagree that people who ride sportbikes (increasingly those 30-35) are reckless and a threat to the safety of others on the road for the most part.

Also, everyone knows motorcycling is inherently more dangerous than driving a car (15-16x more likely to suffer a fatality on a bike than in a car and this is increased when the rider doesn't wear a helmet), the rider determines this risk ex ante to riding and decides to bear the risk or not.

While I do concede that the price of motorcycles allows riders to achieve performance that would require 4-5 times as much money to get in a car, I'm not sure what you mean by not suited for today's roads though, though I presume you mean because they accelerate quickly and are more agile than cars.
 
I know what you mean Anderton, modern bikes have monumental power outputs. The only thing limiting thing to acceleration is flipping the bike.

I work for a bike manufacturer and we are pressured constantly by governments and regulatory bodies for improvements in safety, but there is only so much you can do. A bike is much more unstable and vulnerable than a car, and so is, unfortunately, always going to be more dangerous in most situations.

These one off, and rare, accidents are astonishing, but most bike accidents are either single vehicle, where the rider makes a mistake and crashes, or the fault lies more with the other vehicle, usually not seeing the bike. Which is why all new bikes are now hardwired with the lights on, and we are always looking to improve the light reflector pattern.

Bad/dangerous riders will always cause problems like this, but what if he didn't have the honda, and instead signed up on finance for a Lancer evo7. He probably would still have been doing the thick end of 150mph, and probably wouldn't have been able to dodge the car, and everyone still ends up dead.

It's not usually the fault of the bike, but the monkey on it's back.

Governments here in europe are aware that such performance is available to anyone with a licence and a few thousand in the bank, and there are plans to change the licencing system to counteract this.

I've had 3 crashes to speak of, all my fault, on my own, with no-one around. Every rider I know rides as safely as possible in situations where there are other road users.

As the picture shows though, some others do not.
 
Anderton Prime
You just helped prove my point. I don't only believe they should be illegal on roads because the people who drive them are a threat, but also because if there is a collision involving one of these motorcycles and a car, the bike driver is almost certainly ****ed. Either way you slice it, these machines are NOT SUITED FOR TODAY'S ROADS.
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You're ****ing serious aren't you ?.. You really need to get that stick out of your head...

How many people are killed in cars each year ?...

How many are killed riding motorcycles each year ?...

How many driving a car are killed by someone riding a motorcycle each year ?...

Sometimes Anderton - You really make it hard to take any of your postings serious - Prime or not.....

[Edit:] I've been riding a "not road suited" bike for 5+ years - I'm still here. My only incident was in an oil spill after a tractor.. And that was on my 1st bike which is hardly considered a performance model (Suki 600 Katana)
 
It's fake!

Its an rc30 750, the 400's only did 130 - 140 mph

the frame would be stupidly bent for a start,

and plus 1.6 seconds is a very lenghty time to see something, decide and react. I'm not buying it takes that long whatsoever, even for an 'average'.
The decision part is very quick, if you see an obstruction at 155mph you will at least make some attempt to swerve or dodge it, You dont think "ohh ....car....erm .....what shall i do....erm.....brake"

Its all a fake scare tactic from the swedish police to stop biking, they were the first people to try for a total ban on biking!
 
Sorry, I have to disagree: I once saw a police reconstruction of an accident in which a kid was run over on a suburban road by a car doing 60mph. They filmed from inside a police car as it went past the spot (over the crest of a hill) at 30, then 40, then 50 then 60 mph. At 60 there would have been less than 2 secs to see the kid crossing the road, react and stop. That is definitely NOT a lot of time (unless of course you're Superman...)The car went past in no time. THAT was scary, and made me think.

As a biker you also have to take into account that people do not EXPECT to have a bike coming towards them at the speed of sound on a quiet road, so anything more than 20mph over the limit increases the risk that they will pull out on you.

On top of that it is important to realise that once a car has started moving, the driver will be looking where he is going, and if that is not towards you, he WILL NOT SEE YOU.

Finally, when trying to avoid someone, try to go for the overtaking manoeuvre, as their most instinctive reaction, once they realise you're there, will be to dive for the verge.

When I got this wrong (doing 50mph in a 60 mph speed limit) I came across a car in the middle of pulling out of a driveway round an inoccuous (sp?) bend, and went for the disappearing gap between the car and the verge, leaning on my horn and the brakes. Ended up at the same speed as the car, alongside the car, but on the verge. Got caught up in the hedge, bike went down and broke my leg.

If I'd been on a sportsbike, I could have stopped (it was a trail bike). If I'd been going 5 mph slower, I would have ended up behind the car, at the same speed (what's 5 mph? Would you know?). If I'd gone for the overtake, I'd have ridden past shaking my head. And if my aunt had balls....
 
I dissagree as well, 1.6 seconds might allow some people time to start reacting, but certinaly not enough to get out of the way. And no, the bike wouldn't be all bent to hell, bikes are very rigid, the average bike is a lot more so than the side of a car, so the bike would go through the car, before bending.
 
PoliniJake
and plus 1.6 seconds is a very lenghty time to see something, decide and react. I'm not buying it takes that long whatsoever, even for an 'average'.
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Considering a 'perfect' reaction time is 0.500 seconds assuming you know what you're going to do ahead of time, you've just used up 30% of your available window even when you're prepped for the maneuver. Then add in the time to process the situation, decide what to do, and implement the plan, and 1.6 seconds dwindles to nothing at all.

Meanwhile in that 1.6 seconds, at 155mph, you've travelled approximately 360 feet - well more than a US-rules football field. I don't care how young and studly you think you are, nobody's reaction times and riding skills are that good all the time.
 

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