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Will-C

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I know there are a few motorcyclists among the C-Brat ranks. Someone sent me this U-Tube link which I thought was entertaining. Don’t try this a home. I don’t know if this guy is still alive but I’d say he seems to like living on the edge. Not for the faint of heart, viewer discretion advised, some of this riders actions might be illegal in your town. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XihQeZpw ... r_embedded

D.D.
 
Yeah, that's pretty much how we ride. Not. Well, maybe when I was younger and invincible, but not in the last 40 years or so. 8)

Get together with a bunch of motorcyclists, and there will be at least one with a sticker on the bike that reads, "Ride it like you stole it."

But, I've been on a boat with Starcraft Tom, too. 8)
 
Given a terminal illness with very short lifespan prognosis and the right sound track, I still wouldn't do it, but I can see the raw appeal and it would be thrilling and fun.

Just one driver making an unpredictable move ends things really fast.

I have some faith when I ride, mostly in myself but also in others and a bit of luck, and I dose it out a little now and again when I "feel" I can trust a scenario a little beyond robot reasoning.

I am guessing redbull and a pill or two may have played a role there.

Greg
 
It's all "cool", until someone changes lanes or hits their brakes or some other unanticipated alteration in the plan occurrs...you get the point. Truth be told, it's totally irresponsible and shows no respect for the public. I've seen first hand, the outcomes of such risky acitivities, as has my wife in the ER; it ain't pretty folks.

I'd like to ride again, but seeing what I've seen I won't. My buddy tried to get me to buy a bike. He like to do the "American Chopper thing". Nope. I live by the lugnut rule. He with the most lugnuts "wins".
 
You know, I have 2 bikes in the garage, and one is street legal. And reading the newspaper, they're killing a bikie per week in San Diego county.

I've lived this long and don't want to be taken out by some little old lady in a Volvo, who'll explain how it was my fault.

Good luck to the guy in Moscow.

Boris
 
Have to be very skilled to survive riding like that even for a short time.  I know-I did.  But like others have said no matter how good you are no one can control  what others on the road might do.    That & not being able to control my own desire to push the limits with some very close calls thrown in made me give up on the motorcycle thing.  Know now I could control myself but still not the other person.   When the guy carrying the sickle taps you out nothing can be done, but prefer to at least think I'm keeping the odds more in my favor by only challenging him when my experience & skills inna adventure matter.

Jay
 
I can imagine Jay and Jim looking a lot like Marlin Brando in the old days. I guessing here but maybe I mean probably with modified or totally missing exhaust systems. :shock: I'm not saying I did stupid things on my motorcycles,but my wife is real happy I don't ride anymore. If the C-Brats were younger by nature I would have posted that totally irresponsible video. I thought that guy was buying the farm more than a few times.
Be safe.
D.D.
 
I loved to ride fast and would love to ride again, no bike right now, but I dont ride stupid. Hi-speed tight curve roads and NO one else around is a good day.

Biggest danger to a bike is a car or truck with a lugnut behind the wheel. I have almost been hit by cages four times. Most at 35mph while they try to make a lane change into the lane I am in. Once at a light. I heard him lock it up and got out of the way and the big ford hit and totaled the car that was in front of me. I would have died.


As for riding with me in a boat, You where never safer. You should come out in the new boat with the 225 honda;)
 
My sister-in-law was a paramedic for some years. She called these guys donorcyclists.
 
Love to ride, YES: Live to ride, NO: Ride to Live: Always. Not currently riding but I do miss it. It has a way of getting into the blood, Like flying or boating.

I have a rule: Don't ride anything with a brain, it could have a stroke or worse. The motor cycle never had a bee fly up it's nose, never bucked or kicked. And the horse required feeding and cleaning as well as storage whether being ridden or not. And when riding, use the brain God gave me to avoid every other brain on the road.

And I spent many years in the ER and Ambulance.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
This is your brain...

This is your brain on bad techno music.

He actually wasn't going THAT fast. The camera angle made it seem more daring IMHO. That said, what a pointless risk.

I've ridden bikes my whole life. I've never been in a serious accident, and never made contact with another driver/rider. I've come close, and that's nerve wracking enough.

I have a buddy who gave up riding after seeing a young woman texting and putting on make-up at the same time while driving.

M&M
 
I'm with Mark.

BTDT, at a very early age, and I attribute my survival to the fact that I understood what I saw. (maybe not then but later)

I think that all novice drivers of any sort of vehicle should have to spend a number of mandatory days/nights in some major ER such as Harborview on night shift. After that, if they want to do drugs or pursue equally terminal lifestyles then at least they are informed. Understand? Hell no. But at least they were shown the consequences and should have no further excuse except for the rather slow brain development of the human species compared to other animals.

My thanks go out to those that continually try to recover us from this fate and I never cease to admire the fact that they can retain their cool when faced with problems that Darwin figured out long ago.

Now, if it was so easy with politicians !!

M
 
no one can control what others on the road might do
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So true...

In 1976, at 17 years old, I was riding my Yamaha XT 500(dual-sport) and I approached an unregulated intersection in a quiet neighborhood.

I slowed to a stop, looked left-right-left...all clear.

I slowly entered the intersection and was creamed by a gal in a Mustang who appeared from my left at about 40 mph.

She lost her license.

I lost my spleen and almost my life. Piggyback transfusions in each arm and catheters in my nose and "bilge-pump" inserted by a lovely nurse not much older than me.:embarrased

When I was discharged 10 days later I'd also lost forty pounds and looked like an Auschwitz inmate. Skin & Bones, sunken cheeks. No football for Pete, not this season.

My beautiful bike was ruined too.

I decided then that road riding was too dangerous for my taste. I felt much safer racing through the forest on my next bike, a Yamaha YZ400. I actually clipped a deer with that bike and didn't even spill (another story).:roll:

Over the years my resolve weakened and I purchased several dual-sport bikes (like my '78 400 Enduro)

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that I pretty much use to ride back-and-forth to local off-road areas like Jones Creek ORV area. Powerlines, trails, mountain vistas. Heavenly. I call it my treed cathedral.

Just a couple years ago two wonderful guys that I've known my whole life were riding on Hwy 14 down the Columbia River Gorge when a fellow in a pickup truck coming towards them decided to pass the semi he was following.

He either didn't see my friends or he misjudged distance/speed.

He sideswiped Doug who crashed his Harley into a ditch at 60 mph. He barely survived and still isn't the same.

He hit Steve's sidecar bike head on and we lost him. Steve's gone.

To all who ride I understand the allure and can't resist it myself, even with what I've experienced.

My only advice is to assume that everybody around you is going to do the stupidest, most unpredictable thing at precisely the worst possible moment. I always ride with that thought in mind.

Oh, and watch out for dogs that run into the road...and deer.

Sadly, that may not be enough to keep you safe but nothing in life is guaranteed.

Be careful out there. :wink:
 
The major problem is most motorist do not look out for Bikes so you end up always on defense I've lost a few friends to motor cycles .My niece ended up a basket case ward of the state and a few other friends were never the same and these were all experienced riders One friend lost part of his leg and arm ,

another lost use of his leg and walks with cruches and I could go on and on etc etc etc So for me I will never ride another bike I lost a few of my lives already on bikes once in Hawaii and another time in NYC and the last time in Puerto Rico . So no more just say no
 
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