VIDEO: AHH the beauty of riding a motorcycle. Russian style !!

[Late Apex]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/5vr66IMAcPA

[J TNT]

Wow !

[The_Greg]

More like the beauty of being a dumbass. In almost all of those situations, there was at least one careless driver. Spooky stuff... I sold my rocket for the Viper, and this video is part of the reason I prefer my Viper, or as we say in the 2 wheel world, my 'cage'.

[J TNT]

At 51 ,I'm still riding my R1 , I Wouldn't dream of riding through traffic like that , and save the fast riding for the track .

[Vprbite]

What's amazing is how due to the conditions there that everyone needs a dash cam.

J TNT...I was walking my dog in my neighborhood a few years back and I wasked near a house where the family had teenagers and the friends were always hanging out so there were always cars parked in front. As I am walking by a 16 yr old kid comes out and gets on a brand new R1. His feet barely touched backing out and driving away you could see he was wobbly. Had trouble negotiating the speedbump. All I could think was, do your parents not like you? Who gives their 16 yr old that monster as their first bike?

[GBS]

Reminds me of the crazy drivers in Brazil.

[J TNT]

That is so wrong on different levels ! On average most people kill themselves on Motorcycles in the first 2 years , after that the attrition rate drops dramatically ! Not uncommon for young guys to buy more Bike then they have talent for ! In fact their learning curve flat lines ! The better riders evolve from dirt bikes and smaller bikes . Keith Code has a great video , TWIST OF THE WRIST 2 , its on YouTube.

What's amazing is how due to the conditions there that everyone needs a dash cam.

J TNT...I was walking my dog in my neighborhood a few years back and I wasked near a house where the family had teenagers and the friends were always hanging out so there were always cars parked in front. As I am walking by a 16 yr old kid comes out and gets on a brand new R1. His feet barely touched backing out and driving away you could see he was wobbly. Had trouble negotiating the speedbump. All I could think was, do your parents not like you? Who gives their 16 yr old that monster as their first bike?

[AZTVR]

That video made me wince a lot !

[VYPR BYT]

I think maybe we should tell them in their country about this technology...

http://s.hswstatic.com/gif/brake-rotors-4.jpg

[MtnBiker]

I just had emergency appendectomy, and that hurt to watch, from laughing.

[Vprbite]

That is so wrong on different levels ! On average most people kill themselves on Motorcycles in the first 2 years , after that the attrition rate drops dramatically ! Not uncommon for young guys to buy more Bike then they have talent for ! In fact their learning curve flat lines ! The better riders evolve from dirt bikes and smaller bikes . Keith Code has a great video , TWIST OF THE WRIST 2 , its on YouTube.


When my brother bought his bike (some years back, doesn't even ride anymore) some kid wrecked his bike in the parking lot, in front of his mother who had just bought it for him, by holding the brake and burning out the rear tire (he said they are slick at first so this is a good way to break the tire in) and it got away from him and ghosted through the lot about 40 feet and tipped over, of course destroying all the plastic and dinging up some metal. He was lucky not to ding himself up with that kind of thinking. That's so much bike for a young male with no experience. If I had a kid and he wanted a bike, no effin way. Go ride dirt bikes, get yourself banged up on those (with injuries you can come back from) and then decide if it's still that important to ride bikes. But starting on the road with those rockets is just nonsense for such a young kid. It's not a great idea for a level headed adult to start with that much bike for that matter.

Here is a great example of a young gentleman with more testosterone than brains. Luckily no one was hurt, save for his pride.

http://youtu.be/zyFlRMO23fI

[Late Apex]

I just had emergency appendectomy, and that hurt to watch, from laughing. Glad you got a laugh or two on this and I knew it would strike a debate on cycles too. Never been on on and NEVER will. I too had an app but at age 16 and hopefully you are feeling ok by now. Love to watch Isle of Man TT though every year, those guys have super balls.

[C.J]

Those guys are nuts, or drunk, or both.

Well, I guess the drunk part would be a default condition there...

[MtnBiker]

Glad you got a laugh or two on this and I knew it would strike a debate on cycles too. Never been on on and NEVER will. I too had an app but at age 16 and hopefully you are feeling ok by now. Love to watch Isle of Man TT though every year, those guys have super balls.

Thanks Mark. Feeling much better.

I've never been on a bike and never will. Way too much hospital time from mountain biking to go near a motorized version. Isle of Man is nuts. I too watch it.

[ViperSmith]

The best one is at 1:32

I put a dash cam in my Viper, due to people being stupid driving around me - sadly I haven't caught anything on it like these great russian dash cam videos.

[whitebeard]

I still ride my two wheeler. But it's a gold wing not a pocket rocket. Still I do have fun on the highway opening it up. There is a difference when it is 150 miles of relative straight against 2 miles of morons and conflicted, confused and distracted drivers.