Don't try this at home folks..

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[67ctbug]

That was insane!
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[67rustavenger]

High speed wobbles are a very scary experience.
I was riding my Yamaha SR500 to work many years ago. It was cold and I had my clutch hand in my coat pocket. I hit a small divot in the roadway and the front end started to wobble.
I couldn't get my clutch hand on the grip quick enough. I made the split second decision to bail before I hit a parked car.
The one thing I still remember is the sight of a 72 Nova bumper whizzing past my head right before I closed my eyes.
This all happened at 35mph.
I was scrapped up but walked away from the crash like the rider in the video Steve posted did.
I sold the SR right after that as I find dirt way more forgiving when it comes to crashing.

That dude is one very lucky SOB.
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[Mark Evans]

Idiot! Not to mention riding with Vans and cheesy pants.
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[Mark Evans]

It looked to me like he was weeving on purpose, then blew it. I have well over 300,000 miles riding myself...EVERY accident was a 4 wheelers fault!
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[nsracing]

IDIOT! IMBECILE! MORON! etc... He should have ended up under the semi and rid us of this asshole.

He lives to do it another day. Loss of limbs, broken spines, I have seen them all in the hospital...out of stupidity. I don't feel sorry for them at all.

I feel sorry for other people though that get hurt because of stupid people.

[bigdog1962]

And the knuckleheads that don't wear helmets.

I'll never understand but I do understand that if you live in a state where you don't have to wear a helmet, you are paying for them when they get injured and don't have insurance to cover it.
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[Ludwig van]

Jeremy Clarkson once remarked on Top Gear that the problem with a motorcycle is that someone you don't even like could end up with your eyes.

In the early 70's, my friend took his then-new Kawasaki 500 Mach III out to 'do the ton'. I forget how fast he got going before a speed wobble set in, but he said he got it down to about 60 mph before it dumped him. He remembered sliding down the highway sitting up, and watching the bike spinning in slow loops on its side, throwing sparks. He got off easy - only burnt the seat out of his jeans. Those bikes were deadly, and that was the first of four crashes, including one with me riding.
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[VOLKSWAGNUT]

I ride and feel confident....but now ride with more respect and like a big target is on me. The car and truck drivers are not what they once were.
Too consumed in things other than driving.


I had a CBR 600 F4i go into a wobble when I hit a bump riding alone on a two lane one late night headed home...doing a few clicks over a buck thirty....I was lucky and got it slowed and under control.

It is a shorts soiling experience...fo sho

I contributed that event to the inherent nimble low Caster crotch rocket design...and my stupidity of when and where I decided to ring its neck for the first time.

Most of us have done stupid stuff...and realize it...and live to advise.

Rocket Dude in the video is one lucky rider. Hope he realizes it..or.. the next chance may not end well.

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[Busstom]

Squid wearin' jeans and tennies. If you can't afford and wear full-up gear BEFORE you hit the street, you deserve what you get.
And I agree, no way that bike shoulda started wobbling on its own at freeway speeds, he was dicking off, somehow.

[Malokin Martin]

If he was being safe and not a jerk-off, then why did they blur the speedo? Guy deserved it.

[sb001]

[awreed]

He may have been speeding, but to me it kinda looks like he's gone into a speed wobble in a strong cross wind. Large gust forced him hard to the right. Or am I imagining that?

[awreed]

Ok, sober now and have re-watched that video. Clearly a speed wobble/tank slapper. Maybe the cross wind was an incorrect guess; perhaps just an overcorrection.
But what caused the tank slapper? Usually tank slappers occur when the front wheel becomes momentarily airborne at speed and comes back down in an otherwise not straight position. The bike naturally will want to go straight by itself and will sling back and forth violently while trying to find 'straight'. Other tank slapper catalysts include a wide range of possibilities: poor engineering, improper front/rear preload, over-weight situation, too much suspension rebound, etc. But the main contributing factor remains the front wheel coming out of line, whether that is by coming off the asphalt or some other mechanical mishap.

So, how did this happen in the video? He only shows us the beginning of the chain reaction, and not what ultimately led to it. We can make a glib statement and say he was doing a wheelie and set the front end down crooked, and thus the rider was entirely at fault. But we could also just as honestly guess that the accident may have stemmed from some other more innocent and benign mechanical problem that the rider was unaware of.

All I'm trying to say here is that shit happens. Whether this was the riders fault or not, accidents happen to all of us regardless of how hard we try to prevent them. No one is perfect and bikes are inherently dangerous. Sure this dude wasn't wearing the right riding gear, but who of us have NEVER ONCE thrown a leg over the motorcycle without being completely suited up? If you raise your hand, I don't believe you. 100 degree heat and you've got on the riding boots, thick-ass reinforced riding pants, back-protected jacket? No way. I'm as paranoid and safe as the craziest person out there, but even I can recall instances where I wasn't 'properly' suited up. Not ideal, but we've all done it.

This dude was way lucky. He lived to tell the tale, and you know he is much smarter because of this. No doubt in my mind that he is a changed rider.

[Mark Evans]

If you notice at the very beginning of the video, he's passing the rest of the flow of traffic at a pretty good clip.
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[awreed]

Hard to tell speed with such a brief intro. 15, 20mph faster than traffic? He was speeding for sure, but that speed did not cause the tank slapper. Without seeing how he was riding before I don't think anyone is really justified in vilifying this guy. Speeding in a straight line a little faster than the rest of the traffic on a freeway doesn't usually end up with a near fatal motorcycle accident.