Weekend Awesome - Flying Debris Takes Out Windscreen

Dennis Chung
by Dennis Chung

This week’s video is a lesson in the dangers of road debris, and the importance of wearing safety gear. A rider traveling down the Costa Mesa Freeway was in for a shock when a rear tire on car ahead of him kicked up a piece of wood, sending it flying right towards him. The rider had little time to react as the two-by-four spins in the air towards him, striking his bike’s windscreen and knocking it clean off.

The windscreen took the brunt of the impact, but one could only imagine how bad it could have been.

Dennis Chung
Dennis Chung

Dennis has been a part of the Motorcycle.com team since 2008, and through his tenure, has developed a firm grasp of industry trends, and a solid sense of what's to come. A bloodhound when it comes to tracking information on new motorcycles, if there's a new model on the horizon, you'll probably hear about it from him first.

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  • Walkeride Walkeride on May 16, 2016

    Lane splitting is legal in Cal. that doesn't mean you should lane split every time it is an option, you wind up traveling faster than the traffic which increases your probability of an accident. I just fucking don't get it, Motorcycles are like dangerous ya know, so slow down, don't take every opportunity to hall ass between cars. It s legal but then so is a accident. I ride like people are trying to take me out, been riding for 50 years and have had my close calls but you can't drive defensively enough to be safe. So don't rag on my ass, it was NOT the Motorcyclists fault ok.

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    • Walkeride Walkeride on May 16, 2016

      After reading other comments you have made makes this response simple. Fuck You ! Now state the obvious.

  • ObamaReally Suucks ObamaReally Suucks on May 23, 2016

    that is a 2003 Yamaha FJR 1300 ,,,,and the windscreen is held to the brackets with 5 PLASTIC screws....for easy screen removal,,,,,,incase you stop quickly and go over the handle bars.,,, the shield will not slice you in half.
    But works in the opposite direction too , I see.

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