Being young is kinda like drinking, your better, smarter, stronger etc. untill your ticket gets punched. He's in my prayers, I acted the same way at times (35 years ago)

 

We get all kind of crotch rocket wrecks on Highway 9 and Skyline Drive here in the San Francisco Bay area. A couple of summers ago, a couple of these nut cases passed me and my GF in a curve. I was behind her and when one of them passed me and pulled up behind her he popped a wheelie and and missed clipping her left saddlebag by about two inches. I took off after him, but of course could not catch him. I looked for him at the rest stop and again at Alice's Restaurant. If I could have found him, one of us was going to get our *** kicked!

 

http://www.hesperiastar.com/news/wit...und-crash.html

I feel for the poor woman that has to deal with the image of him flipping through the air, and having run him over.

 

I used to be the insane, invincible moron on the crotch rocket. That's why I bought a Harley - so I *can't* ride like that. We have plenty of them around here. I see them stunting on the interstate. A few of them come along for a ride with us on occasion. Seems the guys I ride with keep most of their stunting to empty stretches of road.

I see a quite a few people do dangerous things on bikes around here. More often than the crotch rocket guys going to fast or doing stunts, I see the Harley guys trying to walk out of the bar, figure out how to start their bike, then take off... and I have no idea how the hell they make it home.

When I read the accident reports around here... they seem to rarely involve either group. It's usually a biker or couple who is cruising along, doing what they are supposed to do, and they get nailed by some inattentive moron. Or... a lone biker who loses it for some reason.

The racers, stunters and drunks seem to do fine.

 

Its crazy folks like this that get the POLITICIANS making laws to protect us from ourselves.A few bad apples can upset the whole crate in todays political climate.Its hard to believe that cat lived in such a wreck.IDIOT

 

Race bike does not equal race bike rider....even if you dress up like your favorite pro racer. Other than lack of self control I can not fathom what makes these guy's think public roads are the best place to hold the throttle open. It really does not require any skill at all to twist the throttle and hold it there. As this guy found out he lacked skill where it mattered most. Too bad innocent people had to witness this public display of poor judgement.

Tech23

 

I'm glad these crazy fast bikes werent available when I was in my early riding years.
I laid down both my honda and yamaha twins and basically walked away with minor injuries. I was quite often pushing them to their limits.
These day you cant get me near a crotch rocket. IMO they are death machines for the inexperienced, immature and impulsive riders. Some of these bikes really dont even belong on public roads....but thats JMO.
These days I couldnt be happier cruising along and enjoying the scenery...

 

And that is WHY one should stay away from crotch rockets...
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How many feet did that guy have before the wreck? I see two boots and a gym shoe.

The story behind that pic is even more strange. It's not indicated the biker was speeding or doing anything wrong. It says he was following a truck that was carrying thin steel plates. The biker started to make a move to pass the truck just as one of the plates slid off the truck and decapitated the biker. The bike continued to pass the truck. When the trucker saw the headless biker pass him, he had a heart attack and died.

 

Darwin was right---and he had never heard of crotch rockets!