As lucky as it gets (Biker near miss)

[cyberglass]

0% skill 100% DUMB LUCK

https://www.snotr.com/video/4335

Jammy bstard
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DL650 Vstrom 2004
DRZ400S 2003
Yamaha R1 2005

[DKMonst3r]

LLLOOOLLL!!!

If he hit that car there would be nothing left of him or the bike... Lucky b@stard.
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[That_Hornet]

That was close

[Irn-Bru]

He had to stop afterwards to empty his pants I bet
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KTM 990 SMT & Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM

[Hetzer]

Jesus h christ.

Not just luck, he aimed it on the fly instead of panicking and locking everything up.

I had a similar kind of near miss, the guy in the car jinking left as I jinked left saved my life. 80mph + 40mph would have seen me dead. It was weird, the scare was so deep it dumped zero adrenalin. I pulled over up the road and just felt totally empty.
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"There's the horizon! Ride hard, ride fast and cut down all who stand in your way!"

[Phoenix]

160mph through a stop sign into roadworks....nice.

[OssY]

He squeezed through a gap that was just not there....

[That_Hornet]

[Wilson1234]

Lucky as fuck :/
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These MC's wanna diss my baby mum
You're so lucky that I don't have a child
Swear to God, would've gone WILD, bust a mans face off the bathroom TILES

[Mac_Black]

I'm with Hetzer, luck doesn't come into it, his judgement was fucking superb though! I think he did impact the traffic cone but obviously that's negligible..

I don't say this proudly as even though I ride very fast all of the time I considered myself to be relatively safe.
However recently in riding the CD200 and my mood and emotions being all over the place I haven't exactly been riding in the best way,
That is to say that clouded judgement has contributed to much erratic riding until lately.

I have been in 2 situations that mirror the one in the video, albeit at much lower speeds:
1. Filtering from college, from one set of traffic lights (crossroad) on a slight left hand kink to a crossing, Traffic was choc-a-block,
literally at a standstill..
Nether less I still thought it would be appropriate to be filtering at 20~25 mph.. Until the road straightened up to reveal an MPV half way between two lanes just ahead..
I locked the back, reapplied and realised I just wasn't going to stop in time,
it locked again and I kicked down on the road to the left as I went through the gap just behind the rear bumper (still locked).

2. Going downhill at about 60mph, parked cars on the right, Delivery van oncoming... I noted a estate in front...
the estate isn't moving, shit the estate has stopped to allow the van through.. (This just didn't register, the estate was fully stopped but hadn't had his brake lights on)
Cue me slowing to about 30 as fast as my shitty brakes could stop me before again realising I wasn't going to win..
I aimed at the oncoming van and sped up.. I then aimed for the gap between the front of the van and the estate's bumper.
There was just feet to spare.

These sort of situations are good and bad IMO, bad because you would rather not have them happen and they're the worst type of collision for all involved but good because;
A. It's a fucking good sign that you're being a knob and actually pushing your or your vehicles abilities, take it as a cue to calm down.
B. Sometimes you can amaze yourself, like Hetzer says adrenaline can just go straight out of the window... In a way I find it cool that I have been able to come out the other side, shows I'm still sharp.
(Though it's sharper to not get into the situations at all )
C. Hollywood effect (even though you look like a twat and everyone knows it, you don't want to stick around).

[TheDonUK]

That was quite close.

Amusing that he is happy to go that fast yet felt the need to respect the authority of the cones by not off-siding the lot of them....

Mac_Kaliba, i just plain dislike you, as a result i challenge you to a pointless and possibliy dangerous race to prove that you cant ride for shit....
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[Current Bikes - GSXR-750 K5 & C90-97 ] [Previous Bikes: Runner 125, YBR 125, GS500, Bandit 600, Hornet 600, ZX6R-99, C90-99, R1-99, XT600E-04, GSXR-750 K4, CRF250L '16]

[Phoenix]

[DEN MONKEY]

[The Artist]

I wouldn't say fucking superb and not luck at all really. If I was in the position then I would aim for the gap rather than risking locking up. You can see he had time to aim right and scrubbed off a lot of speed before hand.

Maybe he was lucky to not hit the car a little bit but I think that most of the people on here would be able to aim it in that direction and control it to a certain extent.

[Mac_Black]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Alexio]

I believe my current motorbike has a feature designed by Honda to stop this exact situation from happening

(and yet it still happens, albeit at slower speed, once in a while, damn stupid other road users pulling out on us)
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will never give up his CG. I look at my fuel gauge more as a progress bar than a fuel gauge.
G: With my GSXR I do often effectively use it as a scooter with a clutch in town.
ms51ves3: why does it need 500 miles? Are you teaching it how to be a piston?

[Mac_Black]

[TheDonUK]

[Mac_Black]

The CD is enough of a proper bike to have you around my local Malvern hills I could promise you that much
Hmmm, this may seriously have to happen one day you know,
Because whilst I can't get hold of anything mid sized any time soon I can't possibly be seen to forfeit.
Maybe I should just show up on the CD...

[Alexio]

The terms of engagement should be fair! I'm sure you can both find equally spec'd bikes for one day?
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will never give up his CG. I look at my fuel gauge more as a progress bar than a fuel gauge.
G: With my GSXR I do often effectively use it as a scooter with a clutch in town.
ms51ves3: why does it need 500 miles? Are you teaching it how to be a piston?

[DEN MONKEY]

[TheDonUK]

Well you are welcome to try on your CD, but you will lose quicker than you would on a 600... mind you it would give you an excuse as to why you lost.

If anyone on BCF is willing to lend me something small and ineffectual to match his POS or lend him a 600...

Mac_Kaliba, this will definately happen at some point, if only so you stop with the self glorifying ace biker bullshit.

I will do you through traffic, on the lanes and no quarter will be given
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[Current Bikes - GSXR-750 K5 & C90-97 ] [Previous Bikes: Runner 125, YBR 125, GS500, Bandit 600, Hornet 600, ZX6R-99, C90-99, R1-99, XT600E-04, GSXR-750 K4, CRF250L '16]

[OssY]

I got a couple of girls pushbikes if you two want to go at it on an even keel.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]