LOL, I love how a lot of you fuckers just jump right on that high horse. Like none of you have EVER done anything stupid on a bike.

Yeah this guy made a poor decision, but if you think he DESERVED to lose a limb over it... well lets just hope you NEVER have a lapse in judgement ever, lest you be ridiculed after losing a leg.

 

well put

 

never
cause that would mean i would eventually get old man syndrome and i don't want part of that action

 

tragic, he never realy said how his leg got ripped out, I guess form slidign. Even leathers on he prolly would of still had a really bad leg. Some crashes just F you up, theres a vid on you tube of a guy hitting a guard rail, leg taken off.

 

What is he talking about "head shake?" Is that target fixation?

 

Well.......I did to my best friend back in 2000 when he wrecked his CBR at 90mph trying to do something he couldn't. He had little riding experience and was always wrecking and doing stupid shit. he never learned no matter how many times we told him to calm down and to take a riding course, wear better gear, etc. After his last wreck, he spent months recovering. First thing I told him was "you are a dumbass" and are you satisified now? Then I told him I was glad he is doing ok.

To me, riding a motorcycle requires 3 things.
The balls to actually ride a bike with other cars/trucks.
The skill to properly ride a bike and handle it.
The most important one is maturity.

It looks like the person in the story only had the first one down. Yes, there are times I had just the first 2 down and I have been lucky. I have done some stupid things on my streetbike. I also have 15 years of riding experience too but that only changes a couple things. It never changes huge stupid mistakes though. The biggest thing that will save you is the last one.
In retrospect, some of the things I have done were stupid. Let's see, driving from richmond to fredericksburg in 15 minutes at 3 am with friends(you guess how fast we were going), lane splitting at 100 mph, racing, etc.

I don't think the person deserved to lose his leg, but he has learned his lesson .

 

Yes he did.. He mentioned that his leg was amputated because of the missing nerve, essentially. It wasn't "ripped off" -- they amputated after his other surgeries. My friend went for like a year before they ended up having to amputate his leg because it was making him deathly ill.

 

No, target fixation is target fixation. You get headshake when the front end wobbles, essentially. Dampers tend to help control that, but don't necessarily eliminate it.

 

yeah, i think hes talking about tank slap, well from what i got from it, thats what it sounded like.....

personally i've never heard anyone EVER say headshake, though
he musta been a total noob.

 

I may get strange looks from people when I'm wearing my 1 piece on the street, but atleast I know if I go down I have a good chance of getting right back up with just a bruise or two. Gear, gear, gear!!!