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Dr_Sprocket · 05-24-2011, 10:46 AM

The other day, while riding home, I saw two Harley riders riding down a road that ends in a T-junction with the road on which I was driving. Their road ended at a stop sign. One of the guys, the older one, missed the stop sign. He road right across the two lanes of traffic (one in each direction) and proceded to "lay it down" in the grassy field on the other side. I pulled off to the side and went to check them out.

He didn't sustain any injuries, but he sure was shaken. Man, he was lucky! If there were cars there, he would have been minced meat. The road he rode across is a 50 mph road, where people usually go 55 to 60.

pushrod · 05-24-2011, 12:00 PM

Maybe he's from some other country where the Stop sign is only a suggestion?

acecycleins · 05-24-2011, 01:13 PM

I truly wish they would make the skills test harder. Honestly, it should be tough enough that you should fail it in your first attempt if you have no bike experience other than MSF.

12er · 05-24-2011, 01:32 PM

..didnt even "slow to observe police?"

Morbo the Destroyer · 05-24-2011, 01:56 PM

There is a hysterical video on YouTube called "Typical Harley Rider." I can't post the link because they block the site here at work. It's a real "must see."

BTW: Harley riders "lay 'er down." Please make a note of it.

Buzglyd · 05-24-2011, 04:30 PM

Remember we used to have the guy here that tried to convince everyone it was a "technique?"

Apparently metal sliding sideways on asphalt works way better than brakes and rubber.

A Star Ride · 05-24-2011, 05:30 PM

I guess if you are in the business of wrecking bikes there could be a wrong way to do it.

Squid Killer · 06-10-2011, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buzglyd

Remember we used to have the guy here that tried to convince everyone it was a "technique?"

Apparently metal sliding sideways on asphalt works way better than brakes and rubber.

I still run into a few people who still believe that load but the good thing is that they are becoming extinct.

silentgrayfellow · 06-11-2011, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buzglyd

Remember we used to have the guy here that tried to convince everyone it was a "technique?"

Apparently metal sliding sideways on asphalt works way better than brakes and rubber.

We're talking Harley brakes here ;-P

seruzawa · 06-12-2011, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buzglyd

Remember we used to have the guy here that tried to convince everyone it was a "technique?"

Apparently metal sliding sideways on asphalt works way better than brakes and rubber.

I still get people who ask me if laying a bike down is a good idea. I usually say that the speed you lay it down at is pretty much the speed you will hit the immovable object at. Given the choice of the two options, if you stay up and stay on the brakes you light scrub off another 20mph or so and hit it at a more survivable speed.

Slide into a car sideways at 45 or straight on at 20? Ill take twenty.

05-24-2011, 10:46 AM	#1
Dr_Sprocket Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Delmarva Peninsula Posts: 2,331	Saw an old guy crash the other day... The other day, while riding home, I saw two Harley riders riding down a road that ends in a T-junction with the road on which I was driving. Their road ended at a stop sign. One of the guys, the older one, missed the stop sign. He road right across the two lanes of traffic (one in each direction) and proceded to "lay it down" in the grassy field on the other side. I pulled off to the side and went to check them out. He didn't sustain any injuries, but he sure was shaken. Man, he was lucky! If there were cars there, he would have been minced meat. The road he rode across is a 50 mph road, where people usually go 55 to 60. __________________ "Aid to the helpless indigent is civilized. Aid to the irresponsible is socially corrosive." ----- Schizuki (c. 2011)

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pushrod Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baja 'Bama Posts: 3,478	Maybe he's from some other country where the Stop sign is only a suggestion? __________________ You would not understand, this is not how I am... I have become - Comfortably Numb.

05-24-2011, 01:13 PM	#3
acecycleins Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Georgia Posts: 4,125	I truly wish they would make the skills test harder. Honestly, it should be tough enough that you should fail it in your first attempt if you have no bike experience other than MSF. __________________ "Slack" - a state of being in which everything flows smoothly.....a frame of mind so at ease that the universe naturally cooperates.

05-24-2011, 01:56 PM	#5
Morbo the Destroyer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,309	There is a hysterical video on YouTube called "Typical Harley Rider." I can't post the link because they block the site here at work. It's a real "must see." BTW: Harley riders "lay 'er down." Please make a note of it. __________________ Fun Facts to Know and Tell! Thomas Jefferson wrote that the 1st Amendment erected a "wall of separation" between the church and the state (James Madison said it "drew a line," but it is Jefferson's term that sticks with us today). The phrase is commonly thought to mean that the government should not establish, support, or otherwise involve itself in any religion. Its.......A FACT!

05-24-2011, 04:30 PM	#6
Buzglyd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 10,137	Remember we used to have the guy here that tried to convince everyone it was a "technique?" Apparently metal sliding sideways on asphalt works way better than brakes and rubber. __________________ Jay Leno: "President Obama released his tax returns. It turns out he made $900,000 less in 2011 than he did in 2010. You know what that means? Even Obama is doing worse under President Obama."

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05-24-2011, 01:32 PM	#4
12er Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: SF Posts: 2,702	..didnt even "slow to observe police?"

05-24-2011, 05:30 PM	#7
A Star Ride Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: central Va Posts: 1,126	I guess if you are in the business of wrecking bikes there could be a wrong way to do it. __________________ White Trash Hick from Appalachia