Motorcycle Track Crash Filmed With 360-Degree Camera!
By now, we’ve probably all seen hundreds of on track crashes thanks to MotoGP, WSBK, and GoPro videos. The videos are often mounted on the bike offering the straight-ahead view as the bike slides and tumbles. Sometimes, if we’re lucky, the bike will spin on its side, showing the rider and other bikes on the track. With this crash video from Thunderhill posted by SuperSpicnspan, on YouTube, viewers have the option of rotating the screen to see the crash from different angles. Want to see the ground sliding under the Kawasaki? Go ahead. What about following the rider? Yep. How about following the front of the bike as it augers in, snapping off the windscreen? A must see. Perhaps our favorite view, though, is how the bike goes over the camera as it tumbles. You can rotate the view to see the bike overhead and the ground below! Very cool.
The good news is that the rider is OK and posted the video for our enjoyment. So, dig in to all the angles you can!
Like most of the best happenings in his life, Evans stumbled into his motojournalism career. While on his way to a planned life in academia, he applied for a job at a motorcycle magazine, thinking he’d get the opportunity to write some freelance articles. Instead, he was offered a full-time job in which he discovered he could actually get paid to ride other people’s motorcycles – and he’s never looked back. Over the 25 years he’s been in the motorcycle industry, Evans has written two books, 101 Sportbike Performance Projects and How to Modify Your Metric Cruiser, and has ridden just about every production motorcycle manufactured. Evans has a deep love of motorcycles and believes they are a force for good in the world.
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Ugh. That sucks in HD360!
Everythings sweet when you low side...until the bike hit's the dirt and starts flipping.
90% of the damage done in the last 10% of the crash.