| Author | Message | ||
     Nillaice |
http://youtu.be/DceDaZDViAE | ||
| Crusty |
What's the story behind that one; I wonder? | ||
| Court |
Shades of Ron Major | ||
| 1313 |
(Message edited by 1313 on October 07, 2016) | ||
| Court |
The video indicated that the rider had fallen off in some sort of accident. One thing ewe have learned is that a motorcycle . . possessing positive dynamic stability . . will . . . absent any obstacles or inputs . . go a good long while best a rider. Ron Major was the Iron Butt rider who expired and his bike was found, standing upright, along a guard rail. http://www.ironbuttrally.com/ibr/1997.cfm?DocID=23 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.motorcycles/BYlFOp73D_I | ||
| Froggy |
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| Zane |
Maybe they can ride by themselves but can the blip the throttle like a REAL HD rider? | ||
| No_rice |
This bike is currently in my shop wrecked. What this particular video doesn't seem to show(although I have seen the rest of this video) is the bike cruising down the road until out hammers head first into a construct sign, which stopped its progress... The guy is the fire chief in my town. Apparently he decided he was flying to Texas to buy a motorcycle and ride it home. Having not been on one for something like 30 years give or take... "Supposedly" a semi came close to him and blew him against the median, he stuck his arm out stop from hitting the wall. Which obviously broke his arm and knocked him off the bike... The cruise was set and the bike kind of skipped down the highway bouncing against the wall till it hit the sign... It seems more like he didn't know what he was doing, got scared, hit the wall, and the rest is history... | ||
| Crusty |
Back in July of 1981, I was riding my Superglide across Kansas on I-70. I had the throttle friction screw tight enough th hold the throttle open and I decided to see if I could ride without holding the bars for a mile. That went by too quickly and easily, so I decided to go two mules, then five and so on. After 20 minutes, I got bored with the game, and put my hands back on the bars. I can easily understand how the bike could go on for a distance by itself, but I was curious how it came to happen. Thanks, No Rice. | ||
| Court |
I did that for Harley-Davidson's 85th Anniversary. I met Wille G Davidson and Rich Teerlink at the Kansas / Colorado border. On the way from Topeka to Goodland to meet them I found I could lock the throttle . . .crank the music up and just lay back. There is that one "curve" the the middle of the 345 mile ride, around Colby, but that only adds to the excitement. :-) | ||
| Zac4mac |
I rode for 20-30 miles down I-25 with the throttle set, on the back seat and passenger pegs of my 1987 Heritage. Hands in pockets. Passed a family sedan and all 4 inside were squabbling until I slowly rolled past them on the left. They all followed me with their eyes, slack-jawed. Yes they are stable. | ||
| Aesquire |
My '73 Suzuki GT380 was somewhat speed challenged. as described http://www.suzukicycles.org/GT-series/GT380.shtml The GT380 was a massive bike with a rigid chassis... With emphasis on massive. It did handle fairly well, but it was the power of a 250 with the heft of a 500, and progress with 38 somewhat optimistic Horse Power was..... stately. I'd often just lay down on the tank and ride the passenger pegs, left arm tucked under chin to get it out of the air stream and prop head at perfect angle/height. I loved to ride home on rt 390 south of Rochester, no traffic, late at night all tucked in with the right hand on the turn signal, at full throttle with thrust balanced by drag, just as fast as the bike could go. | ||
| Aesquire |
http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/how-realistic-is- bmws-motorcycle-from-2116-an-explaine-1787669135 |
